Rauf Mammadov took 9th place in the "Grenke Freestyle Chess Open" tournament held in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Idman.biz reports that the Azerbaijani chess player drew with Richard Rapport (Hungary) in the 9th round.
With 6.5 points, Mammadov surpassed Vincent Keymer (Germany), Wesley So (USA), Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan) and other grandmasters based on additional indicators.
Norwegian Magnus Carlsen became the winner of the tournament. The world's strongest chess player scored nine points out of a possible nine.
Idman.biz
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