Vladimir is the champion of the masters at the Abu Dhabi Chess Festival

Vladimir is the champion of the masters at the Abu Dhabi Chess Festival

It was organized by the Abu Dhabi Chess and Mind Games Club, with direct support and follow-up from the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, and under the auspices of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), the strategic partner.

Russian Vladimir managed to turn the scales in the 7th and 8th rounds by defeating his main competitors in the championship, Ukrainian Pavel Alyanov and Iranian Barham Maksoudloo, to enter the last round, leading by a point over his nearest competitor, in which he was satisfied with a quick tie with Hungarian Viktor Idros, placing him alone at the top of the standings.

Egyptian Bassem Amin ranked second, then Hungarian Victor Idros third, while Pavel Alyanov slipped to fourth place, German Daniel Friedman came fifth, and Georgian Mikhail Mikhailishvili ranked sixth.

Fedoseev expressed his happiness for winning the title, and thanked the organizing committee for the wonderful organization, and for providing all the means that help the players focus during the tournament, noting that this contributed to the high level of the festival, which he emphasized that it is one of the major international events in the world, considering that the professionalism of the organization clearly appeared in Dealing with the pressure of holding three consecutive rounds of four tournaments at the same time with a large number of participants.

Open Championship

Armenia’s Maria Kevorkian won the Open Speed ​​Chess Championship, two points ahead of her closest competitor, winning 8 rounds and drawing one. Ukrainian Ava Suleymanova came in second, and the Filipinos dominated the third to sixth positions, respectively. and Mark Matutina

Hamad Essam achieved the best result for an Emirati player, and Moza Al Maamari the best result for an Emirati player.

India's Dave Gubin won the junior title, while his compatriot Alfred Joklin came in second, Emirati Mohammed Yousef Al Ali came third, Egypt's Mohammed Atef Karim fourth, India's Siddharth Balaji fifth, and his compatriot Anantarian sixth.

The first line of defense championship witnessed Emirati control of the first places, and Abdullah Al-Kaabi won the first place, Abdullah Murad Al Mazmi in the second place, Abeer Ali in the third place, and Osha Al Shamsi in the fourth place, and the fifth place went to the Egyptian Ayman Khayal, and his compatriot Muhammad Atef came in the sixth place.