This President’s Cup just finished in Baku, Azerbaijan. The clear winner is GM Evgeniy Najer of Russia.
Here are some of the top finishers:
1. Najer (2627) 7½
2-9. V.Milov (2690), Short (2660), Jobava (2658), Guseinov (2625), Lastin (2622), Gelashvili (2622), Aleksandrov (2582), Abbasov (2528) 7
10-17. I.Sokolov (2690), Fridman (2640), Naiditsch (2624), Kazhgaleyev (2617), Timman (2565), Dzhumaev (2557), Stefanova (2538), Agaragimov (2343) 6½
Official website: http://www.chessclub.az/
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Any idea what happened to Elizabeth Paetz in the last round? I was looking forward to her game against Stefanova, but it doesn’t look like it happened. Was she ill?