Armenia’s grandmaster Vladimir Akopian tied a game with Hungary’s Peter Leko in the 11th round of Men’s Grand Prix going on in Astrakhan, Russia.
Meanwhile, Akopian defeated Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) in the 12th round, becoming the 13th with 5 points. Ukraine's Pavel Elyanov keeps the lead with 7.5 points.
In the last round, Akopian will play vs. Dmitry Yakovenko (Russia), who is currently the third with 6.5 points.