Tan Zhongyi scores against Anna Muzychuk to keep the sole lead at Women’s Candidates

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Tan Zhongyi maintained the sole leadership in the FIDE Women’s Candidates 2024 after defeating Anna Muzychuk in yesterday’s sixth round of the event.

Playing white, Tan Zhongyi developed a tremendous mating attack with lots of sacrifices! It seemed that there’s no defense for Muzychuk, but Tan Zhongyi made a mistake and the evaluation bar went to equal!

Unfortunately, Anna Muzychuk missed her chance to escape and Tan Zhongyi capitalized with important victory.

Aleksandra Goryachkina kept her clear second place after defeating Nurgyul Salimova. Trailing by half a point, Aleksandra Goryachkina closely follows the sole leader.

Goryachkina was pressing for a win since the early stage of the game. She won a pawn, but Nurgyul had some chances for a draw. Practically speaking, the position was tough, and Salimova cracked under pressure, allowing Goryachkina to score a full point.

Standings after six played rounds:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Gukesh, D	IND	2743	4
2	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	FID	2758	4
3	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	USA	2803	3.5
4	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	IND	2747	3.5
5	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2727	3
6	GM	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2789	3
7	GM	Abasov, Nijat	AZE	2632	1.5
	GM	Firouzja, Alireza	FRA	2760	1.5