IM Sankalp and IM Mitrabha Guha of India share the lead with 5½ points each after 6th rounds of the Joytu Sheikh Hasina International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2021, organised by Canadian University of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Chess Federation. The event is now being held at Aarokanon Ballroom in Hotel 71 on the occasion of 75th Birthday celebration of Hon’ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, MP. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings and to download games.
IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh, IM Sayantan Das and IM Aronyak Ghosh of India are jointly in 2nd position with 4½ points each.
Twelve players are sharing 3rd position with 4 points each. They are: GM Ziaur Rahman, and FM Sk. Nasir Ahmed of Bangladesh, GM Ghaem Ehsan Maghami of Iran, GM Andrey Sumets and GM Alexsander Zubarev of Ukraine, GM Vadim Malakhatko of Belgium, GM Deep Sengupta, IM Srijit Paul, IM Neelash Saha, IM Kaustav Chaterjee, IM Sammed Joykumar Shete and Subhayan Kundu of India.
6th round games were held on today (Friday). In 6th round: IM Sankalp beat IM Mitrabha, IM Sayantan drew with GM Deep, IM Joykumar drew with GM Sumets, GM Zia drew with GM Malakhatko, IM Aronyk beat FM Md. Taibur Rahman, IM Nubairshah beat GM Alexey Kislinisky of Chez Republic, IM Kaustav drew with IM Srijit, FM Nasir drew with GM Enamul Hossain Razib, GM Ghaem beat IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin, FM Debaraj Chetterjee drew with GM Mosadeghpour Masoud of Iran, IM Neelash Saha of India beat Shafiq Ahmed, GM Zubarev beat Showkat Hossain Pollab, Subhayan beat Sourath Biswas, CM Liyange Ranindu Dilshan of Sri Lanka drew with IM Asyl Abdyjapar of Kyrgyzstan, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman beat CM Sadnan Hasan Dihan, WIM Arpita Mukharjee of India beat IM Mahmood Lodhi of Pakistan, Sanket Chakravarty of India beat FM Mehdi Hasan Parag, IM Abu Sufian Shakil beat CM Md Sharif Hossain, FM Piyumanth Sasith Nipun of Sri Lanka beat Sakline Mostafa Sajid, FM Subrota Biswas beat FM Mohammad Javed, CM Tahsin Tajwar Zia beat CM Manon Reja Neer, CM Sohel Chowdhury drew with FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman, CM Chanchal Kumar Ghosh beat Anata Choudhury, CM Nayem Haque drew with WFM Noshin Anjum, Swarnavo Choudhury drew with WCM Ahmed Walijah, Kazi Zarin Tasnim drew with CM Md Jamal Uddin, Jabed Al Azad drew with Mohammed Shamim, Delwar Hossain beat WCM Jannatul Ferdous, Md Sariatullah beat FM Md Saif Uddin Lavlu, Motuza Mahathir Islam beat Md Sajidul Haque and Marzouq Chowdhury beat Wadifa Ahmed.
7th round games will start on tomorrow (Saturday) from 3:00 PM at same venue.