Baku Grand Prix - Mamedyarov and Inarkiev Recovered

Their yesterday's defeats didn't cause longterm trauma

Round 8 results:

Kamsky Gata 2726 ½ - ½ Bacrot Etienne 2705
Wang Yue 2689 ½ - ½ Adams Michael 2729
Svidler Peter 2746 ½ - ½ Grischuk Alexander 2716
Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 1 - 0 Navara David 2672
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 1 - 0 Karjakin Sergey 2732
Carlsen Magnus 2765 ½ - ½ Cheparinov Ivan 2695
Gashimov Vugar 2679 ½ - ½ Radjabov Teimour 2751

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Obviously Shakhriyar Mamedyarov enjoys playing against the Queens Indian defence. After Magnus Carlsen, he defeated another prodigy - Sergey Karjakin. Ernesto Inarkiev won against David Navara in Anti-Marshall Ruy Lopez and surrendered him the last place. Other five games finished peacefully.

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Sergey Karjakin

Round 8 standings:

1-3. Grischuk Alexander 2716 RUS, Gashimov Vugar 2679 AZE and Yue Wang 2689 CHN - 5.0
4-5. Carlsen Magnus 2765 NOR and Kamsky Gata 2726 USA - 4.5
6-10. Radjabov Teimour 2751 AZE, Svidler Peter 2746 RUS, Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 AZE, Adams Michael 2729 ENG and Bacrot Etienne 2705 FRA - 4.0
11. Karjakin Sergey 2732 UKR - 3.5
12-13. Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 RUS and Cheparinov Ivan 2695 BUL - 3.0
14. Navara David 2672 CZE - 2.5

Round 9 on April 30 at 15:00 local time

Radjabov Teimour 2751 - Kamsky Gata 2726
Cheparinov Ivan 2695 - Gashimov Vugar 2679
Karjakin Sergey 2732 - Carlsen Magnus 2765
Navara David 2672 - Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752
Grischuk Alexander 2716 - Inarkiev Ernesto 2684
Adams Michael 2729 - Svidler Peter 2746
Bacrot Etienne 2705 - Wang Yue 2689