Peaceful Sunday
All 5 games at the 2011 Tal Memorial, as well as the Women's World Championship, were drawn, in spite of some hard fought battles.
Round 5 results
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½ |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½ |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Svidler, Peter | ½ |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Aronian, Levon | ½ |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½ |
Standings after 5 rounds
| 1-4. | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2826 | 3 |
| 1-4. | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2802 | 3 |
| 1-4. | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2763 | 3 |
| 1-4. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2730 | 3 |
| 5-7. | Anand, Vishy | IND | 2811 | 2½ |
| 5-7. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2775 | 2½ |
| 5-7. | Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2755 | 2½ |
| 8-9. | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2800 | 2 |
| 8-9. | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2758 | 2 |
| 10. | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2744 | 1½ |
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