Anton Korobov leads Karpov Tournament in Poikovsky

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Tournament leader Anton Korobov while gaining new strength

Korobov took the sole lead after winning a fine attacking against Ilia Smirin in round five.

Ilia Smirin

With one draw and three losses Victor Bologan had a very bad start into the tournament.
But he still played enterprising chess which in round five was rewarded with a win against Emil Sutovsky.

Emil Sutovsky

Results of round 1

	Title	Name	ELO	Res.	Title	Name	ELO
1	GM	Anton Korobov	2674	½ - ½	GM	Radoslaw Wojtaszek	2722
2	GM	Emil Sutovsky	2611	½ - ½	GM	Dmitry Andreikin	2736
3	GM	Ilia Smirin	2669	½ - ½	GM	Dmitry Jakovenko	2712
4	GM	Maxim Matlakov	2693	½ - ½	GM	Igor Kovalenko	2644
5	GM	Victor Bologan	2654	½ - ½	GM	Alexander Motylev	2660

Results of round 2

Br.	Title	Name	ELO	Res.	Title	Name	ELO
1	GM	Victor Bologan	2654	0 - 1	GM	Anton Korobov	2674
2	GM	Alexander Motylev	2660	½ - ½	GM	Dmitry Andreikin	2736
3	GM	Dmitry Jakovenko	2712	0 - 1	GM	Emil Sutovsky	2611
4	GM	Igor Kovalenko	2644	1 - 0	GM	Ilia Smirin	2669
5	GM	Radoslaw Wojtaszek	2722	½ - ½	GM	Maxim Matlakov	2693

Results of round 3

Br.	Title	Name	ELO	Res.	Title	Name	ELO
1	GM	Emil Sutovsky	2611	½ - ½	GM	Igor Kovalenko	2644
2	GM	Anton Korobov	2674	½ - ½	GM	Alexander Motylev	2660
3	GM	Ilia Smirin	2669	½ - ½	GM	Radoslaw Wojtaszek	2722
4	GM	Maxim Matlakov	2693	1 - 0	GM	Victor Bologan	2654
5	GM	Dmitry Andreikin	2736	½ - ½	GM	Dmitry Jakovenko	2712

Results of round 4

Br.	Elo	Title	Name	Ergebnis	Title	Name	Elo
1	2660	GM	Motylev Alexander	½ - ½	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2712
2	2667	GM	Kovalenko Igor	½ - ½	GM	Andreikin Dmitry	2733
3	2733	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	1 - 0	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2622
4	2654	GM	Bologan Victor	0 - 1	GM	Smirin Ilia	2676
5	2656	GM	Korobov Anton	½ - ½	GM	Matlakov Maxim	2684

Results of round 5

Br.	Elo	Title	Name	Ergebnis	Title	Name	Elo
1	2684	GM	Matlakov Maxim	½ - ½	GM	Motylev Alexander	2660
2	2676	GM	Smirin Ilia	0 - 1	GM	Korobov Anton	2656
3	2622	GM	Sutovsky Emil	0 - 1	GM	Bologan Victor	2654
4	2733	GM	Andreikin Dmitry	½ - ½	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2733
5	2712	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	1 - 0	GM	Kovalenko Igor	2667

Games from rounds 1 to 5

Standings after five rounds

Rg.	Title	Name	Country	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	TB
1	GM	Anton Korobov		2674		½	½	½					1	1	3.5 / 5
2	GM	Radoslaw Wojtaszek		2722	½		½		½			1	½		3.0 / 5	7.50
3	GM	Maxim Matlakov		2693	½	½		½			½			1	3.0 / 5	7.25
4	GM	Alexander Motylev		2660	½		½		½	½				½	2.5 / 5	6.50
5	GM	Dmitry Andreikin		2736		½		½		½	½	½			2.5 / 5	6.25
6	GM	Dmitrij Jakovenko		2731				½	½		1	0	½		2.5 / 5	6.00
7	GM	Igor Kovalenko		2644			½		½	0		½	1		2.5 / 5	5.75
8	GM	Emil Sutovsky		2611		0			½	1	½			0	2.0 / 5	5.00
9	GM	Ilia Smirin		2669	0	½				½	0			1	2.0 / 5	4.25
10	GM	Viktor Bologan		2654	0		0	½				1	0		1.5 / 5

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Johannes Fischer Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".