CHESS#1249

The Grenke Classic Super GM ended in triumph for Levon Aronian

Wesley So’s long unbeaten streak ended in the first round of the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir, Azerbaijan.  The World #2 blundered horribly in a near-equal position against Shakhriyar Mamedaryov to register his first loss after going 69 games unbeaten against high-quality opposition. In a sense, it’s a monkey off his back. 

So isn’t doing that well at the Gashimov Memorial. This is a round robin with 10 players, including So, Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov, Sergei Karjakin, Michael Adams, Pavel Eljanov, Radek Wojtaszek, Pentalya Harikrishna and local lads Teimour Radjabov and Shakhriyar Mamedaryov. The lowest rated player is Radjabov, currently at