Azeri players draw 12th round in Grand Prix

Azeri players draw 12th round in Grand Prix
# 14 August 2008 09:57 (UTC +04:00)
Baku. Kenan Hasanov - APA-Sport. The 12th round of Grand Prix second stage held in Sochi, Russia, is over.
Azerbaijani grandmasters Teimour Radjabov and Vugar Hashimov made a draw with leader Levon Aronian (Armenia) and Gata Kamsky (USA) respectively. The encounters of Boris Gelfand (Israel) - Sergey Karyakin (Ukraine), Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria) - Mohammed Al Modiaki (Qatar), Van Jue (China) - David Navara (Czech Republic), Aleksandr Grishuk (Russia) - Vasili Ivanchuk (Ukraine) determined no winner either. Pyotr Svidler beat Dmitri Jakovenko in this round. Aronian retains leadership position with 7.5 points. Radjabov, Jue and Karyakin are following him with 7 points each. Hashimov has scored 6.5 points. The last round of the competition will be held today. The encounters are as follows: Karyakin - Radjabov, L.Aronian - Grishuk, Modiaki - Gelfand, Ivanchuk - Jue, Jakovenko - Cheparinov, Navara - Kamsky, Hashimov - Svidler.

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