Offsideplus.az reports that Azerbaijani grandmaster Teymur Rajabov Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Laqravla won the first day of meetings for the 3rd place.

The parties met four times today. In the first game, a draw was recorded - 0.5: 0.5. In the next game, Rajabov won with white pieces. However, in the third duel, Vashie-Lagrave won. However, our representative surrendered his opponent in the fourth match and finished the day with a score of 2.5: 1.5.

If Rajabov draws at least on the second day of the match, he will finish the tournament in the third place.

It should be noted that our grandmaster lost to his American rival Wesley Soy yesterday and lost his chance to reach the final.