Fabiano Caruana Wins Vugar Gashimov Memorial
The American defeated Richard Rapport in Armageddon.
The Vugar Gashimov Memorial finished in Baku. The tournament consisted of a Rapid and a Blitz tournament with a double round-robin system for each. Players earned 3 points for a win in the mini-match of rapid, and in case of a tie, there was an Armageddon where the winner received 2 points and the loser 1 point.
Fabiano Caruana and Richard Rapport scored 24 points each after rapid and blitz. In order to determine the winner, an Armageddon game was played. The American grandmaster won as White to become the tournament winner. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is third with 22.5 points.
Final standings:
1. Fabiano Caruana, 2. Richard Rapport - 24 points
3. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 22.5
4. Sergey Karjakin - 21
5. Rauf Mamedov - 15.5
6. David Navara - 14
7. Vugar Asadli - 10
8. Viswanathan Anand - 9.
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