Six players share the lead with 4½ points after five rounds of the Bavarian Chess Championship in Gmund am Tegernsee. The leading group includes three Indian grandmasters and 15-year-old German IM Hussain Besou, who defeated former world junior champion Peter Acs in round five. Top seed Frederik Svane and third seed Alexander Donchenko are among the 31 players trailing the leaders by half a point. | Photo: Finn Engesser