After 5 rounds, GMs Kamsky, Ehlvest and Shabalov are tied for 1st with 4.5 points. However, the 2 biggest stories so far are the performances of Robert Hess and 12 year old Ray Robson. Hess defeated GM Alexander Ivanov and drew the top seed GM Hikaru Nakamura. Robson defeated GM Blatny, IM Bonin and America’s strongest FM Joe Bradfordf (2500)! He is now tied for 4th with GMs Izoria, Ibragimov, Shulman, Stripunsky and Perelshteyn!!

1 GM Gata Kamsky 2752 4½
2 GM Jaan Ehlvest 2675 4½
3 GM Alexander Shabalov 2656 4½
4 GM Zviad Izoria 2722 4
5 GM Ildar Ibragimov 2675 4
6 GM Yury Shulman 2662 4
7 GM Alexander Stripunsky 2638 4
8 GM Eugene Perelshteyn 2609 4
9 IM Justin Sarkar 2438 4
10 FM Ray S Robson 2332 4

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