Round 5 results:
Peter Leko 0-1 Vishy Anand
Veselin Topalov 0-1 Magnus Carlsen
Levon Aronian ½-½ Alexei Shirov
Teimour Radjabov ½-½ Vassily Ivanchuk
Every player has lost at least one game.
Standings after 5 rounds:
1. Anand 3.5
2. Aronian 3.0
3-5 Topalov, Shirov, Carlsen 2.5
6-8 Leko, Ivanchuk, Radjabov 2.0
What have been some of the biggest surprises so far?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
1) Radjabov being the only winless player to date.
2) Anand: “Win with Black, Lose with White”
Its not a surprise….its just really neat to see Carlsen coming into his own the past few tourneys.
This win against Topalov reminded me of the grinding dow as Black he did of Kramnik last month. He’s not in a hurry and just keeps playing. I remember another guy (unfortunatly gone now) who used to trot out the Alekhine on occasion …..I think he’s got a huge future.
Good t see a new star like that. Really nice to see.
That Topalov started so well.
Carlsen is the good surprise of the year