Never registered a second triumph

Nikac defeated Serik Maklušov

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Nikač, Photo: POKCG
Nikač, Photo: POKCG
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Montenegrin chess player, Predrag Nikač, defeated Serik Maklušov from Kazakhstan, in the second round of the World Singles Championship for people without and with visual impairments in Rhodes.

It is Nikač's second triumph at the championship, after yesterday he also celebrated against Marjan Štimec from Slovenia.

Nikac won by leading the black pieces.

The Dutch defense was played, and the Montenegrin chess player forced his opponent to surrender after only 22 moves and confirmed his good form.

Nikač, who is seeded third, is defending the title of world champion, won four years ago in Cagliari.

80 chess players are fighting for the medal.

The tournament is played according to the Swiss system of nine rounds and 40 moves in two hours per player, plus an hour until the end of the game.

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