IM Grinev defeated top seed GM Safarli to win Nakhchivan Open 2017

Final ranking after 9 rounds http://www.chess-results.com/tnr272440.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 17 IM Grinev Valeriy UKR 2414 7,0 2361 6 0,0 38,0 0,0 2 8 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2487...
3 share Nakhchivan Open lead with 1 round to go

Rank after Round 8 http://chess-results.com/tnr272440.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 8 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2487 6,0 2484 4 0,0 38,5 0,0 2 1 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2668 6,0...
GMs Malakhatko & Safarli share Nakhchivan Open lead after 7

Rank after round 7 http://www.chess-results.com/tnr272440.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 8 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2487 5,5 2458 4 0,0 27,5 0,0 2 1 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2668 5,5...
GM Malakhatko leads Nakhchivan Open after 6 rounds

Rank after round 6 http://chess-results.com/tnr272440.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 8 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2487 5,0 2456 4 0,0 20,5 0,0 2 12 IM Sadikhov Ulvi U20 AZE 2467...
4 share Nakhchivan Open lead after 5 rounds

Rank after round 5 http://chess-results.com/tnr272440.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 8 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2487 4,0 2459 3 0,0 14,5 0,0 2 12 IM Sadikhov Ulvi U20 AZE 2467...
2 share Nakhchivan Open lead after 4 rounds

Rank after round 4 http://chess-results.com/tnr272440.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 12 IM Sadikhov Ulvi U20 AZE 2467 3,5 2394 3 0,0 7,0 0,0 2 14 IM Iskandarov Misratdin AZE 2444...
9 share Nakhchivan Open lead after 3 rounds

Rank after round 3 http://chess-results.com/tnr272440.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex FED RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 8 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2487 2,5 2406 2 0,0 5,0 0,0 2 6 GM Maiorov Nikita BLR 2527 2,5...
Huge upsets in round 1 at Nakhchivan Open

Round 1 on 2017/05/03 at 14-30 http://chess-results.com/tnr272440.aspx Bo. No. Name Gr Typ Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Gr Typ Rtg No. 1 1 GM Safarli Eltaj A 2668 0 0 – 1 0 FM Ahmadzada Ahmad A...