#ShamkirChess Takes Off With 5 Draws

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.

🔹 Shamkir Chess 2018 -Round 1
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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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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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🔹 U.S. championship 2018
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