LEVON ARONYAN AND VLADIMIR HAKOBYAN ENDED THE 1ST ROUND OF GRAND-PRIX TOURNAMENT IN A DRAW

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
10.08.2009 16:00 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the 1st round of Grand Prix fifth series
tournament, which started in Jermuk on August 9, Armenian chess
players Levon Aronyan and Vladimir Hakobyan agreed to a draw with
their rivals Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) and Evgeni Alekseev (Russia).

Effective games during the first round were between pairs Ernesto
Inarkiev – Peter Leko and Ivan Chaparinov-Dmitry Yakovenko, with Leko
and Chaparinov topping the list.

Thus, after the first round, Hakobyan and Aronyan share the 3rd-12th
positions of tournament table.

During the 2nd round, Hakobyan and Aronyan will play with white
figures against Alekseev and Inarkiev respectively.

Games are scheduled on August 9-13, 15-18 and 20-23. Rest days:
August 14 and 19 First round games: Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) – Levon
Aronyan – 1.5-1.5 Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia) – Peter Leko (Hungary)
– 0:1 Evgeny Alekseev (Russia) – Vladimir Hakobyan – 1.5-1.5 Ivan
Chaparinov (Bulgaria) – Dmitry Yakovenko (Russia) 1:0 Gata Kamsky (US)
– Etienne Bacrot (France) – 1.5-1.5 Rustam Kasymdjinov (Khazakhstan)
– Sergey Karyakin (Ukraine) -1.5-1.5 Boris Gelfand (Israel) – Pavel
Elianov (Ukraine) – 1.5-1.5 Tournament position after 1st round:
Leko, Chaparinov – 1; Hakobyan, Aronyan, Ivanchuk, Alekseev, Bacrot,
Karyakin, Kamsky, Gelfand, Elianov, Kasymzhanov – 0.5, Inarkiev,
Yakovenko.