ShamkirChess 2018 launches VIII tour matches today

Baku. 27 April. REPORT.AZ/ Today will be played the VIII tour matches of ShamkirChess 2018, dedicated to memory of late Azerbaijani grandmaster Vugar Hashimov.

Report informs, Teymur Rajabov and Shahriyar Mammadyarov will play with white figures, while Rauf Mammadov black.

Shamkir Chess 2018

VIII tour

27 April 

Teymur Rajabov (Azerbaijan) - Sergey Karyakin (Russia)

Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) - Radosław Voytekek (Poland)

Anis Giri (Netherlands) - Magnus Carlsen (Norway)

Ding Liren (China) - Rauf Mammadov (Azerbaijan)

Shahriyar Mammadyarov (Azerbaijan) - David Navara (Czech Republic)

Notably, ShamkirChess 2018 will end on April 28.