IM Bella Khotenashvili was the one to stop the IM Roebers in the 5th round, and changing the situation atthe top of the standings. Now there is no more a perfect score, but four players are leading the race with 4,5 points out of five. One of them is of course Khoteneashvili, and the other three are her fellow WFM Anastasia Kirtadze who continued her excellent tournament by defeating GM Elina Danielian, IM Mai Narva who prevailed with the Black pieces against FM Alexandra Zherebtsova, and IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya who won with Black against the Azeri WGM Govhar Beydullayeva.
