| Round 5 on 2010/01/09 at 15:00 | |||||||
| 5.1 | 3 | INDIA | 2 – 2 | 10 | ARMENIA | ||
| 1 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2653 | 1 : 0 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2781 |
| 2 | GM | Harikrishna P | 2672 | 0 : 1 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2678 |
| 3 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2654 | ½ : ½ | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2680 |
| 4 | GM | Geetha Narayanan Gopal | 2584 | ½ : ½ | GM | Petrosian Tigran L | 2627 |
| 5.2 | 4 | RUSSIA | 3½ – ½ | 2 | TURKIYE | ||
| 1 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2730 | ½ : ½ | GM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | 2498 |
| 2 | GM | Morozevich Alexander | 2732 | 1 : 0 | IM | Erdogdu Mert | 2513 |
| 3 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | 2705 | 1 : 0 | IM | Yilmaz Mustafa | 2478 |
| 4 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2692 | 1 : 0 | IM | Esen Baris | 2513 |
| 5.3 | 5 | EGYPT | 1 – 3 | 1 | AZERBAIJAN | ||
| 1 | GM | Adly Ahmed | 2591 | 1 : 0 | GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2759 |
| 2 | GM | Amin Bassem | 2544 | 0 : 1 | GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2733 |
| 3 | IM | Ezat Mohamed | 2471 | 0 : 1 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2741 |
| 4 | IM | Sarwat Walaa | 2386 | 0 : 1 | GM | Mamedov Nidjat | 2610 |
| 5.4 | 6 | ISRAEL | 1½ – 2½ | 9 | UNITED STATES | ||
| 1 | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2761 | 0 : 1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2708 |
| 2 | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2668 | 0 : 1 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2670 |
| 3 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2657 | 1 : 0 | GM | Hess Robert L | 2572 |
| 4 | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2648 | ½ : ½ | GM | Robson Ray | 2570 |
| 5.5 | 7 | BRAZIL | 1 – 3 | 8 | GREECE | ||
| 1 | GM | Vescovi Giovanni | 2660 | ½ : ½ | GM | Kotronias Vasilios | 2599 |
| 2 | GM | Leitao Rafael | 2620 | ½ : ½ | GM | Papaioannou Ioannis | 2625 |
| 3 | GM | Fier Alexandr | 2601 | 0 : 1 | GM | Banikas Hristos | 2608 |
| 4 | GM | Milos Gilberto | 2618 | 0 : 1 | GM | Halkias Stelios | 2566 |
The top 5 higher rated board 1 scored 1 out 5 today with 2 draws and 3 losses, including losses by Gashimov, Aronian, and Gelfand!
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Perhaps all the top boards should sit?
Nakamura beat Gelfand. So, he is not so bad after all. People just imagine that he can’t keep up with Carlsen and others, but what he has accomplished without the help of Kasparov in the United States is amazing. Also, let’s not forget how well Onischuk has played.
Gashimov is losing a lot of rating points in this event. He may be out of the elite club as quickly as he came in.
And what exactly did Nakamura achieve?
Besides, Carlsen was and elite GM long before Kasparov came along.