Biel 2007 - Round 5

Carlsen won derby game against Onischuk to take the sole lead

Beloved Semi-Slav didn't help Alexander Onischuk against Magnus Carlsen's inspired play. Norwegian bravely bolted b7 pawn and with series of unique moves, particularly nice was 29.b4 and 30. a4, took the full point. This leaves him in an early lead, full point ahead of competition.

Once again, Bu Xiangzhi annoyed his opponent by spinning the Queen along the "a" and "b" files. Prior to that, Motylev tried pawn sacrifice, but it didn't work well and he suffered 2nd consecutive defeat. Other games were drawn without too much happening.

Magnus Carlsen and Bu Xiangzhi

Round 5 results:

Yannick Pelletier - Teimour Radjabov draw
Loek van Wely - Alexander Grischuk draw
Magnus Carlsen - Alexander Onischuk 1-0
Bu Xiangzhi - Alexander Motylev 1-0
Judit Polgar - Boris Avrukh draw

Round 5 standings:

1. Magnus Carlsen (Norway 2710) 4.0
2-3. Alexander Onischuk (USA 2650) and Boris Avrukh (Israel 2645) 3.0
4-7. Bu Xianghzi (China 2685), Judit Polgar (Hungary 2707), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan 2746) and Alexander Grischuk (Russia 2726) 2.5
8-9. Yannick Pelletier (Switzerland 2583) and Alexander Motylev (Russia 2648) 2.0
10. Loek van Wely (Netherlands 2679) 1.0;

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