TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
2nd Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2015 (2-3)
Wesley So and Magnus Carlsen lead the Gashimov Memorial after three rounds
Mark Crowther - Sunday 19th April 2015
Carlsen beat Caruana in Round 3 of the Gashimov Memorial. Photo © | http://www.shamkirchess.az
Wesley So beat a struggling Michael Adams in round three of the Vugar Gashimov Memorial to reach 2.5/3. Magnus Carlsen won a second game in a row beating Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in round 2 and Fabiano Caruana with black to reach the same score. Caruana was scathing about his own play in losing to Carlsen. He didn't play the opening well but thought anything would draw the resulting position. The remaining games were drawn in rounds 2 and 2 with Viswanathan Anand's draw against Anish Giri being very sharp.
Round 3 Standings: Carlsen, So 2.5pts/3, Kramnik 2pts, Anand, Mamedov, Vachier-Lagrave 1.5pts, Giri, Mamedyarov, Caruana 1pts, Adams 0.5pts.
Round 4 pairings: Adams-Carlsen, Vachier-Lagrave-Caruana, Giri-Mamedyarov, Kramnik-Anand and So-Mamedov.
| Vugar Gashimov Mem 2015 Shamkir AZE (AZE), 17-26 iv 2015 | cat. XXI (2774) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2863 | * | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2½ | 3056 | |||
| 2. | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2788 | . | * | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2½ | 3045 | |||
| 3. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2783 | . | ½ | * | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2855 | |||
| 4. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2791 | ½ | . | . | * | . | ½ | ½ | . | . | . | 1½ | 2806 | |||
| 5. | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2658 | . | . | ½ | . | * | ½ | ½ | . | . | . | 1½ | 2779 | |||
| 6. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2765 | . | . | . | ½ | ½ | * | . | ½ | . | . | 1½ | 2735 | |||
| 7. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2790 | . | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | . | * | . | . | . | 1 | 2620 | |||
| 8. | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2756 | 0 | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | * | ½ | . | 1 | 2685 | |||
| 9. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2802 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 2663 | |||
| 10. | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2745 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | * | ½ | 2518 | |||
| Round 1 (April 17, 2015) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| So, Wesley | - Giri, Anish | 1-0 | 32 | A10 | Dutch, QI and KID Systems | |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Adams, Michael | 1-0 | 39 | A14 | Reti Opening | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 53 | C89 | Ruy Lopez Marshall | |
| Mamedov, Rauf | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 40 | B52 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 90 | D92 | Gruenfeld 5.Bf4 | |
| Round 2 (April 18, 2015) | ||||||
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1-0 | 29 | D11 | Slav Defence | |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - So, Wesley | ½-½ | 40 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 47 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | |
| Giri, Anish | - Mamedov, Rauf | ½-½ | 56 | D11 | Slav Defence | |
| Adams, Michael | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 26 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Round 3 (April 19, 2015) | ||||||
| So, Wesley | - Adams, Michael | 1-0 | 45 | D35 | QGD Exchange | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 40 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
| Mamedov, Rauf | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 45 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 36 | E60 | King's Indian without Nc3 | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Carlsen, Magnus | 0-1 | 52 | A90 | Dutch Classical | |
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