6th round summary:
| White | Rating | Result | Black | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Kramnik | 2781 | ½-½ | Alexander Morozevich | 2694 |
| Peter Svidler | 2739 | 1-0 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2711 |
| Sergey Karjakin | 2788 | 1-0 | Artyom Timofeev | 2665 |
| Alexander Grischuk | 2746 | 1-0 | Alexander Galkin | 2598 |
The table after the sixth round:
| Posn. | Name | Rating | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Peter Svidler (1) | 2739 | * | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2nd-4th | Alexander Morozevich (2) | 2694 | . | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 3½ |
| 2nd-4th | Sergey Karjakin (3) | 2788 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | 3½ |
| 2nd-4th | Alexander Grischuk (4) | 2746 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | 3½ |
| 5th | Vladimir Kramnik (5) | 2781 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | . | 1 | 3 |
| 6th | Ian Nepomniachtchi (6) | 2711 | 0 | 1 | . | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 2½ |
| 7th | Alexander Galkin (7) | 2598 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | . | ½ | * | ½ | 2 |
| 8th | Artyom Timofeev (8) | 2665 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 |
Round 7: 15th of August, the games start at 11am.
11am Moscow = 9am Paris = 8am London = 3am New York = midnight in Los Angeles = 7pm Sydney
No draw offers before the time control at the 40th move. I believe that this will become standard practise in future in big events, rather than banning draw offers altogether!
The prize fund:
3 500 000 roubles (about 87 000 €)
1st 950.000 RUB (24 000 €)
2nd 700.000 RUB (17 000 €)
3rd 500.000 RUB (12 000 €)
4th 450.000 RUB (11 000 €)
5th 350.000 RUB (8 000 €)
6th 300.000 RUB (7 000 €)
7th 150.000 RUB (3 500 €)
8th 100.000 RUB (2 500 €)
You can understand why the big names have all played this time!
More information from the official site: http://www.russiachess.org/
You can follow the games live on the official site from 1 pm (Moscow), except for the last round which begins two hours earlier at 11am local time.
