Chess: Vladimir Hakobian to play in Astrakhan tournament
FIDE published the list of the participants of the Grand Prix last tournament due in Astrakhan, Russia May 9-25, 2010. Remind that Levon Aronian has become the winner of the Grand Prix irrespective of the results of the final round and he won't play in Astrakhan, in accordance with the agreement with FIDE.
Another Armenian participant, Vladimir Hakobian will take part in Astrakhan. His opponents will be Boris Gelfand (Israel), Peter Leko (Hungary), Vassily Ivanchuk, Ruslan Ponomariov, Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine), Peter Svidler, Dmitri Jakovenko, Evgeni Alekseev, Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia), Vugar Gashimov, Teimour Radjabov, Shahriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), Wang Yue (China), Armenian Chess Federation reported.