SOKOLOV SHOCKED, HARIKA SLIPPED TO 2nd spot at Reykjavik Open

India’s Dronavalli Harika , who got a perfect score of  3 points from three games could not maintain her winning streak and drew her 4^th and 5^th round games to slip half a point behind   Top Seed and now the sole leader Baklan Vladimir.

 

In the fourth round  GM Bromann played an excellent game to beat GM Ivan Sokolov in the fourth Round. However Sokolov defeated Irina Krush in the 5^th Round and with 4 points  joined 9 other players on the 2^nd place.

 

WGM Eesha Karvade  won both her 4^th and 5^th Round  games and is on 4 points along with Harika.

 

GM Abhijeet Gupta  and FM Sahej Grover are on 3.5points each while  IM Tania Sachdev  and IM Vishal Sareen are trailing behind with 3 and 2.5 points respectively

 

Standing after Round 5

 

Rk.                        Name                                 FED          Rtg            Pts.                

1          GM            Baklan Vladimir               UKR          2654            4,5      

2           IM              Harika Dronavalli            IND            2471            4         

3          GM            Kuzubov Yuriy                  UKR           2634            4         

4          GM            Stefansson Hannes         ISL             2574            4         

5          GM            Nataf Igor-Alexandre       FRA           2534            4         

6          GM            Sokolov Ivan                     BIH            2649            4         

7          IM              Bromann Thorbjorn          DEN          2434            4         

8          GM            Danielsen Henrik             ISL            2495             4         

9          WGM         Karavade Eesha             IND           2405             4                     

13        GM            Gupta Abhijeet                 IND           2577            3,5                  

16        FM            Grover Sahaj                     IND           2448            3,5

33        IM              Tania Sachdev                 IND           2398             3

57        IM               Sareen Vishal                  IND           2364            2,5

           

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