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FIDE GRAND PRIX: VASSILY IVANCHUK AGAIN TOPS TOURNAMENT LIST
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18.08.2009 13:31 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the 8th round of FIDE Grand Prix Series
tournament, the only effective game was Vsiliy Ivanchuk (Ukraine)-Boris
Gelfand (Israel) match, with the former becoming a winner at the 98
move. After new victory, Ukrainian grand master again tops tournament
list, together with Peter Leko (Hungary) who played a drawn game with
Dmitry Yakovenko (Russia) in the 8th round. Both players have earned
5.5 points.
Third player in tournament list is Kazakh grand master Rustam
Kasimdjanov. After 8 rounds, Levon Aronyan shares 4-7th horizons with
Sergey Kariakin, Pavel Elianov and Evgeny Alekseev.
Results for 8th round:
Aronyan (Armenia) - Kariakin (Ukraine) - 0.5:0.5
Hakobyan (Armenia) - Bacrot (France) - 0.5:0.5
Leko (Hungary) - Yakovenko (Russia) - 0.5:0.5
Inarkiev (Russia) - Elianov (Ukraine) - 0.5:0.5
Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - Gelfand (Israel) - 1:0
Alekseev (Russia) - Kasimdzhanov (Kazakhstan) - 0.5:0.5
Chaparinov (Bulgaria) - Kamsky (USA) - 0.5-0.5
Tournament position after 8 rounds:
Ivanchuk, Leko - 5.5, Kasimdzhanov - 5, Aronyan, Kariakin, Elianov,
Alekseev - 4.5; Gelfand, Bacrot - 4; Yakovenko - 3.5, Hakobyan,
Chaparinov, Kamsky - 3, Inarkiev - 1.5.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
18.08.2009 13:31 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the 8th round of FIDE Grand Prix Series
tournament, the only effective game was Vsiliy Ivanchuk (Ukraine)-Boris
Gelfand (Israel) match, with the former becoming a winner at the 98
move. After new victory, Ukrainian grand master again tops tournament
list, together with Peter Leko (Hungary) who played a drawn game with
Dmitry Yakovenko (Russia) in the 8th round. Both players have earned
5.5 points.
Third player in tournament list is Kazakh grand master Rustam
Kasimdjanov. After 8 rounds, Levon Aronyan shares 4-7th horizons with
Sergey Kariakin, Pavel Elianov and Evgeny Alekseev.
Results for 8th round:
Aronyan (Armenia) - Kariakin (Ukraine) - 0.5:0.5
Hakobyan (Armenia) - Bacrot (France) - 0.5:0.5
Leko (Hungary) - Yakovenko (Russia) - 0.5:0.5
Inarkiev (Russia) - Elianov (Ukraine) - 0.5:0.5
Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - Gelfand (Israel) - 1:0
Alekseev (Russia) - Kasimdzhanov (Kazakhstan) - 0.5:0.5
Chaparinov (Bulgaria) - Kamsky (USA) - 0.5-0.5
Tournament position after 8 rounds:
Ivanchuk, Leko - 5.5, Kasimdzhanov - 5, Aronyan, Kariakin, Elianov,
Alekseev - 4.5; Gelfand, Bacrot - 4; Yakovenko - 3.5, Hakobyan,
Chaparinov, Kamsky - 3, Inarkiev - 1.5.