FIDE Grand Prix: Aronian and Akopian make peaceAugust 21, 2009 - 21:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmasters Levon Aronian and Vladimir Akopian in the 11 round of Grand Prix FIDE scored equal points. Grandmasters made peace at the 40th move. Plays of Leko, Ivanchuk and Kasymjanov also ended in draws. In the 11th round the Russian Ernesto Inarkiev and Ukrainian Paul Elyanov carried the victory over DmitryYakovenko and Ivan Cheparinov respectively. After 11 rounds Levon Aronian and Yevgeny Alexeyev earned 6.5 points each and they are still lag behind the leaders by the half-points. On August 22 in 12th round Levon Aronian with Black will play with the Hungarian leader of the tournament Peter Leko. Akopyan will also play with Black with Ernesto Inarkiev. The results of the 11th round: Kasymjanov (Uzbekistan) - Leko (Hungary) - 0,5:0,5 Gelfand (Israel) - Kamsky (USA) - 0,5:0,5 Elyanov (Ukraine) - Cheparinov (Bulgaria) - 1:0 Karyakin (Ukraine) - Alekseev (Russia) - 0,5:0,5 Bacrot (France) - Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - 0,5:0,5 Yakovenko (Russia) - Inarkiev (Russia) - 0:1 Akopian (Armenia) - Aronian (Armenia) - 0,5:0,5. Tournament position after 11 rounds: Ivanchuk, Leko, Kasymjanov - 7; Aronian, Alekseev - 6.5; Karyakin, Gelfand, Elyanov - 6; Bacrot - 5; Akopyan, Kamsky - 4.5; Inarkiev, Yakovenko - 4; Cheparinov - 3. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |