David Amior’s 100% record in the Club Championship ended on Thursday evening, as he took a bye in Round 5. With several players at the top of the standings not in action this week, there was a major opportunity for others to catch up.
In the end, the main beneficiary was Salvatore Pepe, who beat me with the White pieces to join Lion Lebedev half a point behind David going into the final round. An exciting finish to the tournament is in prospect next Thursday!
| White | Black | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvatore Pepe | 1705 | 1 - 0 | Andrew Medworth | 1743 |
| 2 | David Ben-Nathan | 1813 | 0 - 1 | Jonathan Rubeck | 1907 |
| 3 | Nick Murphy | 1734 | 1 - 0 | Alexander Funk | 1845 |
| 4 | Max Michener | 1562 | 0 - 1 | Brendan O'Gorman | 1757 |
| 5 | Armaan Nilim | 1748 | 1 - 0 | Callum Hill | 1487 |
| 6 | Sundip Tailor | 1475 | 1 - 0 | Shehab Alshehabi | 1647 |
| 7 | Jonathan Samuel | 1790 | 1 - 0 | Nick Goulbourne | 1300 |
| 8 | Stephen C Pride | 1630 | 1 - 0 | Damien Sobolevski | 1055 |
| 9 | Safa Alam | 0 - 1 | Ben Horspool | 1602 | |
| 10 | Maximo Pollack | 1367 | 0 - 1 | Daniel Moosdeen Mui | 1587 |
| 11 | Vadim Sobolevski | 0 - 1 | Stanley G Jacobs | 1414 | |
| 12 | Chris S Rogal | 1771 | 0 - 1 | Michael Paulins | 1381 |
| 13 | Djad Ben-Eshak | 1137 | 1 - 0 | David Lewis | 1416 |
| 14 | Tony Artman | 1300 | ½ - ½ | Ben Assirati | |
| 15 | Tom Garcia | 1692 | 0 - 1 | Xuanyi Cai | |
| 16 | Mohammad Ali Salehzehi | 0 - 1 | Bahram Salehzehi | 996 |