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Marcin Tazbir triumphs at IBCA World Championship

Marcin Tazbir is the new IBCA World Champion. The Polish GM completed the World Championship for Blind and Visually Impaired undefeated with an excellent score of 8 points in 9 games. Congratulations!

The defending champion, IM Predrag Nikac (Montenegro), took second place with 7.5 points, while bronze went to FM Alexey Streltsov (Israel) after a six-person tiebreak.

The nine-round Swiss tournament featured 82 players from 29 countries. Among them were one GM, five IMs and three FMs, making it one of the strongest IBCA World Championships ever.

Final standings:

1	GM	Tazbir, Marcin	POL	2499	8
2	IM	Nikac, Predrag	MNE	2283	7½
3	FM	Streltsov, Alexey	ISR	2343	6½
4		Djakashov, Kuralbay	UZB	2133	6½
5		Kolpakov, Vladyslav	UKR	2238	6½
6	CM	Jandric, Damjan	SRB	2090	6½
7		Bibikov, Yuriy	KAZ	2050	6½
8		Adiyaman, Rene	GER	2122	6½
9	IM	Stachanczyk, Jacek	POL	2066	6
10	IM	Dukaczewski, Piotr	POL	2088	6

Complete results

The closing ceremony of the event turned into a great night with the prize awards to the winners and a spectacular show of traditional Greek music with local singers and dancers.

The cups and medals to the winners were presented by the Deputy Mayor of Rhodes, Konstantinos Taraslias, the President of the Aegean Consumers Association, Georgios Avgerinos and the newly elected President of IBCA, Jörgen Magnusson.