Shamkir Chess is a chess supertournament played in Shamkir, Azerbaijan in memory of Vugar Gashimov (1986–2014). Details of the tournament can be fetched here. Trivia : On 24 July 2014, a monument was unveiled on Gashimov's grave in Baku.

The participating Super GMs in this year's edition are :

Magnus Carlsen 2845

Liren Ding 2812

Anish Giri 2797

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2790

Viswanathan Anand 2779

Alexander Grischuk 2771

Teimour Radjabov 2756

Sergey Karjakin 2753

Veselin Topalov 2740

David Navara 2739

Some pics from the 2019 edition, Day 1, photo courtesy : http://shamkirchess.com

Navara vs. Anand

Topalov vs. Giri

Magnus Carlsen