IM Andrei Obodchuk claims 21st IPCA World Chess Championship

Russian International Master Andrei Obodchuk won the 21st IPCA World Individual Chess Championship which concluded today in Ashdod, Israel. Obodchuk stroke back after a loss in the fifth round and scored 7.5/9 points to be the sole Winner of the event. Replay the games here

IM Stanislav Mikheev was second with 7 points and Yaacov Zilberman clinched bronze thanks to better tiebreak criteria than IM Andrei Gurbanov who had the same score of 6.5 points.

WFM Svetlana Gerasimova was the best ranked Women player as she scored 4.5 points and finished 12th on the overall rankings. WFM Aleksandra Aleksandrova was just behind with the same score but lower tiebreaks and 13th place.

The total prize fund of the event was 5.500e and the winner among men, women, and players in wheelchairs will obtain the right to participate in the IPCA team at the FIDE World Chess Olympiad 2022. All information about the 21st IPCA World Individual Chess Championship

Final standings – 21st IPCA World Individual Chess Championship:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	IM	Obodchuk Andrei	FID	2306	7.5	38	49
2	IM	Mikheev Stanislav	SRB	2333	7	38	49
3	GM	Zilberman Yaacov	ISR	2323	6.5	39	51
	IM	Gurbanov Andrei	ISR	2301	6.5	39	51
5	IM	Yarmonov Igor	UKR	2394	6	39	51
6	IM	Campos Eugenio	ANG	2247	5	38	49
7	FM	Lipilin Ilia	FID	2174	5	36	48
8		Srimskov Elishar	ISR	1992	5	33	41
9		Shapiro Benny	ISR	1899	5	33	43
10	FM	Vit Vaclav Valenta	CZE	1999	5	33	42
11		Babanov Aleksandr	FID	1918	4.5	36	46
12	WFM	Gerasimova Svetlana	FID	1906	4.5	35	44
13	WFM	Aleksandrova Aleksandra	ISR	1702	4.5	31	38
14		Alperovich Asher	ISR	1865	4	33	43
15		Cosic Radoslav	CRO	1997	4	30	39
16		Mekus Manuela	GER	1644	4	26	35
17		Oliel Yehonatan	ISR	1535	4	26	32
18		Vardi Moshe	ISR	1631	4	25	33
19		Pilimon Zbigniew	POL	1620	4	25	31
20		Frumin Rebecca	ISR	1319	3.5	28	35
21		Shchukina Ekaterina	FID	1493	3	26	32
22		Klein Djimmy	FRA	1409	2.5	25	30
23		Freiberg Doron	ISR	1241	2	26	31
24		Volodarsky Michael	ISR	1400	1	27	34

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