Asia Continental Chess Round 6 - Negi in Sole Lead

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Hi everyone,

Here is some chess news update from the Asia Continental Chess event currently on in Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam). Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi went through the defences of Yu Yangyi of China to emerge as the sole leader after the sixth round. With his fourth straight victory, 19-year-old Negi is now looking at the gold medal. The win against Yangyi was a close affair as the Chinese had a draw in hand when he tried too hard with his clock ticking away. You can read a nice report here.

Important Results of Round 6:
Open: Yu Yangyi (CHN, 4.5) lost to Parimarjan Negi (5); Ding Liren (CHN, 4.5) drew with John Paul Gomez (PHI, 4.5); Salem A R Saleh (UAE, 4.5) drew with Liu Qingnan (CHN, 4.5); Abhijeet Gupta (3.5) lost to Mark Paragua (4.5); Megaranto Susanto (INA, 3.5) lost to Oliver Barbosa (PHI, 4.5); Lu Shanglei (CHN, 4.5) beat Gao Rui (CHN, 3.5): Ni Hua (CHN, 4) beat B Adhiban (3); Ghaem Maghami Ehsan (IRI, 3.5) drew with Vidit Gujrathi (3.5); S P Sethuraman (2.5) lost to Yu Ruiyuan (CHN, 3.5); G N Gopal (3) drew with Nguyen Anh Dung (VIE, 3); Goh Wei Ming Kevin (SIN, 2.5) lost to M R Venkatesh (3.5); N Srinath (2.5) drew with Kuderinov Kirill (2..5); Nguyen Van Hai (VIE, 2) lost to Deepan Chakkravarthy (3).

Women: Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL, 4) lost to Irine Sukandar Kharisma (INA, 5.5); Ding Yixin (CHN, 4.5) drew with Nguyen Thi Thanh An (VIE, 4.5); Zhao Xue (CHN, 4.5) beat Hoang Thi Bao Tram (VIE, 3.5); Tania Sachdev (3.5) lost to Mary Ann Gomes (4.5); Swathi Ghate (3.5) lost to Wang Jue (CHN, 4.5); Batchimeg Tuvshintugs (MGL, 3) lost to Nisha Mohota (4); Zhai Mo (CHN, 3) lost to Eesha Karavade (4); Sihite Chelsie Monica (INA, 2.5) lost to Padmini Rout (3.5); Vo Thi Kim Phung (VIE, 2.5) drew with Kiran Manisha Mohanty (2.5); Jelsen Yemi (INA, 1.5) lost to Pratyusha Bodda (2.5).


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