15 August 2018

Daniil Dubov Wins Abu Dhabi Masters

Anton Korobov finishes second, Saleh Salem is third.

Photo: Official Twitter account
Photo: Official Twitter account

The final games of the 25th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival were played on August 15th. 

Daniil Dubov (Russia) won the main event - Masters Tournament with 158 participants. In the last round, the winner defeated Ivan Cheparinov (Georgia) to score 7.5 points out of 9 and edge out Anton Korobov (2nd place, Ukraine) and Saleh Salem (3rd place, UAE) thanks to his superior tie-break. 

Tournament on Chess-Results

Official website

Our congratulations to Daniil Dubov on his winning Abu Dhabi Masters!