On the top boards fifteen of these players started the day on 3.5 points. The exceptions being the top board, where Jobava and Efimenko still had a perfect score, and Zoltan Almasi who was on three points but floated up to play the 199th seed Tamir Nabaty!
The unknown junior from Israel doesn't yet have a FIDE title, but presumably won't have to wait for long on this performance, despite today's loss!
There were 66 players on 3/4 and, just to show how tough this event is, four 2700+ players only had 2.5/4.
The seventeen leading players come from thirteen different countries, with three coming from Russia (hardly surprising!) and three also from Roumania (hardly believable!).
Wins by Nisipeanu and Timofeev and a draw on the top board leaves the tournament with four leaders on 4.5/5.
1 | GM | Baadur Jobava (4) | GEO | 2695 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Zahar Efimenko (4) | UKR | 2640 |
2 | GM | Ivan Sokolov | BIH | 2638 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Francisco Vallejo Pons | ESP | 2708 |
3 | GM | Viorel Iordachescu | MDA | 2621 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Michael Adams | ENG | 2704 |
4 | GM | Ernesto Inarkiev | RUS | 2667 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo | ROU | 2525 |
5 | GM | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | ROU | 2661 | 1-0 | GM | Yannick Pelletier | SUI | 2611 |
6 | GM | Constantin Lupulescu | ROU | 2598 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Ian Nepomniachtchi | RUS | 2656 |
7 | GM | Artyom Timofeev | RUS | 2655 | 1-0 | IM | Jure Skoberne | SLO | 2509 |
8 | GM | Nikita Maiorov | BLR | 2510 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Rauf Mamedov | AZE | 2639 |
9 | GM | Zoltan Almasi (3) | HUN | 2720 | 1-0 | - | Tamir Nabaty | ISR | 2485 |
Leader Monika Socko drew with the Black pieces against third seed Anna Muzychuk. Boards two to four featured the other players who were within half-a-point of the Polish Grandmaster, whose husband is playing in the men's event. Before the round, twenty-five players had three points, seven 3.5 and just the one had 100%.
The leading eight players representing eight different nationalities.
After five rounds, three women are now in the lead, Tatiana Kosintseva and Arakhamia-Grant joining Socko on 4.5/5.
The three nationalities at the top are a Russian, a Pole and a Scot (although Arakhamia was a Georgian at birth)!
1 | IM | Anna Muzychuk (3.5) | SLO | 2533 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Monika Socko (4) | POL | 2465 |
2 | GM | Tatiana Kosintseva (3.5) | RUS | 2524 | 1-0 | IM | Almira Skripchenko (3.5) | FRA | 2456 |
3 | GM | Pia Cramling (3.5) | SWE | 2523 | 0-1 | GM | Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (3.5) | SCO | 2447 |
4 | WGM | Lilit Galojan (3.5) | ARM | 2380 | 0.5-0.5 | IM | Viktoija Cmilyte (3.5) | LTU | 2485 |
5 | GM | Antoaneta Stefanova (3) | BUL | 2555 | 1-0 | IM | Eva Moser (3) | AUT | 2437 |
6 | IM | Nadezhda Kosintseva (3) | RUS | 2554 | 1-0 | IM | Marina Romanko (3) | RUS | 2409 |
7 | GM | Marie Sebag (3) | FRA | 2506 | 0.5-0.5 | IM | Nino Khurtsidze (3) | GEO | 2434 |
8 | IM | Svetlana Matveeva (3) | RUS | 2373 | 1-0 | IM | Lela Javakhishvili (3) | GEO | 2500 |
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