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Jobava's Fifth Draw in a Row

In the 6th round of Khanty-Mansiysk Grand Prix, Georgian chess player Baadur Jobava played against Russian Dmitry Jakovenko and the meeting ended in a draw. After losing to Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia) in the first round, Jobava made the 5th draw in a row and shares VIII-X places with Grischuk and Tomashevsky.

Technical results of the 6th round

Alexander Grischuk (Russia) – Fabiano Caruana (Italy) 0:1

Bris Gelfand (Israel) – Leinier Dominguez Perez (Cuba) 0.5:0.5

Peter Svidler (Russia) – Anish Giri (Netherlands) 0:1

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) – Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 0:1

Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia) – Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 0.5:0.5

Baadur Jobava (Georgia) – Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia) 0.5:0.5

Tournament conditions after six rounds

I Caruana - 4.5 points

II-III Karjakin, Svidler - 4-4

IX Dominguez Perez - 3.5

V-VII Nakamura, Jakovenko, Gelfand 3-3

VIII-X Jobava, Grischuk, Tomashevski 2.5-2.5

XI Giri - 2

XII Vachier-Lagrave - 1.5

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