Vladimir Hakopian scores first victory at Grand Prix in Nalchik

PanARMENIAN.Net - 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