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Magnus Carlsen: "I am not satisfied with the game regardless of my victory" The seventh round of the ShamkirChess 2018 Super Tournament in the memory of Vugar Hashimov remembered with the change of the leader at the tournament. The Press Service of the Tournament reports that, the World Champion Magnus Carlsen climbed to the top of the Tournament Table after defeating the Bulgarian representative Veselin Topalov. 2018-04-26 More...

Rauf Mammadov: "The victory would be a present for my birthday" The seventh round of the ShamkirChess 2018 Super Tournament in the memory of Vugar Hashimov is going to end. The Press Service of the Tournament reports that, the Azerbaijani grand master played a draw with the Dutch representative Anish Giri. 2018-04-26 More...

Shahriyar Mammadyarov: "I cannot play against the Azerbaijani players" The seventh round of the ShamkirChess 2018 Super Tournament in the memory of Vugar Hashimov goes on. The Press Service of the Tournament reports that, the Azerbaijani grand masters Shahriyar Mammadyarov and Teimour Radjabov played a draw. 2018-04-26 More...

Teimour Radjabov: "Being an opponent does not effect on our relationship" The seventh round of the ShamkirChess 2018 Super Tournament in the memory of Vugar Hashimov goes on. The Press Service of the Tournament reports that, the Azerbaijani grand masters Shahriyar Mammadyarov and Teimour Radjabov played a draw in the game. 2018-04-26 More...

Rauf Mammadov: "Due to Topalov, I did not watch football" In the sixth round of the ShamkirChess 2018 Super Tournament, the Azerbaijani grand master Rauf Mammadov played a draw with the former World Champion Veselin Topalov. 2018-04-26 More...

Shahriyar Mammadyarov: "Magnus plays football well, besides the chess" The sixth round of the ShamkirChess 2018 Super Tournament in the memory of Vugar Hashimov is going to end. The Press Service of the Tournament reports that, the Azerbaijani representative Shahriyar Mammadyarov played a draw with the Chinese representative Ding Liren in the sixth round. 2018-04-25 More...

Magnus Carlsen: "I really enjoyed the football in Shamkir" The sixth round of the ShamkirChess 2018 Super Tournament in the memory of Vugar Hashimov has been completed. The Press Service of the Tournament reports that, in the sixth round the World Champion Magnus Carlsen played a draw with the Russian representative Sergey Kariakin 2018-04-25 More...

Magnus Carlsen was the winner of the Football Tournament in Shamkir The football tournament was held between the participants and organizers of the ShamkirChess 2018 Super Tournament in the memory of Vugar Hashimov. The Press Service of the Tournament reports that, four teams have competed in the competition held in the Shamkir Olympic Sport Complex. 2018-04-25 More...

ShamkirChess 2018: Grand masters held a seance for teenagers The participants of the ShamkirChess 2018 Super Tournament in the memory of Vugar Hashimov held a seance for teenagers and chess fans at the Zaka Youth Center locating in Shamkir. 2018-04-25 More...

Rauf Mammadov: "The main competence will be after the day-off" The fourth round is going to end in the ShamkirChess 2018 Super Tournament. The Azerbaijani grand master Rauf Mammadov played draw with the Polish grand master Radoslaw Wojztazek. 2018-04-22 More...

Magnus Cralsen: "I did not want to be in front of the media after the game with Rauf" The World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen formalized his next draw in the ShamkirChess 2018 Super Tournament. The Norwegian grand master shared a score with the Azerbaijani grand master Teimur Radjabov. Magnus Carlsen has answered to the questions of journalists after the party. 2018-04-22 More...

Teimur Radjabov: "Being the World Champion has its own privileges" The fourth round has been commenced in the ShamkirChess 2018 Super Tournament in the memory of Vugar Hashimov. The Azerbaijani grand master played a draw with the World Champion Magnus Carlsen. 2018-04-22 More...

David Navara: "The most difficult Azerbaijani grand master is Shahriyar" The Czech grand master David Navara has said in an interview of the official website of the ShamkirChess 2018 Super Tournament. 2018-04-22 More...

Rauf Mammadov: "It will not be right to accept the draw as a victory over Magnus" Rauf Mammadov: “It will not be right to accept the draw as a victory over Magnus” The Azerbaijani grand master Rauf Mammadov played draw with the World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the third round of the ShamkirChess 2018 Super Tournament. 2018-04-21 More...

Magnus Carlsen did not come to the press conference The third round of the ShamkirChess 2018 in the memory of Vugar Hashimov goes on. In the third round, the Azerbaijani grand master played draw with the World Champion, Magnus Carlson. It is very interesting that, the Norwegian player who shared the score with Rauf Mammadov has not attended at the traditional press conference after the party. 2018-04-21 More...