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Korobov topples overnight leader Aleksander Indjic; seven players take lead
Overnight leader Aleksander Indjic did not enjoy his sole lead for too long. On the premier board in round six, the Serbian Grandmaster was toppled off the pole position by GM Anton Korobov of Ukraine. Daniel Fridman, Aleksey Sarana, Jorden van Foreest, Aleksey Goganov, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and Andreas Heimann also won their games and swelled the list of tournament leaders to seven players.
GM Aleksander Indjic (right) could not retain his lead for long. His loss to Anton Korobov brought him down to the 20th spot on the leaderboard | Photo: Georgios Souleidis
241 pictures - Are you in one of those?
You heard it, 241. That's how many captioned pictures we have uploaded thus far, after the sixth round. Are you in one of those? Take a look now!
GM Maksim Chigaev (Russia)
Video Impressions | Round 1 | GRENKE Chess Classic 2019
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GM Aleksander Indjic takes sole lead after Day 3; Firouzja suffers massive upset
Out of the forty-five players who shared the lead on day 2, only one managed to keep his lead at the conclusion of the third day of the GRENKE Chess Open. Winning both of his games on day three, it was the Serbian GM Aleksander Indjic who kept the sole lead with a perfect 5/5 score. A long list of twenty-four Grandmasters and International Masters share second place at 4.5/5.
The day, once again, began with a shocking result from Alireza Firouzja | Photo: Georgios Souleidis