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In Round 5 of Linares supertournament Armenian GM Levon Aronian again ended in draw with Boris Gelfand. Veselin Topalov won against Alexander Grischuk and took the sole lead with 3,5 points. Vugar Gashimov defeated Valejo.

After Round 5, Aronian, Gashimov and Grischuk share 2-4 places with 2,5 points. Gelfand and Valejo have scored 2. Round 6 pairings to compete are as follows: Aronian-Grischuk, Topalov-Valejo, Gashimov-Gelfand.

Below we represent Round 5 games:

Veselin Topalov – Alexander Grischuk 1:0

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. h3 Nc6 9. g4 Qb6 10. Nde2 e6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. b3 h6 13. Qd2 g5 14. Ba3 Ne5 15. O-O-O Qxf2 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Nfd7 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. Qa3 Qe7 20. Qb2 O-O 21. Nf5 exf5 22. Nd5 Qc5 23. exf5 a5 24. h4 gxh4 25. Rxh4 Ra6 26. Kb1 Qf2 27. Ne7+ Kg7 28. Rh2 f6 29. g5 fxg5 30. Nxc8 Raf6 31. Ne7 R8f7 32. Nd5 Nf3 33. Bxf3 Qxh2 34. Nxf6 Nxf6 35. a4 Qf4 36. Bd5 Rd7 37. Re1 Qxf5 38. Bc4 Qf2 39. Qe5 Qd4 40. Qf5 Qg4 41. Qxa5 Rd1+ 42. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 43. Kb2 Qd6 44. Qa7 Qe5+ 45. Ka2 Qe4 46. Bd3 Qc6 47. a5 Nd5 48. Qd4+ Nf6 49. Qe5 Kf8 50. c4 g4 51. Bf5 Kf7 52. Qb8 Ne8 53. Qf4 Qc5 54. Bxg4+ Nf6 55. Qf5 Qd4 56. Bf3 Qf2+ 57. Ka3 Kg7 58. Ka4 b6 59. axb6 Qxb6 60. c5 Qa7+ 61. Kb5 Qb8+ 62. Kc4 Qg8+ 63. Kc3 Qe8 64. b4 Qe1+ 65. Kc4 Qf1+ 66. Kb3 Qb5 67. Bd1 Qc6 68. Bc2 Kf7 69. Bd3 1:0.

Valejo – Vugar Gashimov 0:1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Ne8 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Nd2 f5 15. Nc4 g5 16. Bh2 f4 17. exf4 gxf4 18. Rfe1 Ne5 19. Ne4 b5 20. axb5 Rxb5 21. Qd1 Rb4 22. Rc1 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Bxb2 24. Rxb4 cxb4 25. Qc2 Bg7 26. Qxc8 Qxe4 27. Qe6+ Qxe6 28. dxe6 Bc3 29. Rd1 a5 30. Bb5 Nc7 31. Bd7 Rf6 32. Rxd6 b3 33. Rb6 b2 34. g4 Bb4 35. Rb8+ Rf8 0:1.

Levon Aronian - Boris Gelfand 0,5:0,5

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. a4 Bb7 10. b3 bxa4 11. Nxa4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O O-O 15. Bb2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 a5 17. f4 Be7 18. Bc4 Ne4 19. Qc2 Bf6 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Qxe4 Bxb2 22. Ra2 Bf6 23. f5 exf5 24. Qxf5 Rfd8 25. Rd5 Qb6 26. Rb5 Qd6 27. Rbxa5 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 g6 29. Qf3 Kg7 30. Kg2 Qc7 31. Rd5 Rxd5 32. Qxd5 Bc3 33. Kf1 f5 34. Kg2 Qe7 35. Kf1 Qc7 36. h3 Qh2 37. Qf3 Bf6 38. b4 Qc7 39. Qd5 Qe5 40. Qf7+ Kh6 41. b5 Qd6 42. Qb7 f4 43. Qf3 fxe3 44. fxe3 Bd8 45. Ke2 Bb6 46. h4 Qe5 1/2:1/2.