April 14, 2015
Preparation works of Shamkir Chess 2015 super tournament in memory of Vugar Gashimov, which is organized with sponsorship of Synergy Group in between of April 16-26, have already been completed.
The world leading grandmasters, present world champion Magnus Carlsen, former world champions Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik, as well as, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Michael Adams, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Rauf Mammadov will compete in this prominent tournament.
The event is taking place at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Shamkir. The tournament will be broadcast live on www.shamkirchess.az or visitors will be able to watch the games at the Center. All games will be commented in Azerbaijani, Russian and English languages.
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