Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2018 LIVE
4/28/2018 – World Champion Magnus Carlsen heads the 5th Shamkir Chess tournament in memory of Vugar Gashimov, being played in Azerbaijan from April 19th to 28th. Live games and commentary from 13:00 CEST (7:00 AM EDT)
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Round 9
For the 5th time since 2014, a tournament is held in Shamkir, Azerbaijan in memory of Vugar Gashimov (July 24, 1986 - January 11, 2014). Gashimov belonged to the absolute elite in chess. At his best, in November 2009, he was sixth in the world rankings. He battled brain cancer throughout his adulthood, which ultimately forced his retirement from competitive chess in 2012. With his friendly character, Gashimov won many friends during his career.
Live games and commentary
Master Class Vol.8: Magnus Carlsen
Scarcely any world champion has managed to captivate chess lovers to the extent Carlsen has. The enormously talented Norwegian hasn't been systematically trained within the structures of a major chess-playing nation such as Russia, the Ukraine or China.
Commentary by GM Ljubomir Ljubojević and GM Igor Khenkin
Tournament details
The Gashimov Memorial is organized by the Azerbaijan state oil company SOCAR together with the Azerbaijani Chess Federation. The venue is the Haidar Aliev Centre in Shamkir.
The Amazing Albin Counter-Gambit
On this DVD IM Trent shows the Albin Counter-Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5). Trent found a number of extremely dangerous Theoretical Novelties which will truly put the Albin Counter-Gambit back on the map.
World Champion Magnus Carlsen leads the field, along with three players from the Berlin Candidates Tournament: Sergey Karjakin, Shakriyar Mamedyarov and Ding Liren. Radoslaw Wojtaszek was a late replacement for Vladimir Kramnik who withdrew.
Participants
Magnus Carlsen
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Radoslaw Wojtaszek
Anish Giri
Ding Liren
Sergey Karjakin
Veselin Topalov
Teimour Radjabov
Rauf Mamedov
David Navara
Prize fund
The prize fund is 100.000 Euro, divided as follows:
| 1st Place | 30,000 |
| 2nd Place | 20,000 |
| 3rd Place | 15,000 |
| 4th Place | 10,000 |
| 5th Place | 8,000 |
| 6th Place | 6,000 |
| 7th Place | 4,000 |
| 8th Place | 3,000 |
| 9th Place | 2,500 |
| 10th Place | 1,500 |
| Total | 100,000 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | |
| 18. April | 18.30 | Opening ceremony |
| 24. April | ||
| 28. April | 14.00 | Round 9 |
| 28 April | Closing ceremony |
All local times (UTC + 4) 15.00 = 13:00 CEST / 7:00 AM EDT
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Links
- Official site
- Watch live
- Round 1: Five draws to start
- Round 2: Again five draws
- Round 3: The spell holds
- Round 4: Topalov breaks the logjam
- Round 5: Carlsen and Topalov score
- Round 6: Anish Giri a winner
- Round 7: Carlsen in charge
- Round 8: Carlsen or Ding
- Round 9: Magnus Carlsen is third time winner
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