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Douglas, the capitol of the Isle of Man
The new venue. The chess players moved into a bigger one. When
the open started the poker players still occupied the hall.
Sergey Movsesian
Sergey Tiviakov inspects the new surrounding
In round five Nigel Short played a brilliancy against Alon Greenfeld. On the black side of the Réti he came up with a novelty (4...f6) - after only four moves. Both sides continued to play aggressively, which soon led to complications. White sacrificed a piece to keep Black's king in the center and exploit Black's lack in development. But with 16...Bc5!! Short found a surprising rejoinder that threw White off balance. Though his position was objectively still promising Greenfeld failed to find the best continuation and lost quickly.
Pentala Harikrishna has the best tiebreak
and "officially" leads the field.
Laurent Fressinet is second on tiebreak.
Best women: Harika Dronavalli
| Rank | Name | Score | Fed. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM Harikrishna, P. | 4.0 | IND |
| 2 | GM Fressinet, Laurent | 4.0 | FRA |
| 3 | GM Naiditsch, Arkadij | 4.0 | AZE |
| 4 | GM Sargissian, Gabriel | 4.0 | ARM |
| 5 | GM Short, Nigel D | 4.0 | ENG |
| 6 | GM Granda Zuniga, Julio E | 4.0 | PER |
| 7 | GM Movsesian, Sergei | 4.0 | ARM |
| 8 | GM Grandelius, Nils | 4.0 | SWE |
| 9 | GM Melkumyan, Hrant | 4.0 | ARM |
| 10 | GM Tiviakov, Sergei | 4.0 | NED |
| 11 | IM Zumsande, Martin | 4.0 | GER |
| 12 | GM Adams, Michael | 3.5 | ENG |
| 13 | GM Howell, David W L | 3.5 | ENG |
| 14 | GM Kuzubov, Yuriy | 3.5 | UKR |
| 15 | GM Sengupta, Deep | 3.5 | IND |
| 16 | GM Donchenko, Alexander | 3.5 | GER |
| 17 | IM Rambaldi, Francesco | 3.5 | ITA |
| 18 | GM Hillarp Persson, Tiger | 3.5 | SWE |
| 19 | GM Boruchovsky, Avital | 3.5 | ISR |
| 20 | GM Harika, Dronavalli | 3.5 | IND |
| 21 | GM Sundararajan, Kidambi | 3.5 | IND |
| 22 | IM Lampert, Jonas | 3.5 | GER |
| 23 | IM Swayams, Mishra | 3.5 | IND |
| 24 | IM Houska, Jovanka | 3.5 | ENG |
| 25 | IM Afek, Yochanan | 3.5 | ISR |
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Jan Timman
Sunset at the sea
Photos: Alina l'Ami
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