At the Guba Open chess festival, a tie for first place has emerged with one round remaining.
Idman.biz reports that after eight rounds, Khagan Ahmad and Yevgeny Romanov have each scored 6.5 points.
The Azerbaijani international master leads the North Macedonian player based on tiebreaks.
Vugar Manafov and Ukrainian Vitaliy Bernadskiy follow with 6 points each.
Thus, the final round of the tournament is expected to be exciting and intense.
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