  Armenia - Ukraine resistance in FIDE Grand Prix finalized by defeat of Armenian GrandmastersAugust 17, 2009 - 16:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 7 tour of the FIDE Grand Prix , held in Jermuk for Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian and Vladimir Hakobian was again disadvantageous. Both chess players in Black gave way to their Ukrainian rivals Pavel Elyanov and Sergey Karyakin, respectively. After the second defeat in the tournament Aronian lost the leading position again and with 4 points shares the 4-8 places with Elyanov, Karyakin, Gelfand and Alexeyev. Vladimir Akopian with 2.5 points shares the 11-14 places with Kamsky and Cheparinov. After 7th rounds the Hungarian grandmaster Peter Leko became the single leader of the tournament with 5 points, winning this round of Bulgarian Ivan Cheparinov. 2-3 places are shared by the Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk and Kazakh player Roustam Kasymdzhanov. They have 4.5 points each. In the 8th round Aronian will play White with Sergei Karyakin, and Vladimir Akopian play White with French Etienne Bacrot.   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 |  Related sections Latest news U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west  Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenMoscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said.Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |
