Shamkir Chess 2019 is a 10-player round-robin in memorial of Vugar Gashimov. The super strong tournament in Shamkir, Azerbaijan is taking place from 30 March to 9 April 2019 and features World Champion Magnus Carlsen and nine of the 2700+ players.
In case of a tie for first place a rapid playoff will be played.
Time control: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30 seconds per move increment.
GM Anand, Viswanathan (2779) 
GM Grischuk, Alexander (2771) 
GM Ding, Liren (2812) 
GM Giri, Anish (2797) 
