At the World Chess Cup passing in Baku, the participants in quarterfinals have been determined. Among the eight players there is the Azerbaijani grandmaster Shahriyar Mammadyarov.
Besides him in the ¼ finals there are Peter Svidler (RF), Yi Wei (China), Anish Giri (Netherlands), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Nicaro Nakamura (USA), Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine) and Sergey Karjakin (RF) .
There were six Azerbaijani players in the Cup initially. Eltaj Safarli, Vasif Durarbeyli and Rauf Mammadov withdrew from the second stage, and Gadir Huseynov and Teymur Rajabov withdrew from the third.
The tournament is attended by 128 chess players from 45 countries. The winner will be determined on October 5. -0-
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