August 13, 2009 - 01:00 AMT
Vladimir Akopian plays a draw in 4th round of FIDE Grand Prix again
Aronian and Leko scored 3 points after 4 rounds and kept leading position in the tournament table.

Armenian grandmaster Vladimir Akopian played a draw in 4-round of 5th Grand Prix, held in Jermuk, with the Kazakh players Rustam Kasymjanov. In all 4 rounds Armenian grandmaster played draws with his rivals.

Party of 4th round:

Levon Aronian - Gat Kamsky - 1:0
Dmitry Yakovenko - Boris Gelfand - 0,5:0,5
Ernesto Inarkiev - Ivan Cheparinov - 0,5:0,5
Peter Leko - Sergey Karjakin - 1:0
Vladimir Akopian - Rustam Kasymjanov - 0,5:0,5
Etienne Bacrot - Paul Elyanov - 0,5:0,5
Vassily Ivanchuk - Evgeny Alekseev - 1:0


Tournament position after 4 rounds: Aronian, Leko - 3; Ivanchuk, Cheparinov - 2.5; Hakopyan, Yakovenko, Bacrot, Elyanov, Gelfand, Kasymjanov - 2; Karjakin, Alekseev, - 1,5, Kamsky, Inarkiev - 1.