Sergey Karjakin against Peter Svidler was relatively short, but was not without incident. White combined and opened Black's king, but a clever defensive move by Svidler forced Karjakin to settle for perpetual check.
Hikaru Nakamura was able to win the exchange with a combination involving a temporary piece sacrifice. However in return, Levon Aronian had an active deployment plus a pawn, and Nakamura was under some pressure until he sacrificed back the exchange for a drawish rook endgame.
Magnus Carlsen reacted actively in the Grünfeld, giving up a pawn for active development. Even the exchange of queens didn't stem his elan and it was Ivanchuk who was seeking drawish simplification. Black had strong pressure with Rook, bishop and superior king against passive rook and knight. Ivanchuk however was up to the defensive task.
Boris Gelfand gave up the exchange for a pawn in the middlegame. One consideration must have been his safer king, but Nepomniachtchi was able to consolidate and even take some advantage. However, Gelfand's ultra-safe monarch where Nepomniachthci's was vulnerable, meant that the Russian couldn't exoploit his extra material.
Finally, the Anand-Kramnik encounter was a dull affair. Black equalized and the symmetric pawns gave no real winning chances.
Here is a summary of the fifth round games:
White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating | Moves | Opening description |
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Sergey Karjakin | RUS | 2763 | 0.5-0.5 | Peter Svidler | RUS | 2755 | 26 | Sicilian Kan |
Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2744 | 0.5-0.5 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | RUS | 2730 | 62 | Grünfeld Defence 4.Bg5 |
Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2758 | 0.5-0.5 | Levon Aronian | ARM | 2802 | 53 | Queen's Gambit Declined 3...Be7 |
Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2811 | 0.5-0.5 | Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2800 | 36 | Queen's Gambit Declined 5.Bf4 |
Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2775 | 0.5-0.5 | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2826 | 76 | Grünfeld 4.Bf4 |
The table after the fifth round:
Place | Name | Country | Rating | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1-4 | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2826 | 3 |
1-4 | Levon Aronian | ARM | 2802 | 3 |
1-4 | Sergey Karjakin | RUS | 2763 | 3 |
1-4 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | RUS | 2730 | 3 |
5-7 | Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2811 | 2.5 |
5-7 | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2775 | 2.5 |
5-7 | Peter Svidler | RUS | 2755 | 2.5 |
8-9 | Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2800 | 2 |
8-9 | Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2758 | 2 |
10 | Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2744 | 1.5 |
Details of the earlier games:
The first round:
White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating | Moves | Opening description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2758 | 0.5-0.5 | Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2744 | 34 | Queen's Gambit Declined 5.Bf4 |
Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2811 | 0.5-0.5 | Sergey Karjakin | RUS | 2763 | 42 | Nimzoindian 4.Qc2 |
Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2775 | 1-0 | Peter Svidler | RUS | 2755 | 61 | Grünfeld 4.e3 |
Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2800 | 0-1 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | RUS | 2730 | 53 | English Symmetrical |
Levon Aronian | ARM | 2802 | 0.5-0.5 | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2826 | 57 | Queen's Indian 4.g3 Ba6 |
The second round:
White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating | Moves | Opening description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2826 | 1-0 | Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2744 | 38 | Slav Defence 4.e3 |
Sergey Karjakin | RUS | 2763 | 0.5-0.5 | Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2758 | 43 | Sicilian Najdorf 6.Be2 |
Peter Svidler | RUS | 2755 | 0.5-0.5 | Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2811 | 23 | Caro-Kann Advance |
Ian Nepomniachtchi | RUS | 2730 | 0.5-0.5 | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2775 | 76 | Sicilian Sveshnikov |
Levon Aronian | ARM | 2802 | 0.5-0.5 | Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2800 | 49 | Queen's Gambit Tarrasch |
The third round:
White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating | Moves | Opening description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2744 | 0-1 | Sergey Karjakin | RUS | 2763 | 59 | Open Catalan |
Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2758 | 0-1 | Peter Svidler | RUS | 2755 | 48 | Grünfeld Exchange 7.Bc4 |
Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2811 | 0.5-0.5 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | RUS | 2730 | 27 | Grünfeld (Russian Variation) |
Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2775 | 0-1 | Levon Aronian | ARM | 2802 | 57 | Spanish Berlin |
Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2800 | 0.5-0.5 | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2826 | 41 | English (Botvinnik) |
The fourth round:
White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating | Moves | Opening description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2826 | 0.5-0.5 | Sergey Karjakin | RUS | 2763 | 67 | Nimzoindian 4.Qc2 |
Peter Svidler | RUS | 2755 | 0.5-0.5 | Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2744 | 40 | Reti Opening |
Ian Nepomniachtchi | RUS | 2730 | 0.5-0.5 | Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2758 | 85 | Sicilian Dragon |
Levon Aronian | ARM | 2802 | 0.5-0.5 | Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2811 | 60 | Queen's Gambit Declined 5.Bf4 |
Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2800 | 0.5-0.5 | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2775 | 57 | Chebanenko Slav |
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