Ivanchuk Wins Jermuk Grand Prix
An exciting last round in the Jermuk Grand Prix saw Vassily Ivanchuk (pictured) win with the black pieces to finish the undefeated sole winner on 8.5/13.
A great result for the popular Ukrainian, who re-enters the world's top 10 after a recent poor run of form saw his world ranking slide.
Spare a thought for Peter Leko, who entered the final round tied with Ivanchuk on 7.5/12 but lost his final round game against Boris Gelfand to finish fifth. It was Leko's only loss of a closely fought tournament.
That win for Gelfand lifted him into a share of second place with Aronian, who also won his last round game against backmarker Inarkiev. As a result, Aronian clinches first place in the Grand Prix series as he cannot be caught with one tournament to go. Congratulations Lev!
The final standings:
| 1 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8½ |
| 2 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 8 |
| 3 | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | UZB | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
| 5 | Leko, Peter | HUN | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
| 6 | Alekseev, Evgeny | RUS | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
| 7 | Karjakin, Sergey | UKR | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 7 |
| 8 | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6½ |
| 9 | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 6 |
| 10 | Kamsky, Gata | USA | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6 |
| 11 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Akopian, Vladimir | ARM | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 5 |
| 13 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 4½ |
| 14 | Cheparinov, Ivan | BUL | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 4 |
