29 April 2017

Both Russians Win In Shamkir

Only the final round remains.

In the 8th round of the Vugar Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir, the leader Shakhriyar Mamedyarov lost to Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Vladimir Kramnik outplayed Michael Adams, and Sergey Karjakin defeated Pavel Eljanov. Two games were drawn – Topalov-Harikrishna and So-Radjabov.

Standings after 8 rounds:

Mamedyarov 5
Topalov, So 4.5
Kramnik, Karjakin, Wojtaszek, Adams 4
Eljanov, Radjabov 3.5
Harikrishna 3

The final round begins at 1 pm Moscow time.

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