The big story so far is 2 French IMs are near the top of the leaderboard. IM Wirig (2480) is performing at 2824 and IM Bellaiche (2472) is performing at 2661 after 5 rounds!
Leaders after 5 rounds
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | GM | Potkin Vladimir | RUS | 2653 | 5.0 | 3367 | 9.5 | 15.5 |
| 2 | IM | Wirig Anthony | FRA | 2480 | 4.5 | 3429 | 10.5 | 15.5 |
| 3 | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | ROU | 2598 | 4.5 | 2876 | 10.5 | 17.5 |
| 4 | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2673 | 4.5 | 2844 | 10.0 | 17.0 |
| 5 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2707 | 4.0 | 3338 | 9.0 | 14.0 |
| 6 | GM | Savchenko Boris | RUS | 2616 | 4.0 | 3329 | 9.0 | 16.0 |
| 7 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | ROU | 2626 | 4.0 | 3287 | 9.0 | 15.5 |
| 8 | IM | Bellaiche Anthony | FRA | 2472 | 4.0 | 2885 | 8.5 | 12.0 |
| 9 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2584 | 4.0 | 2869 | 10.5 | 16.5 |
| 10 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | ISR | 2692 | 4.0 | 2847 | 8.5 | 15.0 |
| 11 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | UKR | 2673 | 4.0 | 2846 | 9.5 | 16.5 |
| 12 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | RUS | 2672 | 4.0 | 2839 | 9.5 | 16.0 |
| 13 | GM | Khismatullin Denis | RUS | 2662 | 4.0 | 2831 | 8.5 | 14.5 |
| 14 | GM | Reinderman Dimitri | NED | 2601 | 4.0 | 2817 | 8.5 | 14.5 |
| 15 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | POL | 2711 | 4.0 | 2814 | 9.0 | 14.5 |
| 16 | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | UKR | 2560 | 4.0 | 2808 | 8.5 | 14.0 |
| 17 | GM | Zhigalko Andrey | BLR | 2571 | 4.0 | 2795 | 10.5 | 16.5 |
| 18 | GM | Polgar Judit | HUN | 2686 | 4.0 | 2794 | 9.0 | 14.5 |
| 19 | GM | Khairullin Ildar | RUS | 2634 | 4.0 | 2793 | 9.0 | 15.0 |
| 20 | GM | Ragger Markus | AUT | 2614 | 4.0 | 2770 | 9.5 | 16.0 |
| 21 | GM | Kovchan Alexander | UKR | 2563 | 4.0 | 2755 | 9.5 | 15.5 |
| 22 | GM | Vaisser Anatoly | FRA | 2522 | 4.0 | 2741 | 10.5 | 16.0 |
| 23 | GM | Romanov Evgeny | RUS | 2624 | 4.0 | 2741 | 8.0 | 13.0 |
| 24 | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | GRE | 2584 | 4.0 | 2710 | 8.5 | 14.0 |
| 25 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | UKR | 2677 | 4.0 | 2687 | 10.5 | 16.5 |
| 26 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2664 | 4.0 | 2662 | 8.0 | 13.5 |
| 27 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | MDA | 2626 | 4.0 | 2659 | 10.0 | 16.5 |
| 28 | GM | Feller Sebastien | FRA | 2657 | 4.0 | 2647 | 8.5 | 13.0 |
| 29 | GM | Zhigalko Sergei | BLR | 2680 | 4.0 | 2628 | 8.0 | 14.0 |
| 30 | GM | Saric Ivan | CRO | 2626 | 4.0 | 2607 | 8.5 | 14.0 |
| 31 | GM | Papin Vasily | RUS | 2569 | 4.0 | 2607 | 8.0 | 13.0 |
| 32 | GM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | NOR | 2606 | 4.0 | 2589 | 8.5 | 14.0 |
Full standings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr45941.aspx
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Man, a lot of people joint 3rd…
What a tournament.