

In the main Open, Ernesto Inarkiev dropped a half point at 5.5/6, and has already been caught
by top-seed Ian Nepomniachtchi. They will face each other in the seventh round.

20-year-old Ivan Bukavshin (2622) has been recovering from a slip in round two and is at 4.5/6

16-year-old Vladislav Artemiev has been climbing the ranks and is now at 5.0/6 with a 2707
performance. In round six he beat...

...IM Kirill Kuderinov, who is still well on track for a GM norm with a 2635 performance.

After four straight wins, Goryachkina conceded two draws and must now contend with no fewer
than nine others all at 5.0/6. She may still be the favorite, but the title is anyone's now.

Journalist and WGM, Elmira Mirzoeva has had a great event so far and shares the lead with 5.0/6

After a poor start, IM Lilit Galojan has bounced back with three straight wins
In the student's event, Dubov played a spectacular sacrificial attack to defeat Belous. Don't miss this highly entertaining game.
Daniil Dubov - Vladimir Belous

[Event "Moscow Open Students 2015"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2015.02.03"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Belous, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2577"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2015.01.31"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3 Nf8 9. O-O Ng6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxe4 Qd8 13. d5 Bf4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bc4 Bg4 {Dubov had long been characterized as a highly positional player, but he seems to be working on changing this.} 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Nfg5+ Bxg5 18. Qxg4 Be7 19. Rad1 $1 {Though down a piece, White certainly has compensation with a king wide open to harass and pieces arriving with gain of tempi.} Qa5 20. Rd7 Rhf8 21. h4 Qe5 {Black is trying hard to regroup and make his extra material weigh in. The question is whether he will succeed in time.} 22. h5 Nf4 $6 {It is easy to look at the engine and point this out as a mitsake, but imagine being in that situation. What would you have done?} (22... Ke8 $1 {evacuating the king and opening the file for the rook on f8.} 23. hxg6 Rf4 24. Qd1 Rxe4 25. gxh7 Kf7 26. Qb3+ {would have held the balance.}) 23. Re1 Kg8 24. Nf6+ $1 Qxf6 25. Rexe7 g5 26. hxg6 Nd5 27. Rg7+ $3 ({The point is not two rooks for the queen, but... mate!} 27. Rg7+ Qxg7 28. gxh7+ {Check!} Kxh7 29. Qxg7#) 1-0
Photos by Galina Popova and Eteri Kublashvili
Standings of Open A after six rounds
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Standings of Open B after six rounds
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