
Black to move

The players. Photo taken from chess-news.ru.
The first round was played yesterday in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. The participants are:
Fabiano Caruana (USA)
Anish Giri (NED)
Sergey Karjakin (RUS)
Pavel Eljanov (UKR)
Pentala Harikrishna (IND)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)
Teimour Radjabov (AZE)
Eltaj Safarli (AZE)
Hou Yifan (CHN)
Rauf Mamedov (AZE) Continue reading