Already in the opening, White sacrificed two pawns for the initiative and received a position with views of an attack and two formidable bishops. Alisher defended inventively but was forced to part with the exchange. Rinat delayed the implementation somewhat, but the result was a foregone conclusion. After five rounds, Zhumabaev shares the first line of the standings with Sh. Vohidov broke the resistance of Azamat Utegaliev.Of the other matches of the tour, it is worth noting the fourth victory in a row, gaining rapid progress Arzhun Erigaysi (India). Unfortunately, Murtas Kazhgaleev acted unsuccessfully today, having landed in a difficult position right after the opening. Ansat Aldiyar, on the contrary, could be pleased with the results of the debut, but somewhere he hesitated, which was not slow to take advantage of his opponent, the Iranian Pur Alireza. Kazybek Nogerbek played well, neutralizing a formidable opponent with black (Seturaman, India). Before the 6th round, R. Zhumabaev and Sh. Vokhidov are ahead by 4.5 points each, they will have to sort things out, and our chess player plays with white pieces. Six scored 4 points at once. K. Nogerbek, A. Utegaliev, A. Suleimenov have 3.5 points each.
In the girls’ tournament, after a sharp tactical skirmish, Alua Nurmanova managed to defeat Nazerka Nurgali. Ksenia Balabayeva managed to make up for yesterday’s unsuccessful day, which is very important, she won a victory over a strong opponent, one of the clear favorites of the tournament (Sumya Swaminathan, India).
Meruert Kamalidenova goes undefeated, today her game against grandmaster Munkhzul Turmunkh ended in a draw. The quartet is in the lead: A. Nurmanova, B. Monguttul (Mongolia), M. Gomez, and Divya Deshmukh (both India) – 4 points out of 5 each. M. Kamalidenova and K. Balabayeva have 3.5 points each. N. Nurgali and Z. Sultanbek did not lose their chances for the successful completion of the championship, they have 3 points each.