Overview
- Round six ended with five draws for a second day in a row, preserving a compressed leaderboard with three rounds to play.
- Fabiano Caruana reached 4/6 after a draw with Sam Sevian, and a tournament win would qualify him directly for São Paulo.
- R. Praggnanandhaa split the point with Jan-Krzysztof Duda to stay tied for second on 3.5 with Levon Aronian.
- World champion D. Gukesh saved a difficult pawn-down endgame against Alireza Firouzja and remains on 3 points with Wesley So, Samuel Sevian, Firouzja and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave missed multiple winning chances against Nodirbek Abdusattorov, highlighting a draw-heavy event that leaves Grand Chess Tour finals scenarios open.