(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Laman Ismayilova
Azerbaijani GM Arkadij Naiditsch has become the winner of Delhi International Open Chess Tournament 2018.
After 10 rounds, he scored 8.5 points.
Rahman Ziaur (Bangladesh) took the second place, while Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh ranked third.
The Swiss system tournament brought together 233 chess players, including 29 grandmasters from 24 countries.
Arkadij Naiditsch is a German and Azerbaijani chess player, who was awarded the title of grandmaster in April 2001.
In 2011 he won the 15th International Neckar Open with a score of 8½/9. This achievement enabled him to cross the 2700 Elo rating mark. In the same year Naiditsch played on the top board for the German team that won the gold medal at the European Team Chess Championship in Porto Carras.
In July 2015 he switched to the Azerbaijani Chess Federation. On December 30, 2015 Naiditsch won for the second consecutive year the Zurich Christmas Open. Six days later, he won also the Basel Chess Festival for the second year in a row.
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