10th
European Individual Chess Championship
in Budva, Montenegro, March 5-19th, 2009
This tournament is being organised by the Montenegro Chess Federation, the
City of Budva and the European Chess Union. It is taking place in Budva, Montenegro,
in the Congress Hall of the “Splendid Spa & Resort Hotel”. The
event is an 11-round Swiss, with a playing rate of 90 minutes for 40 moves,
then 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per
move, starting from move one.
The total prize fund of the Individual European Championship is 120,000 Euros.
First prize is € 15,000, second is € 12,000, third € 10,000
up to 25th prize, which is € 1,000. According to Montenegro law all
prizes are taxable (maximum 10%). The first 22 players will in addition qualify
for the World Cup.

The good old days: Budva in 1900
Top standings after ten rounds (6.5/10 and higher)
# |
Ti. |
Player |
Nat. |
Rtng. |
Pts. |
Perf |
1 |
GM |
Tomashevsky Evgeny |
RUS |
2664 |
7.5 |
2732 |
2 |
GM |
Fedorchuk Sergey A |
UKR |
2633 |
7.5 |
2763 |
3 |
GM |
Sokolov Ivan |
NED |
2657 |
7.5 |
2775 |
4 |
GM |
Naiditsch Arkadij |
GER |
2693 |
7.5 |
2779 |
5 |
GM |
Inarkiev Ernesto |
RUS |
2656 |
7.5 |
2787 |
6 |
GM |
Grachev Boris |
RUS |
2655 |
7.5 |
2733 |
7 |
GM |
Kobalia Mikhail |
RUS |
2634 |
7.5 |
2757 |
8 |
GM |
Guseinov Gadir |
AZE |
2661 |
7.5 |
2727 |
9 |
GM |
Nyback Tomi |
FIN |
2644 |
7.5 |
2722 |
10 |
GM |
Cheparinov Ivan |
BUL |
2679 |
7.0 |
2710 |
11 |
GM |
Timofeev Artyom |
RUS |
2671 |
7.0 |
2724 |
12 |
GM |
Jobava Baadur |
GEO |
2669 |
7.0 |
2735 |
13 |
GM |
Bartel Mateusz |
POL |
2594 |
7.0 |
2735 |
14 |
GM |
Navara David |
CZE |
2638 |
7.0 |
2710 |
15 |
GM |
Areshchenko Alex. |
UKR |
2673 |
7.0 |
2686 |
16 |
GM |
Mamedov Rauf |
AZE |
2638 |
7.0 |
2718 |
17 |
GM |
Malakhov Vladimir |
RUS |
2692 |
7.0 |
2717 |
18 |
GM |
Bologan Viktor |
MDA |
2687 |
7.0 |
2720 |
19 |
GM |
Stevic Hrvoje |
CRO |
2592 |
7.0 |
2704 |
20 |
GM |
Georgiev Kiril |
BUL |
2634 |
7.0 |
2688 |
21 |
GM |
Pashikian Arman |
ARM |
2621 |
7.0 |
2650 |
22 |
GM |
Motylev Alexander |
RUS |
2676 |
7.0 |
2664 |
23 |
GM |
Sakaev Konstantin |
RUS |
2619 |
7.0 |
2637 |
24 |
GM |
Meier Georg |
GER |
2608 |
6.5 |
2711 |
25 |
GM |
Volokitin Andrei |
UKR |
2671 |
6.5 |
2679 |
26 |
GM |
Sjugirov Sanan |
RUS |
2562 |
6.5 |
2721 |
27 |
GM |
Nijboer Friso |
NED |
2559 |
6.5 |
2714 |
28 |
GM |
Hillarp Persson Tiger |
SWE |
2586 |
6.5 |
2674 |
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|
29 |
FM |
Rasulov Vugar |
AZE |
2391 |
6.5 |
2709 |
30 |
GM |
Vitiugov Nikita |
RUS |
2687 |
6.5 |
2676 |
31 |
GM |
Akopian Vladimir |
ARM |
2700 |
6.5 |
2674 |
32 |
GM |
Bocharov Dmitry |
RUS |
2647 |
6.5 |
2675 |
33 |
GM |
Dreev Alexey |
RUS |
2688 |
6.5 |
2670 |
34 |
GM |
Kurnosov Igor |
RUS |
2602 |
6.5 |
2658 |
35 |
GM |
Andriasian Zaven |
ARM |
2564 |
6.5 |
2683 |
36 |
GM |
Lupulescu Constantin |
ROU |
2608 |
6.5 |
2606 |
37 |
GM |
Wojtaszek Radoslaw |
POL |
2608 |
6.5 |
2640 |
38 |
GM |
Mikhalevski Victor |
ISR |
2608 |
6.5 |
2658 |
39 |
GM |
Zhigalko Sergei |
BLR |
2587 |
6.5 |
2637 |
40 |
GM |
Savic Miodrag R |
SRB |
2525 |
6.5 |
2643 |
41 |
GM |
Papaioannou Ioannis |
GRE |
2609 |
6.5 |
2683 |
42 |
GM |
Gagunashvili Merab |
GEO |
2585 |
6.5 |
2598 |
43 |
GM |
Iordachescu Viorel |
MDA |
2584 |
6.5 |
2625 |
44 |
GM |
Nisipeanu Liviu-D. |
ROU |
2675 |
6.5 |
2642 |
45 |
GM |
Lenic Luka |
SLO |
2547 |
6.5 |
2637 |
46 |
GM |
Aleksandrov Aleksej |
BLR |
2636 |
6.5 |
2613 |
47 |
GM |
Perunovic Milos |
SRB |
2568 |
6.5 |
2602 |
48 |
GM |
Petrosian Tigran L |
ARM |
2623 |
6.5 |
2619 |
49 |
GM |
Svetushkin Dmitry |
MDA |
2593 |
6.5 |
2547 |
50 |
GM |
Khalifman Alexander |
RUS |
2622 |
6.5 |
2621 |
51 |
GM |
Lysyj Igor |
RUS |
2620 |
6.5 |
2626 |
52 |
GM |
Berg Emanuel |
SWE |
2606 |
6.5 |
2565 |
53 |
GM |
Milanovic Danilo |
SRB |
2552 |
6.5 |
2629 |
54 |
GM |
L'Ami Erwin |
NED |
2603 |
6.5 |
2606 |
55 |
GM |
Beliavsky Alexander |
SLO |
2646 |
6.5 |
2591 |
56 |
GM |
Nepomniachtchi Ian |
RUS |
2628 |
6.5 |
2594 |
57 |
GM |
Savchenko Boris |
RUS |
2654 |
6.5 |
2561 |
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Picture gallery
Once again heeding the admonition of a young Super-GM in Bilbao last year,
not to publish too many pictures of players, "from the front, from the
side, from above, from below, thinking, not thinking," we bring you here
instead impressions of Montenegro, the sun, the sports, activities outside of
chess – all captured by Nebojsa Baralic.

The city of Budva in Montenegro, where the 10th European Championship is
being held

The beautiful hotel park, with sunshine, the Mediterranean, date palms and
everything

Participants relaxing on the balcony

A garden chess match in front of the hotel

Step back a bit, sir! – It's always the same: the kibitzers are too
close to the board

Did she really play the Budva System: 1.e4, 2.Nf3, 3.Qe2 and 4.h3?

An expert (we assume from his attire and posture) assesses the position

No bare kings or bare anything rule here – a dignified handshake seals
the draw

On the free day the players visit the old city of Kotor, with The fortification
walls

Participants pose togehter in the city center. From left to right... (no, just
kidding!)

The Football Match – quite obligatory according to FIDE rules during
such events

A goal incident – insiders will recognise Alexander Motylev, Laurent
Fressinet (seated), and...

Dutch soccer star Loek van Wely

The soccer players pose. From left to right... (but we used that joke already!)

Too much sun, too much chess...
Photos by Nebojsa Baralic
Links
Key games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the
chess server Playchess.com.
If you are not a member you can download
the free PGN reader ChessBase Light, which gives you immediate access.
You can also use the program to read, replay and analyse the PGN games. |
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