Belarus Sergey Zhigalko wins Baku Open chess contest
Mon 15 August 2011 05:59 GMT | 0:59 Local Time
The ninth round of the international chess contest Baku Open was held at the Novkhany AF Hotel yesterday.
Belarus Sergey Zhigalko won the tournament. He scored 7 points and received the main prize-EUR 10,000. The prize winners were also Russia’s Dmitriy Andreyik and Israeli Emil Sutovskiy, who gained 6.5 points each.
Sarkhan Guliyev unexpectedly turned out the best among Azerbaijani chess players. He is seventh with six points. Shahriyar Mammadyarov and Rauf Mammadov also scored six points. They are eights and 11th respectively.
Elmir Aliyev
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