Tokyo, 14 July, /AJMEDIA/
Azerbaijani grandmaster Shahriyar Mammadyarov has scored 13 points after Round 8 taking the 5th place at the Prelims of the FTX Road to Miami, the 5th event on the $1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.
The FTX Road to Miami tournament is taking place online on Chess24 from July 10 to Jul 17.
The preliminary phase is a 16-player Round-robin tournament, where 8 players move on to the knockout stage. It is the final qualification event for the FTX Crypto Cup which will take place in Miami on August 15-21 and is one of the tours Majors with a very large prize fund.
The prize fund is $150,000.
