[1] The Gashimov Memorial 2014 took place in the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Shamkir City from 16 April to 30 April 2014, consisting of two tournaments, with invited players Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Sergey Karjakin, Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, and Teimour Radjabov making up the A Tournament.
[3] In the A Tournament, in spite of losing consecutive games early on,[4] Magnus Carlsen won after a last round White win over Fabiano Caruana who finished second.
[6] The total prize fund of the fifth edition of Shamkir Chess tournament was again set to €100,000, with the winner receiving €30,000.
They were in first and second place, respectively, and Carlsen as white needed only a draw to reclaim the title after two years of absence from the tournament.
[10] It was clear that Ding did not want to risk his runner-up position by attempting to defeat Carlsen as black, and the game was drawn within 20 minutes.
[15] Fabiano Caruana won the event in an armageddon playoff against Richárd Rapport.