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Azerbaijani chess player Rauf Mammadov assessed his performance at the "Grenke Chess" international tournament held in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Idman.biz reports that the 36-year-old grandmaster said in a statement to "Report" that he had a chance to be in the top "3" until the last moment.
"The last game was very tense. If I had won, I could have taken second place. But it was a draw. I shared 9-14th places with 6.5 points. I think this is a normal result for such a competition. The entire chess elite was there, especially Magnus Carlsen. Unfortunately, I lost to him in the eighth game. Magnus won against everyone in this tournament. Although it was interesting, it was a very difficult competition. We played nine classic games in five days. Those who take 1-10th place here get "Freestyle Grand Prix" points. Although not much, I also earned my first points," R.Mammadov emphasized.
It should be noted that Shahriyar Mammadov and Faig Alasgarov, other representatives of Azerbaijan, performed weaker in the mentioned tournament.
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