Thursday, May 7, 2009

Azerbaijan vs The World Rapid Match

Azerbaijan will play a world team in Baku as part of the "President's Cup 7th-9th May 2009. The players will have 25 minutes per game.

The Scheveningen event will see the Azerbaijan team of : Teimour Radjabov (5), Vugar Gashimov (16), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (20), Gadir Guseinov (65) take on The World: Vishwanathan Anand (India, 2), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, 4), Alexey Shirov (Spain, 13) and Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine, 23).

Azerbaijan's team is currently ranked 5th in the world behind Russia, China, Ukraine and Israel in terms of the average rating of its top ten players.

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