Hastings Chess Congress R6: Edouard, Howell, Shyam, Prasanna tie for lead

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Hi Everybody,

The chess fun at the Hastings Chess Congress just got exciting with a four-way tie for the lead with one French, one British and two Indians! GM Edouard Romain, GM David Howell, IM Shyam Sundar and 16-year-old Prasanna Rao are leading with five points each after six rounds.

You can check the official website here. Just don't miss FM Steve Giddins' absolutely heart-warming reports!

Ranking after six rounds

#	Player	Pts	Nat	Rtng	Perf	TB
1	GM EDOUARD, Romain	5.0	FRA	2636	2659	+0.24
2	GM HOWELL, David W L	5.0	ENG	2611	2717	+0.76
3	IM SHYAM, Sundar M	5.0	IND	2439	2633	+1.39
4	IM PRASANNA, Rao	5.0	IND	2400	2690	+2.15
5	GM ISTRATESCU, Andrei	4.5	ROU	2616	2595	-0.12
6	GM KOTRONIAS, Vasilios	4.5	GRE	2591	2494	-0.53
7	GM GORMALLY, Daniel W	4.5	ENG	2470	2536	+0.52
8	IM RENDLE, Thomas E	4.5	ENG	2400	2544	+1.22
9	GM HEBDEN, Mark L	4.0	ENG	2560	2408	-0.89
10	GM SENGUPTA, Deep	4.0	IND	2558	2407	-0.94
11	GM NEVEROV, Valeriy	4.0	UKR	2522	2481	-0.24
12	IM DAS Arghyadip	4.0	IND	2476	2344	-0.81
13	ANWESH, Upadhyaya	4.0	IND	2426	2366	-0.33
14	IM WOHL, Aleksandar H	4.0	AUS	2424	2509	+0.71
15	IM BATES, Richard A	4.0	ENG	2370	2512	+1.14
16	IM BELLIN, Robert	4.0	ENG	2367	2378	+0.20
17	FM ASHTON, Adam G	4.0	ENG	2330	2377	+0.43
18	FM EGGLESTON, David J	4.0	ENG	2307	2533	+1.79
19	FM RADOVANOVIC, Jovica	4.0	SRB	2276	2336	+0.43
20	GRIFFITHS, Ryan Rhys	4.0	IRL	2267	2385	+0.72
21	HANSSEN, Gunnar Berg	4.0	NOR	2218	2390	+1.17
22	SERGIENKO, Vladislav	4.0	UKR	2133	2369	+1.84

Here is a great game from Round 5. You can run the moves in flash below or check in pgnplayer!

PGN: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.Qc2 g6 14.h3 Bf5 15.Bxf5 gxf5 16.Nf3 Kh8 17.Ng5 Qc4 18.Qd2 Nc5 19.Rad1 Rac8 20.b3 Qa6 21.c4 dxc4 22.Qe2 Bxg5 23.Bxg5 Ne4 24.Qh5 Rg8 25.Bh4 Rg6 26.f3 Qxa2 7.g4 Nc3 28.Rf2 Qxb3 29.Rd7 Rf8 30.Be7 Qb5 31.Rfd2 fxg4 32.Bxf8 gxf3+ 33.Kh2 Qb6 34.R7d4 Ne2 35.Qxf3 Nxd4 36.Qe3 Nf3+ 0-1

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