Azerbaijani chess player Shahriyar Mammadyarov has ended ShamkirChess 2019 international chess tournament dedicated to the memory of well-known Azerbaijani grandmaster Vugar Hashimov without victory.
Report informs that the 34-year-old grandmaster faced Russian Sergey Karjakin in the last 19th round. Mammadyarov ended the match in a draw. Chinese Ding Liren shared the score with Dutch representative Anish Giri.
At present, Magnus Carlsen (Norway) - Alexander Grischuk (Russia), Viswanathan Anand (India) - Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) and David Navara (Czech Republic) - Teymur Rajabov (Azerbaijan) are competing in the tournamnent.
Norwegian world champion Magnus Carlsen formalized his championship in the 8th round. Shahriyar Mammadyarov ranked 9th with 3.5 points, while Anish Giri was in the last place with 3 points.
Notably, Shahriyar Mammadyarov won the ShamkirChess in 2016 and 2017. However, Magnus Carlsen won the remaining four competitions.