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The top encounter of round five was the game between Ernesto Inarkiev and Radoslaw Wojtaszek. A promising match because these two top grandmasters have never before played a game with classical time control against each other. On top of that Wojtaszek is considered as one of the biggest Najdorf experts and in round four Inarkiev showed against Andriasian that he also knows a thing or two about this line but prefers to play it with White.
Ernesto Inarkiev (Photo: Amruta Mokal)
Mr. Najdorf himself: Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Photo: Baku World Cup 2015)
At board two Nikita Vitiugov and Baadur Jobava drew without much of a fight and this allowed David Navara and Ivan Saric to join the group of players with 4.5/5.
Here now a number of highlights from round five:
Polish GM Dariusz Swiercz found an interesting perpetual:
Dariusz Swiercz (Photo: Polish Chess Federation)
The Russian GM Evgeny Romanov played an energetic attacking game:
Ivan Cheparinov showed why Benoni is considered to be risky for Black:
French GM Laurent Fressinet found a strong piece sacrifice in the opening.
... 245 players
Day |
Date |
Hour |
Program |
Wednesday |
11.05.2016 |
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Arrivals of participants |
Wednesday |
11.05.2016 |
20:00 |
Opening ceremony |
Thursday |
11.05.2016 |
22:00 |
Technical meeting |
Thursday |
12.05.2016 |
15:30 |
Round I |
Friday |
13.05.2016 |
15:30 |
Round II |
Saturday |
14.05.2016 |
15:30 |
Round III |
Sunday |
15.05.2016 |
15:30 |
Round IV |
Monday |
16.05.2016 |
15:30 |
Round V |
Tuesday |
17.05.2016 |
15:30 |
Round VI |
Wednesday |
18.05.2016 |
|
Rest day |
Thursday |
19.05.2016 |
15:30 |
Round VII |
Friday |
20.05.2016 |
15:30 |
Round VIII |
Saturday |
21.05.2016 |
15:30 |
Round IX |
Sunday |
22.05.2016 |
15:30 |
Round X |
Monday |
23.05.2016 |
11:00 |
Round XI |
Monday |
23.05.2016 |
20:00 |
Closing ceremony |
Tuesday |
24.05.2016 |
|
Departure |
Photos: Tournament page