Today, in Bucharest, the chess super tournament Superbet Chess Classic.
In the final 9th round, Azerbaijan Grandmaster Shahriyar Mammadyarov played with Armenian Levon Aronyan, representing the United States. The party in which Shahriyra had black figures ended in a draw.
Mamedyarov scored 3.5 points in this tournament and will take a place at the bottom of the standings. Our grandmaster won only one victory, defeating the Russian Yana Nepomnya. He also tied with Richard Rapport (Hungary), Maxim Vashe-Lagrav (France), Bogdan-Daniel Dyak (Romania) and Alireza Firuj (France).
It is interesting that before the party with Aronyan, Shahriyar lost to all three representatives of the United States, who performed in Romania – Wesley CO, Fabiano Caruan and the puzzle of Dominges Peres.