
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
Results of round 2
Results of round 3
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
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