International Chess Tournament Held in Tashkent

Tashkent hosted an international tournament dedicated to the memory of international grandmaster and renowned coach Dmitry Kayumov.

Ten participants from Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan competed in a round-robin format, The Caspian Post reports citing Uzbek media.

The winner was Maksat Atabayev from Turkmenistan, who scored 6.5 out of a possible nine points. Second place went to Uzbekistan’s Akbarali Abdukhakimov, who scored six points, while third place was claimed by Kyrgyzstan’s Semetei Tologon Tegin, who scored 5.5 points.