Now in its 4th edition, the Gashimov Memorial brings an attractive lineup of top players such as Wesley So, winner of pretty much anything he entered in the last many months, then Vladimir Kramnik who has been sitting pretty with his 2811 Elo since the London Classic, Sergey Karjakin, and of course last year’s winner, local hero Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.
Vugar Gashimov (1986 - 2014)
Participants
|
Player |
Rating |
| Wesley So |
2822 |
| Vladimir Kramnik |
2811 |
| Sergey Karjakin |
2783 |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
2772 |
| Michael Adams |
2761 |
| Pentala Harikrishna |
2758 |
| Pavel Eljanov |
2751 |
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek |
2745 |
| Veselin Topalov |
2741 |
| Teimour Radjabov |
2710 |
Michael Adams has performed very well so far, with a plus one score, leaving him tied 2nd-3rd with Pavel Eljanov at 3.0/5. In round five he drew against Teimour Radjabov.
Radoslaw Wojtaszek has been struggling a bit with the field, having scored 2.0/5
Needless to say, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov leads with 3.5/5, with two wins and three draws. In the last couple of rounds, he has benefitted from the wins not being from his nearest rivals, but he will need to protect his top spot with more wins if he wishes to repeat his 2016 result (he won).
The biggest result of the day was clearly the game between the two 2800+ players in the field. Not only is this crucial for their tournament standings, but there is the matter of rating average to earn a free berth into the next Candidates tournament.
Wesley So vs Vladimir Kramnik (annotated by GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson)
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A setback for the former world champion, but nothing he cannot overcome
The other big win of the day was Sergey Karjakin's crushing win over...
...Veselin Topalov, leaving both players at 50%.
Sergey Karjakin vs Veselin Topalov
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.a3 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Bd3 Ng6 8.0-0 Nc6 9.b4 Bb6 10.Bb2 Nf4 11.c4 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 dxc4 13.Qxc4 Ne7N 13...0-0 14.Nc3 Ne7 15.Rad1 Nd5 16.Qg4 f5 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Qh4 Nd5 19.Qe4 Qe8 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Qxd5+ Qf7 22.Qg5 Bf5 23.Ne5 Qf6 24.Qxf6 Rxf6 25.Nc4 Rc6 26.Nxb6 Rxb6 27.h3 a5 28.Bd4 Rg6 29.Kh2 axb4 30.axb4 Be4 31.f3 Bc6 14.Nc3 Bd7 15.Qg4 Bc6 16.Rad1 16.Qxg7? Rg8 17.Qf6 Nf5 18.Qxd8+ Rxd8 16...Qc7 17.Ng5 17.Qxg7? 17...Qxe5 18.b5! h5 18...Bxb5? 19.Nxb5 Qxb5 19...Qxb2 20.Nd6+ Kf8 21.Ngxf7 20.Bxg7 Rg8 21.Ne4 19.Qh4! Bxb5 20.Rfe1!+- Qf5 21.Nxb5 Qxb5 22.Bxg7 Nf5 23.Nxe6‼ fxe6 24.Rxe6+ Kf7 25.Qf6+ Kg8 26.Bxh8 Bxf2+ 27.Kh1 Qa4 28.Red6 28.Rd8+ Rxd8 29.Qxd8+ Kh7 30.Be5 Ng3+ 31.hxg3 Qd1+ 32.Qxd1 Bc5 33.Qxh5+ Kg8 34.Qh8+ Kf7 35.Qe8# 28...Rf8 29.Qg6+ Kxh8 30.Rd7 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Karjakin,S | 2783 | Topalov,V | 2741 | 1–0 | 2017 | B12 | 4th Shamkir Chess 2017 | 5 |
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Standings after five rounds
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