Standings after 5 rounds (crosstable by TWIC)
1. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2779 | * | . | ½ | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 4½ | 3039 |
2. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2837 | . | * | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 4½ | 3066 |
3. | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2752 | ½ | . | * | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | ½ | 1 | . | 3½ | 2885 |
4. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2763 | 0 | . | . | * | . | 1 | . | . | ½ | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 3½ | 2885 |
5. | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2788 | . | . | . | . | * | . | ½ | ½ | . | . | ½ | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 3½ | 2802 |
6. | Dreev, Aleksey | g | RUS | 2677 | . | . | ½ | 0 | . | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2769 |
7. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2749 | . | ½ | . | . | ½ | . | * | ½ | . | . | . | ½ | ½ | . | . | . | 2½ | 2723 |
8. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2738 | 0 | . | . | . | ½ | . | ½ | * | 1 | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | 2½ | 2734 |
9. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2769 | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | 0 | * | . | ½ | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | 2½ | 2655 |
10. | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2726 | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | * | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 2680 |
11. | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | FRA | 2644 | 0 | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | ½ | ½ | * | . | ½ | . | . | . | 2 | 2658 |
12. | Kurnosov, Igor | g | RUS | 2663 | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | . | ½ | . | ½ | . | . | * | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 2674 |
13. | Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | g | KAZ | 2589 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | ½ | ½ | . | . | ½ | 0 | * | . | . | . | 1½ | 2577 |
14. | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2732 | . | 0 | ½ | 0 | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | 0 | . | 1 | 2519 |
15. | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2770 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | 1 | * | . | 1 | 2504 |
16. | Ismagambetov, Anuar | g | KAZ | 2471 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | * | 0 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nakamura would be leading at this point if he was invited. Everyone is afraid of the f bomb.