The Nakhchivan-2019 International Chess Festival, dedicated to the 96th anniversary of the national leader Heydar Aliyev, held in the Chess Center in Nakhichevan, ended. 356 chess players representing 14 countries - Ukraine, Belarus, Belgium, USA, Iran, India, Latvia, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan competed in the festival.
The intelligences took part in the "A", "B" and "C" groups. The awarding ceremony of the winners of the festival took place yesterday in the Chess Center in Nakhichevan. At the event, chief judge of the festival FaigHasanov expressed his gratitude to the organizers for the conditions created for the chess players.
Then the award ceremony began. Firstly, the winners in the group "C" were awarded.
So, in the competition for boys aged 8, 10 and 12 TuranMirzayev (Nakhchivan), NazarTalgatov (Kazakhstan), Ilgar Mammadov (Russia), while in the competition between girls MaryamAbbaszade (Baku), Lala Huseynova (Baku) and BayramBanu (Baku) won the title.
In general, the winner of Group C was Ilgar Mammadov with 8 points.
Elkhan Bayramov (2158) won in the group "B” with 8.5 points in the last match.
Atilla Eynullaev (2175) is second with 7.5 points, Amil Abbasov (2215), Shahin Huseynov (2189) and Elvin Bayramov shared the 3rd-5th places with 7 points.
The result off competition between leaders of the A group, the American grandmaster TimurGarayev (2560), and Belgian grandmaster Vadim Malakhatko (2508) was tie.