Round 5 results:
| Ponomariov, Ruslan | – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1-0 | |||
| Kramnik, Vladimir | – Naiditsch, Arkadij | 1-0 | |||
| Leko, Peter | – Le Quang Liem | 0-1 |
Standings after 5 rounds:
| 1. | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2734 | 3½ |
| 2-3. | Le Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2681 | 3 |
| 2-3. | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2761 | 3 |
| 4. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2790 | 2½ |
| 5-6. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2684 | 1½ |
| 5-6. | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2734 | 1½ |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
This kid Liem is for real.
I think Ponomariov is maybe the best endspiel player on the circuit.
I think he plays the endgame better than the famous Capablanca.
May we have Susan’s opinion on the subject?
Finally Kramnik comes steaming.
Oh my, what a silly comment by Mario! I think Susan should counter with something serious like how girls and women play as well as boys and men. Let him have it
Susan! Randy
What is happening to Peter Leko? He’s been at the bottom of many tournament tables lately. Is this that ominous bug that catches many unsuccessful World Championship challengers, where their tournaments results start to decline after they fail to defeat the reigning champion in a match?
For example, like:
Vassily Smyslov
Jan Timman
Nigel Short
Karpov (maybe)
Actually now that Ultramodernism is becoming more present in the world of chess we will have the chance to look back on Leko’s career and realize that it was errors in the traditional concepts that cost him many games not so much as hes getting “weaker”, from an UM view hes as good as vishy right now, hey anon i was just thinking about that thanks for bringing it outta me!!! hehe.
Please Susan ! You know very well some controversial chess-players as Bobby Fischer and Topalov. If you happen to have 5 minutes to spare, give us your opinion on Ponomariov.