FIDE Grand Prix starts today in Baku |
Sunday, 20 April 2008 |
 Opening Ceremony
FIDE Grandprix Bakü leg starts on 21st April. 20 April, at 19:00 by local time Opening Ceremony took place on famous Philharmoni Hall of the city. FIDE President, President of Azerbaijan Chess Federation and Minister of Youth and Sport of Azerbaijan Republic were present in the ceremony.
We give you a few picture and video of ceremony as a flash news.
1st Round Pairings:
Inarkiev Ernesto - Kamsky Gata
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar - Svidler Peter
Carlsen Magnus - Wang Yue
Gashimov Vugar - Bacrot Etienne
Radjabov Teimur - Adams Michael
Cheparinov Ivan - Grischuk Alexander
Karjakin Sergey - Navara David
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 GM Alexander Grischuk
 GM Ernesto Inarkiev
 GM Etienne Bacrot
 GM Ivan Cheparinov
 GM Magnus Carlsen
 GM Michael Adams
 GM Peter Svidler
 GM Sergey Karjakin
 GM Teimour Radjabov
 GM Vugar Gashimov
 IA Faiq Gashanov - Chief Arbiter
 IA Elisabeth Polhroniade - Deputy Chief Arbiter
 GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili - Technical Arbiter for deciding draws
 Geoffrey D Borg - CEO Global Chess
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