The big story so far is 2 French IMs are near the top of the leaderboard. IM Wirig (2480) is performing at 2824 and IM Bellaiche (2472) is performing at 2661 after 5 rounds!

Leaders after 5 rounds

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2653 5.0 3367 9.5 15.5
2 IM Wirig Anthony FRA 2480 4.5 3429 10.5 15.5
3 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2598 4.5 2876 10.5 17.5
4 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter ROU 2673 4.5 2844 10.0 17.0
5 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2707 4.0 3338 9.0 14.0
6 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2616 4.0 3329 9.0 16.0
7 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2626 4.0 3287 9.0 15.5
8 IM Bellaiche Anthony FRA 2472 4.0 2885 8.5 12.0
9 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2584 4.0 2869 10.5 16.5
10 GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2692 4.0 2847 8.5 15.0
11 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2673 4.0 2846 9.5 16.5
12 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2672 4.0 2839 9.5 16.0
13 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2662 4.0 2831 8.5 14.5
14 GM Reinderman Dimitri NED 2601 4.0 2817 8.5 14.5
15 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2711 4.0 2814 9.0 14.5
16 GM Zherebukh Yaroslav UKR 2560 4.0 2808 8.5 14.0
17 GM Zhigalko Andrey BLR 2571 4.0 2795 10.5 16.5
18 GM Polgar Judit HUN 2686 4.0 2794 9.0 14.5
19 GM Khairullin Ildar RUS 2634 4.0 2793 9.0 15.0
20 GM Ragger Markus AUT 2614 4.0 2770 9.5 16.0
21 GM Kovchan Alexander UKR 2563 4.0 2755 9.5 15.5
22 GM Vaisser Anatoly FRA 2522 4.0 2741 10.5 16.0
23 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2624 4.0 2741 8.0 13.0
24 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GRE 2584 4.0 2710 8.5 14.0
25 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2677 4.0 2687 10.5 16.5
26 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2664 4.0 2662 8.0 13.5
27 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2626 4.0 2659 10.0 16.5
28 GM Feller Sebastien FRA 2657 4.0 2647 8.5 13.0
29 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2680 4.0 2628 8.0 14.0
30 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2626 4.0 2607 8.5 14.0
31 GM Papin Vasily RUS 2569 4.0 2607 8.0 13.0
32 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2606 4.0 2589 8.5 14.0

Full standings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr45941.aspx

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