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Tata Steel Chess 2012, Round 5

19.01.2012 Round 5 of Tata Steel Chess 2012 took place on Thursday 19 January. Group A: Magnus Carlsen (draw against Anish Giri) and Levon Aronian (draw against Loek Van Wely) share the first place (3.5/5). Fabiano Caruana (draw against Gata Kamsky), Vassily Ivanchuk (who won against Vugar Gashimov) and Teimour Radjabov (draw against Veselin Topalov) share third place (3.0 points). Boris Gelfand defeated Sergey Karjakin. Group B: Pentala Harikrishna leads Group B with 4.0 points after drawing against Erwin L’Ami. Alexander Motylev (who won against Kateryna Lahno) is second with 3.0 points. Erwin L’Ami and Jan Timman (who won against Sipke Ernst) share third place with 2.5 points. Group C: Maxim Turov leads with maximum score 5.0/5 points. Lars Ootes was his round 5 victim. Hans Tikkanen is second and Baskaran Adhiban is third. Photo impression by Frits Agterdenbos.

Official Tata Steel Chess Tournament website: www.tatasteelchess.com

01 Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri

02 Group A
Group A, at left: Loek Van Wely vs Levon Aronian

03 Gata Kamsky
Gata Kamsky

04 Magnus Carlsen fighting with Anish Giri
Magnus Carlsen fighting with Anish Giri

05 Sergey Karjakin - Boris Gelfand 0-1
Sergey Karjakin - Boris Gelfand 0-1

06 Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri

07 Viktorija Cmilyte and Pavel Votruba
Viktorija Cmilyte and chief arbiter Pavel Votruba

08 Erwin LAmi vs Pentala Harikrishna
Erwin L'Ami vs Pentala Harikrishna

09 Pentala Harikrishna
Pentala Harikrishna

10 Jan Timman (at right) defeated compatriot Sipke Ernst
Jan Timman (at right) defeated compatriot Sipke Ernst

11 Kateryna Lahno lost to Alexander Motylev
Kateryna Lahno lost to Alexander Motylev

12 Jan Timman won against Sipke Ernst in round 5
Jan Timman won against Sipke Ernst in round 5

13 Group C
Group C

14 Maxim Turov is on a maximum score
Maxim Turov is on a maximum score

15 Sahaj Grover (at right) defeated Etienne Goudriaan
Sahaj Grover (at right) defeated Etienne Goudriaan

16 Tania Sachdev
Tania Sachdev

17 Maxim Turov vs Lars Ootes 1-0
Maxim Turov vs Lars Ootes 1-0

18 Commentator Lex Jongsma in the Chess Pavilion
Commentator Lex Jongsma in the Chess Pavilion

Calendar
06.02.12-17.02.12
Aeroflot Open 2012
Moscow


10.02.12-20.02.12
2th Ferdowsi International Open, Mashhad (Iran)

16.02.12-19.02.12
Vladimir Petrov Memorial
Jurmala (Latvia)


17.02.12-19.02.12
Bunratty Chess Festival, Ireland

17.02.12-19.02.12
Daniël Noteboom Weekend Tournament, Leiden (Netherlands)

17.02.12-22.02.12
ACP Women Cup 2012
Tbilisi (Georgia)


18.02.12-19.02.12
Västgöta Open
Skara (Sweden)


24.02.12-04.03.12
4th Batavia-Grolsch Chess Tournament, Amsterdam

01.03.12-14.03.12
European Individual Women’s Chess Championship
Gaziantep (Turkey)


03.03.12
Open Dutch Blitzchess Championship, Dordrecht (Netherlands)

03.03.12-10.03.12
Cappelle-la-Grande 2012

06.03.12-13.03.12
Reykjavik Open 2012

19.03.12-01.04.12
European Individual Chess Championship, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

04.04.12-08.04.12
Philadelphia Open
Pennsylvania (US)


06.04.12-08.04.12
OGD Prinsenstad Weekend Tournament
Delft (Netherlands)


14.04.12-24.04.12
14th Dubai Open

21.04.12-28.04.12
Aronian-Kramnik
Zurich (Switzerland)


10.05.12-31.05.12
Anand–Gelfand
Moscow


07.06.12-10.06.12
Rheinland-Pfalz-Open, Germany

04.07.12-08.07.12
40th World Open, Pennsylvania (US)

14.07.12-22.07.12
Science Park Amsterdam Chess Tournament (Netherlands)

28.07.12-05.08.12
Politiken Cup 2012
Helsingør (Denmark)


23.10.12-13.11.12
Candidates Tournament, London

11.01.13-27.01.13
Tata Steel Chess 2013
(Wijk aan Zee)


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