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) TAH...