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Hakobyan's first victory
FIDE's series of Grand Prix qualifying tournaments continue in Nalchik.
Armenian GM Levon Aronian played a tie with Evgeny Alexseev in round five. In the fourth round Levon outplayed the Russian GM Alexander Grishchuk gaining 0.5 point. Presently, Aronian takes 2-5 places with three points. Sergey Karyakin (Ukraine), Peter Leko (Hungary) and Evgeny Alexseev (Russia) also gained three points. Alexander Grishchuk tops the tournament list with 3.5 points.
Another Armenian GM, Vladimir Hakobyan, enjoyed his first victory at the tournament after beating Gatta Kamski of the USA. Hakobyan moved on to the 12th place with two points.
In the next sixth round Levon Aronian is to compete with Vassily Ivanchuk and Vladimir Hakobyan with Sergey Karyakin
