In the second round of 5th FIDE Grand Prix tournament which started in Jermuk on August 9, Armenian grand master Levon Aronyan held victory over Evgeni Alekseev (Russia). Russian chess player gave in at the 72 move. In the second round game against Bulgarian Ivan Vladimir Hakobyan, Vladimir Hakobyan again ended the game in a draw.

In Yakovenko-Kamski game, Russian chess player came out on top, defeating his rival at the 29th move.

After 2 rounds, grand masters Levon Aronyan, Peter Leko and Ivan Chaparinov topped the tournament list, with 1.5 points.

In the 3rd round, Aronyan played against Ivan Chaparinov, and Hakobyan competed against Gata Kamsky. Both Armenian representatives played with black figures.

2nd round games:

Leko Peter       - Eljanov Pavel       1/2
Kariakin Sergey  - Gelfand Boris       1/2
Bacrot Etienne   - Kasimdzhanov Rustam 1/2
Jakovenko Dmitry - Kamsky Gata         1-0
Akopian Vladimir - Cheparinov Ivan     1/2
Aronian Levon    - Alekseev Evgeny     1-0
Inarkiev Ernesto - Ivanchuk Vassily    1/2


Tournament position after 2 rounds: Aronyan, Leko, Chaparinov - 1/2; Hakobyan, Yakovlenko, Bacrot, Gelfand, Elianov, Kasymzhanov, Ivanchuk - 1; Alekseev, Inarkiev, Kamsky - 1/2.