At the Blitz category of the tournament, Alireza Firouzja and Mohammad-Amin Tabatabaei won the championship and runner-up titles by securing 7.5 and 7 points respectively.
The 17th Asian Continental Chess Championship was held on December 9-18 at two categories of Standard and Blitz.
Tabatabaei also finished runner-up at the Standard category of the Asian Continental Championship 2018.
His match with the Chinese opponent resulted in tie to increase Tabatabaei’s score in the tournament to 6.5 and win a spot in Chess World Cup 2019.
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