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    Panorama.am

    20:06 05/12/2007

    ARONYAN AND HAKOBYAN IN BEST 16 LIST

    Levon Aronyan, Armenian chess Grand Master could not win his
    competitor Russian Dmitri Yakovenko in the Chess World Cup
    competition. The game ended in a draw.


    Vladimir Hakobyan - Alexey Shirov meeting also ended in a draw. Note
    that in 4/2 meeting our Grand Master lost the game in his Spanish
    competitor, and Aronyan ended his part in a draw.

    After this stage only 5 chess players won and the other 6 have to wait
    for the tiebreak. Totaly 128 chess players were participating in the
    competition but now only 16 continue the World Cup. Famous and titled
    chess players like Russian Alexandr Grishchuk, Azeri Shahriyar
    Mamedarov and Teymur Radjabov, UkrainianVasili Ivanchuk and Rustam
    Kasimdjanov were completely defeated and now do not participate in the
    competition.

    Note: the competition takes place in knockout system which is
    confirmed by FIDE in the 78th meeting. The World Chess Cup competition
    takes place in Khanti-Mansiysk city, Russia. The competition started
    in November 24 and finished in December 19.



    Source: Panorama.am
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