FIDE GRAND PRIX SETS OF 4TH AND 5TH ROUNDS
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12:43 20/04/2009
Fourth and fifth rounds of FIDE Grand Prix are over in
Nalchik. Armenian GM Levon Aronian ended his game with Russian
Alexander Grischuk in the fourth round in draw. The same results he
has received in a set with Evgeni Alexeev in the fifth round. The
other Armenian GM Vladimir Hakopian received 1,5 points. In the fourth
round Hakopian shared his scores with Mamedyarov and then defeated
Gata Kamsky in the fifth round. Results – fourth round Gata Kamsky –
Peter Svidler 1-0 Peter Leko – Sergey Karjakin 1/2-1/2 Levon Aronian –
Alexander Grischuk 1/2-1/2 Pavel Eljanov – Vassily Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2
Boris Gelfand – Etienne Bacrot 1/2-1/2 Rustam Kasimdzhanov – Evgeny
Alekseev 1/2-1/2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Vladimir Akopian 1/2-1/2
Results – fifth round Alexander Grischuk – Peter Leko 1/2-1/2 Sergey
Karjakin – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 Evgeny Alekseev – Levon
Aronian 1/2-1/2 Etienne Bacrot – Pavel Eljanov 1/2-1/2 Peter Svidler
– Boris Gelfand 1/2-1/2 Vladimir Akopian – Gata Kamsky 1-0 Vassily
Ivanchuk – Rustam Kasimdzhanov 0-1 After the fifth round Alexander
Grischuk leads the tournament; he has 3,5 points. Levon Aronian,
Evgeni Alexeev, Sergey Kariakin and Peter Leko share 2-5 horizontals.