Another wild game, another time pressure situation, another opponent went down in flame. He now leads the field by 1.5 points. Grischuk had a decent chance to score against Aronian. But the Armenian wizard played the endgame very well to hold.
Round 6 pairings:
Veselin Topalov 1-0 Francisco Vallejo
Alexander Grischuk 1/2 Levon Aronian
Vugar Gashimov 1/2 Boris Gelfand
Standings after 6 rounds:
| 1. | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2805 | 4½ | 2934 | ||||||||||||
| 2-4. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2781 | 3 | 2750 | ||||||||||||
| 2-4. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2736 | 3 | 2765 | ||||||||||||
| 2-4. | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2759 | 3 | 2758 | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2761 | 2½ | 2700 | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2705 | 2 | 2649 |
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Topalov is King.