Stany stuns Gagare to stay in pole position

International Master Stany GA (6 points) stunned top seed and GM-elect Shardul Gagare (4.5 points) in the sixth round of the IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Open Chess Tournament here today to maintain his position as the sole leader.
He is closely followed by Swapnil S Dhopade and Gusain Himal, with 5.5 points each.
Dhopade scored over Akshat Khamparia (4.5 points), while Gusain defeated Dinesh Sharma (4 points) in sixth round ties being played at Mount Litera School International in suburban Bandra.
In other upsets during the sixth round, International Master Anup Deshmukh went down to Matta Vinay Kumar, while International Master Himanshu Sharma was held to a draw by talented Bharambe Bhavik.

Meanwhile, nine-year-old Gukesh D of Chennai continued his good run scoring over world under-10 champion R Praggnanandhaa, to end the sixth round with 5 points.
Three rounds remained in this nine round Swiss tournament that has a total prize money of Rs 7.5 lakhs with the champion getting richer by Rs 1.5 lakhs.

In the international event for juniors held concurrently, FIDE Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh (4.5 points) played out a draw with Gukesh D (4.5 points) to share the lead after the fifth round.
Results: Seniors (Round 6): Stany GA (6) bt Shardul
Gagare (4.5), Akshat Khamparia (4.5) lost to Swapnil S Dhopade (5.5), Himal Gusain (5.5) bt Dinesh K Sharma (4), Himanshu Sharma (4.5) drew with Bhavik C Bharambe (4.5), Anup Deshmukh (4) lost to Matta Vinay Kumar (5), Gukesh D (5) bt Praggnanandhaa R (4), Audi Ameya (3.5) lost to Nitin S (4.5), Chirag Satkar (3.5) lost to Ravi Teja S (4.5), Ojas Kulkarni (3.5) lost to A L Muthaiah (4.5), Likhit Chilukuri (3.5) lost to Krishna Teja N (4.5).

Juniors: (Round 5, Indians unless specified): D Gukesh (4.5) drew with Mohammad Fahad Rahman (Bangladesh, 4.5), Adarsh Tripathi (4) lost to Aditya Mittal (4.5), Neel Shintre (3.5) lost to Mendonca Leon Luke (4.5), B Sriram (4.5) bt Alok Sinha (3), Rahul Rahat Mhatre (4) bt P Yutesh (3), Aan Sikka (4) bt Kadakia Veer (3), Chhabra Aakash (3.5) drew with Adane Narayani (3.5).