Armenian GM Vladimir Akopian defeated Ernesto Inarkiev in the 8th round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Astrakhan.

Standings are as follows: Jakovenko, Leko, Gashimov, Eljanov-4.5 points each, Ponomariov, Inarkiev, Mamedyarov, Radjabov, Gelfand, Alekseev, Wang Yue-4 points each, Ivanchuk, Svidler, Akopian-3 points each.

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