20 April 2017
Vugar Gashimov Memorial Opens in Shamkir
Kramnik and Karjakin are among the participants.
On April 20, the 4th Vugar Gashimov Memorial, organized by Synergy Group and Chess Federation of Azerbaijan, was officially opened in Shamkir. The lineup of the supertournament: Wesley So (2822, USA), Vladimir Kramnik (2811), Sergey Karjakin (2783, both – Russia), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2772, Azerbaijan), Michael Adams (2761, England), Pentala Harikrishna (2755, India), Pavel Eljanov (2751, Ukraine), Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2745, Poland), Veselin Topalov (2741, Bulgaria), and Teimour Radjabov (2710, Azerbaijan).
The drawing of lots yielded the following order: 1. Wojtaszek, 2. Topalov, 3. So, 4. Karjakin, 5. Eljanov, 6.Radjabov, 7. Harikrishna, 8. Mamedyarov, 9. Adams, 10. Kramnik.
Playing days: April 21-25, April 27-30. Rest day – April 26. All games start at 2 pm MSK, final round starts at 1 pm.
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