Marcin Tazbir triumphs at IBCA World Championship

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10/29/2023 – 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. 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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Press release by FIDE

IBCA World Chess 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.

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.

IBCA World Chess Championship

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!

IBCA World Chess Championship

Final standings

Rk. Name Pts.  TB1 
1 Tazbir, Marcin 8 50
2 Nikac, Predrag 7,5 51
3 Streltsov, Alexey 6,5 52,5
4 Djakashov, Kuralbay 6,5 45,5
5 Kolpakov, Vladyslav 6,5 45,5
6 Jandric, Damjan 6,5 45
7 Bibikov, Yuriy 6,5 43,5
8 Adiyaman, Rene 6,5 42
9 Stachanczyk, Jacek 6 47
10 Dukaczewski, Piotr 6 46
11 Clemente Llamero, Roberto 6 44,5
12 Magnusson, Jorgen 6 44
13 Nizam, Rasim 6 42,5
14 Maklushov, Serik 6 36

...82 players

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