Round 6 top boards results:

1
 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
4.0 AZE 2724 GM Kurnosov, Igor
4.0 RUS 2602 0-1
2 GM Sargissian, Gabriel
3.5 ARM 2677 GM Moiseenko, Alexander
4.0 UKR 2676 ½-½
3 GM Bacrot, Etienne
3.5 FRA 2722 GM Zhigalko, Andrey
3.5 BLR 2572 ½-½
4 GM Zhigalko, Sergei
3.5 BLR 2587 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny
3.5 RUS 2664 ½-½
5 GM Zhou, Jianchao
3.5 CHN 2612 GM Kazhgaleyev, Murtas
3.5 KAZ 2630 1-0
6 GM Safarli, Eltaj j 3.5 AZE 2564 GM Pashikian, Arman
3.5 ARM 2621 0-1

Round 7 top board pairings:

1 GM Kurnosov, Igor
5.0 RUS 2602 GM Zhou, Jianchao
4.5 CHN 2612
2 GM Moiseenko, Alexander
4.5 UKR 2676 GM Pashikian, Arman
4.5 ARM 2621
3 GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim
4.0 RUS 2636 GM Bacrot, Etienne
4.0 FRA 2722
4 GM Sargissian, Gabriel
4.0 ARM 2677 GM Potkin, Vladimir
4.0 RUS 2613
5 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny
4.0 RUS 2664 GM Grigoriants, Sergey
4.0 RUS 2565
6 GM Zhigalko, Andrey
4.0 BLR 2572 GM Predojevic, Borki
4.0 BIH 2650
7 GM Vitiugov, Nikita
3.5 RUS 2687 GM Zhigalko, Sergei
4.0 BLR 2587

Notable results – IM Ray Robson:

1 38 38 GM Vaganian, Rafael A
ARM 2596 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 +0.00 -0.31 w 0
2 38 58 GM Li, Shilong
CHN 2559 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1861 -0.31 +0.14 b ½
3 37 56 GM Sjugirov, Sanan j RUS 2562 0.5 0.5 2.0 0.25 2385 -0.17 -0.35 w 0
4 37 28 GM Van Wely, Loek
NED 2625 0.5 0.5 4.0 0.5 2299 -0.52 +0.72 b 1
5 34 15 GM Bocharov, Dmitry
RUS 2647 1.0 1.5 6.5 1.5 2499 +0.20 +0.75 w v 1
6 26 32 GM Akobian, Varuzhan
USA 2619 2.5 2.5 9.5 3.25 2598 +0.95 +0.72 b 1

Ray is performing at 2658 after 6 rounds. He won 3 straight games against 2600+ GMs Van Wely (2625), Bocharov (2647) and Akobian (2619) and he is on pace for a GM norm.

IM Tatiana Kosintseva, who Kasparov hailed as the most talented Russian female player today.

1 33 33 GM Potkin, Vladimir
RUS 2613 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 +0.00 +0.16 b ½
2 25 29 GM Petrosian, Tigran L.
ARM 2623 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.25 2613 +0.16 +0.17 w ½
3 22 25 GM So, Wesley j PHI 2627 1.0 1.0 2.5 1.25 2618 +0.33 -0.32 b 0
4 32 40 GM Bartel, Mateusz
POL 2594 1.0 1.0 6.0 2.0 2496 +0.01 +0.63 b 1
5 27 8 GM Milov, Vadim
SUI 2669 1.5 2.0 8.0 3.25 2614 +0.64 +0.73 w v 1
6 14 27 GM Landa, Konstantin
RUS 2626 3.0 3.0 11.0 5.75 2697 +1.37 +0.17 w ½

Tatiana is performing at 2682 after 6 rounds. She is on pace for a GM norm as well.

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