Shamkir Chess 2018 is a 10-player single round-robin held in memory of Vugar Gashimov. The 5th edition of the tournament in Shamkir, Azerbaijan runs from 19-28 April 2018 and features World Champion Magnus Carlsen and the winner for the last two years, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. The total prize fund is €100,000, with €25,000 for first place. Players receive 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30 seconds per move increment starting from move 61. A rapid playoff will take place in case of a tie for first place.
The first round of the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir, Azerbaijan saw five draws, including the top encounter between Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Magnus Carlsen. Ding Liren missed a nice chance to convert his endgame vs Radoslaw Wojtaszek.
Problem-solving at the Moscow Interzonal, Sep. 1982: Miguel Najdorf, Tigran Petrosian, Aleksandrs Koblencs (trainer of Mikhail Tal), Isaac Romanov (historian), Iosif Dorfman, Viktor Kart.
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FIDE Interzonal, Moscow, 11th Sep 1982. After their 4th-found draw, Dragoljub Velimirović & Ulf Andersson analyse their game; standing are Efim Geller & Garry Kasparov; seated are Borislav Ivkov & Mikhail Tal.
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FIDE Interzonal tournament, Moscow, 1982. 4th round, 11th Sep. Dragoljub Velimirović faces Ulf Andersson; behind them stands Mikhail Tal, who is in play v. John van der Wiel.
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Tatiana Zatulovskaya v. Nana Alexandria.
Women's Interzonal tournament at Subotica (Yugoslavia), Sep-Oct 1967.
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Women's Interzonal tournament at Subotica (Yugoslavia), Sep-Oct 1967.
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Rd 2 in US championship: Caruana beat Lenderman, So beat Onischuk, Abobian beat Liang, and Robson beat Izoria. Nakamura-Zherebukh and Shankland-Xiong drew. Round 3 parings: Zherebukh-Robson, Onischuk-Nakamura, Liang-So, Lenderman-Akobian, Xiong-Caruana, and Izoria-Shankland.
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