From 9 to 15 November in the Turkish city of Mersin, the IX International Chess Tournament was held in the municipality of Mersin. 360 chess players from 19 countries took part in the competition, held on the Swiss system.

Competitions were held in four categories, where our compatriot international grandmaster Meilis Annaberdiev (FIDE rating – 2407) won brilliantly in the highest category “A”. He confidently scored 7 points out of nine, demonstrating a high level of sportsmanship. Meylis won 5 games and drew 4 games with opponents from the first five games.

Prize category A:

  1. Meylis Annaberdiev (Turkmenistan)
  2. International Master Arash Tahbaz (Iran, 2468) – 7 points out of 9
  3. International Grandmaster Arian Gholami (Iran, 2468) – 6.5 points out of 9

The fate of the first place had to be determined by the additional coefficient, which was better than Melisa was.

Grandmaster from Azerbaijan Vugar Rasulov (2525) finished in 5th place.

For more information, you may visit https://s1.chess-results.com/tnr1247175.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=TKM&turdet=YES&flag=30&snr=6&SNode=S0.