Today in Madrid, the 2nd tournament of applicants for a chess champion crown will be played in Madrid. The parties will begin at 17:00 Baku time.
Azerbaijani grandmaster Teimur Rajabov will play black figures against American Hikar Nakamura. Yesterday, our chess player tied Bely with a representative of France Alireza Firuja.
It will also meet today: Richard report (Hungary) – Alitz Firuja, Yan Nepomnya (Russia) – Fabiano Caruan (USA), Yan -Krshtof Duda (Poland) – Dean Liezhen (China).
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The tournament position after the 1st round: 1-2. Karuana, non -republicing – 1 point each; 3-6. Firuja, rapport, Rajabov, Duda – 0.5 each; 7-8. Dean, Nakamura – 0.
The competition will be held in two circles. Time control – 2 hours for the first 40 moves, 1 hour for the next 20 moves, 15 minutes for the rest of the party with the addition of 30 seconds starting from the 61st move.
If the chess players fighting in the 1st place will gain the same number of points, then they will find a tie-break-two batches in quick chess, and if necessary, then blitz until the strongest is determined.
The winner of the tournament will receive 48 thousand euros and the right to challenge the championship crown in a match with the current world champion Magnus Karlsen. True, the Norwegian himself has repeatedly stated that he was not very interested to play the champion match again, noting that he would like to meet with Aliraza Firuja in the struggle for the chess crown.
If Carlsen refuses to protect the title, then chess players who took 1st and 2nd places in the applicants’ tournament will compete for the title of world champion.