A few other Super Grandmasters also made a bid for a strong finish. Aleksej Aleksandrov of Belarus, Mikheil Mchedlishvili of Georgia, India's Parimarjan Negi, Israeli Evgeny Postny and Rauf mamedov of Azerbaijan are all on 5 points.

IM R.R.Laxman moved closer to his third and final GM norm as he won against GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh in a long endgam.

IM's B. Adhiban and S.Satyapragyan are similarly well placed for their GM norms.

Top Board results:- (points in parenthesis)

GM Viktor Laznicka(5.5) drew with GM Sandipan Chanda (5.5)

GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly(4.5) lost to GM Le Quang Liem(6)

GM Nigel Short (4.5) lost to GM Anton Filippov(5.5)

IM B.Adhiban (5) drew GM Parimarjan Negi(5)

GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili (5) drew with GM Eltaj Safarli(5)

GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov(5) beat GM Magesh Chandran(4.5)

GM Ni Hua (4) lost to GM Rustam Khusnutdinov(5)

GM Enamul Hossain(4) lost to GM Evgeny Postny(5)

GM Aleksej Aleksandrov(5) beat IM Deep Sengupta(4)

GM Rauf Mamedov(5) beat FM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi(4)