The event is being organized by the chess club “Rijeka” together
with the Croatian Chess Federation under the auspices of the City of Rijeka
and the European Chess Union. All players who represent chess federations of
the European Chess Union are eligible to participate. The European Championship
is a qualification event for the next World Cup, with 22 players qualifying.
The championship is an eleven round Swiss tournament with a playing rate of
90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 minutes for the rest of the game, and an increment
of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. Games start at 3:30 p.m. EST.
Saturday, March 13 is a rest day.
The event is being held in the new Zamet Centre sports hall located near the
market place at Zamet, Rijeka. It is a modern public complex designed by the
architect studio
3LHD and has gained fame due to the 50,000 ceramic tiles used in the buildings.
The name "Centar Zamet" is traced out on the square in front of the
hall, and should be visible in satellite images. If anyone can locate it in
Google Earth or Maps please send us a link.
Note that you can pan and zoom in the above map, or click
to view a larger version
The playing venue inside the sports complex
This is normally a hall were sports like basketball are staged
The spectators can walk between the blocks and see the top boards up close
The women's section
Top scorers in the men's section
| Ti. |
Name |
FED |
RtgI |
Pts. |
| GM |
Navara David |
CZE |
2708 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Vallejo Pons Francisco |
ESP |
2708 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Adams Michael |
ENG |
2704 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Jobava Baadur |
GEO |
2695 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Naiditsch Arkadij |
GER |
2691 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Kurnosov Igor |
RUS |
2674 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Areshchenko Alexander |
UKR |
2670 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Moiseenko Alexander |
UKR |
2668 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Inarkiev Ernesto |
RUS |
2667 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter |
ROU |
2661 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Riazantsev Alexander |
RUS |
2660 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Krasenkow Michal |
POL |
2652 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Zhigalko Sergei |
BLR |
2648 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Efimenko Zahar |
UKR |
2640 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Mamedov Rauf |
AZE |
2639 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Sokolov Ivan |
BIH |
2638 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Socko Bartosz |
POL |
2637 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Kokarev Dmitry |
RUS |
2622 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Belov Vladimir |
RUS |
2619 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Vorobiov Evgeny E |
RUS |
2616 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Lysyj Igor |
RUS |
2615 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Howell David W L |
ENG |
2612 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Pelletier Yannick |
SUI |
2611 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Saric Ivan |
CRO |
2607 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Potkin Vladimir |
RUS |
2606 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Safarli Eltaj |
AZE |
2606 |
2.0 |
|
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| GM |
Aleksandrov Aleksej |
BLR |
2601 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Lupulescu Constantin |
ROU |
2598 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Erdos Viktor |
HUN |
2593 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Kotronias Vasilios |
GRE |
2593 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Pavasovic Dusko |
SLO |
2579 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Bosiocic Marin |
CRO |
2577 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Lopez Josep Manuel |
ESP |
2548 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Maiorov Nikita |
BLR |
2510 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Caruana Fabiano |
ITA |
2680 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Timofeev Artyom |
RUS |
2655 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Fridman Daniel |
GER |
2650 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Stocek Jiri |
CZE |
2591 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Hera Imre Jr |
HUN |
2574 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Szabo Gyula |
ROU |
2525 |
2.0 |
| IM |
Martinovic Sasa |
CRO |
2509 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Nepomniachtchi Ian |
RUS |
2656 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Melkumyan Hrant |
ARM |
2582 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Reinderman Dimitri |
NED |
2576 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Mastrovasilis Dimitrios |
GRE |
2574 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Iotov Valentin |
BUL |
2568 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Grigoryan Avetik |
ARM |
2565 |
2.0 |
| IM |
Nikolov Momchil |
BUL |
2550 |
2.0 |
| IM |
Skoberne Jure |
SLO |
2509 |
2.0 |
| IM |
Hovhannisyan Robert |
ARM |
2498 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Chirila Ioan-Cristian |
ROU |
2487 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Yemelin Vasily |
RUS |
2576 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Kovacevic Aleksandar |
SRB |
2574 |
2.0 |
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Top scorers in the women's section
| Title |
Name |
FED |
RtgI |
Pts. |
| IM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
RUS |
2554 |
2.0 |
| IM |
Muzychuk Anna |
SLO |
2533 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Socko Monika |
POL |
2465 |
2.0 |
| IM |
Skripchenko Almira |
FRA |
2456 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan |
SCO |
2447 |
2.0 |
| IM |
Muzychuk Mariya |
UKR |
2444 |
2.0 |
| IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina |
RUS |
2438 |
2.0 |
| IM |
Foisor Cristina-Adela |
ROU |
2433 |
2.0 |
| IM |
Romanko Marina |
RUS |
2409 |
2.0 |
| WGM |
Kovanova Baira |
RUS |
2385 |
2.0 |
| GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
RUS |
2524 |
2.0 |
| IM |
Moser Eva |
AUT |
2437 |
2.0 |
| WGM |
Zawadzka Jolanta |
POL |
2404 |
2.0 |
| IM |
Sedina Elena |
ITA |
2334 |
2.0 |
| WGM |
Chelushkina Irina |
SRB |
2319 |
2.0 |
| WIM |
Schneider Veronika |
HUN |
2314 |
2.0 |
| WGM |
Bodnaruk Anastasia |
RUS |
2384 |
2.0 |
Links
A selection of the games are being broadcast live on the official web
site and on the chess server Playchess.com.
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