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The 6th Vugar Gashimov Memorial took place Sunday 31st March to Wednesday 10th Apr 2019. World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen returns to action for the first time since winning the Tata Steel tournament in January. Players: Giri, Karjakin, Grischuk, Radjabov, Anand, Navara, Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Ding and Topalov.. Magnus Carlsen won with 7/9 5 wins and 4 draws for a 2988 performance, his best since a similar performance in 2015 in the same event. (Tarjei J. Svensen listed Carlsen's best tournament performances on twitter: 3002: Nanjing 2009 (8 out of 10) 2994: London 2012 (6,5/8) 2988: Shamkir '2019 (7/9) 2981: Shamkir '205 (7/9) 2930: Wijk aan Zee 2013 (10/13) 2918: Bazna 2010 (7,5/10)

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Vugar Gashimov Mem 2019 Shamkir AZE (AZE), 30 iii-10 iv 2019															cat. XXII (2778)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2845	*	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	7	2990
2.	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2812	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	0	½	½	5	2817
3.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2753	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	5	2824
4.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2756	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	4½	2780
5.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2771	0	0	½	½	*	½	1	1	½	½	4½	2779
6.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2779	0	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	4½	2778
7.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2740	½	0	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	4	2739
8.	Navara, David	g	CZE	2739	0	1	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	4	2739
9.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2790	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	*	½	3½	2696
10.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2797	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	3	2651

Round 1 (March 31, 2019)
Karjakin, Sergey	- Ding, Liren	½-½	24	C50	Giuoco Piano
Radjabov, Teimour	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	41	C55	Two Knights Defence
Grischuk, Alexander	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	37	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Anand, Viswanathan	- Navara, David	½-½	41	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Giri, Anish	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	50	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 2 (April 1, 2019)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	43	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Ding, Liren	- Grischuk, Alexander	1-0	77	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Topalov, Veselin	- Navara, David	½-½	55	C02	French Advance
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	41	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Giri, Anish	- Karjakin, Sergey	0-1	34	C53	Giuoco Piano
Round 3 (April 2, 2019)
Karjakin, Sergey	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	32	C53	Giuoco Piano
Radjabov, Teimour	- Ding, Liren	½-½	43	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Grischuk, Alexander	- Giri, Anish	½-½	22	D38	QGD Ragozin
Anand, Viswanathan	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1-0	63	C50	Giuoco Piano
Navara, David	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	58	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Round 4 (April 3, 2019)
Ding, Liren	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	34	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Karjakin, Sergey	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	32	D73	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Topalov, Veselin	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	36	D38	QGD Ragozin
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Navara, David	½-½	85	D38	QGD Ragozin
Giri, Anish	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	40	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Round 5 (April 4, 2019)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	37	D32	Tarrasch Defence
Radjabov, Teimour	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	41	E06	Catalan
Grischuk, Alexander	- Topalov, Veselin	1-0	69	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Anand, Viswanathan	- Giri, Anish	1-0	39	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Navara, David	- Ding, Liren	1-0	45	D49	Queens Gambit Meran
Round 6 (April 6, 2019)
Ding, Liren	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	39	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Karjakin, Sergey	- Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	52	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Grischuk, Alexander	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	40	D20	QGA
Topalov, Veselin	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1-0	33	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Giri, Anish	- Navara, David	½-½	26	D38	QGD Ragozin
Round 7 (April 7, 2019)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Giri, Anish	1-0	38	A29	English Four Knights
Radjabov, Teimour	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	38	C45	Scotch Game
Anand, Viswanathan	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	32	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Navara, David	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	40	A13	Reti Opening
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Ding, Liren	½-½	54	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Round 8 (April 8, 2019)
Karjakin, Sergey	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	39	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Radjabov, Teimour	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	33	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Grischuk, Alexander	- Navara, David	1-0	40	C02	French Advance
Topalov, Veselin	- Ding, Liren	0-1	110	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Giri, Anish	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	42	C53	Giuoco Piano
Round 9 (April 9, 2019)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Grischuk, Alexander	1-0	39	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Ding, Liren	- Giri, Anish	½-½	26	D38	QGD Ragozin
Anand, Viswanathan	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	31	C50	Giuoco Piano
Navara, David	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	40	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	27	D37	QGD 5.Bf4

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