Who are your favourite players?

Who are your favourite players?

Popularity contest for the 4th European
Individual Chess Championships

This is going to be a bit of work for you. During the European Championships in Silivri, Turkey, we published games, results, tactical positions, and pictures. Lots and lots of pictures, of the players at work and at play.

We now want you to revisit our reports and decide: who are your favourites amongst the 207 men and 115 women who did battle at the championships.

Below you will find a list of all reports and links you will need to choose your favourites. There is also a final picture gallery with shots we did not use in previous reports. You are sure to find some players there you have not seen before.

At the end of this page you will find full information on how to submit your entry. There are interesting prizes to be won: autographed pictures from your favourite players. You have until July 7 to submit your nominations.

Reports on the European Championships

• Welcome to Istanbul! Arrival of the players
• Meet the masters – at the board and at play
• Action and pictures from Turkey
  
• The Girls of Silivri – picture gallers
• Picture gallery – players at play
• Well done, Azmai! Final standings
  
• And the winners are... Final results after playoffs
  
  
• All the games from the men's section
• All the games from the women's section
• Tiebreak games
  
  
• Tactics from the European Men's Individual Championship Istanbul 2003
  
• Tactics from the European Women's Individual Championship Istanbul 2003
  
  
• Move over Judit, here comes Kateryna! Special report on Kateryna Lahno
  
  German picture reports
• Chess and aprés chess in Silivri
• Tension and tensions in Istanbul
• More pool pictures from Istanbul
• Looking back at Silivri
  
  Official site with more pictures
  
  

A final picture gallery

GM Konstantin Sakaev, 29, Russia

GM Stanislav Savchenko, 36, Ukraine

GM Igor Glek, 41, Germany

GM Kiril Georgiev, 37, Yugosl. Macedonia

WFM Yvette Nagel-Seirawan, 38, Netherlands

WIM Anna Dergatschova-Daus, 34, Russia

WGM Masha Klinova, 34, Israel

WGM Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, 29, Russia

WGM Ekaterina Polovnikova, 20, Russia

WGM Tatiana Shumiakina, 37, Russia

IM, WGM Almira Skripchenko, 27, Moldova

WGM Irina Slavina, 23, Russia

IM, WGM Antoaneta Stefenova, Bulgaria

WGM Natalia Zhukova, 24, Ukraine

Anna Sharevich, 18, Belarus

WFM Karolina Smokina, Moldova

WFM Katerina Lahno, 13, Ukraine. Katerian is currently the top female
player in her country, with an expected July 1st rating of 2439!

Choosing your favourite players

To nominate your five favourite players from the 4th European Individual Chess Championships in Silivri, Turkey you should use a special entry form. All entries must be received before July 7, 2003. (Voting has now closed).

From all entries we receive we will select five winners by lots. The winners will not be selected at random only on the basis of their participation, not on the basis of their choice of favourites. The order in which the solutions are received is irrelevant. Do not send multiple entries. If more than two are received from any single person they will all be ignored.

As prizes we will attempt to get autographed pictures, books or other memorabilia of your favourite player. These will be distributed some weeks after the end of the competition.

Please give your full name and place of residence. Without this your entry cannot be considered. We reserve the right to quote your commentary on this web site, in full or abridged, with your name and place of residence given. If you supply information on your professional status that might also be used.