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Friday, January 21, 2011

Tata Steel Chess Super-GM R5: Anand beats Smeets, leads Group A


Hi Everybody,

World Champions Viswanathan Anand pulled off a nice win over Jan Smeets in the fifth round at the Tata Steel Super-GM 2011 in Wijk aan Zee. You can find more information at the official website here.

Here are the Round 5 results though before that in case you missed the Opening day and other videos.

















Round 5 results

Group A


Round 5 - Thursday the 20th
J. Smeets - V. Anand0-1
M. Carlsen - E. l'Ami1-0
H. Nakamura - R. Ponomariov½-½
M. Vachier-Lagrave - A. Giri½-½
I. Nepomniachtchi - A. Shirov½-½
V. Kramnik - L. Aronian½-½
W. Hao - A. Grischuk1-0

Group B



Round 5 - Thursday the 20th
L. McShane - L. Fressinet½-½
R. Wojtaszek - F. Nijboer1-0
L. Liem - V. Tkachiev½-½
G. Sargissian - L. Chao½-½
J. Hammer - W. Spoelman1-0
Z. Efimenko - D. Navara1-0
S. Ganguly - W. So0-1



Group C


Round 5 - Thursday the 20th
I. Ivanisevic - B. Bok1-0
K. Lahno - S. Siebrecht1-0
D. Swiercz - M. van der Werf0-1
I. Nyzhnyk - R. Pruijssers1-0
R. van Kampen - T. Sachdev½-½
D. Vocaturo - M. Bluvshtein1-0
M. Kazhgaleyev - J.W. de Jong1-0


Standings after round 5


Group A

1.V. Anand4
2.H. Nakamura
3.L. Aronian
A. Giri
M. Vachier-Lagrave
3
6.M. Carlsen
V. Kramnik
I. Nepomniachtchi
R. Ponomariov
10.W. Hao
E. l'Ami
J. Smeets
2
13.A. Grischuk
14.A. Shirov1

Group B


1.L. McShane4
2.Z. Efimenko
3.L. Fressinet
G. Sargissian
W. So
R. Wojtaszek
3
7.D. Navara
8.L. Chao
J. Hammer
F. Nijboer
W. Spoelman
V. Tkachiev
2
13.S. Ganguly
L. Liem

Group C

1.D. Vocaturo
2.I. Nyzhnyk4
3.K. Lahno
4.M. Bluvshtein
M. van der Werf
3
6.B. Bok
I. Ivanisevic
T. Sachdev
S. Siebrecht
10.M. Kazhgaleyev
D. Swiercz
2
12.R. van Kampen
13.R. Pruijssers1
14.J.W. de Jong½



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