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In Round 11 of FIDE Grand Prix underway in Astrakhan, the Armenian GM Vladimir Hakobian ended in draw with Peter Leko (Hungary). In Round 12 Hakobian managed to win against Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine and advanced in the tournament list.

Round 11

Alekseev (Russia) - Svidler (Russia) ½-½
Inarkiev (Russia) - Wang Yue (China0) ½-½
Radjabov (Azerbaijan) – Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 1-0
Ponomariov (Ukraine) - Gashimov (Azerbaijan) 1-0
Jakovenko (Russia) - Gelfand (Israel) ½-½
Leko (Hungary) - Hakobian (Armenia) ½-½
Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - Eljanov (Ukraine) ½-½

Round 12

Svidler - Gelfand 1-0
Gashimov - Radjabov ½-½
Mamedyarov - Leko 1-0
Hakobian - Ivanchuk 1-0
Eljanov - Jakovenko ½-½
Alekseev - Inarkiev 1-0
Wang Yue - Ponomariov ½-½

Leko (Hungary) - Hakobian (Armenia) ½-½

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Bc2 Bf5 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Nd3 20. Re2 Rf5 21. Kf1 Kf7 22. Rd2 c5 23. f3 c4 24. Ke2 h6 25. b3 Ba3 26. Rc2 Bc5 27. Rb1 { [%clk 0:17.39] } Bxe3 28. Kxe3 { [%clk 0:17.32] } cxb3 { [%clk 0:16.36] } 29. axb3 { [%clk 0:17.07] } Nc5 { [%clk 0:16.32] } 30. Ra1 { [%clk 0:09.33] } Nxb3 { [%clk 0:14.50] } 31. Rxa6 { [%clk 0:09.28] } Nc5 { [%clk 0:14.47] } 32. Nd6+ { [%clk 0:08.28] } Kf6 { [%clk 0:13.55] } 33. Nxf5 { [%clk 0:08.10] } Nxa6 { [%clk 0:13.51] } 34. Ng3 { [%clk 0:05.20] } Nc5 { [%clk 0:12.43] } 35. Ke2 { [%clk 0:04.32] } Nd3 { [%clk 0:07.35] } 36. Ne4+ { [%clk 0:04.21] } Ke7 { [%clk 0:07.24] } 37. Ke3 { [%clk 0:03.42] } Ne5 { [%clk 0:06.02] } 38. Ra2 { [%clk 0:03.33] } Nc4+ { [%clk 0:05.27] } 39. Ke2 { [%clk 0:03.27] } Nd6 { [%clk 0:04.45] } 40. Nf2 Nc4 41. Ne4 Nd6 42. Nd2 Rc7 43. Kd3 Nc4 44. Ne4 Nd6 45. Nf2 Nc4 46. Ne4 1/2:1/2.

Hakobian (Armenia) - Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 1-0

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 Nc6 12. a3 Be7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bd3 g6 15. h4 Kg7 16. h5 g5 17. Ned2 Rh8 18. Nh2 b6 19. f4 gxf4 20. Rxf4 Bg5 21. Raf1 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 a5 23. Ng4 1:0.

Standing

1. Eljanov, Pavel 7½
2. Ponomariov, Ruslan 6½
3. Jakovenko, Dmitry 6½
4. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 6½
5. Alekseev, Evgeny 6½
6. Radjabov, Teimour 6½
7. Gashimov, Vugar 6½
8. Svidler, Peter 6
9. Wang Yue 6
10. Gelfand, Boris 5½
11. Leko, Peter 5½
12. Ivanchuk, Vassily 5
13. Hakobian, Vladimir 5
14. Inarkiev, Ernesto 4½