Wesley So won his Round 5 game against the former World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik, in the 4th Vugar Gashimov Memorial – Shamkir Chess 2017. As such, So reclaimed the 2nd place in the live ratings ranking:

Meanwhile, Sergey Karjakin also won in this round against another former FIDE World Champion, Veselin Topalov.

Shamkir Chess 2017 Round 5 Results

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Replay Round 5 games below:[replay]

At the end of Round 5, Mamedyarov still leads, followed closely behind by Adams and Eljanov. So shares the 4th spot with Karjakin, Topalov and Kramnik with his 1 win, 1 loss, and 3 draws record.

Shamkir Chess 2017 Ranking After Round 5

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Rest day follows Round 5. Round 6 resumes tomorrow.

Replay all the games: 4th Vugar Gashimov Memorial – Shamkir Chess 2017.

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