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Aronian managed to win yet another very interesting and complex endgame and is now leading with 4 points out of 5!
Results of the 5th round
Harikrishna, P. – Giri, A. 0-1
Caruana, F. – Van Wely, L. 1-0
Rapport, R. – Dominguez, L. 0-1
Nakamura, H. – Karjakin, S. ½-½
Naiditsch, A. – Aronian, L. 0-1
So, W. – Gelfand, B. 1-0
Standings after the 5th round with current ELO and performance
1 Aronian, L. 4.0 / 5 2812 2977
2 Giri, A. 3.5 / 5 2734 2863
3 So, W. 3.5 / 5 2719 2891
4 Dominguez, L. 3.0 / 5 2754 2789
5 Karjakin, S. 3.0 / 5 2759 2800
6 Caruana, F. 3.0 / 5 2782 2827
7 Harikrishna, P. 2.5 / 5 2706 2746
8 Nakamura, H. 2.5 / 5 2789 2757
9 Van Wely, L. 1.5 / 5 2672 2598
10 Rapport, R. 1.5 / 5 2691 2615
11 Naiditsch, A. 1.0 / 5 2718 2526
12 Gelfand, B. 1.0 / 5 2777 2500