Shahriyar Mammadyarov's meeting with world champion ended in a draw

Tabriz Guliyev
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Baku. 19 April. REPORT.AZ/ Today, the matches of first round of the "ShamkirChess 2018" tournament dedicated to the memory of Azerbaijan's late grandmaster Vugar Hashimov are being held.

Report informs, Azerbaijani chess player, Shahriyar Mammadyarov met with world champion, Magnus Carlsen in white figures. The match ended with "peace" after the 50th move- 0,5: 0,5

Currently, matches of Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) - Teymur Rajabov (Azerbaijan), Anish Giri (Netherlands) - Sergey Karyakin (Russia), Ding Liren (China) - Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Poland), David Navara (Czech Republic) - Rauf Mammadov (Azerbaijan) are continuing .

Notably, Shahriyar Mammadyarov will meet with Polish Radoslaw Wojtaszek in the second round.

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