Azerbaijani grandmaster Teymur Rajabov will participate in the international rapid chess tournament to be held in Moscow from June 25 to 30. Sport24.az reports that the tournament called "Chess Stars 5.0" will bring together a number of leading chess players.
In addition to Rajabov, Russian grandmasters Sergey Karjakin, Vladislav Artemyev, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Ekaterina Lagno and Valentina Gunina will also participate in the tournament.
Among the participants are also Amin Tabatabaei (Iran), Raunak Sadhvani (India), Hou Yifan (China) and Bibisara Asaubaeva (Kazakhstan).
It should be noted that the prize fund of the tournament is 15 million rubles (approximately 315 thousand manats).