Peace before the storm?
Round five of the Chola Chess GM Norm tournament witnessed peace, where four games ended in a draw, and there was just one decisive game. The leader, Alisher Suleymenov, drew against Harsh Suresh with white pieces. Audi Ameya vs Aronyak Ghosh also ended in a draw. Mayank Chakraborty drew with black pieces against Akshay Borgaonkar, and the game between Ehan Vaz and Girel Joseph also ended in a draw.
Boyer Mahel vs Delgado Ramirez Neuris (0-1)
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Round 5 Results
Bo. | FED | Rtg |
| White | Result | Black |
| FED | Rtg | PGN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | KAZ | 2500 | GM | ½ - ½ | IM | IND | 2443 | |||||
2 | FRA | 2486 | GM | 0 - 1 | GM | PAR | 2511 | |||||
3 | IND | 2518 | IM | ½ - ½ | GM | FRA | 2499 | |||||
4 | IND | 2381 | IM | ½ - ½ | IM | IND | 2473 | |||||
5 | IND | 2418 | IM | ½ - ½ | IM | IND | 2533 |
Rankings after Round 5
Rk. | SNo |
| Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | GM | KAZ | 2500 | 3,5 | 0 | 8,5 | 2 | 1 | |||
2 | 5 | IM | IND | 2518 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||
3 | 8 | IM | IND | 2533 | 3 | 2 | 6,25 | 2 | 0 | |||
4 | 7 | IM | IND | 2418 | 3 | 2 | 5,5 | 2 | 2 | |||
5 | 2 | GM | PAR | 2511 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||
6 | 9 | IM | IND | 2473 | 2,5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
7 | 10 | IM | IND | 2443 | 2 | 1 | 5,25 | 0 | 0 | |||
8 | 6 | IM | IND | 2381 | 2 | 2 | 5,25 | 0 | 0 | |||
9 | 1 | GM | FRA | 2499 | 2 | 2 | 4,5 | 0 | 0 | |||
10 | 4 | GM | FRA | 2486 | 1 | 0 | 2,25 | 0 | 0 |
Round 6 Pairings
Bo. | FED | Rtg |
| White | Result | Black |
| FED | Rtg | PGN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | IND | 2443 | IM | IM | IND | 2533 | ||||||
2 | IND | 2473 | IM | IM | IND | 2418 | ||||||
3 | FRA | 2499 | GM | IM | IND | 2381 | ||||||
4 | PAR | 2511 | GM | IM | IND | 2518 | ||||||
5 | KAZ | 2500 | GM | GM | FRA | 2486 |
