In the 5th round of FIDE Grand Prix series tournament, Armenian grand masters Levon Aronyan and Vladimir Hakobyan suffered their first defeat, playing with black figures against Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Boris Gelfand.

After the unsuccessful game, Levon Aronyan dropped down from leading position. Topping the tournament list are two chess players: Peter Leko who played a drawn game with Evgeni Alkseev and Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) who defeated Ivan Chparinov (Bulgaria). Both players have 3½ points.

Results for the 5th round:

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


Tournament position after 5 rounds: Leko, Ivanchuk - 3½, Aronyan, Kasimdzhanov, Gelfand - 3, Chaparinov, Elianov, Kariakin, Yakovlenko - 2.5, Hakobyan, Bacrot, Alekseev, Kamsky - 2; Inarkiev - 1