2nd seed Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta of PSPB in sole lead after defeating International Master Koustav Chatterjee of West Bengal, Top seed Grandmaster Sethuraman SP of PSPB defeated Grandmaster Deep Sengupta of PSPB.After the 5th Round GM Abhijeet Gupta leading the tournament with 5 points followed by GM Sethuraman SP, GM Mitrabha Guha, GM Visakh NR & IM Aronyak Ghosh.
Ranking Crosstable after Round 5
| Rank | Name | Rtg | Club | Type | Pts | |
| 1 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2601 | PSPB | 5 | |
| 2 | IM | Aronyak Ghosh | 2521 | RSPB | U20 | 4½ |
| 3 | GM | Mitrabha Guha | 2487 | West Bengal | 4½ | |
| 4 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | 2642 | PSPB | 4½ | |
| 5 | GM | Visakh N R | 2544 | RSPB | 4½ | |
| 6 | GM | Iniyan P | 2507 | Tamil Nadu | U20 | 4 |
| 7 | IM | Koustav Chatterjee | 2508 | West Bengal | U20 | 4 |
| 8 | Dere Pushkar | 2114 | Maharashtra | U20 | 4 | |
| 9 | IM | Kushagra Mohan | 2390 | Telangana | U18 | 4 |
| 10 | Sahoo Utkal Ranjan | 2333 | Odisha | 4 | ||
| 11 | Hari Madhavan N B | 2385 | Tamil Nadu | U20 | 4 | |
| 12 | IM | Mehar Chinna Reddy C.H. | 2405 | RSPB | 4 | |
| 13 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2566 | Goa | U16 | 4 |
| 14 | IM | Ratnakaran K. | 2304 | RSPB | 4 | |
| 15 | Garv Rai | 2181 | Delhi | U16 | 4 | |
| 16 | Bharadia Yash | 2117 | Rajasthan | U14 | 4 | |
| 17 | GM | Venkatesh M.R. | 2459 | PSPB | 4 |
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