Azerbaijan chess player Shahrijar Mammadyarov, who reserved a brilliant victory at the Superbet Chess Classic tournament in Bucharest – the first competition from the Grand Chess Tour series, expressed his discontent in Sarcastic, the fact that sports structures in Azerbaijan did not congratulate him with this success.
“Dear friends, as you know, I won the Grand Chess Tour tournament, – I wrote Shakhriyar in my Facebook.” This is the strongest tournament I’ve ever won. This competition was seven chess players from the top 10 world. rating. Earlier in the history of Azerbaijani chess, no one managed to win a circular tournament like this type. I thank everyone who supported me before and after the competition. I hope that my victory is rejoiced and our relevant structures, even though they did not congratulate me. “
Recall, in Bucharest, Mammadyarov scored 6 points in 9 tours and confidently took the 1st place. He won three victories, beat in a row Romanian Konstantin Lapuplezka, who moved in the US Armenian Levon Aronian and American chess player Fabiano Karuan.
Victory in Bucharest brought 90 thousand dollars and 13 points in the general test of Grand Chess Tour. In addition, Mammadyarov returned to the top five of the best chess players of the planet. His current rating is 2782. Thanks to the successful game in Romania, our chess player rose into three positions in the FIDE rating, ahead of Aronian (2781), Russian Alexander Grischuk (2777) and Dutchman Anisha Giri (2776).