Akopian drew with Mamedyarov

Armenian Grandmaster Vladimir Akopian drew with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov representing Azerbaijan in the 4^th round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Astrakhan.

Ernesto Inarkiev from Russia defeated Vassily Ivanchuk and topped the standings. After six rounds 6 chess players have 2.5 points each. The rest 6 games ended in a draw. Vladimir Akopian will face Vugar Gashimov in the next round.

Standings after four rounds are as follows:

Gashimov, Ponomariov, Gelfand, Inarkiev, Eljanov, Leko have 2.5 points each, Radjabov, Wang Yue, Jakovenko — 2 points, whereas Mamedyarov, Akopian, Svidler, Alekseev -1.5, while Ivanchuk — 1.

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