Shakhriyar Mamedyarov successfully defended his title as he won the 4th Vugar Gashimov Memorial — Shamkir Chess 2017. This happened despite having lost the Round 8 game against Radoslaw Wojtaszek.
Wesley So wasn’t able to catch up as he drew both his Round 8 and 9 games.
Round 8 Results
Karjakin, Sergey – Eljanov, Pavel 1-0
Kramnik, Vladimir – Adams, Michael 1-0
So, Wesley – Radjabov, Teimour ½-½
Topalov, Veselin – Harikrishna, P. ½-½
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0
Round 9 Results
Adams, Michael – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw ½-½
Eljanov, Pavel – Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1
Harikrishna, P. – So, Wesley ½-½
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Topalov, Veselin ½-½
Radjabov, Teimour – Karjakin, Sergey ½-½
Meanwhile, Vladimir Kramnik clenched the second place by virtue of more wins in the tie-break.
Shamkir Chess 2017 Final Ranking
Rk | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mammadyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2772 | 5.5 | 3 | 24.25 | |
2 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2811 | 5 | 3 | 20.5 | |
3 | So, Wesley | USA | 2822 | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 22 |
4 | Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 2741 | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 21.75 |
5 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2783 | 4.5 | 2 | 19.75 | |
6 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | 2745 | 4.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 20.5 |
7 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2761 | 4.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 20 |
8 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2710 | 4 | 0 | 18.75 | |
9 | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2781 | 3.5 | 2 | 14.5 | |
10 | Harikrishna, Pentala | IND | 2758 | 3.5 | 0 | 16.5 |
Replay all the games: 4th Vugar Gashimov Memorial – Shamkir Chess 2017.
Photo credit: Shamkir Chess.