JERMUK 2009 UNDER WAY: LEVON ARONIAN ENDS IN DRAW
The 5th FIDE Grand Prix tournament (Tigran Petrosian memorial) is being held in Jermuk, Armenia. The participants of the Jermuk tournament are GMs Levon Aronian, Dmitry Jakovenko, Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Etienne Bacrot, Sergey Karjakin, Gata Kamsky, Pavel Eljanov, Evgeny Alekseev, Vladimir Akopian, Vassily Ivanchuk, Ivan Cheparinov, Ernesto Inarkiev, Rustam Kasimdzhanov.
Currently the first round of the tournament is finished. Armenian GM Levon Aronian’s rival in the first set was Ukrainian Ivanchuk. Before the start of the set Aronian was considered the favorite of the tournament being one of the leaders of “Grand Prix”.
Aronian and Ivanchuk held Italian set, where it is difficult to reach advantage. Finally the set ended in draw. Currently the leaders of the tournament are Leko and Cheparinov who managed to defeat their rivals. But, it’s worth reminding that the tournament has just started.