JERMUK 2009 UNDER WAY: LEVON ARONIAN ENDS IN DRAW

Panorama.am
14:35 10/08/2009

The 5th FIDE Grand Prix tournament (Tigran Petrosian memorial)
is being held in Jermuk, Armenia. The participants of the Jermuk
tournament are GMs Levon Aronian, Dmitry Jakovenko, Peter Leko, Boris
Gelfand, Etienne Bacrot, Sergey Karjakin, Gata Kamsky, Pavel Eljanov,
Evgeny Alekseev, Vladimir Akopian, Vassily Ivanchuk, Ivan Cheparinov,
Ernesto Inarkiev, Rustam Kasimdzhanov.

Currently the first round of the tournament is finished. Armenian GM
Levon Aronian’s rival in the first set was Ukrainian Ivanchuk. Before
the start of the set Aronian was considered the favorite of the
tournament being one of the leaders of "Grand Prix".

Aronian and Ivanchuk held Italian set, where it is difficult to reach
advantage. Finally the set ended in draw. Currently the leaders of
the tournament are Leko and Cheparinov who managed to defeat their
rivals. But, it’s worth reminding that the tournament has just started.