CORUS 2010: Round 5 Results

Philippine GM Wesley So, 16, with five drawn games in eighth place


A fifth consecutive win, with the black pieces against Loek van Wely, put Alexei Shirov a point and a half ahead of the field. Vladimir Kramnik scored his first victory in this tournament, while World Champion Vishy Anand is stuck at 50%. In Group B 15-year-old GM Anish Giri leads, as does 15-year-old GM Ray Robson in Group C.


GROUP A - Round 5
P. Leko - V. Anand ½-½
F. Caruana - L. Dominguez ½-½
S. Tiviakov - S. Karjakin ½-½
J. Smeets - V. Kramnik 0-1
L. van Wely - A. Shirov 0-1
N. Short - V. Ivanchuk ½-½
H. Nakamura - M. Carlsen ½-½


GROUP B - Round 5
T. Nyback - E. l'Ami ½-½
A. Giri - E. Sutovsky 1-0
D. Howell - H. Ni 1-0
A. Muzychuk - D. Reinderman ½-½
A. Naiditsch - L. Nisipeanu 1-0
W. So - P. Harikrishna ½-½
V. Akobian - P. Negi 0-1


GROUP C - Round 5
M. Muzychuk - S. Swaminathan 1-0
S. Kuipers - R. Swinkels ½-½
Z. Peng - R. Robson 0-1
B. Bok - A. Gupta ½-½
D. Vocaturo - N. Grandelius 1-0
S. Plukkel - K. Lie ½-½
L. Chao - R. van Kampen ½-½