Vugar Gashimov Memorial | Shamkir 2014 Chess

Vugar Gashimov Memorial

The Vugar Gashimov Memorial Chess Tournament which took place on 20th April in Shamkir, Azerbaijan, in memory of GM Vugar Gashimov who died in the early hours of 11 January, 2014 at the age of 27 is expected to end on 30th of April, 2014. The tournament was divided into two groups:

Group A featured six participants: Magnus Carlsen (2881), Fabiano Caruana (2783), Sergey Karjakin (2772), Hikaru Nakamura (2772), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2760) and Teimour Radjabov (2713), while the Group B featured ten players: Étienne Bacrot, Wang Hao, Alexander Motylev, Pavel Eljanov, Radosław Wojtaszek, Abasov Nijat, Durarbeyli Vasif, Rauf Mamedov, Guseinov Gadir and Eltaj Safarli who are top five seeds from various countries (last five are from Azerbaijan).