World Draughts Championship: 6th round

On the 6th of June finished the 6the round of the World Draughts Championship. Two leaders of the «Andreiko» group (Yuriy Anikeev and Evgueni Watoetin) were joined by Alexander Georgiev and Alexander Baliakin, who won today. All of them have 8 points each. 7 points have Alexander Getmanski. These five draughts players compete for the chance to play in the final. Only three of them will take part in the final. Tomorrow the most important game for so called «4 points» will be between Anikeev and Baliakin.

Similar situation is in group «Baba Sy»: the leader Dul Erdenebileg (Mongolia) who played a draw game was come up with Artem Ivanov (Ukraine) and Alexander Schwarzman (Russia) who got the victories. They have 9 points each. 7 points have Murodullo Amrillaew and Thomy Mbongo. In the 7th round the game for so called «4 points» between the leaders Dul - Ivanov will be very important.

In the groups «Kuperman» and « Deslauriers» there are two players in each group who have 8 points and two players in each group with 7 points. In «Kuperman» group the leaders are Alexey Chizhov (Russia) and N’Cho Joel Atse (Cote D’Ivoire), they are followed by Raimonds Vipulis (Latvia) and Alan Silva (Brazil). The most important game of the 7th round in the group will be the game between Meurs and Chizhov. The leaders of the group «Deslauriers» are Adonis Ano (Cote D’Ivoire) and Jean Marc Ndjofang (Cameroon) with 8 points. They are followed by Guntis Valneris (Latvia) and Roel Boomstra (Holland) with 7 points. Game between Ano and Boomstra in the 7th round for so called 4 points could change the whole situation of the championship.

The 7th round will start on the 7th of June at 10.00 a.m in the sanatorium «Zelenaya Roscha».