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Driving the Rook Crazy Same as last year, the tournament has started with five draws even if White seemed definitely for choice in three games. Making move one in Radjabov – Carlsen was Chief Executive of the Shamkir region Alimpasha Mamedov. 2019-04-01 More...

Shamkir Chess 2019: Round 2 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. 2019-04-01 More...

Shamkir: All games drawn, Anand misses big chance The 2019 edition of the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir kicked off with all games drawn in the first round — much like last year, when the first decisive game came in round four. 2019-04-01 More...

Shamkir Chess 1: Anand lets Navara escape Vishy Anand missed a beautiful cheapo that allowed David Navara to escape alive from a game where he looked doomed both on the board and on the clock. 2019-04-01 More...

Gashimov Memorial Starts With 5 Draws As Anand Misses Brilliant Defense The Gashimov Memorial started on Sunday in Shamkir, Azerbaijan with all games ending in draws. Viswanathan Anand seemed on his way to win until he missed a brilliant defense from David Navara. 2019-04-01 More...

Shamkir is Gathering Friends 2019 is a non-stop string of events with only February and March giving a brief respite to some leading GMs. The end of this respite will see chess stars get down to business in Shamkir for the sixth edition of the Memorial dedicated to Vugar Gashimov (1986-2014). 2019-03-31 More...

First Round of Vugar Gashimov Memorial Played in Shamkir The first round of the sixth tournament in memory of Vugar Gashimov was played in Shamkir on March 31. The first symbolic move in the game Radjabov - Carlsen was made by Alimpasha Mamedov, Chief Executive of the Shamkir region. 2019-03-31 More...

Sixth Vugar Gashimov Memorial Opens in Shamkir The sixth tournament in memory of Vugar Gashimov was officially opened in Shamkir on March 30. 2019-03-31 More...

Carlsen Wins Shamkir Chess After Quick Draw With Ding Magnus Carlsen only needed 20 minutes to draw with Ding Liren and clinch his third Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir. When 4...Nd4 5.Nxd4 appeared, in a Rubinstein Four Knights, it was clear that there wouldn't be a real game today. 2018-04-29 More...

Everybody Plays, and at the End Magnus Wins The Vugar Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir is now over. It feels sad writing these lines, because, frankly speaking, I would rather stay in Shamkir for a few more days. 2018-04-29 More...

Magnus Carlsen wins Shamkir Chess 2018 Norwegian grand master Magnus Carlsen has become the champion of the Shamkir Chess 2018 International chess tournament commemorating Azerbaijani international grandmaster Vugar Hashimov. 2018-04-28 More...

Shamkir Chess 8: Carlsen beats Giri to close on title Magnus Carlsen beat Anish Giri in the penultimate round of the 2018 edition of the Gashimov Memorial and now needs only to draw with White against Ding Liren in the final round to win a 3rd title. 2018-04-28 More...

Carlsen, Ding To Play For Shamkir Chess Title Just two players can still win the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir: Ding Liren and Magnus Carlsen. Both won in the penultimate round, and will face each other in Saturday's final round with Carlsen behind the white pieces. 2018-04-27 More...

Crack in the Armor With four decisive games out of five, the penultimate round has turned into the most violent one in Shamkir so far. 2018-04-27 More...

Shamkir Chess 6-7: Carlsen hits the front "I like number 1!" was Magnus Carlsen's short answer to a long question about numbers from Ljubomir Ljubojević, and Magnus is no. 2018-04-27 More...