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Five share lead after round 6 at Aurionpro Chess Tournament
Five players are tied at 5.5 points after Round 6 in the Aurionpro International Grandmaster and Junior Chess Tournament, with intense competition unfolding across both the open and under-13 sections
After six rounds, five players are tied at 5.5/6, setting up a thrilling race to the finish.
In one of the biggest upsets of the tournament, IM Nayaka Buddhidharma (Indonesia) held top seed GM Levan Pantsulaia (Georgia) to a well-earned draw.
In other matches, GM Manuel Petrosyan (Armenia) took full advantage, winning a fine game with the white pieces against Alexander Slizhevsky (Russia), while GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (Belarus) also made a statement by defeating GM Luka Paichadze (Georgia) in convincing fashion.
In the under-13 section, both FM Aansh Nandan Nerurkar and CM Madhesh Kumar maintained their unbeaten records after a hard-fought draw on the top board. They continue to share the lead with 5.5/6 points apiece.
A tight chase pack of six players on 5.0/6 — including CM Madhvendra Sharma, Shaunak Badole, Aadik Lenin, Adhiraj Mitra, Advik Agrawal, and Ramanuja Mishra — keeps the competition fierce heading into the final three rounds.