Round 5 top board pairings:
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 20 
YU Yangyi 2509 4 3½ GM ZHIGALKO Sergei 2646 3
YU Yangyi 2509 4 3½ GM ZHIGALKO Sergei 2646 3 2 1 GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime 2718 3½ 3½ GM OLSZEWSKI Michal 2544 10
GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime 2718 3½ 3½ GM OLSZEWSKI Michal 2544 10 3 5 GM RODSHTEIN Maxim 2623 3½ 3 GM ANDREIKIN Dmitry 2659 2
GM RODSHTEIN Maxim 2623 3½ 3 GM ANDREIKIN Dmitry 2659 2 4 17 GM GRIGORYAN Avetik 2515 3 3 GM HOWELL David W L 2624 4
GM GRIGORYAN Avetik 2515 3 3 GM HOWELL David W L 2624 4 5 25 IM LALITH Babu M R 2477 3 3 GM LI Chao B 2617 6
IM LALITH Babu M R 2477 3 3 GM LI Chao B 2617 66 7 GM ITURRIZAGA Eduardo 2605 3 3 IM MARGVELASHVILI Giorgi 2509 19
GM ITURRIZAGA Eduardo 2605 3 3 IM MARGVELASHVILI Giorgi 2509 19 7 27 FM YILMAZ Mustafa 2475 3 3 GM POPOV Ivan 2582 8
FM YILMAZ Mustafa 2475 3 3 GM POPOV Ivan 2582 8 8 11 IM LENDERMAN Alex 2542 3 3 BLIT Jacques 2350 42
IM LENDERMAN Alex 2542 3 3 BLIT Jacques 2350 42 9 15 GM BINDRICH Falko 2516 3 3 FM CORI Jorge 2445 31
GM BINDRICH Falko 2516 3 3 FM CORI Jorge 2445 31 10 9 GM JUMABAYEV Rinat 2548 2½ 2½ IM CAN Emre 2455 28
GM JUMABAYEV Rinat 2548 2½ 2½ IM CAN Emre 2455 28 11 30 IM KARTHIKEYAN P 2449 2½ 2½ IM ROBSON Ray 2527 13
IM KARTHIKEYAN P 2449 2½ 2½ IM ROBSON Ray 2527 13 12 38 FM BAJARANI Ulvi 2392 2½ 2½ GM DIAMANT Andre 2526 14
FM BAJARANI Ulvi 2392 2½ 2½ GM DIAMANT Andre 2526 14 13 16 GM LEON HOYOS Manuel 2516 2½ 2½ GALLEGO ALCARAZ Andres Felipe 2404 35
GM LEON HOYOS Manuel 2516 2½ 2½ GALLEGO ALCARAZ Andres Felipe 2404 35 14 39 FM ZASLAVSKY Mikhail 2392 2½ 2½ IM VOCATURO Daniele 2510 18
FM ZASLAVSKY Mikhail 2392 2½ 2½ IM VOCATURO Daniele 2510 18 15 43 FM VISHNU Prasanna V 2342 2½ 2½ GM SWIERCZ Dariusz 2492 22
FM VISHNU Prasanna V 2342 2½ 2½ GM SWIERCZ Dariusz 2492 22
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Robson will bounce back right away.
You cant bounce back in such a tournament. One loss and champions title is out of reach. A loss means more than losing one pont in such an early phase. Why? I don’t know really, one arbiter told me so.
In any case, champion’s title may be a bit much to ask or expect from the #13 seed Robson. He may be somewhat underrated, but so are presumably some of his competitors.
Happy birthday Ray! Hope you will win today!