31 January 2019

Semen Khanin Leads Stage of the Russian Cup at Moscow Open-2019

Ekaterina Goltseva is in advance of women's tournament.

Photo: Galina Popova
Photo: Galina Popova

The sixth round of the XV International RSSU Chess Cup Мoscow Open-2019 finished in the Russian State Social University. 

Semen Khanin took the sole lead in the "A" tournament, a stage of the Russian Cup, with 5.5 points. Pavel Ponkratov, Mikhail Mozharov, Vladimir Zakhartsov, Aleksei Pridorozhni, Zhamsaran Tsydypov, Oleg Korneev, Boris Grachev, Alexei Fedorov, and Boris Savchenko are half a point behind.  

Ekaterina Goltseva keeps leading the women's tournament with a perfect score. Anastasia Bodnaruk, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Oksana Gritsayeva, and Margarita Potapova are trailing by half a point. 

Alexey Guberniev and Lidia Malinicheva are leading seniors' tournaments with 6 and 5.5 points respectively. 

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