The Shamkir Chess tournament (in memory of Vugar Gashimov) kicks-off today at Shamkir, Azerbaijan. The super tournament is expected to be a grand affair with both the World Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway and vice World Champion Vishy Anand of India battling it out.
As per the draws, Vishy will play Carlsen with the white pieces in the very first round. The tournament is a nine round all-play-all which will be played from today to 26th April, 2015.
The pairings for Round 1 are as follows:
White Black
1 GM Kramnik, V. (0) 2783 GM Adams, M. (0) 2746
2 GM So, Wesley (0) 2788 GM Giri, Anish (0) 2790
3 GM Mamedov, Rauf (0) 2651 GM Vachier-Lagr. (0) 2762
4 GM Anand, V. (0) 2791 GM Carlsen, M. (0) 2863
5 GM Mamedyarov (0) 2754 GM Caruana, F. (0) 2802
Official website: https://www.shamkirchess.az/en
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