April 20, 2009 - 13:04 AMT
Vladimir Hakopian scores first victory at Grand Prix in Nalchik
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