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By Nazrin Gadimova

The 9th International Children's Chess Tournament is underway in Baku. The event began on November 10 and will run for 5 days.

Azerbaijan's chess player Ismayil Shakhaliyev leads the tournament with 4.5 points. He is followed by Azerbaijani players - Abdulla Gadimbeyli, Rustam Bunyadov, Kanan Garaev, Nail Bashirli, Zaur Abbasov and Niyazi Nagdaliyev.

The competition is held in 7 rounds, according to the FIDE rules and involves 43 young players from four countries - Azerbaijan, Georgia, France and Russia.

Tournament director, honored coach of Azerbaijan Gennady Gelman said that the tournament, which is being held on November 10-15, is organized based on the nine-round Swiss system in accordance with the FIDE Laws of Chess.

According to this system, each game lasts 90 minutes and includes 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from the first one.

Earlier, International Chess Festival Baku Open 2013, dedicated to the Independence Day of Azerbaijan, took place in the Novkhani settlement of the Azerbaijani capital.

Along with Azerbaijan players, the tournament, with a total prize fund of $50,000, brought together 224 chess players from 18 countries, including 33 international grandmasters, 28 international masters and 9 FIDE masters.