Tuesday, April 21, 2015

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At The Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2015, Shamkir, Azerbaijan

Round Five
Mamedov Rauf (AZE,2651) ½-½ Adams Michael (ENG,2746)
Anand Viswanathan (IND,2791) 1-0 So Wesley (USA,2788)
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE,2754) 1-0 Kramnik Vladimir (RUS,2783)
Caruana Fabiano (ITA,2802) ½-½ Giri Anish (NED,2790)
Carlsen Magnus (NOR,2863) 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA,2762)

Round Four
Adams Michael (ENG,2746) ½-½ Carlsen Magnus (NOR,2863)
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA,2762) ½-½ Caruana Fabiano (ITA,2802)
Giri Anish (NED,2790) ½-½ Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE,2754)
Kramnik Vladimir (RUS,2783) ½-½ Anand Viswanathan (IND,2791)
So Wesley (USA,2788) 1-0 Mamedov Rauf (AZE,2651)

Round Three
So Wesley (USA,2788) 1-0 Adams Michael (ENG,2746)
Mamedov Rauf (AZE,2651) ½-½ Kramnik Vladimir (RUS,2783)
Anand Viswanathan (IND,2791) ½-½ Giri Anish (NED,2790)
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE,2754) ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA,2762)
Caruana Fabiano (ITA,2802) 0-1 Carlsen Magnus (NOR,2863)

Round Two
Adams Michael (ENG,2746) ½-½ Caruana Fabiano (ITA,2802)
Carlsen Magnus (NOR,2863) 1-0 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE,2754)
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA,2762) ½-½ Anand Viswanathan (IND,2791)
Giri Anish (NED,2790) ½-½ Mamedov Rauf (AZE,2651)
Kramnik Vladimir (RUS,2783) ½-½ So Wesley (USA,2788)

Round One
Kramnik Vladimir (RUS,2783) 1-0 Adams Michael (ENG,2746)
So Wesley (USA,2788) 1-0 Giri Anish (NED,2790)
Mamedov Rauf (AZE,2651) ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA,2762)
Anand Viswanathan (IND,2791) ½-½ Carlsen Magnus (NOR,2863)
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE,2754) ½-½ Caruana Fabiano (ITA,2802)

The tournament consists of some of the strongest players in the World: reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen, former World Champions Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik, as well as, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Michael Adams, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Rauf Mamedov.

Anand score his first victory of tournament against in-form American Wesley So after drawing first 4 games against Carlsen, Maxime, Giri and Kramnik ... He is currently on third position with 3 points.

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