Hastings chess Round 5

There are now six leaders at the top of the leader board. Overnight sole leader, Hebden was held to a draw by Bindrich Falko. Malakhatko continued his impressive comeback after the shock first round loss. He has now won four games in a row. Chatalbashev beat Glenn Flear. Stuart Conquest and Nicholas Pert won against Deep Sengupta and Abu Sufian Shakil. Houska held GM Gawain Jones to a creditable draw.

Results of Round 5:

1 BINDRICH,Falko (3) HEBDEN,Mark (3½) 0.5-0.5
2 MALAKHATKO,Vadim (3) HASLINGER,Stewart (3) 1-0
3 FLEAR,Glenn (3) CHATALBASHEV,Boris (3) 0-1
4 GEORGIEV,Vladimir (3) LALIC,Bogdan (3) 0.5-0.5
5 HOUSKA,Jovanka (3) JONES,Gawain (3) 0.5-0.5
6 MAMEDOV,Nidjat (3) GORMALLY,Daniel (3) 0.5-0.5
7 BATES,Richard (3) NEVEROV,Valeriy (3) 0-1
8 CONQUEST,Stuart (3) SENGUPTA,Deep (3) 1-0
9 MARUSENKO,Peter (3) TAHIROV,Farhad (3) 0.5-0.5
10 PERT,Nicholas (3) SHAKIL,Abu Sufian (3) 1-0

Leading Standings:
Hebden, Malakhatko, Conquest, Chatalbashev, Neverov, Pert (4 Pts)
Greet, Georgiev, Gawain Jones, Rendle, Bogner, Mamedov, Tahirov,Bindrich & others (3.5 pts)