The 3rd Vugar Gashimov Memorial “Shamkir Chess” will take place from May 26 to June 4, 2016 in Shamkir (Şəmkir), Azerbaijan, e3e5.com reported. The organizers were waiting for 16th World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, who won the two previous editions, to confirm his participation, but finally he decided against it, adding fuel to the “Cold War” with his next challenger Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin. Participants in alphabetic order are: Fabiano Caruana, Pavel Eljanov, Anish Giri, Pentala Harikrishna, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin, Rauf Mamedov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Teimour Radjabov, and Eltaj Safarli.
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Shamkir (Şəmkir), Azerbaijan
Photo: shamkir-ih.gov.az
Photo: shamkir-ih.gov.az
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