Round 5 results:
Topalov 1-0 Grischuk
Vallejo Pons 0-1 Gashimov
Aronian 1/2 Gelfand
Standings after 5 rounds:
| 1. | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2805 | 3½ | 2897 | ||||||||||||
| 2. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2781 | 2½ | 2753 | ||||||||||||
| 3. | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2759 | 2½ | 2757 | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2736 | 2½ | 2762 | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2761 | 2 | 2685 | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2705 | 2 | 2696 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Topalov will pass Carlsen as #1 after Linares.
Never!
I put laxatives in Danailov’s coffee.
kudos to grischuk. only a brave soul will engage in a highly tactical and sharp battle against topalov.