Topalov, So and Mamedyarov win in Round 6 Shamkir Chess 2017

It was an action-packed Round 6 of the 4th Vugar Gashimov Memorial – Shamkir Chess 2017, as 3 of the 5 games were decisive.

It’s now two-in-a-row for Wesley So, after a slow start in this tournament, as he won this round again, this time against Sergey Karjakin.

Shamkir Chess 2017 Round 6 Results

#	White	Results	Black
1	Topalov, Veselin	1-0	Eljanov, Pavel
2	So, Wesley	1-0	Karjakin, Sergey
3	Adams, Michael	½-½	Harikrishna, Pentala
4	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	½-½	Radjabov, Teimour
5	Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar

Replay Round 6 games below:[replay]

After Round 6, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov still leads with his outstanding performance of 3 wins and 3 draws.

#	Name	FED	Ratings	Pts	SB
1	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2772	4.5	12.50
2	Topalov, Veselin	BUL	2741	3.5	10.25
	So, Wesley	USA	2822	3.5	9.75
	Adams, Michael	ENG	2761	3.5	9.75
5	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	2751	3.0	7.50
6	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2783	2.5	8.00
	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2710	2.5	7.50
	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	2745	2.5	7.00
	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2811	2.5	6.25
10	Harikrishna, Pentala	IND	2755	2.0	6.50

With 3 more rounds to go, let’s find out if there will still be substantial changes in the ranking. So stay tuned here at ChessHive.

Photo credit: Shamkir Chess