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This event took place from August 8th-24th 2009. It was a Category 19 tournament, with eleven of the 14 players rated over 2700. The event was a memorial to former world champion Tigran Petrosian, who held the title from 1963–1969 and would have turned 80 on June 17th this year.
Round 13: Sunday, August 23, 2009 |
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Gelfand Boris |
1-0 |
Leko Peter |
Eljanov Pavel |
½-½ |
Kasimdzhanov Rus. |
Karjakin Sergey |
½-½ |
Kamsky Gata |
Bacrot Etienne |
½-½ |
Cheparinov Ivan |
Jakovenko Dmitry |
½-½ |
Alekseev Evgeny |
Akopian Vladimir |
0-1 |
Ivanchuk Vassily |
Aronian Levon |
1-0 |
Inarkiev Ernesto |
The winner of the Fifth FIDE Grand Prix in Jermuk: Vassily Ivanchuk
After twelve rounds of intense competition, the spectators were fortunate enough to witness a meaningful final round – no less than six players were in contention for the title. Leko, who had lead the tournament from post-to-post was dealt a heartwrenching endgame loss at the hands of Gelfand, in the longest game of the round, a 78 move Queen's Indian. Coupled with Ivanchuk's handling of the black pieces against Akopian, a 62 move Ruy Lopez Anderssen in which the Ukrainian picked off pawns at will until the Armenian had no better option than resignation, this was enough to ensure Ivanchuk's emergence as the clear victor and Gelfand's final position in joint second.
In second place: Levon Aronian or Armenia
Equal second-third: Boris Gelfand of Israel
Leko, who had been enjoying one of his best performances in the past few years, was left confuddled with musings of how his fortunes had changed so drastically, while Aronian joined Gelfand in the tie for joint second by virtue of his 57 move victory over Inarkiev in the Anti-Meran.
What happened, what went wrong? Peter Leko with his trainer GM Arshak Petrosian
The rest of the round was characterized by uneventful draws, with Jakovenko opting to end a tournament he would surely like to forget, by accepting a 19 move split against Alekseev in the Sicilian Paulsen. Meanwhile, Cheparinov locked up last place with a 37-mover against Bacrot in the Anti-Meran Gambit. Kasimdzhanov held out for 27 moves against Eljanov, giving him a tie with Leko in the final standings.
Fifth: Evgeny Alekseev, with 7.5/13 and a 2773 performance
Sixth: Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan, 7.5/13 with a 2776 performance
Finally, in the hardest-fought draw of the round, Karjakin and Kamsky showed some gumption in exchanging blows in a 43 move Caro Kann Advanced. With this thirteenth and final round concluded, so ends one of the most surprising – and fighting – elite tournaments of the year.
Seventh: Sergey Karjakin, 7.0/13 points, 2745 performance
Playing for France: Etienne Bacrot, ninth with 6.0/13, performance 2692
US GM Gata Kamsky, tenth with 6.0/13 and a 2693 performance
Lev Aronian being interviewed – in his trademark Barong
shirt from the Philippines
Vassily Ivanchuk poses with WGM Lilit Galoian
Vladmir Akopian with an Armenian chess fan
Did we say one fan? Here is Vlad with a group of adoring Armenian chess
players
Happy faces all around: Aronian and Ivanchuk pose with female chess players
Main organizer GM Smbat Lputian with the Minister of Sports and Youth, Armen
Grigoryan
Technical pro Angelina with dashing press officer Lilit Mkrtchian
Closing ceremony with classical music
All pictures by Arman Karakhanyan, courtesy of FIDE
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