On an absolutely amazing day in Shamkir, there were three decisive games with the charms of their own. After drawing with his opponents in the first four rounds, Vishy Anand scored his first win with a brutal new idea in the Spanish, sacrificed a piece and won against a surprised So. In another game, world champion Magnus Carlsen adopted an unbelievable technique to win against Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. But the greatest match was played towards the day’s end in which Shakhriyar Mamedyarov distinguished himself as the first Azeri ever to beat Russian Grand