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The Gashimov Memorial is a chess supertournament played in Azerbaijan in memory of Vugar Gashimov (24th July 1986– 11th January 2014).
The A Tournament was held as a double round robin, with each player facing the other with both colours, while the B Tournament was held as a single round robin.
The total prize fund for the A tournament was €100,000, Tournament A regulations Accessed 20 July 2014 while the prize fund for the B tournament was €30,000. Tournament B regulations . Accessed 20 July 2014
In the A Tournament, in spite of losing consecutive games early on, Radjabov Also Beats Carlsen, Grabs Sole Lead In Shamkir Chess.com Retrieved 20 July 2014 Magnus Carlsen won after a last round White win over Fabiano Caruana who finished second.
In the B Tournament, Pavel Eljanov won two and drew one of his last three games to take first place.
| + 1st Shamkir Chess, Group A, 20–30 April 2014, Şəmkir, Azerbaijan, Category XXII (2780) ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points !! Wins !! TPR | |
| 2881 | 2868 |
| 2783 | 2814 |
| 2713 | 2793 |
| 2772 | 2781 |
| 2772 | 2781 |
| 2760 | 2638 |
| + 1st Shamkir Chess, Group B, 20–30 April 2014, Şəmkir, Azerbaijan, Category XVII (2663) ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! Wins !! TPR | |
| 2732 | 2775 |
| 2685 | 2738 |
| 2734 | 2694 |
| 2722 | 2695 |
| 2716 | 2657 |
| 2516 | 2640 |
| 2660 | 2625 |
| 2584 | 2632 |
| 2621 | 2628 |
| 2656 | 2543 |
World champion Magnus Carlsen, former world champion Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik competed in the tournament in Azerbaijan, as well as Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Michael Adams, and the Azerbaijan Champion Rauf Mamedov.
The tournament's total prize fund was €100,000.
Magnus Carlsen won the event with 7 points out of 9.
| + 2nd Shamkir Chess, 17–26 April 2015, Şəmkir, Azerbaijan, Category XXI (2773) ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! Wins !! TPR | |
| 2863 | 2981 |
| 2791 | 2892 |
| 2788 | 2809 |
| 2802 | 2811 |
| 2783 | 2735 |
| 2754 | 2738 |
| 2746 | 2694 |
| 2790 | 2697 |
| 2762 | 2699 |
| 2651 | 2708 |
| + 3rd Shamkir Chess, 26 May – 4 June 2016, Şəmkir, Azerbaijan, Category XX (2736) ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! Wins !! TPR | |
| 2748 | 2854 |
| 2804 | 2848 |
| 2790 | 2808 |
| 2779 | 2770 |
| 2655 | 2744 |
| 2763 | 2694 |
| 2664 | 2704 |
| 2726 | 2699 |
| 2765 | 2654 |
| 2663 | 2578 |
Both Mamedyarov and Caruana were equal after nine rounds. Mamedyarov won the ensuing tiebreak rounds. The first two games were 10+3, and the second two games were 5+3.
| + Tiebreak ! Player !! Rapid rating !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points !! Place | |||||
| 2714 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 2½| 1 |
| 2665 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1½| 2 |
| + 4th Shamkir Chess, 21–30 April 2017, Şəmkir, Azerbaijan, Category XXI (2765) ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! Wins !! !! SB !! TPR | |
| 2772 | 2844 |
| 2811 | 2803 |
| 2822 | 2802 |
| 2741 | 2811 |
| 2783 | 2763 |
| 2745 | 2767 |
| 2761 | 2766 |
| 2710 | 2728 |
| 2751 | 2687 |
| 2755 | 2686 |
One week before the beginning of the tournament, former world champion Vladimir Kramnik sent a letter to the organization committee stating he would not participate as planned, as he desired a rest after the Candidates Tournament held in March. The organizers replaced Kramnik with the No. 1 Polish player Radosław Wojtaszek (2744).
In the last round of the tournament, Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren faced each other. They were in first and second place, respectively, and Carlsen as white needed only a draw to reclaim the title after two years of absence from the tournament. The game was a theoretical Four Knights Game. It was clear that Ding did not want to risk his runner-up position by attempting to defeat Carlsen as black, and the game was drawn within 20 minutes. As a result, Carlsen won the tournament for the third time.
| + 5th Shamkir Chess, 18–28 April 2018, Şəmkir, Azerbaijan, Category XXI (2768) ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! Wins !! SB !! TPR |
| 2885 |
| 2847 |
| 2810 |
| 2763 |
| 2771 |
| 2767 |
| 2770 |
| 2727 |
| 2732 |
| 2605 |
| + 6th Shamkir Chess, 31 March – 9 April 2019, Şəmkir, Azerbaijan, Category XXII (2778) ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !Wins !SB!!TPR | |||||||||
| ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 7 | 5 | 2991 | |||
| 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2817 | |||
| ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2824 | |||
| 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4½ | 2 | 2779 | ||
| ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2 | 2778 | |||
| ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ | 0 | 2781 | |||
| ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2739 |
| 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4 | 1 | 2740 | |||
| ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 3½ | 0 | 2697 | |||
| 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 3 | 0 | 2651 |
| + 7th Shamkir Chess, 17-24 December 2021, Baku, Azerbaijan ! !! Player !! Rapid score !! Blitz score !! Total |
| 24 |
| 24 |
| 22½ |
| 21 |
| 15½ |
| 14 |
| 10 |
| 9 |
| + 8th Shamkir Chess, 16-24 December 2022, Baku, Azerbaijan ! !! Player !! Rapid score !! Blitz score !! Total |
| 25½ |
| 20½ |
| 20½ |
| 20 |
| 19½ |
| 19 |
| 17 |
| 15 |
| 12 |
| 11 |
| + 9th Shamkir Chess, 7-11 December 2023, Qabala, Azerbaijan ! !! Player !! Rapid score !! Blitz score !! Total |
| 22 |
| 21½ |
| 19 |
| 18½ |
| 18½ |
| 18 |
| 18 |
| 17 |
| 15 |
| 12½ |
| + 10th Shamkir Chess, 26-28 September 2024, Shusha, Azerbaijan ! !! Player !! Rapid score !! Blitz score !! Total |
| 19 |
| 18 |
| 16 |
| 14½ |
| 13½ |
| 13 |
| 9 |
| 9 |
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