Azerbaijani grandmaster beats Russian rival in Grand Prix tournament

Azerbaijani grandmaster Shahriyar Mammadyarov has defeated Russian Ernesto Inarkiev in the 9th round of the Grand Prix tournament in Astrakhan, Russia. Azeri grandmaster Vugar Hashimov drew with Russian Evgeny Alekseev, while Teymur Rajabov lost to Ukrainian Pavel Eljanov.

The day's other results are as follows: Peter Leko 0.5-0.5 Boris Gelfand, Vassily Ivanchuk 0.5-0.5 Dmitry Yakovenko, Ruslan Ponomariov 0.5-0.5 Vladimir Akopian, Wang Yue 0.5-0.5 Peter Svidler. After the 9th round, Ukrainian Pavel Eljanov leads the table with 5.5 points.


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