Baden-Baden Round 5 Report

At the halfway point, Italian-American prodigy Fabiano Caruana leads the GRENKE Chess Classic in Germany with a +2 score.  Scoring his first win of the tournament, World Champion Vishy Anand is in clear second and is on +1.  Arkadij Naiditsch was the recipient of this loss, and has chalked up his fourth decisive game out of five to be on an even 2.5/5, where he is joined by his countryman Daniel Fridman.  Mickey Adams and Webster University student George Meier round out the tournament at 1.5 and 1.0 points, respectively.

Round 5 (halfway point) Results:

Anand - Naiditsch 1-0

Caruana - Fridman 1/2

Meier - Adams 1/2

My Prediction Record from Rounds 4-5: 4/6 (66.7%)

Standings after Round 5:
1. Caruana 3.5/5 (+2)
2. Anand 3.0/5 (+1)
3-4. Fridman, Naiditsch 2.5/5 (=)
5. Adams 2.0/5 (-1)
6. Meier 1.5/5 (-2)

Current Tournament Performance Ratings:
1. Caruana 2852
2. Anand 2772
3. Fridman 2723
4. Naiditsch 2714
5. Adams 2642
6. Meier 2582

Number of Decisive Games after 5 Rounds:
Naiditsch - 4
Caruana, Meier - 2
Anand, Adams - 1
Fridman - 0

Tournament Draw Percentage: 10/15 (66.7%)

Live Ratings after Round 5 (2700+ players only):
#6 Anand 2779.6 (-0.4, no ranking changes from yesterday)
#11 Caruana 2763.5 (+6.5, -1 ranking spot from yesterday (passed by Alexander Grischuk))
#24 Naiditsch 2723.2 (-0.1 from Baden-Baden, -1 ranking spot from yesterday (passed by Dmitry Andreiken))
#28 Adams 2720.3 (-5.9 from Baden-Baden, -1 ranking spot from yesterday (passed by Alexander Areschenko))

Round 6 (Wednesday, February 13) Pairings:
Fridman - Naiditsch
Anand - Adams
Meier - Caruana

My Round 6 (February 13) Predictions:
Fridman - Naiditsch 1/2
Anand - Adams 1/2
Meier - Caruana 0-1

Round 7-10 Pairings:

7th round on 14 February 2013 at 15:00
Meier Georg	2640		Fridman Daniel	2667
Caruana Fabiano	2757		Anand Vishy	2780
Adams Michael	2725		Naiditsch Arkadij	2716
8th round on 15 February 2013 at 15:00
Fridman Daniel	2667		Adams Michael	2725
Naiditsch Arkadij	2716		Caruana Fabiano	2757
Anand Vishy	2780		Meier Georg	2640
9th round on 16 February 2013 at 15:00
Anand Vishy	2780		Fridman Daniel	2667
Meier Georg	2640		Naiditsch Arkadij	2716
Caruana Fabiano	2757		Adams Michael	2725
10th round on 17 February 2013 at 13:00
Fridman Daniel	2667		Caruana Fabiano	2757
Adams Michael	2725		Meier Georg	2640
Naiditsch Arkadij	2716		Anand Vishy	2780