Azernews.Az

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Azerbaijan`s GM wins Canakkale Troya tournament

18 August 2014 13:04 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijan`s GM wins Canakkale Troya tournament

By Amina Nazarli

The 22nd Chanakkale Troya International Open Chess Tournament was held from August 11 to 16 in Chanakkale, Turkey.

Azerbaijan also joined the tournament that consisted of 9 rounds.

Azerbaijani grandmaster Vugar Rasulov at category A ended the tournament with the victory, gaining 8 points. Handszar Odeev from Turkmenistan took the second place winning 7.5 points. Another Azerbaijani player Kamal Agasiyev ranked the third with 7 points.

The tournament bringing together participants from 42 provinces and 12 countries remembered with enjoyable and challenging encounters. Some 127 chess players from category A and 405 players from category B took part at the tournament.

Here we are to serve you with news right now. It does not cost much, but worth your attention.

Choose to support open, independent, quality journalism and subscribe on a monthly basis.

By subscribing to our online newspaper, you can have full digital access to all news, analysis, and much more.

Subscribe

You can also follow AzerNEWS on Twitter @AzerNewsAz or Facebook @AzerNewsNewspaper

Thank you!

Loading...
Latest See more