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LEVON ARONYAN AND VLADIMIR HAKOBYAN ENDED THE 1ST ROUND OF GRAND-PRIX TOURNAMENT IN A DRAW
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
10.08.2009 16:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the 1st round of Grand Prix fifth series
tournament, which started in Jermuk on August 9, Armenian chess
players Levon Aronyan and Vladimir Hakobyan agreed to a draw with
their rivals Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) and Evgeni Alekseev (Russia).
Effective games during the first round were between pairs Ernesto
Inarkiev - Peter Leko and Ivan Chaparinov-Dmitry Yakovenko, with Leko
and Chaparinov topping the list.
Thus, after the first round, Hakobyan and Aronyan share the 3rd-12th
positions of tournament table.
During the 2nd round, Hakobyan and Aronyan will play with white
figures against Alekseev and Inarkiev respectively.
Games are scheduled on August 9-13, 15-18 and 20-23. Rest days:
August 14 and 19 First round games: Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - Levon
Aronyan - 1.5-1.5 Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia) - Peter Leko (Hungary)
- 0:1 Evgeny Alekseev (Russia) - Vladimir Hakobyan - 1.5-1.5 Ivan
Chaparinov (Bulgaria) - Dmitry Yakovenko (Russia) 1:0 Gata Kamsky (US)
- Etienne Bacrot (France) - 1.5-1.5 Rustam Kasymdjinov (Khazakhstan)
- Sergey Karyakin (Ukraine) -1.5-1.5 Boris Gelfand (Israel) - Pavel
Elianov (Ukraine) - 1.5-1.5 Tournament position after 1st round:
Leko, Chaparinov - 1; Hakobyan, Aronyan, Ivanchuk, Alekseev, Bacrot,
Karyakin, Kamsky, Gelfand, Elianov, Kasymzhanov - 0.5, Inarkiev,
Yakovenko.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
10.08.2009 16:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the 1st round of Grand Prix fifth series
tournament, which started in Jermuk on August 9, Armenian chess
players Levon Aronyan and Vladimir Hakobyan agreed to a draw with
their rivals Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) and Evgeni Alekseev (Russia).
Effective games during the first round were between pairs Ernesto
Inarkiev - Peter Leko and Ivan Chaparinov-Dmitry Yakovenko, with Leko
and Chaparinov topping the list.
Thus, after the first round, Hakobyan and Aronyan share the 3rd-12th
positions of tournament table.
During the 2nd round, Hakobyan and Aronyan will play with white
figures against Alekseev and Inarkiev respectively.
Games are scheduled on August 9-13, 15-18 and 20-23. Rest days:
August 14 and 19 First round games: Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - Levon
Aronyan - 1.5-1.5 Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia) - Peter Leko (Hungary)
- 0:1 Evgeny Alekseev (Russia) - Vladimir Hakobyan - 1.5-1.5 Ivan
Chaparinov (Bulgaria) - Dmitry Yakovenko (Russia) 1:0 Gata Kamsky (US)
- Etienne Bacrot (France) - 1.5-1.5 Rustam Kasymdjinov (Khazakhstan)
- Sergey Karyakin (Ukraine) -1.5-1.5 Boris Gelfand (Israel) - Pavel
Elianov (Ukraine) - 1.5-1.5 Tournament position after 1st round:
Leko, Chaparinov - 1; Hakobyan, Aronyan, Ivanchuk, Alekseev, Bacrot,
Karyakin, Kamsky, Gelfand, Elianov, Kasymzhanov - 0.5, Inarkiev,
Yakovenko.