Today at the final tournament of the champions of the champions passing online, Azerbaijani grandmaster Teymur Rajabov, as part of the 6th round, beat American Wesley Co (3: 1) and rose to the pure 3rd place, ahead of Armenian Levon Aronian.
Now Teimura has 18 points. With the 2nd place from 21.5 points. Magnus Karlsen leads. Aronian, loser in the 6th round Pole Jan-Kshyshto Duda, with 15 points on the 4th place.
Other our representative – Shakhriyar Mammadyarov – playing today with American Hikar Nakakura. While counting 2: 2. Rivals will need a tie break.
In total, 10 grandmasters participate in the competition. Participants began a tournament, having bonus glasses scored at preliminary stages. Chess player who scored more than all glasses, after 9 tours will be the winner of the champions round and will earn 100 thousand dollars.
Each match consists of four batches with a time control of 15 minutes per batch with the addition of 10 seconds for each move made. The winner of the match receives 3 points, the loser – 0. In the case of a draw 2: 2, a tie break in Blitz played, where chess players play two batches with control 5 + 3. If the account in the Blitz parties 1: 1, then Armageddon is played, where white 5 minutes, in black and 4 minutes, but draw is considered to be black. The winner of the Tai Break receives 2 points, the loser – 1.
In the previous five tours, Teymur Rajabov beat Dudu and Aronian, but lost to Russian Vladislav Artemyev, Dutchman Anisha Giri and Nakamura.
Shahriyar Mammadyarov defeated the Frenchman Maxim Maxima-Lagwa, gave way to CO, Karlsenu, Duda and Artemyev. With 5.5 points, Shakhriyar takes the penultimate 9th place. It is important to consider that if Teimura Rajabov has 6 bonus points before Taymur Rajabov, then Shakhriyar Mammadyarova is only 0.5. That is, he originally had almost no chance to compete for high places in the final.