Ganguly to meet Laznicka in the 6th Round of World Open

Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna played a well crafted game to beat Compatriot GM P Magesh in a long fought  game. Both played safely and game was going towards a draw when Magesh started committing mistakes which came handy for Harikrishna who exploited these in strengthening his pieces. In the end game Magesh committed a blunder and lost the game to Harikrishna. GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly also played well to defeat his opponent to claim one full point. The Game of the championship was played between Gata Kamsky and Shabalov , Gata Kamsky who drew with P Magesh in the 4th round , could not defend his pieces and lost to Shabalov. GM Sundarajan Kidami beat  Roby Adanson while GM Sandipan Chanda drew with GM Eugen Perelshteyn. The Championship leader GM Viktor Laznicka thrashed GM Alexander Lendermann to remain Sole leader with 5 points after Round 5. He will meet India's  Surya Sekhar Ganguly in the 6th Round

Current Standings after Round 5

#	Name	Rtng	CON	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	GM Viktor Laznicka	2636	CZE	W45	W57	W21	W8	W17	5.0
2	GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly	2672	IND	D76	W110	W33	D6	W28	4.0
3	GM P Harikrishna	2660	IND	W49	W30	D6	D14	W29	4.0
4	GM Loek Van Wely	2653	NED	W82	D67	W76	D12	W31	4.0
5	GM Ilya Smirin	2634	ISR	W72	W59	D23	D31	W40	4.0
6	GM Luke McShane	2623	ENG	W64	W13	D3	D2	W43	4.0
7	GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev	2609	KAZ	L11	W51	W74	W60	W47	4.0
8	GM Alexander Shabalov	2585	PA	W63	W42	W34	L1	W27	4.0
9	GM Mesgen Amanov	2479	TKM	W86	W106	D18	W22	D10	4.0
10	IM Salvijus Bercys	2427	NY	D92	W89	W56	W19	D9	4.0
11	FM Conrad Holt	2375	KS	W7	D32	D54	W57	W53	4.0
12	GM Francisco Vallejo Pons	2703	ESP	W68	W15	D14	D4	D18	3.5
13	GM Alexander Onischuk	2699	VA	W113	L6	W68	W67	D21	3.5
14	GM Sandipan Chanda	2640	IND	W83	W37	D12	D3	D23	3.5

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