ARMENIAN GRAND MASTERS DEFEATED IN THE 5TH ROUND
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
13.08.2009 22:23 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the 5th round of FIDE Grand Prix series
tournament, Armenian grand masters Levon Aronyan and Vladimir Hakobyan
suffered their first defeat, playing with black figures against Rustam
Kasimdzhanov and Boris Gelfand.
After the unsuccessful game, Levon Aronyan dropped down from leading
position. Topping the tournament list are two chess players: Peter
Leko who played a drawn game with Evgeni Alkseev and Vasily Ivanchuk
(Ukraine) who defeated Ivan Chparinov (Bulgaria). Both players have
3½ points.
Results for the 5th round: Alekseev Evgeny - Leko Peter 1/2
Cheparinov Ivan - Ivanchuk Vassily 0-1 Kamsky Gata - Inarkiev
Ernesto 1-0 Kasimdzhanov Rustam - Aronian Levon 1-0 Gelfand Boris -
Akopian Vladimir 1-0 Eljanov Pavel - Jakovenko Dmitry 1/2 Karjakin
Sergey - Bacrot Etienne 1-0
Tournament position after 5 rounds: Leko, Ivanchuk - 3½, Aronyan,
Kasimdzhanov, Gelfand - 3, Chaparinov, Elianov, Kariakin, Yakovlenko
- 2.5, Hakobyan, Bacrot, Alekseev, Kamsky - 2; Inarkiev - 1
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
13.08.2009 22:23 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the 5th round of FIDE Grand Prix series
tournament, Armenian grand masters Levon Aronyan and Vladimir Hakobyan
suffered their first defeat, playing with black figures against Rustam
Kasimdzhanov and Boris Gelfand.
After the unsuccessful game, Levon Aronyan dropped down from leading
position. Topping the tournament list are two chess players: Peter
Leko who played a drawn game with Evgeni Alkseev and Vasily Ivanchuk
(Ukraine) who defeated Ivan Chparinov (Bulgaria). Both players have
3½ points.
Results for the 5th round: Alekseev Evgeny - Leko Peter 1/2
Cheparinov Ivan - Ivanchuk Vassily 0-1 Kamsky Gata - Inarkiev
Ernesto 1-0 Kasimdzhanov Rustam - Aronian Levon 1-0 Gelfand Boris -
Akopian Vladimir 1-0 Eljanov Pavel - Jakovenko Dmitry 1/2 Karjakin
Sergey - Bacrot Etienne 1-0
Tournament position after 5 rounds: Leko, Ivanchuk - 3½, Aronyan,
Kasimdzhanov, Gelfand - 3, Chaparinov, Elianov, Kariakin, Yakovlenko
- 2.5, Hakobyan, Bacrot, Alekseev, Kamsky - 2; Inarkiev - 1