Rauf Mamedov takes the lead after six rounds

Rauf Mamedov seperated himself from the leaders in the 6th round when he managed a nice win against Frenchman Maxime Lagarde. The Azeri veteran employed a rare 7…h6 move in the mainline King’s Indian and his surprise seemed to pay off. He sacrificed a pawn shortly thereafter, despite changing queens, and was very quickly ahead…