Azerbaijani chess player Eltac Safarli maintains his chances for prize-winning places at the "International Whitsun" tournament held in Munich, Germany.
İdman.biz reports that he defeated Georgian Nikoloz Petriashvili in the eighth round.
Safarli, who scored 6.5 points, is in fourth place, ahead of Momchil Petkov (Bulgaria) and Kirill Alekseev (Austria) according to additional indicators.
Our chess player is half a point behind the leader, Norwegian Elham Amar.
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