Teimour Radjabov leads Grand-Prix

Teimour Radjabov leads Grand-Prix
# 02 August 2008 09:09 (UTC +04:00)
Baku. Kenan Hasanov - APA-Sport. The second stage of Grand-Prix chess tournament is ongoing in Sochi, Russia.
Azerbaijani players hace lost points in the next round. Teimour Radjabov has drawn the match with Dmitri Yakovenko from Russia, and Vugar Hashimov played in a draw with Boris Gelfand from Israel. In other encounters Gata Kamsky (USA) won over Vaslili Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Levon Aronian (Armenia) over David Navara (Czech Republic), Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria) over Pyotr Svidler (Russia). The matches of Aleksandr Grishuk (Russia) – Mohammed Al Modiaki (Qatar) and Sergey Karyakin (Ukraine) - Van Yue (China) ended in draws. Azeri player is ranked among 5 leaders with 1.5 points in 2 rounds. Hashimov has scored one point. Azeri players are to encounter each other in round 3 today.
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