Azerbaijani grandmaster beats Russian rival in Grand Prix tournament

Other Azeri grandmasters Teymur Rajabov and Vugar Hashimov drew with Israeli Boris Gelfand and Chinese Wang Yue respectively. The day's other results are as follows: Pavel Eljanov 0-1 Ruslan Ponomariov, Vladimir Akopian 1-0 Ernesto Inarkiev, Dmitry Yakovenko 0.5-0.5 Peter Leko, Peter Svidler 0.5-0.5 Vassily Ivanchuk.

After 8 rounds, Azeri Hashimov, Ukrainian Eljanov, Hungarian Leko and Russian Yakovenko lead the table with 4.5 points. The ninth round will pit Hashimov against Alekseev, while Mammadyarov faces Inarkiev and Rajabov clashes with Eljanov.


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