In sole lead with a snug benefit of two.5 factors, Indian Grandmaster R Vaishali will tackle Tingjie Lei of China within the fifth spherical of the Norway chess event in Stavanger, Norway. Having amassed 8.5 factors from the primary 4 rounds, Vaishali is forward of ladies’s world champion Wenjun Ju of China and Anna Muzychuk of Ukraine within the USD 1,61,000 prize cash event. With every win underneath Classical time management value three factors right here, Vaishali has largely benefitted from victories over compatriot Koneru Humpy and veteran Pia Cramling.
Her first-round loss, underneath the Armageddon time management, to Ju didn’t hamper the spirits as Vaishali bounced again fairly simply.
Ju has scored 4 victories underneath Armageddon after drawing 4 video games underneath Classical time management. Every win underneath Armageddon is value 1.5 factors and the Chinese language as of now appears invincible.
Humpy has not been at her finest and her excessive level to this point has been a win over Teingjie Lei.
The loss towards Vaishali was fairly demoralising and towards Muzychuk additionally an identical end result didn’t do a lot good.
But, figuring out her comeback expertise, Humpy can’t be dominated out as a single win underneath Classical time management can change the standings the other way up.
Within the males’s part, Praggnanadhaa was the star choose after his first ever victory over world primary Magnus Carlsen of Norway within the third spherical however a subsequent loss to American Hikaru Nakamura left him fourth within the six-player checklist.
A loss and a win underneath Armageddon and a loss and a win underneath Classical has been the report card of the Indian expertise so far and he’ll have to be higher to be able to have an opportunity to win this occasion.
Nakamura leads the boys’s part with seven factors and is half some extent forward of Frenchman Firouzja Alireza.
Carlsen is on six factors, half some extent forward of Praggnanandhaa who in flip enjoys a half level lead over his next-round opponent Fabiano Caruana.
Surprisingly bottom-placed right here is reigning world champion Ding Liren of China who’s clearly not in his finest type right here.
Pairings spherical 5: Males: R Praggnanandhaa (Ind, 5.5) vs Fabiano Caruana (Usa, 5); Ding Liren (Chn, 2.5) vs Hikaru Nakamura (Usa, 7); Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 6) vs Firouzja Alireza (Fra, 6.5).
Ladies: R Vaishali (Ind, 8.5) vs Tingjie Lei (Chn, 5); Wenjun Ju (Chn, 6) vs Koneru Humpy (Ind, 3); Anna Muzychuk (Ukr, 6) vs Pia Cramling (Swe, 3).
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