After a one day break the 5th round of Veik an- Zee chess tournament started. Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronyan’s and Luke van Velli’s match ended first. On the 31st step the players agreed on a draw. Aronyan was playing with blacks.

After 5 rounds Aronyan has gained 3.5 points. Magnus Carlsen has got a chance of beating him with is scores, as he was sharing 1st place with Aronyan by 3 points. After 4 rounds Fabiano Karuana and Teimur Rajabov both have 2.5 points.

5th round

Van Velli-Aronyan- 0.5-0.5

Carlsen-Giri

Gashimov-Ivanchuk

Karuana-Kamski

Nakamura-Navara

Rajabov-Topalov