Firudzha and Ian Aleksandrovich Nepomnyashchy are in the lead in chess Grand Chess Tour

The vice-world champion in chess the Russian Ian Aleksandrovich Nepomnyashchy rose from the fifth by the second place after six rounds of the fourth stage Grand Chess Tour that takes place in American St. Louis. The next competition within Grand Chess Tour takes place in chess slow motion (on August 26-28) and a blitz (on August 29-30). Leadership after two thirds of a distance in the first part of a stage was kept by the Iranian Alireza Firudzha, playing for France (8 points). The Russian Ian Aleksandrovich Nepomnyashchy has one point less and goes the second. However, 7 points gathered also Maxime Vashye-Lagrav (France) and Geoffrey Syun (United States of America). In tournament, by the way...