In a strange flow of events, French IM Manuel Valles (2386) shot into sole lead at the Beirut International Tournament after getting a walkover as GM Sergey Kasparov (2475) did not turn up.
The top seed Dutch GM Sergey Tiviakov drew with Russian GM Sergey Volkov (2589) to slip to joint second place.
You may check the Round 6 pairings here.