There were two rounds yesterday and the five leaders lost half a point so far.
Review of round 4
Among players with 3 points only Halkias and Hess won, and WGM Sharevich who had 2.5 won against GM Fier. Here are the interesting games:
This game was particularly fighting with a basic R endgame in the end.
Results of top 10 boards
1 24 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM McShane Luke J 1
2 2 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 3 0 – 1 3 GM Halkias Stelios 15
3 4 GM Sokolov Ivan 3 0 – 1 3 GM Hess Robert L 17
4 6 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 3 ½ – ½ 3 IM Berbatov Kiprian 32
5 34 IM Ziska Helgi Dam 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Miton Kamil 11
6 23 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny 2½ 0 – 1 2½ GM Adly Ahmed 5
7 8 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2½ 1 – 0 2½ IM Dronavalli Harika 25
8 10 GM Baklan Vladimir 2½ 1 – 0 2½ IM Sammalvuo Tapani 31
9 62 WGM Sharevich Anna 2½ 1 – 0 2½ GM Fier Alexandr 13
10 14 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2½ 1 – 0 2½ IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor 35
Review of round 5
The leaders – GMs Halkias and Hess drew, so so GMs McShane, Kuzubov and Miton joined them.
Most interesting games of the round:
Top 10 results of round 5
1 15 GM Halkias Stelios 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Hess Robert L 17
2 1 GM McShane Luke J 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Gupta Abhijeet 14
3 5 GM Adly Ahmed 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Jones Gawain C B 16
4 18 GM Nyzhnyk Illya 3½ 0 – 1 3½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy 6
5 24 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Hansen Sune Berg 8
6 32 IM Berbatov Kiprian 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Baklan Vladimir 10
7 11 GM Miton Kamil 3½ 1 – 0 3½ WGM Sharevich Anna 62
8 2 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 3 1 – 0 3½ IM Ziska Helgi Dam 34
9 3 GM Gustafsson Jan 3 1 – 0 3 IM Thorfinnsson Bjorn 36
10 27 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Sokolov Ivan 4
Top 10 pairings of round 6
1 17 GM Hess Robert L 4½ 4½ GM McShane Luke J 1
2 6 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 4½ 4½ GM Miton Kamil 11
3 3 GM Gustafsson Jan 4 4½ GM Halkias Stelios 15
4 12 GM Pelletier Yannick 4 4 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 2
5 26 GM Williams Simon K 4 4 GM Adly Ahmed 5
6 16 GM Jones Gawain C B 4 4 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 7
7 8 GM Hansen Sune Berg 4 4 GM Friedel Joshua E 21
8 32 IM Berbatov Kiprian 4 4 GM Chatalbashev Boris 9
9 10 GM Baklan Vladimir 4 4 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger 24
10 4 GM Sokolov Ivan 3½ 3½ IM Sammalvuo Tapani 31