9 April 2019
Magnus Carlsen Triumphs at Vugar Gashimov Memorial
Sergey Karjakin is third.
Photo: Eteri Kublashvili
The ultimate ninth round of the sixth tournament in memory of Vugar Gashimov was played in Shamkir on April 9. The symbolic first move in the game Carlsen - Grischuk was made by FIDE Vice-President, Vice-President of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation Mahir Mammedov.
Magnus Carlsen defeated Alexander Grischuk to finish the tournament with an incredible result - 7 points out of 9.
The games Anand - Topalov, Navara - Radjabov, Mamedyarov - Karjakin, and Ding Liren - Giri were drawn.
Ding Liren and Sergey Karjakin shared 2-3 places with 5 points, but the Chinese grandmaster took the second place thanks to his better tie-break.
Final standings:
1. Magnus Carlsen - 7
2-3. Ding Liren, Sergey Karjakin - 5
4-6. Alexander Grischuk, Viswanathan Anand, Teimour Radjabov - 4.5
7-8. Veselin Topalov, David Navara - 4
9. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 3.5
10. Anish Giri - 3.
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