Bansko Open Round Five

Bansko Open Round Five
Top board drawn, six players leading with 4.5 points each

GM Boris Savchenko and IM Tamir Nabaty drew their game on the top board of the 5th round of the Bansko Grand Chess Open 2010, and IM Nanko Dobrev was defeated by GM Vladimir Georgiev, thus there are no more players with perfect score in the tournament.

Piotr Korobkov, the untitled but decently rated player from Ukraine, outwitted the 3rd-seeded GM Vasil Spasov, while GM Ioannis Nikolaidis won the Greek derby against GM Athanasios Mastrovasilis.

GM Avetik Grygorian, the reigning Armenian champion, got the better off from his encounter with IM Miodrag Perunovic. After the game he commented: “In the morning I thought that it’s been a long time since I played my favourite King’s Indian defence, and I decided to use it today, especially as I thought it would have been a surprise for my opponent. Later I found that Miodrag guessed which opening I’ll choose, but he misplayed the moves’ order and got worse position, which he couldn’t save from that moment on.”

Round 5 top results:

GM Savchenko Boris – IM Nabaty Tamir ½ – ½
GM Georgiev Vladimir – IM Dobrev Nanko 1 – 0
GM Petrov Marijan – GM Cheparinov Ivan ½ – ½
Korobkov Piotr – GM Spasov Vasil 1 – 0
IM Perunovic Miodrag – GM Grigoryan Avetik 0 – 1
GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios – GM Nikolaidis Ioannis 0 – 1
GM Danielsen Henrik – IM Gvetadze Sopio 1 – 0
WIM Nikolova Adriana – IM Grigorov Grigor 0 – 1
IM Arnaudov G Petar – Galburd Yan ½ – ½
Malikentzos Sotirios – IM Zaslavsky Mikhail ½ – ½
IM Collas Silvia – IM Ashwin Jayaram ½ – ½
IM Dimitrov Radoslav – Kanakaris Georgios ½ – ½

Round 5 standings:

1-6. GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2632, GM Georgiev Vladimir MKD 2582, Korobkov Piotr UKR 2484, GM Grigoryan Avetik ARM 2580, IM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2529 and GM Nikolaidis Ioannis GRE 2552 – 4.5

7-11. GM Petrov Marijan BUL 2534, IM Dobrev Nanko BUL 2376, GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2668, IM Grigorov Grigor BUL 2479 and GM Danielsen Henrik ISL 2516 – 4.0

12-30. GM Spasov Vasil BUL 2606, IM Perunovic Miodrag SRB 2465, IM Maksimovic Branimir SRB 2421, Strelnikov Sergey UKR 2419, IM Zaslavsky Mikhail ISR 2424, FM Kukov Velislav BUL 2355, IM Arnaudov G Petar BUL 2468, IM Berbatov Kiprian BUL 2461, IM Dimitrov Radoslav BUL 2410, GM Georgiev Krum BUL 2422, Malikentzos Sotirios GRE 2312, IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 2420, IM Collas Silvia FRA 2300, Kanakaris Georgios GRE 2285, FM Fazulyanov Sergey RUS 2365, NM Gochev Mladen BUL 2261, Kolev Atanas Tonchev BUL 2049, FM Velchev Hristo BUL 2322 and Galburd Yan ISR 2322 – 3.5 etc

Round 6 top pairings:

GM Nikolaidis Ioannis – GM Savchenko Boris
IM Nabaty Tamir – GM Georgiev Vladimir
GM Grigoryan Avetik – Korobkov Piotr
GM Cheparinov Ivan – GM Danielsen Henrik
IM Dobrev Nanko – GM Petrov Marijan
IM Grigorov Grigor – GM Spasov Vasil
FM Kukov Velislav – IM Arnaudov G Petar
Galburd Yan – IM Perunovic Miodrag
Kanakaris Georgios – IM Berbatov Kiprian
IM Zaslavsky Mikhail – FM Fazulyanov Sergey
GM Georgiev Krum – FM Velchev Hristo
NM Gochev Mladen – IM Maksimovic Branimi