Ugra Governor Cup Final: Bukavshin wins the tournament!

The 9th and final round of the Ugra Governor Cup 2015 saw overnight leader GM Sanan Sjugirov losing to GM Yuri Eliseev while GM Alexander Rakhmanov, another leader going into the final round, being held to a draw by GM Dmitry Bocharov. These results helped GM Ivan Bukavshin to win the tournament on tie-break after overcoming GM Aleksey Goganov in the final round of the tournament.

Bukavshin notched up a total of 6 points, winning 3 games, drawing 6 and remaining undefeated throughout the course of the event.

Despite scoring the same points as Bukavshin, Rakhmanov and Eliseev, on account of their inferior tie-break scores, had to content themselves with finishing second and third respectively.

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