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20:06 05/12/2007

ARONYAN AND HAKOBYAN IN BEST 16 LIST

Levon Aronyan, Armenian chess Grand Master could not win his
competitor Russian Dmitri Yakovenko in the Chess World Cup
competition. The game ended in a draw.

Vladimir Hakobyan – Alexey Shirov meeting also ended in a draw. Note
that in 4/2 meeting our Grand Master lost the game in his Spanish
competitor, and Aronyan ended his part in a draw.

After this stage only 5 chess players won and the other 6 have to wait
for the tiebreak. Totaly 128 chess players were participating in the
competition but now only 16 continue the World Cup. Famous and titled
chess players like Russian Alexandr Grishchuk, Azeri Shahriyar
Mamedarov and Teymur Radjabov, UkrainianVasili Ivanchuk and Rustam
Kasimdjanov were completely defeated and now do not participate in the
competition.

Note: the competition takes place in knockout system which is
confirmed by FIDE in the 78th meeting. The World Chess Cup competition
takes place in Khanti-Mansiysk city, Russia. The competition started
in November 24 and finished in December 19.

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