Morozevich does it again!

Peter Leko

Alexander Morozevich wins for the fourth time and makes another great stride away from the pack. He now leads by a remarkable 1½ points. Peter Leko won his first game and joins Evgeny Tomashevsky and Evgeny Alekseev in equal second.

The fifth round results:

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating
Ruslan Ponomariov	UKR	2758	½-½	Ni Hua	CHN	2670
Alexander Moiseenko	UKR	2726	½-½	Alexei Shirov	ESP	2713
Nikita Vitiugov	RUS	2726	½-½	Evgeny Alekseev	RUS	2662
Michael Roiz	ISR	2668	½-½	Evgeny Tomashevsky	RUS	2710
Peter Leko	HUN	2728	1-0	Dmitry Andreikin	RUS	2705
Alexander Morozevich	RUS	2737	1-0	Pavel Eljanov	UKR	2683

The tournament position after five rounds:

Rank	Player	Country	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Points
1	Alexander Morozevich	RUS	2737	*	.	.	½	.	.	1	.	1	.	1	1	4½
2-4	Evgeny Alekseev	RUS	2662	.	*	½	½	½	.	.	1	½	.	.	.	3
2-4	Evgeny Tomashevsky	RUS	2710	.	½	*	.	½	.	.	½	.	½	.	1	3
2-4	Peter Leko	HUN	2728	½	½	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	1	½	.	3
5-7	Michael Roiz	ISR	2668	.	½	½	.	*	½	.	.	.	½	½	.	2½
5-7	Alexei Shirov	ESP	2713	.	.	.	½	½	*	½	½	½	.	.	.	2½
5-7	Alexander Moiseenko	UKR	2726	0	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	.	½	1	2½
8-11	Ruslan Ponomariov	UKR	2758	.	0	½	.	.	½	.	*	.	½	.	½	2
8-11	Nikita Vitiugov	RUS	2726	0	½	.	.	.	½	½	.	*	.	½	.	2
8-11	Dmitry Andreikin	RUS	2705	.	.	½	0	½	.	.	½	.	*	.	½	2
8-11	Pavel Eljanov	UKR	2683	0	.	.	½	½	*	½	.	½	.	*	.	2
12	Ni Hua	CHN	2670	0	.	0	.	.	.	0	½	.	½	.	*	1

The round-by-round summary:

Round 1:

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating
Evgeny Tomashevsky	RUS	2710	½-½	Evgeny Alekseev	RUS	2662
Peter Leko	HUN	2728	½-½	Alexander Morozevich	RUS	2737
Michael Roiz	ISR	2668	½-½	Pavel Eljanov	UKR	2683
Dmitry Andreikin	RUS	2705	½-½	Ni Hua	CHN	2670
Ruslan Ponomariov	UKR	2758	½-½	Alexei Shirov	ESP	2713
Nikita Vitiugov	RUS	2726	½-½	Alexander Moiseenko	UKR	2726

Round 2:

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating
Evgeny Alekseev	RUS	2662	1-0	Ruslan Ponomariov	UKR	2758
Alexander Morozevich	RUS	2737	1-0	Nikita Vitiugov	RUS	2726
Pavel Eljanov	UKR	2683	½-½	Peter Leko	HUN	2728
Dmitry Andreikin	RUS	2705	½-½	Evgeny Tomashevsky	RUS	2710
Alexei Shirov	ESP	2713	½-½	Michael Roiz	ISR	2668
Ni Hua	CHN	2670	0-1	Alexander Moiseenko	UKR	2726

Round 3:

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating
Evgeny Tomashevsky	RUS	2710	1-0	Ni Hua	CHN	2670
Peter Leko	HUN	2728	½-½	Alexei Shirov	ESP	2713
Michael Roiz	ISR	2668	½-½	Evgeny Alekseev	RUS	2662
Alexander Moiseenko	UKR	2726	0-1	Alexander Morozevich	RUS	2737
Ruslan Ponomariov	UKR	2758	½-½	Dmitry Andreikin	RUS	2705
Nikita Vitiugov	RUS	2726	½-½	Pavel Eljanov	UKR	2683

Round 4:

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating
Evgeny Alekseev	RUS	2662	½-½	Peter Leko	HUN	2728
Evgeny Tomashevsky	RUS	2710	½-½	Ruslan Ponomariov	UKR	2758
Pavel Eljanov	UKR	2683	½-½	Alexander Moiseenko	UKR	2726
Dmitry Andreikin	RUS	2705	½-½	Michael Roiz	ISR	2668
Alexei Shirov	ESP	2713	½-½	Nikita Vitiugov	RUS	2726
Ni Hua	CHN	2670	0-1	Alexander Morozevich	RUS	2737

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