FIDE GRAND PRIX: VLADIMIR HAKOBIAN YIELDED POSITIONS

Panorama.am
17/05/2010

The match between two solid and technical players, Akopian and Wang
Yue went for one of the main lines of the Petroff. Both players have
considerable experience in the Petroff and 17.Qc1 was played before
by Akopian against Kasimdzhanov in another GP tournament! There black
went 17…Bf6 but Wang Yue tried 17…Qd7 instead.

Wang Yue was looking to bounce back, after his round 5 defeat and
the missed win in an earlier round against Dmitry Yakovenko. Only
a win today could put him back with realistic chances of qualifying
for the coveted Candidates place.

He pressed for a long time and eventually was rewarded with a position
having an outside passed pawn. Additionally, white had a somewhat
bad bishop also to resolve. Vladimir put up strong resistance but
the Chinese player’s persistence won through and he obtained the full
point. Final times (0:03 – 0:02) Results Eljanov – Alekseev 0-1 Akopian
– Wang Yue 0-1 Mamedyarov – Gashimov ½-½ Svidler – Leko ½-½ Gelfand –
Inarkiev 0-1 Jakovenko – Ponomariov 1-0 Ivanchuk – Radjabov ½-½

Standing 1. Inarkiev, Ernesto 4 2. Jakovenko, Dmitry 3½ 3. Leko,
Peter 3½ 4. Gashimov, Vugar 3½ 5. Eljanov, Pavel 3½ 6. Alekseev,
Evgeny 3 7. Radjabov, Teimour 3 8. Gelfand, Boris 3 9. Wang Yue
3 10. Ponomariov, Ruslan 2½ 11. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2½ 12. Svidler,
Peter 2½ 13. Ivanchuk, Vassily 2½ 14. Akopian, Vladimir 2 Source:

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress