Shamkir Chess

Shamkir Chess (also known as Vugar Gashimov Memorial ) is a chess tournament that takes place in Şəmkir (English: Shamkir ) in honor of Vüqar Həşimov , who died in January 2014 .

2014

The first edition of the tournament took place from April 19-30, 2014.

In group A six participants played a double round tournament, in group B ten participants played a single round tournament. The game was played with the classic thinking time (120 minutes for 40 moves, then 60 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes plus 30 seconds per move for the rest of the game). Draw offers before move 40 were not allowed. The A tournament had category 22 with an average rating of 2780 . The prize fund was 100,000 euros for the A group and 30,000 euros for the B group . The venue was the Heydar Aliyev Center . Faiq Həsənov acted as the main referee .

A group

rank	Surname	nation	Rating	Points	Victories
1	Magnus Carlsen	Norway	2881	6½
2	Fabiano Caruana	Italy	2783	5½
3	Hikaru Nakamura	United States	2772	5	2
4th	Teymur Rəcəbov	Azerbaijan	2713	5	1
5	Sergei Karjakin	Russia	2772	5	0
6th	Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov	Azerbaijan	2760	3

B group

rank	Surname	nation	Rating	Points	Victories	Sonneborn Berger
1	Pavel Elyanov	Ukraine	2732	6th
2	Alexander Motylev	Russia	2685	5½
3	Étienne Bacrot	France	2722	5	3
4th	Wang Hao	People's Republic of China	2734	5	2
5	Radosław Wojtaszek	Poland	2716	4½
6th	Up Məmmədov	Azerbaijan	2660	4th	2	18.00
7th	Qədir Hüseynov	Azerbaijan	2621	4th	2	16.25
8th	Vasif Durarbəyli	Azerbaijan	2584	4th	1
9	Nicat Abbasov	Azerbaijan	2516	4th	0
10	Eltac Səfərli	Azerbaijan	2656	3

2015

The second edition took place from April 16 to 26, 2015 as a round-robin tournament with 10 participants. The originally invited Teymur Rəcəbov canceled for health reasons and was replaced by Michael Adams. The prize fund was 100,000 euros.

rank	Surname	nation	Rating	Points	Victories	Sonneborn Berger
1	Magnus Carlsen	Norway	2863	7th
2	Viswanathan Anand	India	2791	6th
3	Wesley So	United States	2788	5	3
4th	Fabiano Caruana	Italy	2802	5	2
5	Vladimir Kramnik	Russia	2783	4th	2
6th	Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov	Azerbaijan	2754	4th	1
7th	Michael Adams	England	2746	3.5	1
8th	Anish Giri	Netherlands	2790	3.5	0	16.50
9	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	France	2762	3.5	0	15.25
10	Up Məmmədov	Azerbaijan	2651	3.5	0	14.75

2016

Məmmədyarov at the award ceremony, 2016

The third edition of the tournament took place from May 25th to June 5th, 2016. It won Məmmədyarov after a playoff against Caruana. The prize fund was 73,000 euros, of which 15,000 euros went to the winner.

rank	Surname	nation	Rating	Points	Sonneborn Berger
1	Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov	Azerbaijan	2748	6th	27.00
2	Fabiano Caruana	United States	2804	6th	23.75
3	Anish Giri	Netherlands	2790	5.5
4th	Sergei Karjakin	Russia	2779	5
5	Up Məmmədov	Azerbaijan	2655	4.5
6th	P. Harikrishna	India	2763	4th	18.00
7th	Teymur Rəcəbov	Azerbaijan	2726	4th	17.50
8th	Eltac Səfərli	Azerbaijan	2664	4th	16.75
9	Pavel Elyanov	Ukraine	2765	3.5
10	Hou Yifan	People's Republic of China	2663	2.5

2017

From April 20 to May 1, 2017, So, Kramnik, Karjakin, Məmmədyarov, Adams, Harikrishna, Eljanow, Wojtaszek, Topalow and R biscəbov played. The Elo average was 2765, thus category 21 was achieved. The prize fund totaled 100,000 euros, 25,000 of which went to the winner.

rank	Surname	nation	Rating	Points	Victories	Sonneborn Berger
1	Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov	Azerbaijan	2772	5.5
2	Vladimir Kramnik	Russia	2811	5	3
3	Wesley So	United States	2822	5	2	22.00
4th	Wesselin Topalow	Bulgaria	2741	5	2	21.75
5	Sergei Karjakin	Russia	2783	4.5	2
6th	Radosław Wojtaszek	Poland	2745	4.5	1	20.50
7th	Michael Adams	England	2761	4.5	1	20.00
8th	Teymur Rəcəbov	Azerbaijan	2710	4th
9	Pavel Elyanov	Ukraine	2751	3.5	2
10	P. Harikrishna	India	2755	3.5	0

2018

The fifth edition of the tournament took place from April 19-28, 2018. The prize fund totaled 100,000 euros, 30,000 of which went to the winner. Originally, Vladimir Kramnik was also invited. He canceled at short notice and was replaced by Radosław Wojtaszek.

rank	Surname	nation	Rating	Points	Sonneborn Berger
1	Magnus Carlsen	Norway	2843	6th
2	Ding Liren	People's Republic of China	2778	5.5
3	Sergei Karjakin	Russia	2778	5
4th	Teymur Rəcəbov	Azerbaijan	2770	4.5	20.25
5	Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov	Azerbaijan	2814	4.5	19.50
6th	Radosław Wojtaszek	Poland	2744	4.5	19.25
7th	Anish Giri	Netherlands	2777	4.5	18.50
8th	Up Məmmədov	Azerbaijan	2704	4th	17.75
9	Wesselin Topalow	Bulgaria	2751	4th	16.25
10	David Navara	Czech Republic	2745	2.5

2019

The sixth edition of the tournament took place from March 30th to April 9th, 2019.

rank	Surname	nation	Rating	Points	Sonneborn Berger
1	Magnus Carlsen	Norway	2845	7th
2	Ding Liren	People's Republic of China	2812	5	22.25
3	Sergei Karjakin	Russia	2771	5	20.25
4th	Alexander Grishchuk	Russia	2779	4.5	20.25
5	Viswanathan Anand	India	2756	4.5	18.25
6th	Teymur Rəcəbov	Azerbaijan	2740	4.5	17.50
7th	Wesselin Topalow	Bulgaria	2739	4th	17.50
8th	David Navara	Czech Republic	2704	4th	17.25
9	Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov	Azerbaijan	2790	3.5
10	Anish Giri	Netherlands	2797	3

Web links

• Homepage (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vladimir Kramnik will not participate at the ShamkirChess2018 Super Tournament , Shamkirchess.com, April 11, 2018