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Azerbaijani chess player Ulviyya Fataliyeva is the leader of the prestigious "Grand Swiss" tournament in Samarkand (Uzbekistan), with a total prize fund of $855,000.
Idman.biz reports that in the fifth round of the women's tournament, Fataliyeva defeated former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk (Switzerland) with black pieces and scored 4 points out of 5 possible. This result allowed her to take first place.
At the same time, Khanim Balajayeva drew with Stavroula Tsolakidou and is in 12th place with 3 points. Govhar Beydullayeva lost to Lu Miaoyi and is in 47th place with 1.5 points.
In the open tournament, Shahriyar Mammadyarov defeated Salem Saleh. He is in 13th place with 3.5 points.
Rauf Mammadov defeated Jules Moussard and has 3 points, which corresponds to 40th place. Aydin Suleymanli lost to Amin Tabatabai and is in 47th place with 2.5 points. Mahammad Muradli lost to Abdimalik Abdisalimov and is in 114th place with 1 point.
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