Vasily Ivanchuk, winner of 5th stage FIDE Grand Prix Tournament in JermukAugust 24, 2009 - 11:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 5th stage of the FIDE Grand Prix completed on August 23, the 80th birth anniversary of 9-th World Champion Tigran Petrosian in the Armenian resort town of Jermuk. After 13 rounds Ukrainian grandmaster Vasily Ivanchuk became the winner of the tournament, collecting 8.5 points. 2nd and 3rd places with 8 points were shared by Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian and the Israeli Boris Gelfand. Before the final 13th round Peter Leko and Vassily Ivanchuk were leading with 7,5 points. Aronian with Kasimjanov, Alekseev and Gelfand lagged behind the leaders by the half point. But Leko in the final round was defeated, yielding to Gelfand, and sharing the 4-6 places of the tournament table with Kasimjanov and Alekseev. In contrast to the Hungarian chess player, Vasily Ivanchuk did not miss his chance, and with Black had a triumph over Vladimir Akopyan, securing the first place in 5th stage. Aronian, in turn, defeated the Russians Ernesto Inarkiev, breaking the resistance of an opponent at 57the move. Parties of the 13th tour: Boris Gelfand - Peter Leko - 1:0 Pavel Eljanov - Rustam Kasimjanov - 0,5:0,5 Sergey Karyakin - Gata Kamsky - 0,5:0,5 Etienne Bacrot - Ivan Cheparinov - 0,5:0,5 Dmitry Yakovenko - Evgeny Alekseev - 0,5:0,5 Vladimir Akopian - Vassily Ivanchuk - 0:1 Levon Aronian - Ernesto Inarkiev - 1:0 Final standings: 1. Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - 8,5 points 2. Levon Aronian (Armenia) - 8 3. Bois Gelfand (Israel) - 8 4. Evgeny Alekseev (Russia) - 7,5 5. Rustam Kasimjanov (Uzbekistan) - 7,5 6. Peter Leko (Hungary) - 7,5 7. Sergey Karyakin (Ukraine) - 7 8. Pavel Elyanov (Ukraine) - 6,5 9. Gata Kamsky (USA) - 6 10. Etienne Bacrot (France) - 6 11. Dmitry Yakovenko (Russia) - 5 10. Vladimir Akopian (Armenia) - 5 13. Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia) - 4,5 14. Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria) - 4. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |