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Gashimov Memorial 2016 9th round

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Mamedyarov became the winner of the event after beating Giri and then winning a tie-break match against Caruana (with whom he shared 1st-2nd places – 6 points each).

Results of the last round

GM  Shakhriyar Mammadyarov  2748 1-0 GM  Anish Giri  2782
GM  Sergey Karjakin  2773 ½-½ GM  Fabiano Caruana  2804
GM  Pentala Harikrishna  2763 0-1 GM  Eltaj Safarli  2674
GM  Pavel Eljanov  2750 ½-½ GM  Teimour Radjabov  2726
GM  Hou Yifan  2663 0-1 GM  Rauf Mammadov  2655

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Gashimov Memorial 2016 8th round

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Caruana lost to Mamedyarov and now shares 1st-2nd places with Giri (5.5 points).

Results of the 8th round

GM  Anish Giri  2782 ½-½ GM  Hou Yifan  2663
GM  Rauf Mammadov  2655 ½-½ GM  Pavel Eljanov  2750
GM  Teimour Radjabov  2726 ½-½ GM  Pentala Harikrishna  2763
GM  Eltaj Safarli  2674 ½-½ GM  Sergey Karjakin  2773
GM  Fabiano Caruana  2804 0-1 GM  Shakhriyar Mammadyarov  2748

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