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In Round 5 of the US Chess Championship underway in St. Louis all the Armenian chess players lost to their adversaries. Melikset Khachiyan yielded to Alexander Shabalov, while Varuzhan Hakobian and Levon Altounian were defeated by Alexander Onischuk and Benjamin Finegold respectively.

Alexander Onischuk - Varuzhan Hakobian 1:0

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rac1 Rad8 15. Qc2 h5 16. Bf1 Nh7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Nhf6 19. Qe3 e5 20. d5 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 e4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. c5 Nf6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. c6 bxc6 27. Rxc6 Qe5 28. Qc1 a5 29. Rc5 Rd5 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 31. Qc5 h4 32. Qxa5 e3 33. Qe1 Qd4 34. Bc4 Qd2 35. Kf1 Nc3 36. Qxe3 Qd1+ 37. Qe1 Qd4 38. Qa1 f6 39. a4 Qd2 40. Qe1 Qd4 41. Qe7+ 1:0.

Melikset Khachiyan - Alexander Shabalov 0:1

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Bg5
h6 8. Bh4 Rc8 9. Nc3 e5 10. Qd3 g5 11. Bg3 Nf6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. h4 Rg8 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Nd2 b5 16. a3 Be6 17. Kb1 Qb7 18. f3 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bd7 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Be1 Qb5 24. Qxb5 Bxb5 25. Rh6 g4 26. Bh4 gxf3 27. gxf3 Be2 28. Re1 Bxf3 29. Nxd6+ Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Kf8 31. Bf6 Rg2 32. Re3 Bd1 33. c4 Rb8 34. Bxe5 Bb3 35. Rxb3 Rxb3 36. Bf6 Rb8 37. c5 Rc8 38. c6 Rf2 39. Ka2 Rf4 40. Kb3 Ke8 41. Kc3 a5 42. Kd3 a4 43. Ke3 Rf1 44. Kd4 Rf3 45. Ke4 Rf2 46. Bd4 Rh2 47. Rd7 Ra8 48. Bf6 Rf2 49. Bd4 Rh2 50. Bc5 Ra5 51. Bb6 Rh4+ 52. Kd3 Rb5 53. Rd8+ Ke7 54. d6+ Ke6 55. c7 Rb3+ 56. Ke2 Rxb2+ 57. Kf3 Rc4 58. d7 Rc3+ 59. Kg4 f5+ 60. Kh5 0:1.

Benjamin Finegold - Levon Altounian 1:0

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Be6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Na3 g6 6. Bxc4 Bxc4 7. Nxc4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Qd5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Ba3 Rfe8 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Nfe5 Nb6 15. f3 Nd6 16. e4 Qb5 17. Kf1 Qa6 18. Bb4 Nbxc4 19. Nxc4 Nb5 20. Ne5 e6 21. Rc5 c6 22. a4 Nc7 23. Rc2 Qxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Na6 25. Ba3 c5 26. Rdc1 Red8 27. Rc4 Rb8 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxd4 30. Rc8+ Rd8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Nd7 Rd8 33. Rc7 a5 34. Rxb7 Bc3 35. Kd3 Bb4 36. Rb8 1:0.