Final games of the 2018 Men’s Cup of Russia tournament turned out to be quite stormy. Israeli grandmaster Tamir Nabaty, who topped the tournament race from the first competition day, lost in a thrilling and full of mistakes game to young Moscow chess player Semen Lomasov. As a result the leader was changed, and Semen Lomasov found himself half a point ahead of his opponents. In the last round a 15-year old Muscovite didn’t let his chance vanish and became a triumphant of the 2018 Moscow Open by winning his game! Tamir Nabaty also won his game in the ninth round but he remained only second.
Tamir Nabaty was leading in course of the whole tournament and was very close to the victory in that very game too. However, from the sports point of view important games have their own rules. A young player from Moscow turned to be a winner. Though he committed many mistakes but he let his opponent have a right for the last mistake!