GM Aleksandra Goryachkina took a one-point lead with three rounds of the 2024 Shymkent FIDE Women’s Grand Prix to go after grinding out a win against the struggling GM Elisabeth Paehtz. GM Kateryna Lagno scored a first win, against second-placed IM Bibisara Assaubayeva, allowing GM Tan Zhongyi and IM Stavroula Tsolakidou to move up to second with wins over IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul and GM Koneru Humpy respectively.
Round six will start on Wednesday, November 6, at 5 a.m. ET / 11:00 CET / 3:30 p.m. IST.
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