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.
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