BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 13. Azerbaijani chess
participant Nijat Abasov reached the 6th spherical of the International Cup in
Baku (1/4 ultimate amongst males), Pattern studies.

Nijat Abasov’s opponent within the 1/8 ultimate of the International Cup used to be
Saleh Salem (UAE). The day earlier than, Abasov beat his opponent within the
first classical recreation of the 5th spherical, these days the Azerbaijani
chess participant additionally gained the go back recreation. The whole ranking within the 5th
spherical is 2-0 in choose of the Azerbaijani chess participant, thus Nijat
Abasov reached the quarterfinals.

The beginning checklist of the International Chess Cup of the World
Chess Federation (FIDE) in Baku incorporated 206 chess avid gamers within the
open phase and 103 within the girls’s phase.

For the second one time, Azerbaijan is internet hosting the Chess International Cup.
For the primary time, the highest 3 competition from the open and
girls’s classes will earn a place within the 2024 Males’s Applicants
Event and Ladies’s Applicants Event, respectively.

At the festival’s reliable website online, fits from the FIDE
International Cup-2023 are broadcast in each Azerbaijani and English.

Up via August twenty fifth, competitions will probably be held. The profitable
prize stands at $2.5 million.

The International Chess Cup is being held at Marriott Street in
Baku.

Azerbaijan is represented by means of crew of 17 chess avid gamers, together with
Shahriyar Mammadyarov, Teymur Rajabov, Gunay Mammadzade, Rauf
Mammadov, Gadir Huseynov, Vasif Durarbayli, Nijat Abbasov, Abdulla
Gadimbayli, Misratdin Isgandarov, Muhammad Muradli, Vugar Asadli,
Riad Samadov, Aydin Suleymanli, Ulviyya Fataliyeva, Gulnar
Mammadova, Khanim Balajayeva, and Govhar Beydullayeva.