The 5th round of the Baku Open 2024 International Chess Festival, organized at the Baku Sports Palace, has ended.
As Idman.biz reports, after 5 rounds, Iranian chess player Sina Movahed leads the competition table in Group A with 4.5 points.
Azerbaijani chess players Rauf Mammadov, Murad Ibrahimli, Aydin Suleymanli, Vugar Asadli, Read Samadov, Nijat Abasov are half a point behind the leader and share the 4th-9th places.
Elgun Khanalizade, who collected maximum points in group B, ranked first. Kamran Babayev, Nihad Ahmadli, Ugur Mirzayev, Akbar Mirzayev, Ahmed Huseynov, Khanlar Allahverdiyev take 2-8 places with 4.5 points.
In addition to Azerbaijan, chess players from Bulgaria, Georgia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkiye, Ukraine, the USA, Uzbekistan, as well as intellectuals competing under the FIDE flag, are participating in the tournament.
The total prize fund of the competition is equal to 50,000 US dollars.
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