Vladimir Akopian plays a draw in 4th round of FIDE Grand Prix againAugust 13, 2009 - 01:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Aronian and Leko scored 3 points after 4 rounds and kept leading position in the tournament table. Armenian grandmaster Vladimir Akopian played a draw in 4-round of 5th Grand Prix, held in Jermuk, with the Kazakh players Rustam Kasymjanov. In all 4 rounds Armenian grandmaster played draws with his rivals. Party of 4th round: Levon Aronian - Gat Kamsky - 1:0 Dmitry Yakovenko - Boris Gelfand - 0,5:0,5 Ernesto Inarkiev - Ivan Cheparinov - 0,5:0,5 Peter Leko - Sergey Karjakin - 1:0 Vladimir Akopian - Rustam Kasymjanov - 0,5:0,5 Etienne Bacrot - Paul Elyanov - 0,5:0,5 Vassily Ivanchuk - Evgeny Alekseev - 1:0 Tournament position after 4 rounds: Aronian, Leko - 3; Ivanchuk, Cheparinov - 2.5; Hakopyan, Yakovenko, Bacrot, Elyanov, Gelfand, Kasymjanov - 2; Karjakin, Alekseev, - 1,5, Kamsky, Inarkiev - 1. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |