Slovačka, Skalica, 22-30.08.2026.
U šestom kolu GM Leon Luke Mendonca je pobjedio GM Fiera i sa 4 poena se izdvojio u vođstvu pola poena ispred četvorice šahista.
| 6. kolo 2026/08/27 u 15:00 | |||||||||||||
| Bo. | Рейт | White | Результат | Black | Рейт | ||||||||
| 1 | 2630 | GM | Mishra, Abhimanyu | 1 – 0 | GM | Navara, David | 2619 | ||||||
| 2 | 2609 | GM | Korobov, Anton | ½ – ½ | GM | Aditya, Mittal | 2593 | ||||||
| 3 | 2633 | GM | Donchenko, Alexander | 1 – 0 | GM | Samunenkov, Ihor | 2616 | ||||||
| 4 | 2631 | GM | Mendonca, Leon Luke | 1 – 0 | GM | Fier, Alexandr | 2566 | ||||||
| 5 | 2536 | GM | Pechac, Jergus | ½ – ½ | GM | Dardha, Daniel | 2601 | ||||||
Stanje posle 6.kola
| Ст.ном | Имя | ФЕД. | Рейт. | Очки | ||
| 1 | GM | Mendonca, Leon Luke | IND | 2631 | 4 | |
| 2 | GM | Dardha, Daniel | BEL | 2601 | 3,5 | |
| 3 | GM | Aditya, Mittal | IND | 2593 | 3,5 | |
| GM | Mishra, Abhimanyu | USA | 2630 | 3,5 | ||
| 5 | GM | Korobov, Anton | UKR | 2609 | 3,5 | |
| 6 | GM | Pechac, Jergus | SVK | 2536 | 3 | |
| 7 | GM | Donchenko, Alexander | GER | 2633 | 2,5 | |
| 8 | GM | Navara, David | CZE | 2619 | 2,5 | |
| 9 | GM | Fier, Alexandr | BRA | 2566 | 2,5 | |
| 10 | GM | Samunenkov, Ihor | UKR | 2616 | 1,5 |
Mishra je posle dugačke kombinacije praćene žrtvama i efektnim potezima savladao Navaru.
Mishra,Abhimanyu (2630) – Navara,David (2619) [E60]
Skalica MASTERS 2026 Skalica, Slovakia (6.1), 19.08.2026
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.h4 c6 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.e3 Nc6 8.Be2 0–0 9.h5 Ne4 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.h6 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bh8 13.0–0 Qd7 14.Rc1 Rac8 15.c4 dxc4 16.Bxc4 Qf5 17.Bd3 Qh5 18.Be4 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Bxb7 Rf8 22.Qd5 Be6 23.Qd2 Nxf3+ 24.Bxf3 Qb5 25.Rd1 Bf6 26.Bd5 Rd8 27.e4 Qa4 28.g3 Qa3 29.Qe2 Qa4 30.Qf3 Be7 31.Kg2 g5 32.Bc1 Qa6 33.Qc3 Bf6

34.Bxe6 Rxd1 35.Qxf6 Qf1+ 36.Kf3 Qh1+ 37.Kg4 Qxe4+ 38.Kxg5 Qg6+ 39.Qxg6+ hxg6

40.Bb2 fxe6 41.Kxg6 Rh1 42.Bf6 Rh2 43.f4 Rh3 44.Bh4 Kh8 45.h7 1–0
U komplikovanoj poziciji Donchenko je nadigrao Sameunkova, prvo mu osvojivši kvalitet, a zatim bio brži u napadu na kralja.
Donchenko,Alexander (2633) – Samunenkov,Ihor (2616) [C84]
Skalica MASTERS 2026 Skalica, Slovakia (6.3), 27.08.2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bd7 9.c3 0–0 10.Bc2 Re8 11.Re1 h6 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.h3 b4 14.d4 bxc3 15.bxc3 exd4 16.cxd4 Nb4 17.Bb1 Rb8 18.a5 g6 19.Bb2 Bg7 20.Ra3 Bb5 21.Qc1 Rc8 22.e5 Nfd5 23.Ne4 Bd7 24.Qd2 Be6 25.h4 Nc6 26.h5 Bf5 27.hxg6 Bxg6 28.Ng3 Rb8 29.Bxg6 fxg6 30.Qc2 Qd7 31.Bc1 Re6 32.Bd2 Rb5 33.Ne4 g5 34.Qc4 g4 35.Nh2 dxe5 36.Nc5 Rxc5 37.dxc5 Nd4 38.Nxg4 Kh8 39.Rh3 Rg6 40.f3 Nf4 41.Bxf4 exf4 42.Kh1 Kh7 43.Rh5 Qc6 44.Ne5 Bxe5 45.Rhxe5 Nxf3

46.Re7+ 1–0
Mendonca,Leon Luke (2631) – Fier,Alexandr (2566) [D37]
Skalica MASTERS 2026 Skalica, Slovakia (6.4), 27.08.2026
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 Bb4 7.e3 c5 8.Be2 0–0 9.0–0 c4 10.b3 Nb6 11.bxc4 dxc4 12.Na4 Be6 13.Ng5 Bd5 14.Nxb6 Qxb6 15.e4 h6 16.exd5 hxg5 17.Rb1 Qd6 18.Bxc4 a5 19.Bxg5 Rac8 20.Qd3 Nxd5 21.Rbc1 Nb6 22.Bb3 a4 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Bc2 g6 25.h4 Nc4 26.Qh3 Rc7 27.Bxa4 Qxd4 28.Rd1 Nd2 29.h5 gxh5

30.Bxd2 Bxd2 31.Qg3+ 1–0