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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov wins 3rd Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir |
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Thursday, 09 June 2016 13:23 |
The 3rd Vugar Gashimov Memorial – Shamkir Chess 2016 was held from 26th May to 4th June in Shamkir, Azerbaijan.
Ten world-class Grandmasters competed in the round robin event.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Fabiano Caruana shared the first place with 6/9 points each. Mamedyarov had a furious finish with three victories in the final three rounds to catch the American.
A tie-break was needed to decide the single winner. The two rapid games were drawn and then Mamedyarov won the blitz 1,5-0,5 to lift the winner's trophy.
Photo by RCF
Final standings:
1-2. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Fabiano Caruana - 6,0
3. Anish Giri - 5,5
4. Sergey Karjakin - 5,0
5. Rauf Mamedov - 4,5
6-8. Pentala Harikrishna, Eltaj Safarli and Teimour Radjabov - 4,0
9. Pavel Eljanov - 3,5
10. Hou Yifan - 2,5
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