Round 6 results:
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | – Gashimov, Vugar | ½-½ | |||
| Sutovsky, Emil | – Bologan, Viktor | 1-0 | |||
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | – Motylev, Alexander | 0-1 | |||
| Efimenko, Zahar | – Onischuk, Alexander | 0-1 | |||
| Shirov, Alexei | – Rublevsky, Sergei | ½-½ |
Standings after 6 rounds:
| 1. | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2677 | 5 | 2967 | ||||||||||
| 2. | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2730 | 4½ | 2885 | ||||||||||
| 3. | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2676 | 4 | 2824 | ||||||||||
| 4-5. | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2660 | 3½ | 2749 | ||||||||||
| 4-5. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2700 | 3½ | 2744 | ||||||||||
| 6-7. | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2684 | 2½ | 2639 | ||||||||||
| 6-7. | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2690 | 2½ | 2643 | ||||||||||
| 8. | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2702 | 2 | 2576 | ||||||||||
| 9. | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 2682 | 1½ | 2492 | ||||||||||
| 10. | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2745 | 1 | 2422 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Shirov won his latest tournament among Toplalov and Carlsen. How strong must these guys be playing here???? Wow!
Pretty stunning to see the disastrous performance of Shirov right after his glorious victory in Sofia…