Only one leader remained after 5 rounds – GM Melkumyan of Armenia, who has 5 points.
Results of top 5 boards of the 5th round
1 IM Argandona Riveiro Inigo 2423 4 0 – 1 4 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2655
2 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2653 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Kovalenko Igor 2650
3 GM Rapport Richard 2704 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Golod Vitali 2574
4 GM Savchenko Boris 2596 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Oparin Grigoriy 2546
5 GM Werle Jan 2511 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Naroditsky Daniel 2587
Top 10 players after 5 rounds
1 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2655 5.0 9.5 15.5 3226
2 GM Rapport Richard U18 HUN 2704 4.5 10.5 17.5 2834
3 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2653 4.5 10.0 17.0 2833
4 GM Kovalenko Igor LAT 2650 4.5 10.0 16.5 2816
5 GM Naroditsky Daniel U20 USA 2587 4.0 11.0 17.5 2689
6 IM Argandona Riveiro Inigo ESP 2423 4.0 10.0 17.0 2686
7 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2596 4.0 9.5 16.0 2619
8 GM Molner Mackenzie USA 2509 4.0 9.5 16.0 2612
9 GM Boruchovsky Avital U18 ISR 2483 4.0 9.0 15.5 2572
10 GM Yemelin Vasily RUS 2573 4.0 9.0 15.0 2607
Some games of the 5th round
Pairings of top 5 boards of the 6th round
1 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2655 5 – 4½ GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2653
2 GM Kovalenko Igor 2650 4½ – 4½ GM Rapport Richard 2704
3 GM Shirov Alexei 2709 4 – 4 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2527
4 GM Gavrilov Alexei 2505 4 – 4 GM Goganov Aleksey 2604
5 GM Savchenko Boris 2596 4 – 4 GM Werle Jan 2511