Oksana Gritsayeva’s sixth victory in a row is probably the top news of the sixth game day of the RSSU Cup, 2017 Moscow Open. The grandmaster from Feodosia (Republic of Crimea) is the only participant in all the main tournaments of the festival, who manages to keep a 100% result. This round Oksana defeated Olga Babiy from Ukraine. 

Five female chess players are chasing the leader: Olga Babiy and Iulija Osmak (both from Ukraine), Alina Kashlinskaya and Polina Shuvalova (both from Moscow), Baira Kovanova (Saratov), all of them scored 5 points.

The leaders of the Men’s tournament – Muscovites Boris Grachev and Dmitry Gordievsky – finished their game of the sixth round in a draw. After that they were caught by Vladislav Artemiev (Omsk), all three of them scored 5,5 points. Saveliy Golubov (Moscow region), Alexandr Predke (Togliatti) and Ivan Rozum (Vologda) are half a step behind the leading group.

A unique situation has been formed in the RSSU Veteran tournament: after five rounds the first place is shared between 10 players. The main favorites of the tournament Evgeny Sveshnikov (Chelyabinsk), Evgeni Vasiukov (Moscow), Evgenij Kalegin (Ufa), Evgeni Dragomarezkij (Moscow) and Amanmurad  Kakageldyev (Turkmenia) are in the leading group.

In the Women’s Veteran Cup Galina Strutinskaia lost the first half of a point. In the sixth round the player from Moscow played in a draw with Elena Krasenkova, also from Moscow. However, the chess player from the capital with 5,5 points is keeping a one-point lead from her closest chasers. Ludmila Saunina (Ekaterinburg), Elena Krasenkova (Moscow) and Elena Sazonova (Tyumen) scored 4,5 points.

Six participants show the best result in the RSSU Amateur Cup: Roman Kvitka (Saratov region), Artem Tabaryan (Abkhasia), Evgenij Shuvalov (Moscow), Ruslan Murtazin (Tatarstan), Sergey Tunik (Kemerov region) and Evgeny Muslimov (Saratov).

The games of the seventh round of the competitions will be held Friday, February 3.