Armenian grandmaster Vladimir Hakopian scored a victory over American Gata Kamsky in the fifth round of Grand Prix Tournament. Presently, Russian Vassily Ivanchuk bottoms the tournament chart after losing a game vs. Uzbekistani Rustam Kasimdzhanov.
Levon Aronian made a draw with Russia’s Evgeny Alekseev.
In 6th tournament Levon Aronian will play vs. Vassily Ivanchuk, and Vladimir Hakopian will rival Sergey Karjakin.
Fifth tournament games:
Alekseev – Aronian – 1.5:1.5
Hakopian – Kamsky – 1:0
Karjakin – Mamedyarov 1.5: 1.5
Grischuk – Leko – 1.5:1.5
Ivanchuk – Kasimdzhanov – 0:1
Bacrot – Eljanov – 1.5:1.5
Svidler – Gelfand – 1.5:1.5
Tournament listing after 4th tour: Grischuk – 3.5; Akopian, Karjakin, Leko, Alekseev – 3; Svidler, Kamsky, Bacrot, Kasimdzhanov – 2.5; Akopian, Gelfand, Eljanov, Mamedyarov – 2; Ivanchuk – 1.5.
Sixth tournament games:
Aronian – Ivanchuk
Hakopian – Karjakin
Kamsky – Gelfand
Eljanov – Svidler
Leko – Alekseev
Mamedyarov – Grischuk
