The 11th Vugar Gashimov Memorial took place in Stepanakert Tue 9th Dec to Thu 11th Dec 2025. There were two days of rapid and one day of blitz. Players: Nepomniachtchi, Fedoseev, Mamedov, Tabatabaei, Yakubboev and Suleymanli. Ian Nepomniachtchi won the rapid by half a point from Vladimir Fedoseev, the result was reversed for the blitz. The first tie-break was individual results between the players and Nepomniachtchi won one and drew one against Fedoseev in each part so won the tournament.
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