Azerbaijani grandmaster Mahammad Muradli is currently in second place at the Reykjavík Open chess tournament, held in the capital of Iceland.
Muradli drew his Round 8 match against Vassyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Idman.biz reports.
With 6.5 points, Muradli trails the leader, Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran), by just half a point.
Eltaj Safarli, on the other hand, lost to Shanglei Lu (China) and remains at 6 points, currently placed 9th.
Based on the pairings, Muradli and Safarli will face each other in Round 9.
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