Gashimov Memorial 2016 9th round

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

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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Gashimov Memorial 2016 7th round

Caruana is leading with 5.5 points.

Results of the 7th round

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

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Gashimov Memorial 2016 6th round

All games were drawn. Caruana leads with 5 points.

Results of the 6th round

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

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Gashimov Memorial 2016 5th round

Caruana, Giri (Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Caruana, Giri (Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Caruana leads with 4.5 points. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 5th round

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

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