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President's Cup Blitz: Mamedyarov Beats Kramnik in a Playoff
Monday, May 3, 2010 at 1:46AM
Here, thanks to Chess Today, are the final standings in the President's Cup blitz tournament in Baku. (You'll recall that in the main event, a rapid tournament, Kramnik, Mamedyarov and Kamsky finished with 5/7, but Kramnik won on tiebreak.)
1-2. Mamedyarov, Kramnik 10.5 out of 13; Mamedyarov won the playoff 2-0.
3. Radjabov 9.5
4. Guseinov 8.5
5. Safarli 8
6-8. Kamsky, Sutovsky, Mamedov 7.5
9. J. Polgar 6.5
10-11. Rasulov, Bajarani 4
12. Allahverdiev 3.5
13. S. Rahmanov 2
14. T. Mamedyarova 1.5
N.B. There were supposed to be 16 players, but I guess two didn't show up.
Reader Comments (1)
Nitpicking mode [DM: Snipped, because fixed - just me being careless at the end of a long day.]
Players at the lower end of the field are the Azeris #19, 23, 26, 36 and 42 - still no trace of Gashimov (who had complained that he doesn't get any support from the federation).
And - question to the organizers I presume: Is there any chance to see the game scores?