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May 30th – June 14th 2003 in Silivri, Turkey
First let us get over with the technical stuff – the very high-category chess that is going on at the European Championships.
After 11 rounds Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Elo 2678, Georgia) remains in the sole lead with 8 points. He is followed by twelve players within striking distance. Behind them is a group of 19 players with 7/11.
Rank |
Title
|
Name | Rtg | FED | Pts | BH. |
1 |
GM
|
Azmaiparashvili Zurab | 2678 | GEO | 8 | 68½ |
2 |
GM
|
Kharlov Andrei | 2581 | RUS | 7½ | 69 |
3 |
GM
|
Sakaev Konstantin | 2664 | RUS | 7½ | 68 |
4 |
GM
|
Georgiev Kiril | 2647 | MKD | 7½ | 68 |
5 |
GM
|
Malakhov Vladimir | 2672 | RUS | 7½ | 67 |
6 |
GM
|
Van Wely Loek | 2675 | NED | 7½ | 66½ |
7 |
GM
|
Graf Alexander | 2630 | GER | 7½ | 65½ |
8 |
GM
|
Grischuk Alexander | 2701 | RUS | 7½ | 65 |
9 |
GM
|
Kobalia Mikhail | 2639 | RUS | 7½ | 64½ |
10 |
GM
|
Nielsen Peter Heine | 2625 | DEN | 7½ | 64½ |
11 |
GM
|
Aronian Levon | 2606 | ARM | 7½ | 60 |
12 |
GM
|
Galkin Alexander | 2591 | RUS | 7½ | 59½ |
13 |
GM
|
Sutovsky Emil | 2652 | ISR | 7½ | 58½ |
14 |
GM
|
Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2650 | BLR | 7 | 69 |
15 |
GM
|
Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | 2606 | ROM | 7 | 67½ |
16 |
GM
|
Movsesian Sergei | 2659 | SVK | 7 | 67 |
17 |
GM
|
Dautov Rustem | 2611 | GER | 7 | 66½ |
18 |
GM
|
Iordachescu Viorel | 2550 | MDA | 7 | 66½ |
19 |
GM
|
Ivanchuk Vassily | 2704 | UKR | 7 | 63 |
20 |
GM
|
Kotronias Vasilios | 2597 | CYP | 7 | 62½ |
21 |
IM
|
Kritz Leonid | 2468 | GER | 7 | 62 |
22 |
GM
|
Rublevsky Sergei | 2670 | RUS | 7 | 61½ |
23 |
GM
|
Guseinov Kadir | 2505 | AZE | 7 | 61½ |
24 |
GM
|
Sargissian Gabriel | 2572 | ARM | 7 | 61 |
25 |
GM
|
Sulskis Sarunas | 2578 | LTU | 7 | 61 |
26 |
GM
|
Filippov Valerij | 2627 | RUS | 7 | 60 |
27 |
IM
|
Smirnov Pavel | 2615 | RUS | 7 | 59½ |
28 |
GM
|
Milov Vadim | 2574 | SUI | 7 | 59½ |
29 |
GM
|
Kacheishvili Giorgi | 2592 | GEO | 7 | 59 |
30 |
GM
|
Motylev Alexander | 2634 | RUS | 7 | 57 |
31 |
GM
|
Dolmatov Sergey | 2606 | RUS | 7 | 57 |
32 |
GM
|
Moiseenko Alexander | 2627 | UKR | 7 | 55½ |
After nine rounds there are four players in the lead, followed by a group of five and then a nine-player group a point behind the leaders.
Rank | Title | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts | BH. |
1 | WGM | Galliamova Alisa | 2489 | RUS | 7 | 47½ |
2 | WGM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2457 | RUS | 7 | 47½ |
3 | WGM | Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino | 2444 | GER | 7 | 44½ |
4 | WGM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2430 | LTU | 7 | 43 |
5 | WGM | Skripchenko Almira | 2501 | FRA | 6½ | 47½ |
6 | WGM | Cramling Pia | 2470 | SWE | 6½ | 47 |
7 | WIM | Sebag Marie | 2394 | FRA | 6½ | 45½ |
8 | WGM | Radziewicz Iweta | 2428 | POL | 6½ | 43½ |
9 | WGM | Peptan Corina | 2471 | ROM | 6½ | 42½ |
10 | WGM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2550 | BUL | 6 | 47½ |
11 | WIM | Zimina Olga | 2358 | RUS | 6 | 47 |
12 | WGM | Polovnikova Ekaterina | 2383 | RUS | 6 | 43 |
13 | WGM | Matveeva Svetlana | 2474 | RUS | 6 | 42½ |
14 | WGM | Lomineishvili Maia | 2397 | GEO | 6 | 42½ |
15 | WGM | Gaponenko Inna | 2417 | UKR | 6 | 42½ |
16 | WGM | Socko Monika | 2381 | POL | 6 | 41½ |
17 | WGM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2416 | ARM | 6 | 40½ |
18 | WGM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2417 | RUS | 6 | 40 |
For two days now we have been pressured by chess players all over the world, mainly by a very stong GM living in Greece, asking us to for chrissake publish the pictures we promised already, dammit. Sheesh, some people are really quite obsessed. Well, here they are at last, the ladies and gentlemen frolicing in the recreational facilities of the Hotel Princess in Silivri.
On the waterfront: Nedezhda (18) and Tatiana Kosintseva (17)
One more of Tatiana, who's in the lead in the tournament
IM Olga Alexandrova on the beach front
Olga, 25, is from the Ukraine
Beach beauty GM Vassily Ivanchuk, 34, Ukraine (39-39-39, we are told)
Cool beach-and-pool guy GM Sergey Tiviakov, 30, Holland
Sergey taking the jump – from the rock wall in the hotel recreation area
WFM Alina Motoc, 18, Romania, at the hotel pool
Classic poolside pose by Anna Sharevich, 18, from Belarus
Shrieking down the water slide. That's Vadim Milov in the fourth panel
In great form (2636!): GM Sergey Volkov, 29, Russia
Cooling off: GM Semen Dvoirys, 44 of Russia
WIM Svetlana Petrenko, 29, from Moldova, with Alina Motoc, 18, Romania
Ephydriad
Alina Motoc going all the way into the water...
...diving with verve into the indoor swimming pool
Ephydriads Anna Sharevich, Alina Motoc and Svetlana Petrenko
Anna and Alina in the Turkish bath
and in the sauna, with Svetlana Petrenko up front
... cooling off after the steam session
Svetlana Petrenko trying out some limbo with Alina Motoc and Karolina Smokina
...and working on the tan with WFM Karolina Smokina and GM Viktor Bologan
GM Michele Godena, 35, from Italy
GM Alexander Huzman, 41, Israel, ready to join the action
Ukraine GMs Aleksandr Shneider, 41, and Stanislav Savchenko
17-year-old Ukraine Anton Korobov with his trainer Vaisman
And finally a portrait of our star photographer Galina Tiviakova
Pictures by Galina Tiviakova
And two great photo reports by Anna Dergachova, with a German language report (for those of you who want more than just the pictures)
Please remember that at the end of the tournament we will asking you to select your favourite players, so keep a note of your candidates for the title of most popular participant in Silivri.