Armenian grandmaster Vladimir Hakobyan tied a game against Ruslan Ponomarev in the 9th round of Men’s Grand Prix in Astrakhan.

With 3.5 points to his score, Hakobyan is 14th in the standings. Pavel Elyanov of Russia is leading with 5.5 points.

In 10th round, Hakobyan will rival Azerbaijan’s Timur Rajabov.