15 August 2018
Daniil Dubov Wins Abu Dhabi Masters
Anton Korobov finishes second, Saleh Salem is third.
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!