The 2nd Vugar Gashimov Memorial will start in April, 2015, in Shamkir, Azerbaijan.
World champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2865), Fabiano Caruana (Italy, 2811), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria, 2800), former world champion Viswanathan Anand (India, 2797), Anish Giri (Netherlands, 2797), Wesley So (USA, 2788), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, 2783), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France, 2775), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov(Azerbaijan, 2759) and Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan, 2731).
Magnus Carlsen was the winner of the 1st Vugar Gashimov Memorial tournament in April last year.