GM Ankit Rajpara (2460) lost his sixth round game to be stranded at 4.5/6 while three players raced away to joint lead with 5.5/6.
IM Prasanna Rao (2424) has made an admirable comeback to stand at 5.0/6 while Yogesh Gautam (2207) slipped up to lose and remains stuck at 3.5/6. WIM Parnali Dharia (1978) also failed to win to remain at 3.0/6.
Check the Round 7 pairings here.