Tata Steel Chess Super-GM R5: Anand beats Smeets, leads Group A

Hi Everybody,

World Champions Viswanathan Anand pulled off a nice win over Jan Smeets in the fifth round at the Tata Steel Super-GM 2011 in Wijk aan Zee. You can find more information at the official website here.

Here are the Round 5 results though before that in case you missed the Opening day and other videos.

















Round 5 results

Group A

Round 5 - Thursday the 20th
J. Smeets - V. Anand	0-1
M. Carlsen - E. l'Ami	1-0
H. Nakamura - R. Ponomariov	½-½
M. Vachier-Lagrave - A. Giri	½-½
I. Nepomniachtchi - A. Shirov	½-½
V. Kramnik - L. Aronian	½-½
W. Hao - A. Grischuk	1-0

Group B

Round 5 - Thursday the 20th
L. McShane - L. Fressinet	½-½
R. Wojtaszek - F. Nijboer	1-0
L. Liem - V. Tkachiev	½-½
G. Sargissian - L. Chao	½-½
J. Hammer - W. Spoelman	1-0
Z. Efimenko - D. Navara	1-0
S. Ganguly - W. So	0-1

Group C Round 5 - Thursday the 20th
I. Ivanisevic - B. Bok	1-0
K. Lahno - S. Siebrecht	1-0
D. Swiercz - M. van der Werf	0-1
I. Nyzhnyk - R. Pruijssers	1-0
R. van Kampen - T. Sachdev	½-½
D. Vocaturo - M. Bluvshtein	1-0
M. Kazhgaleyev - J.W. de Jong	1-0

Standings after round 5

Group A

1.	V. Anand	4
2.	H. Nakamura	3½
3.	L. Aronian A. Giri M. Vachier-Lagrave	3
6.	M. Carlsen V. Kramnik I. Nepomniachtchi R. Ponomariov	2½
10.	W. Hao E. l'Ami J. Smeets	2
13.	A. Grischuk	1½
14.	A. Shirov	1

Group B

1.	L. McShane	4
2.	Z. Efimenko	3½
3.	L. Fressinet G. Sargissian W. So R. Wojtaszek	3
7.	D. Navara	2½
8.	L. Chao J. Hammer F. Nijboer W. Spoelman V. Tkachiev	2
13.	S. Ganguly L. Liem	1½

Group C

1.	D. Vocaturo	4½
2.	I. Nyzhnyk	4
3.	K. Lahno	3½
4.	M. Bluvshtein M. van der Werf	3
6.	B. Bok I. Ivanisevic T. Sachdev S. Siebrecht	2½
10.	M. Kazhgaleyev D. Swiercz	2
12.	R. van Kampen	1½
13.	R. Pruijssers	1
14.	J.W. de Jong	½

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