In round six of the British Championship, Michael Adams had to defend his lead against top seed Nikita Vitiugov. Playing Black in a Catalan, Adams steered the game toward simplification and secured a safe draw.
None of the key contenders managed to score a full point. Ameet Ghasi drew with Siva Mahadevan, Daniel Fernandez and Yichen Han also split the point, and the game between Maciej Czopor and Matthew Wadsworth likewise ended in a draw.
Meanwhile, several players on 3.5 points – including Shreyas Royal and Gawain Maroroa Jones – scored wins, expanding the group trailing Adams to ten players.
| Rk. | Name | Elo | Tb1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Adams, Michael | 2663 | 5 | |
| 2 | GM | Vitiugov, Nikita | 2676 | 4,5 | |
| 3 | GM | Maroroa Jones, Gawain | 2651 | 4,5 | |
| 4 | GM | Ghasi, Ameet K | 2501 | 4,5 | |
| 5 | GM | Fernandez, Daniel H | 2500 | 4,5 | |
| 6 | GM | Royal, Shreyas | 2495 | 4,5 | |
| 7 | GM | Wadsworth, Matthew J | 2483 | 4,5 | |
| 8 | IM | Czopor, Maciej | 2434 | 4,5 | |
| 9 | IM | Han, Yichen | 2430 | 4,5 | |
| 10 | IM | Mahadevan, Siva | 2416 | 4,5 | |
| 11 | FM | Banerjee, Supratit | 2242 | 4,5 | |
| 12 | GM | Conquest, Stuart C | 2511 | 4 | |
| 13 | IM | Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav | 2481 | 4 | |
| 14 | GM | Gordon, Stephen J | 2469 | 4 | |
| 15 | IM | Willow, Jonah B | 2459 | 4 | |
| 16 | IM | Roberson, Peter T | 2440 | 4 | |
| 17 | IM | Harvey, Marcus R | 2439 | 4 | |
| 18 | IM | Pert, Richard G | 2409 | 4 | |
| 19 | FM | Claridge-Hansen, William | 2364 | 4 | |
| 20 | GM | Flear, Glenn C | 2358 | 4 | |
| 21 | IM | Eggleston, David J | 2348 | 4 | |
| 22 | GM | Wells, Peter K | 2339 | 4 | |
| 23 | FM | Kalavannan, Koby | 2323 | 4 | |
| 24 | FM | Fava, Lorenzo | 2318 | 4 | |
| 25 | WGM | Yao, Lan | 2316 | 4 | |
| 26 | FM | Vijayakumar, Rishi | 2310 | 4 | |
| 27 | WGM | Mirzoeva, Elmira | 2282 | 4 | |
| 28 | GM | Williams, Simon K | 2444 | 3,5 |
... 100 players
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