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National GMs join World Rapid and Blitz Championships

26 December 2016 [17:05] - TODAY.AZ

Azerbaijani grandmasters will vie for medals at the World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2016 to be held in Doha, Qatar.

Azerbaijan`s hopes will be pinned on Shahriyar Mammadyarov, Rauf Mammadov, Teymur Rajabov, Arkadij Naiditsch and Sarkhan Hashimov.

The Swiss system tournament will bring together 120 chess players, including 94 grandmasters.

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