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2019-04-06
Shamkir Chess 2019: Round 6

4/6/2019 – Topalov bounced back from his fifth round loss and scored his first win over Mamedyarov. Karjakin pressed Anand in an endgame and eventually was successful. moving him into a tie with Carlsen. Giri vs Navara, Grischuk vs Radjabov and Ding vs Carlsen were all drawn. | Live games and video from 12:00 UTC (13:00 CEST / 7:00 AM EDT) and daily round-up show at 20:00 UTC (21:00 CEST / 3 PM EDT)

Round 6

World Champion Magnus Carlsen heads the field in the 6th edition of the Shamkir Chess tournament in memory of Vugar Gashimov, a 10-player round-robin from March 31st to April 9th. He'll be joined by Ding Liren, Anish Giri, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Viswanathan Anand, Alexander Grischuk, Teimour Radjabov, Sergey Karjakin, Veselin Topalov and David Navara.

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Live at 20:00 UTC (21:00 CEST / 3 PM EDT

The tournament is once again a 10-player round-robin and sports a total prize fund of €100,000, with €30,000 for first place. The time control is a leisurely 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30 seconds per move increment starting from move 61. If there is a tie, we'll see a rapid playoff match decide the winner. Read more...

Source: chessbase.com