Both players ended on six points, but Tazbir triumphed at the Wyndham Garden Dresden hotel by virtue of amassing one more Buchholz points than his rival. 

Tazbir drew with Russia’s Alexey Pakhomov today, while Müller beat Russia’s Evgeniy Suslov 1-0.

Third place went to Pakhomov on 5.5 points, finishing ahead of Germany’s Raphael Zimmer, the reigning junior world champion for the disabled, thanks to one extra Buchholz point.

The best female player was Russia’s Svetlana Gerasimova with four points.

She led a Russian one-two-three with Olga Gerasimova and Ljubov Kireeva second and third respectively with 3.5 points each.

Poland’s International Braille Chess Association (IBCA) first side topped the team rankings.

Russia’s sole IBCA team finished second, while the country’s first International Physically Disabled Chess Association team came third.

Placing first among the deaf players was Germany’s Artur Kevorkov, while Zimmer won the physically disabled category.

The overall medallists also occupied the top three places in the blind category.

During the awarding ceremony, International Chess Committee of the Deaf President Phillip Gardner thanked the players for a "very fair" event and congratulated the organisers on putting together the third edition of the Championship.

Next year, Dresden is due to host the inaugural edition of the World Chess Team Championship for the Disabled from October 14 to 21.