Ghaem-Maghami Crowned at Nakhchivan Chess Event

After the ninth round of Blitz Championships in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, Iranian chess grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami clinched the first place on Monday.
According to IRNA, Ghaem-Maghami bagged 7 points out of nine-round Swiss scoring system to achieve the spot.
Starting from fifth place of the starter ranking, he finished first at the end of the games.
Anton Korobov, grandmaster form Ukraine and also European champion and Yevgeniy Pak from Kazakhstan finished second and third respectively.
Seyyed Khalil Mousavi also from Iran finished fifth. Other members of the team, Nima Hosseinzadeh and Alireza Firouzja finished eighth and twelfth respectively.