23rd Dubai Open 2023 R5-6: Aravindh Chitambaram still in sole lead - ChessBase India

Aravindh Chithambaram drew his fifth and sixth round games to maintain his sole lead 5/6. He had great winning chances against both GM Yangyi Yu (CHN) and GM M Amin Tabatabei (IRI) in fifth and sixth rounds respectively. However, he missed seizing his chances and the game ended in a draw. Six players including GM Arjun Erigaisi, are trailing by a half point at 4.5/6; B Adhiban, Abhijeet Gupta and Karthikeyan Murali are at 4/6 each. After two consecutive draws, Arjun defeated GM Nikolas Theodorou (GRE) by delivering a checkmate. IM Anuj Shrivatri defeated two GMs in consecutive rounds to move to 3.5/6.

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