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 7½ points, while bronze went to FM Alexey Streltsov (Israel) as the player with the best tiebreak score in a group of six participants.

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The 9-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.

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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.

Everyone is already looking forward to the next IBCA World Championship in 2025!

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Final standings

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Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	GM	Tazbir, Marcin	POL	2499	8	50	55	48,50	0	7
2	3	IM	Nikac, Predrag	MNE	2283	7,5	51	55,5	44,25	0	7
3	2	FM	Streltsov, Alexey	ISR	2343	6,5	52,5	57,5	39,75	0	5
4	8		Djakashov, Kuralbay	UZB	2133	6,5	45,5	50	34,50	0	5
5	6		Kolpakov, Vladyslav	UKR	2238	6,5	45,5	49,5	30,75	0	5
6	12	CM	Jandric, Damjan	SRB	2090	6,5	45	49	33,50	0	6
7	16		Bibikov, Yuriy	KAZ	2050	6,5	43,5	46,5	30,25	0	6
8	9		Adiyaman, Rene	GER	2122	6,5	42	46	29,75	0	6
9	14	IM	Stachanczyk, Jacek	POL	2066	6	47	51,5	31,00	0	6
10	13	IM	Dukaczewski, Piotr	POL	2088	6	46	49,5	29,50	0	6
11	20		Clemente Llamero, Roberto	ESP	2009	6	44,5	48	29,25	0	5
12	5	FM	Magnusson, Jorgen	SWE	2240	6	44	49	32,00	0	4
13	7	IM	Nizam, Rasim	BUL	2150	6	42,5	46,5	29,25	0	5
14	27		Maklushov, Serik	KAZ	1922	6	36	38,5	22,00	0	6