European Championship: Mamedyarov defaulted again, quits tournament

European Championship: Mamedyarov defaulted again, quits tournament
The second seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who lost a game owing to the "zero tolerance" rule yesterday, today defaulted by breaking the "Sofia Rule", which does not allow draw offers to be made before move 40, and always through the arbiter. A second game, Baron-Safarli, was similarly defaulted. Mamedyarov quit the tournament and will not be playing in the remaining rounds. What a mess.

Posted: Fri 30 Mar 2012

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