European Union Championships

The European Union Championships are being held at Liverpool. The biggest news so far? Nigel Short's losing ringtone.

Leading Standings after round 5:

1 Alberto David LUX 4½
2 Viktor Laznicka CZE 4½
3 Thal Abergel FRA 4
4 Michael Adams ENG 4
5 Emanuel Berg SWE 4
6 Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 4
7 Daniel Fridman GER 4
8 Daniel Gormally ENG 4
9 David Howell ENG 4
10 Georg Meier GER 4
11 Normunds Miezis LAT 4
12 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2681 4

Top Participants

1 Adams, Michael g 2735
2 Bacrot, Etienne g 2691
3 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g 2681
4 Short, Nigel D g 2655
5 Tiviakov, Sergei g 2645
6 Fridman, Daniel g 2637
7 L'Ami, Erwin g 2610
8 Beliavsky, Alexander G g 2606
9 Laznicka, Viktor g 2601
10 Baramidze, David g 2593
11 Smeets, Jan g 2593
12 Berg, Emanuel g 2592
13 Werle, Jan g 2591
14 Kotronias, Vasilios g 2574
15 Luther, Thomas g 2570
16 Andersson, Ulf g 2562
17 David, Alberto g 2562
18 Dgebuadze, Alexandre g 2562
19 Sulskis, Sarunas g 2562
20 Howell, David WL g 2561
21 Meier, Georg g 2556
22 Jones, Gawain C B g 2549
23 Miezis, Normunds g 2540
24 Conquest, Stuart C g 2536
25 Hillarp Persson, Tiger g 2526