“Baku Open 2010” international chess tournament is taking place from 22-31 August 2010 in Novkhani AF Hotel. Total prize fund is 60.000 USD. 1st place 10.000 USD.
Leaders after 1 round
| 1 | GM | Kamsky Gata | USA | 2713 | 1,0 |
| GM | Miroshnichenko Evgenij | UKR | 2686 | 1,0 | |
| 3 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | ISR | 2665 | 1,0 |
| 4 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2660 | 1,0 |
| GM | Smirin Ilia | ISR | 2646 | 1,0 | |
| 6 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | BLR | 2642 | 1,0 |
| 7 | GM | Savchenko Boris | RUS | 2623 | 1,0 |
| 8 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2611 | 1,0 |
| 9 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2603 | 1,0 |
| 10 | GM | Shanava Konstantine | GEO | 2556 | 1,0 |
| 11 | GM | Abbasov Farid | AZE | 2549 | 1,0 |
| 12 | GM | Ibrahimov Rasul | AZE | 2534 | 1,0 |
| 13 | IM | Esen Baris | TUR | 2518 | 1,0 |
| 14 | GM | Guliyev Namig | AZE | 2510 | 1,0 |
| 15 | IM | Toufighi Homayoon | IRI | 2501 | 1,0 |
| 16 | GM | Zhukova Natalia | UKR | 2499 | 1,0 |
| 17 | IM | Malkhaz Sulashvili | GEO | 2498 | 1,0 |
| 18 | FM | Golizadeh Asghar | IRI | 2481 | 1,0 |
| 19 | IM | Yilmaz Mustafa | TUR | 2479 | 1,0 |
| 20 | IM | Nigalidze Gaioz | GEO | 2478 | 1,0 |
Full results here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr37370.aspx
Official website: http://www.chess.az/DefaultEn.html
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kamsky may go 9-0. He’s good.
Oh good point anon! i think Fischer was just usin Basic Math and Tactics to win thoses 20 games in a row and then start talkin wild in the media to trick the “best guys” as he called them yeah just listen to his interview and you will hear this!!! hehe.