The leader Alexei Shirov went on to win after declining a repetition in a complex position against Van Wely. He is obviously very confident! His score of 5/5 is an astonishing achievement!
Nakamura versus Carlsen was an interesting tussle. I wonder what was really going on, did Nakamura miss a win?.
Kramnik played a Pirc which clearly came as a surprise to Smeets who reacted by taking far too much time during the early phase. He thus got himself into serious time trouble which didn't help his cause and Kramnik duly won. Kramnik ends his sequence of draws and moves into fifth alone.
Peter Leko | HUN | 2739 | 0.5-0.5 | Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2790 | C64 | Spanish Classical |
Fabiano Caruana | ITA | 2675 | 0.5-0.5 | Leinier Dominguez | CUB | 2712 | D76 | Neo-Grünfeld |
Sergey Tiviakov | NED | 2662 | 0.5-0.5 | Sergey Karjakin | RUS | 2720 | C77 | Spanish Worrall |
Jan Smeets | NED | 2657 | 0-1 | Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2788 | B07 | Pirc Defence |
Loek van Wely | NED | 2641 | 0-1 | Alexei Shirov | ESP | 2723 | A29 | English Four Knights |
Nigel Short | ENG | 2696 | 0.5-0.5 | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2749 | B40 | Sicilian with 3 g3 |
Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2708 | 0.5-0.5 | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2810 | D77 | Spanish Delayed Exchange |
Here are the standings after round 5, with Shirov 1.5 points ahead!
Seed | Name | Country | Rating | Points |
1 | Alexei Shirov | ESP | 2723 | 5 |
2= | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2810 | 3.5 |
2= | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2749 | 3.5 |
2= | Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2708 | 3.5 |
5 | Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2788 | 3 |
6= | Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2790 | 2.5 |
6= | Sergey Karjakin | RUS | 2720 | 2.5 |
6= | Leinier Dominguez | CUB | 2712 | 2.5 |
9= | Peter Leko | HUN | 2739 | 2 |
9= | Fabiano Caruana | ITA | 2675 | 2 |
9= | Sergey Tiviakov | NED | 2662 | 2 |
12 | Nigel Short | ENG | 2696 | 1.5 |
13 | Loek van Wely | NED | 2641 | 1 |
14 | Jan Smeets | NED | 2657 | 0.5 |
B-Group
In round five, two Grünfeld Exchanges, two Caro-Kanns and two Catalans! Anish Giri comfirms his excellent form with a win over Emil Sutovsky, whereas David Howell beat Ni Hua to leap into second place.
Tomi Nyback | FIN | 2643 | 0.5-0.5 | Erwin l'Ami | NED | 2615 | E04 | Catalan Opening |
Anish Giri | NED | 2588 | 1-0 | Emil Sutovsky | ISR | 2666 | D85 | Grünfeld Defence |
David Howell | ENG | 2606 | 1-0 | Ni Hua | CHN | 2657 | B12 | Caro-Kann/French |
Anna Muzychuk | SLO | 2523 | 0.5-0.5 | Dimitri Reinderman | NED | 2573 | B04 | Alekhine's Defence |
Arkadij Naiditsch | GER | 2687 | 1-0 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | ROM | 2681 | B14 | Caro-Kann Panov Attack |
Wesley So | PHI | 2656 | 0.5-0.5 | Penteala Harikrishna | IND | 2672 | E06 | Catalan Opening |
Varuzhan Akobian | USA | 2628 | 0-1 | Parimarjan Negi | IND | 2621 | D85 | Grünfeld Defence |
There are some big names in the lower half of the table.
Rank | Title | Name | Country | Rating | Points |
1 | GM | Anish Giri | NED | 2588 | 4 |
2 | GM | David Howell | ENG | 2606 | 3.5 |
3= | GM | Ni Hua | CHN | 2657 | 3 |
3= | GM | Penteala Harikrishna | IND | 2672 | 3 |
3= | GM | Erwin l'Ami | NED | 2615 | 3 |
3= | GM | Arkadij Naiditsch | GER | 2687 | 3 |
3= | GM | Parimarjan Negi | IND | 2621 | 3 |
8= | GM | Wesley So | PHI | 2656 | 2.5 |
8= | GM | Tomi Nyback | FIN | 2643 | 2.5 |
10= | GM | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | ROM | 2681 | 2 |
10= | IM | Anna Muzychuk | SLO | 2523 | 2 |
12= | GM | Emil Sutovsky | ISR | 2657 | 1.5 |
13 | GM | Varuzhan Akobian | USA | 2628 | 1 |
14 | GM | Dimitri Reinderman | NED | 2573 | 1 |
Group C
It was also a good day for youth in the C-tournament with Ray Robson winning with the Black pieces to become sole leader.
Marya Muzychuk | UKR | 2447 | 1-0 | Soumya Swaminathan | IND | 2323 | B19 | Caro-Kann Defence |
Stefan Kuipers | NED | 2340 | 0.5-0.5 | Robin Swinkels | NED | 2495 | B47 | Sicilian Taimanov |
Zhaoqin Peng | NED | 2402 | 0-1 | Ray Robson | USA | 2570 | E10 | Blumenfeld Counter Gambit |
Benjamin Bok | NED | 2322 | 0.5-0.5 | Abhijeet Gupta | IND | 2577 | B67 | Sicilian Richter-Rauzer |
Daniele Vocaturo | ITA | 2495 | 1-0 | Nils Grandelius | SWE | 2515 | C53 | Closed Italian |
Sjoerd Plukkel | NED | 2279 | 0.5-0.5 | Kjetil Lie | NOR | 2547 | B28 | Sicilian 2...a6 |
Li Chao-b | CHN | 2604 | 0.5-0.5 | Robin van Kampen | NED | 2456 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf |
In contrast to group B, the favourites dominate the top half of the table.
Rank | Title | Name | Country | Rating | Points |
1 | GM | Ray Robson | USA | 2570 | 4.5 |
2 | GM | Li Chao-b | CHN | 2604 | 4 |
3 | GM | Daniele Vocaturo | ITA | 2495 | 3.5 |
4= | GM | Abhijeet Gupta | IND | 2577 | 3 |
4= | GM | Kjetil Lie | NOR | 2547 | 3 |
4= | IM | Robin Swinkels | NED | 2495 | 3 |
7= | GM | Zhaoqin Peng | NED | 2402 | 2.5 |
7= | IM | Robin van Kempen | NED | 2456 | 2.5 |
9= | WGM | Marya Muzychuk | UKR | 2447 | 2 |
9= | FM | Stefan Kuipers | NED | 2340 | 2 |
9= | FM | Benjamin Bok | NED | 2322 | 2 |
12 | IM | Nils Grandelius | SWE | 2515 | 1.5 |
13 | - | Sjoerd Plukkel | NED | 2279 | 1 |
14 | WGM | Soumya Swaminathan | IND | 2323 | 0.5 |
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