World Champion Magnus Carlsen began his Round 6 match against Ian Nepomniachtchi with an extraordinary blunder on move 7, later admitting, “I just completely blanked and couldn't remember what to do”. Spoiling a winning position in Game 2 left Magnus even more furious with himself, but he hit back to level the match and eventually win in Armageddon. The other match saw 16-year-old Alireza Firouzja climb to 5th place after beating Anish Giri, though both players missed great chances in a fierce exchange of blows.
That meant Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi split the points 2:1 after Armageddon while Firouzja picked up the full 3 points for a win in rapid chess:
