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The Azerbaijan Chess Federation has started preparations for the second "Chess Tour Azerbaijan" tournament.
Idman.biz reports that the competition will be held in Sheki from June 18 to 25.
37 players from seven countries have already applied to participate in the "Sheki Open" A tournament. The rating favorite is Azerbaijani grandmaster Eltaj Safarli, the second in the starting list is another Azerbaijani chess player Ahmad Ahmadzade, and the third is Vitali Bernadsky (Ukraine).
150 chess players have registered for the B tournament, which will host rapid and blitz competitions.
The "Chess Tour Azerbaijan", which started this year, consists of 8 competitions. The tournament started with the "Baku Open", which ended two weeks ago.
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