The Admiral Niels Juel Cup 2013 is being held on 20th-27th April at the Asgard School, Norsvej 2, 4600 in Køge, a southwest seaport of Copenhagen, Denmark.
It is a 10-round Swiss open with classical FIDE time control. April 21st and 26th are double round days.
40 players have signed up to participate, including 10 GMs and 7 IMs.
After 5 rounds, first seed GM Ivan Sokolov is with 3.5/5 after losing his last game against Russian GM Alexandre Danin. Lithuanian GM Eduardas Rozentalis is second in the standings, but also lost his round 4 match-up against GM Vladimir Burmakin.
Other strong GMs participating are Vladimir Epishin, Marc Narciso and Yuri Solodovncihenko.
The playing hall
Standings after 5 rounds:
| 1 | GM Ivan Sokolov | 2643 | 3½ |
| 2 | GM Eduardas Rozentalis | 2631 | 3 |
| 3 | GM Vladimir Epishin | 2612 | 3 |
| 4 | GM Vladimir Burmakin | 2580 | 4 |
| 5 | GM Alexandre Danin | 2575 | 4½ |
| 6 | GM Marc Narciso Dublan | 2551 | 3 |
| 7 | GM Evgeny Gleizerov | 2546 | 3½ |
| 8 | GM Yuri Solodovnichenko | 2543 | 3½ |
| 9 | GM Mikhail Ulibin | 2521 | 3½ |
| 10 | GM Milos Pavlovic | 2509 | 3 |
| 11 | IM Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury | 2471 | 3½ |
| 12 | IM Swayangsu Satyapragyan | 2463 | 3 |
| 13 | IM Silas Esben Lund | 2412 | 0 |
| 14 | IM Nicolai Vesterbæk Pedersen | 2413 | 2½ |
| 15 | IM Dinesh K. Sharma | 2371 | 3 |
| 16 | FM Mikkel Strange | 2335 | 3 |
| 17 | IM Virginijus Dambrauskas | 2315 | 2½ |
| 18 | IM Vladimir Prosviriakov | 2304 | 3 |
| 19 | FM Dr. Joachim Wintzer | 2301 | 0 |
| 20 | CM Bharat Arjun | 2281 | 3 |
| 21 | Sandi Stojanovski | 2260 | 3 |
| 22 | Mogens Henrik Thuesen | 2261 | 1 |
| 23 | Alexander Rosenkilde | 2247 | 2½ |
| 24 | Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh | 2166 | 2 |
| 25 | Christian Altenburg Eriksson | 2173 | 3 |
| 26 | Hans Dahl Pedersen | 2174 | 2 |
| 27 | WIM Oksana Vovk | 2133 | 3 |
| 28 | Michael Nielsen | 2176 | 2½ |
| 29 | Henrik Emil Bruun | 2085 | 2 |
| 30 | Michael Grove | 2015 | 2 |
| 31 | Bjarke Gadgaard Aage | 2067 | 2 |
| 32 | Naik Rishubh Naresh | 1942 | 3 |
| 33 | Daniel Kokholm | 1937 | 2 |
| 34 | Peter Sebastian Stuhr | 1941 | 2 |
| 35 | Horst Hubert Schmidt | 1841 | 1 |
| 36 | Mihai Ursta Anghel | 1½ | |
| 37 | Mayuri Karunanayake | 1614 | 2 |
| 38 | Steen Bjørn | 1608 | ½ |
| 39 | Hans E. Andersen | 1719 | 1½ |
| 40 | Faruk Dupovac | 1514 | 2 |
| 41 | Jan Kraul Brøndum | 1585 | 1½ |
| 42 | Henry Petersen | 0 | |
