Indian GM Pentala Harikrishna (2733) raced into sole lead as early as the second round itself with a victory over GM Samuel Shankland (2656) of USA in Round 1.
Legendary Ukranian GM Vassily Ivanchuk (2733) meanwhile drew his first round game against Indian GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2625) and won the second to stand at 1.5/2. GM Ganguly meanwhile drew his second round game as well to stand at 1.0/2.
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GM Yu Yangyi (2715) playing the black pieces could not hold Russian GM Dmitry Andreikin (2718) to suffer his first defeat in the tournament. Nevertheless, hr still maintains a lead of a full point over the rest of the field.
With this victory, GM Andreikin moved to tied second spot with GM Pavel Eljanov (2718) of Ukraine who dispatched a luckless GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2720) of Russia who languishes at the bottom of the table with 1.0/6.
Standings after Round :
| Rank | Name | Score | Elo |
| 1 | Yu Yangyi | 4.5/6 | 2715 |
| 2 | Dmitry Andreikin | 3.5/6 | 2718 |
| 3 | Pavel Eljanov | 3.5/6 | 2718 |
| 4 | Leinier Dominguez | 3.0/6 | 2746 |
| 5 | Lazaro Batista | 2.5/6 | 2677 |
| 6 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 1.0/6 | 2720 |
Chinese GM Yu Yangyi (2715) won yet again, this time with the black pieces against Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2720), to increase his lead by two full points. He now stands at a towering 4.5/5.
GM Pavel Eljanov (2718) who earlier held the tied second spot slipped to a defeat against Cuban GM Bruzon Batista (2677).
Standings after Round 5:
Rank Name Score Elo
1 Yu, Yangyi 4.5/5 2715
2 Eljanov, Pavel 2.5/5 2718
3 Andreikin, Dmitry 2.5/5 2718
4 Dominguez Leinier 2.5/5 2746
5 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro 2.0/5 2677
6 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1.0/5 2720
Young Chinese GM Yu Yangyi (2715) defeated GM Bruzon Batista (2677) of Cuba with the white pieces to to increase his lead by a full point with 3.5/4..
Ukranian GM Pavel Eljanov (2718) is placed sole second with 2.5/4 as he could only draw with the top seed Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez (2746).
Standings after Round 4:
Rank Name Score Elo
1 Yu, Yangyi 3.5/4 2715
2 Eljanov, Pavel 2.5/4 2718
3 Andreikin, Dmitry 2.0/4 2718
4 Dominguez Leinier 2.0/4 2746
5 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro 1.5/4 2677
6 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1.0/4 2720
The 50th edition of the traditional Capablanca Memorial Tournament, 2015 is the strongest event in the tournament’s long history. Five of the six participants have their elos above 2700, with the average elo being 2716.
China’s Yu Yangyi (2715) played a splendid technical game to register a fine win with the black pieces over the local hero Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez (2746). The other boards settled for a draw to leave Yangyi in sole lead with 2.5/3.
Rank Name Score Elo
1 Yu, Yangyi 2.5/3 2715
2 Eljanov, Pavel 2.0/3 2718
3 Andreikin, Dmitry 1.5/3 2718
4 Dominguez Leinier 1.5/3 2746
5 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro 1.0/3 2677
6 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 0.5/3 2720
The Mumbai Mayors Cup witnessed an eventful start with the top seeds having no problems in dispatching their lower rated opponents. As many has 18 Grand Masters and 16 International Masters are participating in this event. Five players are rated above 2600.
The middle and lower boards however saw a lot of upsets with lower seeds making the most of their chances. Unheralded youngster from Maharashtra Sammed Shete (2071) beat Bangladeshi GM Abdulla Al-Rakib (2498) while Tamil Nadu player Sa Kannan (2003) beat IM Himanshu Sharma (2420), among the most notable reverses.
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Indian GM Deep Sengupta (2571) defeated GM Vladimir Onischuk (2669) to join Ukranian GM Yuriy Kuzubov (2650) and Turkish GM Baris Esen (2563) at 4.5/5.
GM Abhijeet Gupta, GM Vishnu Prasanna and GM Sundararajan Kidambi won their respective games. GM Gupta and GM Prasanna move to 4.5/5 while GM Kidambi has 3.5/5.
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The 2015 IASI Open began in Romania with four Indians in fray. The end of four rounds saw IM Vladimir Doncea of Romania take sole lead with 4.0/4.
GM Deep Sengupta is tied for second place with 3.5/4 after holding second seeded GM Igor Kovlenko to a draw. GM Abhijeet Gupta and GM Vishnu Prasanna meanwhile had sedate starts to feature at 3.0/4. GM Sudararajan Kidambi is at 2.5/4.
You may check the pairings for Round 5 here.
The Top 12 French Team Championship, 2014 took off at Le Grau-du-Roi at France. Eight players play for each team in a course of an eleven round all-play-all.
The winners for last three years in a row, Clichy, look to defend their title and boast of names such as Wesley So, Vachier-Lagrave, Jakovenko, among other stars.
All the favourites won their games without much hiccups, except perhaps in the match at board 6, where team Evry managed to hold off team Mulhouse, winning the match 5-3.
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Despite losing his last round game to World Junior Champion GM Lu Shanglei (2606), GM Wei Yi (2718) won the Chinese National Chess Championship, 2015 with a score of 7.5/11.
He finished half a point ahead of GM Ding Liren (2757) who beat IM Wang Chen (2536) to finish with 7.0/11. GM Yu Yangyi (2723) meanwhile lost his last round encounter to remain stranded at 6.5/11.
Check out the final ranking cross-table here.