BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 19. Azerbaijani
grandmaster Aydin Suleymanli has achieved a great victory over the
16th world chess champion, world ranking leader Magnus Carlsen.
This was reported by the press service of the Chess
Federation.
According to the information, the match held in Hong Kong took
place within the framework of the World Team Rapid and Blitz
Championship.
"In the end, the Azerbaijani 'Odlar Yurdu' team won 3.5:2.5 over
'WR Chess', one of the main favorites of the tournament, where
Magnus Carlsen played," the information said.
Meanwhile, the team of "WR Chess" includes Magnus Carlsen,
Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and a number of
other well-known grandmasters. Currently, the "Odlar Yurdu" team,
which is formed mostly from young chess players, has 15 points and
is in 8th place.
