Tal Memorial - Round 5

After yesterday's rest day (which incidentally would have been Tal's 73rd birthday), the players got down to business again in round 5 of his memorial tournament in Moscow.

Kramnik continued with his more aggressive outlook with the black pieces that has served him well so far, but in a terrific tussle with Gelfand he couldn't quite convert his advantage to a full point.

Instead it was Vishy Anand who scored the only victory of the round, with an impressive win in an ultra-sharp encounter with Leko.  Anand therefore joins Kramnik as joint leader after five rounds of this nine-round event.

Round five also saw - or rather didn't see - a noteworthy first: no-one played the Grunfeld!

Round six starts tomorrow at 3pm local time as usual.

The full standings after round five: