2 GMs Share Lead After 6 Rounds of Shahid Captain Sheikh Kamal Invitational

GM Di Li of China (left) and Amin Tabatabaei of Iran (right) share the lead with 5.5 points each after 6 rounds of the Shahid Captain Sheikh Kamal Invitational International Online Chess Tournament  organized by the Bangladesh Chess Federation At stake is a total of $10,000 in cash prizes sponsored by SAIF Powertec.

Di beat GMs Sundar Shyam of India, Vadislav Kovalev and drew with Abhianyu Puranik of India in Saturday’s rounds. Tabatabaei scored three straight wins agains GM Xu Yinlun of China and IM Guha Mitrabha and GM Sundar Shyam of India to keep pace. Here is the position after 34.Kh2 in the game Kovalev-Di. There followed 34… Rxg2+!

A strong field of 21 GMs, 13 IMs and 9 FMs in a total of 80 players are competing from 15 countries. Visit chess-results.com for round by round pairings and standings, and to download games. Here is the leader board:

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