The penultimate day of action took place today at the 2017 World Chess Championship for the Disabled ©World Chess Championship for the Disabled

Poland’s Marcin Tazbir remains top of the overall leaderboard going into the final day of the 2017 World Chess Championship for the Disabled in German city Dresden.

Tazbir has a 0.5-point lead after six rounds of play at the Wyndham Garden Dresden hotel - the venue for the previous two editions of the Championships in 2013 and 2015.

He beat Russia’s Stanislav Babarykin 1-0 today to move onto 5.5 points for the tournament.

Germany’s Oliver Müller and Russia’s Alexey Pakhomov are currently tied for second place with five points each.

Today’s action saw Müller defeat Russia’s Andrei Obodchuk and Pakhomov overcome Poland’s Piotr Dukaczewski.

Barbara Klepsch, Saxony Minister of State for Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, was a guest of honour today ©World Chess Championship for the Disabled
Barbara Klepsch, Saxony Minister of State for Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, was a guest of honour today ©World Chess Championship for the Disabled

Barbara Klepsch, Saxony Minister of State for Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, was the guest of honour.

She spent some time walking among the players and watching their games.

Almost a third of all of today's contests ended in a draw.

A total of 70 players from 11 National Federations on three continents are participating at the event.

Competition is due to conclude tomorrow.