Six leaders after five rounds in Albena

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The Grand Europe Open 2013 is taking place on 1-9 June at the Albena Hall in the city of Albena, Bulgaria.

The event, organized by the Bulgarian Chess Federation, is a 9 round Swiss open with a time control of 90 min. with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. It is valid for GM/IM norms.

The event had a huge turn-up with 163 registered players, including 27 Grandmasters and 36 International Masters. Thirty different nationalities are represented in the event.

After five rounds, six players obtained 4.5 points to share the lead. The strong Armenians Tigran Petrosian and Hrant Melkumyan are joined by legendary Evgeny Sveshnikov, Argentine Sandro Mareco, Romanian Vladislav Nevednichy and the only IM in the pack, Indian Prasanna Vishnu.

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Standings after 5 rounds:

1	IM	Vishnu Prasanna. V	2494	4.5
2	GM	Mareco Sandro	2557	4.5
3	GM	Nevednichy Vladislav	2580	4.5
4	GM	Sveshnikov Evgeny	2512	4.5
5	GM	Melkumyan Hrant	2635	4.5
6	GM	Petrosian Tigran L.	2649	4.5
7	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	2565	4
8	GM	Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag	2544	4
9	IM	Molina Roberto Junio Brito	2423	4
10	GM	Chatalbashev Boris	2560	4
11	GM	Vajda Levente	2617	4
12	GM	Grigoryan Avetik	2605	4
13	GM	Drenchev Petar	2485	4
14	IM	Ashwin Jayaram	2472	4
15	GM	Gavrilov Alexei	2454	4
16	GM	Abramovic Bosko	2458	4
17	GM	Spasov Vasil	2565	3.5
18		Paravyan David	2373	3.5
19	GM	Berescu Alin-Mile	2461	3.5
20	GM	Solodovnichenko Yuri	2565	3.5
21	GM	Grigorov Grigor	2510	3.5
22	FM	Valles Manuel	2261	3.5
23	IM	Arnaudov G. Petar	2490	3.5
24	IM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	2475	3.5
25	FM	Lilov Valeri	2434	3.5
26	GM	Solak Dragan	2598	3.5
27	FM	Anurag Mhamal	2401	3.5
28	IM	Zarkua Davit	2441	3.5
29	IM	Smith Bryan G	2467	3.5
30	IM	Atakisi Umut	2351	3.5
31	WGM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	2364	3.5
32	IM	Enchev Ivajlo	2473	3.5
33	IM	Givon Asaf	2415	3.5
34	IM	Javakhadze Zurab	2450	3.5
35	IM	Nakar Eylon	2390	3.5
36	IM	Galinsky Timofey	2439	3.5
37	IM	Kanmazalp Ogulcan	2382	3.5
38	IM	Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian	2375	3
39	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2655	3
40	IM	Erturan Yakup	2374	3
41	IM	Swapnil S. Dhopade	2469	3
42	GM	Sanduleac Vasile	2414	3
43	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2600	3
44	IM	Chighladze Iveri	2396	3
45		Sagar Shah	2359	3
46	WGM	Ziaziulkina Nastassia	2330	3
47	WIM	Dolzhykova Kateryna	2301	3
48		Yurtseven Melih	2166	3
49	IM	Sveshnikov Vladimir	2411	3
50	IM	Gorbatov Alexej	2350	3
51	GM	Nabaty Tamir	2579	3
52	IM	Cvetkovic Srdjan	2387	3
53		Ozveren Ali Bulent	2000	3
54	IM	Raznikov Danny	2491	3
55	IM	Dambrauskas Virginijus	2285	3
56	WIM	Tarasova Viktoriya	2292	3
57	GM	Gruenfeld Yehuda	2445	3
58	GM	Spassov Liuben	2335	3
59	IM	Arngrimsson Dagur	2396	3
60	FM	Mgeladze Tamaz	2197	3
61		Primbetov Kazbek	2225	3
62	IM	Skomorokhin Roman	2331	3
63		Matviishen Viktor	2046	3
64	IM	Kukov Velislav	2396	3
65		Danov Radi	2010	3
66	GM	Glek Igor	2464	2.5
67		Shishkov Minko	2264	2.5
68	FM	Hainke Guntram Dr.	2310	2.5
69	IM	Shurygin Sergey	2390	2.5
70	FM	Guempel Viktor	2212	2.5
71	IM	Marholev Dimitar	2329	2.5
72		Dimov Dian	2304	2.5
73	FM	Skomorokhin Vadim	2383	2.5
74	IM	Kohlweyer Bernd	2469	2.5
75	FM	Reipsch Jens	2221	2.5
76	IM	Arsovic Zoran	2433	2.5
77	IM	Gagarin Vasilij	2329	2.5
78	IM	Todorov Ognjan	2285	2.5
79		Vutov Mario	2348	2.5
80	FM	Abdalla Luiz Guilherme Aurell	2288	2.5
81		Dimitrov Dejan	2029	2.5
82	WIM	Baciu Diana	2249	2.5
83	IM	Nikolov Sasho	2419	2.5
84	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2531	2.5
85		Tscharotschkin Michael	2217	2.5
86		Mladenov Emil	2119	2.5
87		Janev Pavel	2223	2.5
88	FM	Voiteanu Gabriel	2248	2.5
89	IM	Al-Ali Hussein Ali Hussein	2284	2.5
90		Sari Yasin	1967	2.5
91		Banov Boil	2165	2.5
92	GM	Radulov Ivan	2304	2.5
93	WGM	Dolzhikova Olga	2263	2.5
94		Stoinev Metodi	2236	2.5
95	WGM	Voiska Margarita	2249	2.5
96		Drogovoz Irina	2001	2.5
97		Stoyanov Svetlomir	1874	2.5
98		Ninov Dayan	2116	2
99		Parligras Cosmin	2299	2
100		Kostov Galin	2170	2
101		Kolev Atanas Tonchev	2118	2
102		Mlynek Petr	2196	2
103		Vassiliev G.	2202	2
104		Ivelinov Hristo	2180	2
105		Stankov Krasimir	0	2
106		Ljangov Petar	2049	2
107		Kirchev Krasimir	1890	2
108		Mintenko Heorhiy	2021	2
109	FM	Zalkind Konstantin	2211	2
110		Savov Zheljazko	1941	2
111		Kostov Stracimir	1934	2
112		Mishkovski Lubomir	2066	2
113		Petrov Plamen	1940	2
114		Parvanov Mitko	1922	2
115		Taylor Robert Graham	1984	2
116		Okus Melih	2021	2
117		Will Matthias	2018	2
118		Ivanov Docho	1872	2
119		Porfireanu Serban	1905	2
120		Gagarin Vasily	1883	2
121		Drogovoz Maria	1891	2
122	WFM	Raghavi N.	2113	1.5
123		Peczely Sebastian Zsombor	2147	1.5
124		Galunova Tsveta	2016	1.5
125		Stefanov Emil	1929	1.5
126		Cavusoglu Yildiz	1946	1.5
127		Stefanov Evtim	1979	1.5
128		Valkov Vladimir	2033	1.5
129		Karaivanov Alexander	1894	1.5
130		Arnaudov Petar	2163	1.5
131		Rafailov Radostin	1962	1.5
132		Lisnichuk Mykola	1811	1.5
133		Dodov Tsvetan	1800	1.5
134		Atanasov Ivaylo	0	1.5
135		Ivanov Ivan Peychev	0	1
136		Zibarev Timofey	0	1
137		Sankov Mikhail	0	1
138		Galinskyi Mykhalo	1466	1
139		Raondi Yan-Martin	1659	1
140		Simeonov Svetoslav	1819	1
141		Kolesnikov Alexander	0	1
142		Sagaipov Timur	0	1
143		Petkova Nadezhda	1606	1
144		Slavov Vladislav	0	1
145		Orlovsky Konstantin	0	1
146		Miladi Vahideh	0	1
147		Radionov Deni	0	1
148		Polomoshnova Mariya	0	0.5
149		Denisenko Aleksandr	0	0.5
150		Aivazov Omar	0	0
151	IM	Gagare Shardul	2407	0
	FM	Stojanov Stanislav	2307	0
	IM	Bargan Sergei	2277	0
	WIM	Dragasevic Antonina	2153	0
		Fedotov Oleksandr	2097	0
		Mihoubi Saad	2088	0
		Memarian Milad	2029	0
		Antonenko Stanislav	0	0
		Arabadji Constantin	0	0
		Lozinina Olga	0	0
		Murinet Alexei	0	0
162		Ivanov Svyatoslav	0	0
163		Wang Shujuan	0	0