ARMENIAN PRESIDENT WELCOMES PARTICIPANTS OF 5TH FIDE GRAND PRIX

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
10.08.2009 14:06 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 5 phase of grand prix series of FIDE started in
Jermuk, timed to the 80th anniversary of the legendary Armenian chess
player and 9-th World Champion Tigran Petrosian.

The ceremony was opened by the president of Armenia Serzh Sargsian,
who, in his welcome address congratulated the participants of the
tournament and expressed his gratitude to grand master Levon Aronyan
for his brilliant achievements in the international arena.

"Today, Armenia has been the focus of the chess world. To conduct a
tournament of such level as FIDE Grand Prix is honorable for every
country. It is no coincidence that this tournament is taking place
in Armenia, and dated to the 80th anniversary of Tigran Petrosian,"
the President of the Republic of Armenia said.

14 players took part in stage 5 of a series of FIDE Grand Prix, which
takes place in the Armenian town of Jermuk. List of participants
5th stage of grand prix by rating: 1. Levon Aronian (Armenia) – 2768
(4) 2. Dmitry Yakovenko (Russia) – 2760 (5) 3. Peter Leko (Hungary)
– 2756 (7) 4. Boris Gelfand (Israel) – 2755 (9) 5. Etienne Bacrot
(France) – 2721 (17) 6. Gat Kamsky (USA) – 2717 (18) 7. Sergey Kariakin
(Ukraine) – 2717 (20) 8. Pavel Elyanov (Ukraine) – 2716 (21) 9. Evgeny
Alekseev (Russia) – 2714 (24) 10. Vladimir Akopian (Armenia) – 2712
(25) 11. Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) – 2703 (30) 12. Ivan Cheparinov
(Bulgaria) – 2678 (53) 13. Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia) – 2675 (55)
14. Roustam Kasymdzhanov (Uzbekistan) – 2672 (58).