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Azerbaijan to host international chess festival Baku Open-2015

22 September 2015 [12:47] - TODAY.AZ

Azerbaijan will host 24th international Chess Festival Baku Open-2015 from September 29 to October 8.

The event will mark the 24th anniversary of Azerbaijan`s independence.

Azerbaijani grandmasters Vugar Rasulov, Sarkhan Guliyev and Gunay Mammadzade, international masters Logman Guliyev, Bahruz Rzayev, Nijat Agayev, Orkhan Abdulov, Talib Babayev, Kenan Heyderli and Sabina Guliyeva will compete in the A Group tournament.

The Swiss system tournament will feature 9 rounds.

Prize money of Baku Open-2015 is $40,000.

/By AzerTac/

URL: http://www.today.az/news/sports/143871.html

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