Jermuk Grand Prix R1

The 5th Grand Prix Tournament started today in Jermuk, Armenia. To be honest, I didn't think it would ever get off the ground. Also, according to the FIDE Grand Prix website, the 6th tournament will be taking place after all.

The players:

1. Aronian Levon ARM 2768
2. Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2760
3. Leko Peter HUN 2756
4. Gelfand Boris ISR 2755
5. Bacrot Etienne FRA 2721
6. Kamsky Gata USA 2717
7. Karjakin Sergey UKR 2717
8. Eljanov Pavel UKR 2716
9. Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2714
10. Akopian Vladimir ARM 2712
11. Ivanchuk Vasily UKR 2703
12. Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2678
13. Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2675
14. Kasimdzhanov Rustam UZB 2672

Inarkiev-Leko
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rfe8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Be7 15.c3 Nd8 16.d4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Bf8 18.Re3 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 c6 20.Ba2 g6 21.f4 c5 22.Nc2 c4 23.Kh1 d5! 24.exd5 Nb7 25.Qf3 Bc5 26.Re5 Bd6 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Nd4 Nc5 29.Rf1 Ne4 30.Rd1 Qe7 31.g3 Bc5 32.Kg2 Nd6 33.Rf1 Bxd4 34.cxd4 Nf5 35.Kh2 Qe2+ 36.Qf2 Qxf2+ 37.Rxf2 Re1 38.Rd2 Kf8 39.g4 Ne3 40.Kg3 Ra1 41.Kf3 Nxd5 42.Ke4 Nf6+ 43.Ke5 Re1+ 0-1

Cheparinov-Jakovenko

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bd2 Rd8 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Nh4 c5 14. Qf3 h6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qc7 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c4 Re8 20. Bc3 N8d7 21. Re3 Re7 22. Qh4 Rae8 23. g4 e4 24. g5 exd3 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. gxf6 Nxf6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qxf6 Qe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. cxd3 Re2 32. a4 Rb2 33. Kg2 Rb3 34. Rd1 Ra3 35. Kf3 Kg7 36. Ke3 Rxa4 37. Rb1 b6 38. h4 Kf6 39. h5 Kg5 40. Rg1+ Kh6 41. f6 Ra2 42. Rg7 Kxh5 43. f4 1-0