8 November 2019
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Defeats Veselin Topalov at FIDE Grand Prix Leg in Hamburg
Other first games of quarterfinals were drawn.
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First games of the quarterfinals of the FIDE Grand Prix leg organized by World Chess were played in Hamburg on November 8.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave outplayed Veselin Topalov as Black, while the games Grischuk - Navara, Dubov - Svidler, and Yu Yangyi - Duda were drawn.
The return games will be played on November 9.
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