FM Claus Dieter Meyer has put under the microscope a comprehensive fund of topical and timeless games / fragments. On video Hamburg GM Dr. Karsten Müller has outlined corner points of Meyer's work and created 14 tests plus 10 interactive test sets.
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)
|
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 |
Whether just experiencing a slow start, or still smarting from his loss to Mamedyarov in the opening round, Wesley So has yet to win a game. In spite of playing 60 odd moves against Veselin Topalov, it was a dead draw very early.
Michael Adams and Pavel Eljanov played a battle of archipelagos, after an Italian game left White with three pawn islands to Black's four. Black managed to get a pawn, but his exposed king left him open to White threats and a repetition was the result.
Teimour Radjabov played an uneventful draw against compatriot and leader Mamedyarov. Ever since that Elo avalanche he suffered, he has not been the same.
Pentala Harikrishna was in a state of shock ashe found his beautiful dominating position turn into absolute chaos after Vladimir Kramnik sacrificed his rook to mix it up. Had it been Shirov on the other side of the board, he would have been looking for such moves well in advance, but from Vlad? He never saw it coming. Brutal.
Vladimir Kramnik analyzes some moves from the game with Ljubomir Ljubojevic, himself once world no. 3
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Photos from official site
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