Azeri grandmaster beats Armenian opponent at int'l festival

Azerbaijani grand master Shahriyar Mammadyarov has defeated Armenian-native American Varujan Akopian in the Masters Open tournament in Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival.
Mammadyarov is now 3rd, and will next face Chinese Yifan Hou.

The festival brings together the world`s top grand masters, including British Michael Adams, Hungarian Judit Polgar, Latvian Alexei Shirov, Israeli Emil Sutovsky and British Nigel Short. The Masters event brings together 246 chess players from 59 countries. The Swiss system event will feature 10 rounds.


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