Azeri grandmaster to vie for medals in Moscow tournament
Baku, November 5 (AZERTAC). Azerbaijani grandmaster Shahriyar Mammadyarov will compete in an international tournament in memory of world champion Mikhail Tal in Moscow, Russia.
The tournament will see participation of famous grandmasters, including Russians Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk and Sergey Karjakin, Armenian Levon Aronian, Ukrainain Pavel Eljanov, Israeli Boris Gelfand, American Hikaru Nakamura, Spaniard Alexei Shirov and Chinese Wang Hao.
Moscow will also host the world blitz championship from November 16.
Along with the participants of the tournament, Magnus Carlsen, Teymur Rajabov, Peter Svidler and Ruslan Ponomariov will compete in the championship.
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