The duel between Goryachkina and Paehtz featured a French Tarrasch Defence in which the queens were exchanged early on and Paehtz then had to defend against White's bishop pair.
Paehtz was on the defensive, but missed drawing chances in an endgame with opposite-coloured bishops.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd7 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Nb3 a6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 Nf6 12.Be2 Bd6 13.Rd1 Ke7 14.c4 Bd7 15.b4 Bxb4 16.Rb1 a5 17.a3 Bc5 18.Rxb7 Bxd4 19.Rxd4 Rhb8 20.Rxb8 Rxb8 21.f3 Rb1 22.Rd1 Ba4 23.Re1 Bc6 24.Bd2 Rxe1+ 25.Bxe1 a4 26.Kf2 e5 27.Ke3 Kd6 28.Kd3 Nd7 29.Kc3 Nc5 30.Kb4 Be8 31.Ka5 Kc6 32.Bd1 f6 33.Bxa4+ 33.Bd2!? 33...Nxa4 34.Kxa4 Bd7 35.Kb4 g6 36.Bh4 f5 37.Bf6 e4 37...Kd6!? 38.c5+ Ke6 39.Bg5 Kd5 40.a4 Bc8 41.g3 41.Kb5 Bd7+ 42.Kb4= 41...Bb7 42.Be3 e4= 38.fxe4 fxe4 39.Bg5 Bc8 40.Be3 Ba6 41.Kc3 Kd6 42.Kd4 Bb7 43.a4 Bc6 44.a5 Bb7 45.g4 h5 46.g5 Bc8 47.Bf4+ Kc6 48.Ke5! 48.Kxe4 Bf5+ 49.Ke5 Kb7 50.Kd6 Ka6 51.Bd2 Be4 52.c5 Kb5 53.a6 Kxa6 54.c6 Bf3 55.c7 Kb7= 48...e3? 48...Kb7 49.Kd6 Ka6 50.Bd2 e3 51.Be1 Bb7 52.c5 52.Kd7 Be4 53.c5 Kb5= 52...Kb5= 49.Bxe3 Kc7 49...Kb7 50.c5 Ka6 49...Bg4 50.a6 50.Kf6 Bf5 51.a6 Be4 52.h4 Kc6 53.Ba7 Kc7 54.c5 Kc8 55.Bb6 Kb8 56.c6 56.c6 Bxc6 57.Kxg6 1–0 Stavroula Tsolakidou has had a very good tournament so far. She lost against Goryachkina in round four, but won against Batkhuyag Munguntuul in round 1 and against Paehtz in round 5.
In round 6 Tsolakidou played with Black against the higher-rated Humpy Koneru, but demonstrated the power of the King's Indian. After sacrificing an exchange, Tsolakidou's bishops took over and she won a fine game.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 0-0 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.0-0 e5 8.d5 Nd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Ne2 Nd7 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.Qd2 c5 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Bg5 Qe8 15.Bc2 c5 16.Ba4 Qxe4 17.Ng3 Qb7 18.Be7 18...Nb6 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 20.Bb3 Be6 21.Rac1 a5 22.a3 a4 23.Ba2 h5 24.f4 f5 25.Rfe1 Bf7 26.Nf1 Nd7 27.Bb1 Rb8 28.Re2 Bh6 29.Bd3 29...Ne5 30.Rce1 Qb3 31.Rxe5 dxe5 32.Rxe5 Qxb2 33.Qa5 Bxf4 34.Qxc5+ Kg8 35.Re7 Qb6 36.Qb5 Qd6 37.Rb7 Rxb7 38.Qxb7 Qxa3 39.Bc2 d3 40.Qa8+ Kg7 41.Bd1 Qc5+ 0–1 Bologan: "If you study this DVD carefully and solve the interactive exercises you will also enrich your chess vocabulary, your King's Indian vocabulary, build up confidence in the King's Indian and your chess and win more games."
Kateryna Lagno demonstrated the power of a strong pawn centre in a convincing strategic win over Bibisara Assaubayeva.
Tan Zhongyi scored the fourth win of the round - she won against Batkhuyag Munguntuul.
A Slav with an early Bf5 was on the board, a kind of London System with colours reversed. The former women's world champion from China added some spice to the game by castling queenside and still had the slightly better game after the queens were exchanged. In the endgame, with a rook and two minor pieces on each side, the game finally tipped in Tan's favour.
Divya Deshmukh and Nurgyul Salimova played the only draw of the round.
Results
Standings after round 6
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