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The Vugar Gashimov Memorial, is being held in Shamkir, Azerbaijan, from the 20th to 30th of April, in memory of the great Vugar Gashimov, who passed away on the 10th of January 2014. The tournament is divided into two groups. The A Group features six players: World Champion Magnus Carlsen (2881), Fabiano Caruana (2783), Sergey Karjakin (2772), Hikaru Nakamura (2772), and the two Azeri players Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2760) and Teimour Radjabov (2713). The B group consists of ten players, the top five seeds from various countries and the bottom five are all from Azerbaijan.
| Round 9 – 29.04.14 | ||
| Caruana |
1-0
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Mamedyarov |
| Radjabov |
½-½
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Carlsen |
| Karjakin |
½-½
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Nakamura |
Daniel King shows the game Caruana vs Mamedyarov
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
A long and tense game; Caruana was always the one with the upper hand, but he had to work very hard to make his advantage count.
Tied at first: Fabiano Caruana, tomorrow's game will determine everything
Mamedyarov will finish against Karjakin, hoping to score at least a second win
Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ Nakamura, Hikaru
Another King's Indian Defense in this tournament, but thist one was not as double-edged as Carlsen-Radjabov. Instead here Nakamura managed to quickly exchange his dark-squared bishop for his opponent's and after the queen trade White's space advantage was just symbolic. Further breakthroughs and simplification on both the kingside and the queenside resulted in a fought draw.
Sergey "Solid" Karjakin
Nakamura has been playing his usual hard fought chess in this tournament, with ups and downs
Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ Carlsen, Magnus
A close Zaitsev variation of the Spanish. Long maneuvers, very little accomplished in a very long time. White should have been better at some point with his control of the a-file but it didn't result in much. With all the heavy pieces traded it seemed as if the players could shake hands and agree to a draw, but Carlsen pressed on infinitely in a position that did not promise anything and the game was drawn after over 100 moves.
That's a lot of moves!
Can't blame Carlsen for not trying
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| Date | Roound | English | German |
| 30.04.2014 | Round 10 | Daniel King | Klaus Bischoff |
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