Hungarian Grandmaster Tamas Banusz is cruising through the 3rd Winter Sea Deluxe Open in Gabicce Mare having scored five wins in the first five rounds.
Banusz is now a full point ahead of the second-placed FM Nicola Altini.
The 3rd Winter Sea Deluxe Open is taking place from 2-6th January, 2015, in Gabicce Mare, Italy, next to the Adriatic Sea.
Round 5 results:
IM Kantans Toms 0 – 1 GM Banusz Tamas
GM Prohaszka Peter ½ – ½ IM Caprio Guido
FM Lettieri Giuseppe ½ – ½ GM Petkov Vladimir
GM Kosic Dragan ½ – ½ IM Benkovic Petar
FM Altini Nicola 1 – 0 GM Czebe Attila
FM Lodici Lorenzo ½ – ½ IM Bodiroga Predrag
IM Bokros Albert 0 – 1 GM Arnaudov G. Petar
IM Kurayan Ruslan 1 – 0 FM Brancaleoni Maurizio
Round 5 standings:
1. GM Banusz Tamas 2568 HUN – 5,0
2. FM Altini Nicola 2402 ITA – 4,0
3-11. GM Prohaszka Peter 2607 HUN, IM Kantans Toms 2447 LAT, GM Kosic Dragan 2476 MNE, IM Benkovic Petar 2396 SRB, GM Arnaudov G. Petar 2451 BUL, GM Petkov Vladimir 2519 BUL, FM Lettieri Giuseppe 2406 ITA, IM Bodiroga Predrag 2337 SRB and IM Caprio Guido 2403 ITA – 3,5 etc
Round 6 pairings:
GM Banusz Tamas – FM Altini Nicola
IM Benkovic Petar – GM Prohaszka Peter
IM Bodiroga Predrag – GM Petkov Vladimir
GM Kosic Dragan – FM Lettieri Giuseppe
GM Arnaudov G. Petar – IM Kantans Toms
IM Caprio Guido – IM Kurayan Ruslan
GM Czebe Attila – FM Lodici Lorenzo
Bonagura Stefano – IM Stets Dmitry
