Overview
- All five games in round six were drawn, leaving Fabiano Caruana alone in first on 3.5/6 with three rounds to play.
- Alireza Firouzja missed a winning continuation against world champion D Gukesh, who saved a pawn-down endgame under extreme time pressure.
- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave obtained a winning endgame versus Nodirbek Abdusattorov but settled for his sixth straight draw after the advantage slipped.
- Sam Sevian pressed Caruana from a favorable Ragozin middlegame before choosing a perpetual check, while Praggnanandhaa–Duda and Aronian–So ended quickly.
- Next round pairs Caruana with White against close pursuer Levon Aronian, with Praggnanandhaa meeting Firouzja as Grand Chess Tour qualification hangs in the balance.