Round 5 results from Gausdal:

Kulaots 1/2 Rozentalis
Krush 0-1 Lie
Krasenkow 0-1 Portisch
Moskow 1/2 Jones
Carlsen 1/2 Dreev

Irina is still in the hunt for a GM norm but this loss will make her job very difficult. In the mean time, Eric Moskow drew his first game. The veteran Portisch beat Krasenkow with Black to pull into 2nd place.

Here are the standings after 5 rounds:

1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2690 gm 4.0
2 Portisch, Lajos HUN 2512 gm 3.5
3-5 Krush, Irina USA 2449 im 3.0
Rozentalis, Eduardas LIT 2578 gm 3.0
Krasenkow, Mikal POL 2651 gm 3.0

6-7 Kulaots, Kaido EST 2526 gm 2.5
Dreev, Alexei RUS 2658 gm 2.5
8 Lie, Kjetil A NOR 2529 gm 2.0
9 Jones, Gawain ENG 2509 im 1.0
10 Moskow, Eric USA 2260 0.5

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