Group A after 5 rounds:
1-2. Sergey Karjakin (2672) and Harikrishna Pentala (2674) : 3.5
3-5. Laurent Fressinet (2640), Teïmour Radjabov (2729) and Antoaneta Stefanova (2489) : 3.0
6. Parimarjan Negi (2538) : 2.0
7. Alexandra Kosteniuk (2534) : 1.5
8. Marie Sebag (2471) : 1.0
Group B after 5 rounds:
1. Andreï Volokitin (2645) : 4.5
2. Magnus Carlsen (2698) : 3.5
3. Zhao Xue (2467) : 3.0
4-5. Etienne Bacrot (2705) and Humpy Koneru (2545) : 2.5
6-7. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2579) and Anatoli Karpov (2668) : 1.5
8. Almira Skripchenko (2427) : 1.0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
What the Hell’s wrong with Karpov?
Yes, Karpov was having a disaster, but he just beat Lagrave and can still make it to the quarterfinals.
I am rooting for Karpov to have a good showing especially if it is true that he will be having a match with Fischer!
Me too, now he beat Skripchenko and tied for 3rd-6th with Zhao Xue, Bacrot, and Koneru. I believe it’s decided by blitz who advances.