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Thursday, 17 April 2008 |
 On Sunday April 20, 2008 the first Grand Prix tournament Baku 2008 will be officially opened. Fourteen of the strongest chess grandmaster will compete in the capital of Azerbaijan. The tournament is dedicated to the 85th birthday of former Azerbaijan President Heydar Aliyev, and will be held April 20 - May 6, with thirteen rounds and two rest days.
Participants for this first Grand Prix tournament are Magnus Carlsen (2765) from Norway, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2752) from Azerbaijan, Teimour Radjabov (2751) from Azerbaijan, Peter Svidler (2746) from Russia, Sergey Karjakin (2732) from the Ukraine, Michael Adams (2729) from England, Gata Kamsky (2726) from the United States, Alexander Grischuk (2716) from Russia, Etienne Bacrot (2705) from France, Ivan Cheparinov (2695) from Bulgaria, Wang Yue (2689) from China, Ernesto Inarkiev (2684) from Russia, Vugar Gashimov (2679) from Azerbaijan and David Navara (2672) from the Czech Republic.
More info can be found at the tournament website.
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