Deep Sengupta leads the Leiden Chess Tournament after five rounds

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The Open Championship of the Leiden Chess Festival took place on Friday July 12th. The first move on the highest board was made by main sponsor Roel Piket of Adhoc & Solide Administratie.

After five rounds, the main event has a sole leader, Indian GM Deep Sangupta. He is the only player that got to 4.5 points in the strong event filled with first class masters.

Seven players are half a point behind Sangupta. Bosnian GM Predrag Nikolic is in this group and will have the chance to take down the leader in the sixth round.

Grandmaster David Howell opened the event with a simultaneous exhibition but is now a whole point behind the leader after losing surprisingly against German IM Ilja Zaragatski.

Evert Baak and Wessel Braggaar share first place in the B group.

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Standings after 5 rounds – A group:

1	GM Sengupta, Deep	IND	2555	4.5
2	GM Nikolic, Predrag	BIH	2622	4
3	GM Epishin, Vladimir	RUS	2598	4
4	GM Van Den Doel, Erik	NED	2582	4
5	GM Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2562	4
6	GM Prohaszka, Peter	HUN	2554	4
7	GM Iljin, Artem	RUS	2540	4
8	IM Zaragatski, Ilja	GER	2494	4
9	GM Howell, David W L	ENG	2639	3.5
10	GM Hasangatin, Ramil	RUS	2489	3.5
11	IM Zhou, Yang-Fan	ENG	2469	3.5
12	Pijpers, Arthur	NED	2338	3.5
13	Molinaroli, Martin	GER	2298	3.5
14	FM Heemskerk, Wim	NED	2239	3.5
15	WFM Chevannes, Sabrina L	ENG	2136	3.5
16	IM Bernal Moro, Luis Javie	ESP	2423	3
17	IM Wiersma, Eelke	NED	2374	3
18	IM Slingerland, Fred	NED	2350	3
19	FM Dahm, Jochen	GER	2304	3
20	Wilschut, Peter	NED	2232	3
21	WIM Padurariu, Ioana-Smara	ROU	2208	3
22	Van Helvoort, Rob	NED	2180	3
23	Van Der Velden, Bram	NED	2177	3
24	Partenheimer, Axel	GER	2157	3
25	Van der Auweraert, Elwin	NED	2154	3
26	CM Van ‘t Hof, Eric	NED	2144	3
27	Van Der Raaf, Erik	NED	2140	3
28	Thakoerdien, Jerrel	NED	2083	3
29	Fernandez Fernandez, Juan	ESP	2079	3
30	Ratsma, Midas	NED	2036	3
31	Lecomte, Robin	NED	1930	3
32	Wantola, Ivo	NED	2374	2.5
33	Van der Marel, Bert	NED	2176	2.5
34	Blom, Vincent	NED	2167	2.5
35	FM Overeem, Marc	NED	2139	2.5
36	Schaeffner, Joost	NED	2107	2.5
37	Klop, Tjomme	NED	2069	2.5
38	Serdijn, Adinda	NED	2048	2.5
39	Van Zetten, Maarten	NED	2044	2.5
40	Kerkvliet, Max	NED	2042	2.5
41	Bottema, Timo	NED	1962	2.5
42	Den Hartog, Marijn	NED	1916	2.5
43	IM Hendriks, Willy	NED	2417	2
44	Vistisen, Lars	DEN	2177	2
45	Roorda, Thijs	NED	2088	2
46	FM Asefi, Zaheeruddeen	AFG	2082	2
47	Braggaar, Leonore	NED	2080	2
48	Van Halderen, Herman	NED	2071	2
49	Noordkamp, Wouter	NED	2066	2
50	Segers, Hans	NED	2058	2
51	Van der Meer, Kees	NED	2039	2
52	Van den Berg, Dick	NED	2028	2
53	Blankert, Willem	NED	2010	2
54	Bey, Jerry	NED	1987	2
55	Van der Hoeven, Gerben	NED	1962	2
56	Sparreboom, Wil	NED	1954	2
57	De Bruijne, Arian	NED	1941	2
58	Zeven, Frank	NED	1899	2
59	Van der Togt, Twan	NED	1880	2
60	Van Der Zon, Stef	NED	1870	2
61	De Coverly, Roger D	ENG	2036	1.5
62	Tinga, Tjerk	NED	2026	1.5
63	Kouwenhoven, Arjen	NED	2004	1.5
64	Braggaar, Pim	NED	1987	1.5
65	Kolodkin, Daniil	NED	1979	1.5
66	Kubbenga, Michael	NED	1955	1.5
67	Scherpenisse, Kees	NED	1954	1.5
68	Vreeburg, Jan	NED	1922	1.5
69	De Paolis, Fabrizio	ITA	1897	1.5
70	Van Calmthout, Hans	NED	1892	1.5
71	Halfhide, Sebastian	NED	1871	1.5
72	Bakker, Joop	NED	1990	1
73	WCM Orlova, Yelizaveta	CAN	1942	1
74	Weiland, Harro	NED	1935	1
75	Koes, Richard	NED	1919	0

Standings after 5 rounds – B group:

1	Baak, Evert	NED	1837	4.5
2	Braggaar, Wessel	NED	1824	4.5
3	Van de Griend, Johan	NED	1957	4
4	Van der Knaap, Jan	NED	1844	4
5	Jongste, David	NED	1781	4
6	Deketelaere, Francky	BEL	1774	4
7	De Mooij, Marco	NED	1905	3.5
8	Van den Berg, Jaap	NED	1833	3.5
9	Van Orsouw, Theo	NED	1828	3.5
10	Land, Marc	NED	1733	3.5
11	Hordijk, Frank	NED	1729	3.5
12	Mensing, Adrian	NED	1691	3.5
13	Habig, Bryan	NED	1648	3.5
14	Berger, Otto	NED	1581	3.5
15	Van der Maat, Niek	NED	1949	3
16	Volders, Wessel	NED	1898	3
17	Binnendijk, Wilfried	NED	1886	3
18	Vergeer, Michiel	NED	1874	3
19	Bodaan, Ton	NED	1850	3
20	Frijling, Jeroen	NED	1817	3
21	Dijksman, Sebastiaan	NED	1812	3
22	Luk, Jaimy	NED	1812	3
23	Kerkvliet, Sebastiaan	NED	1770	3
24	De Ruiter, Thomas	NED	1747	3
25	Van t Hoff, Kees	NED	1728	3
26	Veenendaal, Loek	NED	1668	3
27	Brinkman, Dirk	NED	1667	3
28	Mensing, Andrew	NED	1645	3
29	De Ruyter, Wim	NED	1642	3
30	Eveleens, Ed	NED	1638	3
31	Nguyen, Kevin	NED	1566	3
32	Breton, Mark	NED	1433	3
33	Zwetsloot, Piet	NED	2035	2.5
34	Baak, Karl	NED	1908	2.5
35	Boeters, Stefan	NED	1895	2.5
36	Tamminga, Meile	NED	1861	2.5
37	Van Brussel, Bert	NED	1838	2.5
38	Van Der Wulp, Geert	NED	1742	2.5
39	Van Der Stap, Harry	NED	1738	2.5
40	Van Kampen, Frans	NED	1660	2.5
41	Matai, Rudi	NED	1650	2.5
42	Van der Weijde, Andre	NED	1618	2.5
43	Schenkelaars, Robin	NED	1510	2.5
44	Broos, Simon	NED	1864	2
45	Van Vorselen, Theo	NED	1805	2
46	Van Breda, Tim	NED	1738	2
47	Wagner, Andre	NED	1734	2
48	Newerla, Alfred	GER	1723	2
49	Van der Laan, Hugo	NED	1660	2
50	Sieben, Ferdi	NED	1644	2
51	Woning, Dirk	NED	1643	2
52	Kanters, Cor	NED	1599	2
53	Arkesteijn, Jaco	NED	1556	2
54	Weerts, Rene	NED	1520	2
55	Meirink, Teunis	NED	1507	2
56	Bottema, Elmar	NED	1487	2
57	Hoogeveen, Luuk	NED	1426	2
58	Stins, Johan	NED	1880	1.5
59	Bergshoeff, Bert	NED	1714	1.5
60	Vann, Monica S	ENG	1538	1.5
61	Loomans, Nico	NED	1499	1.5
62	Gebhardt, Charles	NED	1300	1.5
63	Keuzenkamp, Monique	NED	1236	1.5
64	Calje, Fong Li	NED	1192	1.5
65	Dreef, Bert	NED	1450	1
66	Helfferich, Gert	NED	1164	1
67	Van Klaveren, Justus	NED	1156	1
68	Luk, Thomas	NED	1090	1
69	Abel, Daniel	NED	869	1
70	Van Harten, Eva	NED	843	1
71	Ahmed, Mubin	IND	1750	0.5
72	Van Harten, Lucas	NED	1111	0.5