FIDE Grand Prix: Three leading players remain in the same positions

PanARMENIAN.Net - In the 10 round of 5th FIDE Grand Prix series tournament, all matches proved effective, except those played by tournament leaders Peter Leko, Vasily Ivanchuk and Rustam Kasimdzhanov.



Despite drawn matches and victory over Dmitry Yakovenko, Levon Aronyan who has earned 6 points shares the 4th-5th positions with Evgeny Alekseev (Russia). Armenian grand master falls behind Leko, Ivanchuk and Kasimdzhanov by 0.5 points.



Another drawn game was that between Leko and Armenian grand master Vladimir Hakobyan, such result being the eighth for the latter.



Levon Aronyan will compete against Vladimir Hakobyan in the 11th round due on August 21. In the last two rounds, Aronyan will meet with the undefeated Hungarian player and Ernesto Inarkiev representing Russia.



Results for 10th round:



Leko Peter       - Akopian Vladimir    1/2

Aronian Levon    - Jakovenko Dmitry    1-0

Inarkiev Ernesto - Bacrot Etienne      1-0

Ivanchuk Vassily - Karjakin Sergey     1/2

Alekseev Evgeny  - Eljanov Pavel       1-0

Cheparinov Ivan  - Gelfand Boris       0-1

Kamsky Gata      - Kasimdzhanov Rustam 1/2.



Standing:



 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily    6½

 2. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 6½

 3. Leko, Peter          6½

 4. Aronian, Levon       6

 5. Alekseev, Evgeny     6

 6. Karjakin, Sergey     5½

 7. Gelfand, Boris       5½

 8. Eljanov, Pavel       5

 9. Bacrot, Etienne      5

10. Jakovenko, Dmitry    4

11. Akopian, Vladimir    4

12. Kamsky, Gata         4

13. Cheparinov, Ivan     3

14. Inarkiev, Ernesto    2½.