Levon Aronian Win (again) in Nalchik 2009 GP

Smashing Leko in last round, Aronian emerged as winner of 2009 Nalchik Fide Grand Prix. Final standing :

1. Aronian Levon ..................... 2754 ...ARM 8½

2. Leko Peter ............................ 2751 ...HUN 7½

3. Akopian Vladimir ................ 2696 ...ARM 7½

4. Grischuk Alexander ............ 2748 ...RUS 7

5. Bacrot Etienne .................... 2728 ...FRA 7

6. Alekseev Evgeny .................. 2716 ...RUS 6½

7. Gelfand Boris ...................... 2733 ...ISR 6½

8. Kamsky Gata ...................... 2720 ...USA 6

9. Svidler Peter ....................... 2726 ...RUS 6

10. Karjakin Sergey ................ 2721 ...UKR 6

11. Mamedyarov Shakhriyar ..2725 ...AZE 6

12. Ivanchuk Vassily............... 2746 ...UKR 5½

13. Kasimdzhanov Rustam .....2695 ...UZB 5½

14. Eljanov Pavel .................... 2693 ...UKR 5½

For best caption of this photo see Susan Polgar's blog. Photo from Chessbase.

2009 Nalchik Grand Prix games statistic :

Number of games = 91
White won = 28 (30.76 %)
Black won = 9 (9.89 %)
Draw = 54 (59.34 %)
Decisive games = 28+9 = 37 (40.66 %)

All games can be viewed here, especially if you understand the language being in used there.