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2019-04-08
Shamkir Chess 2019: Carlsen wins / Round 8 Round-up show

4/8/2019 – Magnus Carlsen beat his only close pursuer Sergey Karjakin, with Black, to clinch his fourth Shamkir title with a round to spare! Grischuk, who beat David Navara, and Karjakin are now in second place, along with Ding Liren who beat Veselin Topalov with Black as well. | 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 8

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.

Source: chessbase.com