Abdusattorov extends his winning streak to 5 games in London - 5-6

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Nodirbek Abdusattorov leads the London Chess Classic with 5.5/6 one and a half points clear of Alireza Firouzja. After a first round draw Abdusattorov has now won five games in a row. In round five he defeated Nikolas Theodorou in a battling game. Abdusattorov chose the English after recently favouring 1.e4 and this seemed to sidestep all of his opponent's preparation and produce a nice advantage. Theodorou fought back and after 20 moves was equal again, then on move 26 he decided to give up his Queen for Rook and Knight, this wasn't losing but it made him a bit worse, then the game became very wild with black being objectively lost but finding tricky ideas. After 38.Qe3 the game was equal but 39...Nd3? (39...Re2!=) ruined everything for black and Abdusattorov cleaned up after first time control. In round six Abdusattorov again only won after a big fight, this time against Sam Shankland. 27.Rd4? was the losing move with Shankland failing to appreciate that the Rook was unstable on this square and his king fell to a direct attack.

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