European Championship: 11 players start with 3.0/3

by André Schulz
3/6/2023 – After three rounds, eleven players still have the maximum number of points at the European Championship in Vrnjacka Banja. The young Czech player Nguyen Thai Dai Van has the best tiebreak and nominally leads the field. | Photos: Tournament page

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With almost 500 players, the European Championship in Vrnjacka Banja (Serbia), an 11-round-Swiss, is a mammoth tournament. For most players, it's about fun, experience and maybe elopoints. More than 100 grandmasters, almost half with a rating of over 2600, take part and the top professionals want one of the cash prizes and a qualification spot for the World Cup. The first 23 players will get both.

After the first two rounds, 56 players still had the maximum number of points. But the number of players with a 100% score will gradually decrease and in the end the tiebreak rules will probably decide about the coveted qualification spots.

Boris Gelfand and Vasyl Ivanchuk are two veterans who already are among the chess legends, even if the two former world-class players are still active.

Gelfand won in the first two rounds against weaker opponents and then drew against Mikhail Kobalia in round three. With two draws against two FMs Ivanchuk had a rather slow start but then won against another FM in round three.

Standings after three rounds

1 22
 
 GM Nguyen Thai Dai Van     CZE 2651 3 0 4 5,5 10 7,2
2 53
 
 GM Sanal Vahap     TUR 2590 3 0 4 5 10 7,3
  101
 
 IM Kourkoulos-Arditis Stamatis     GRE 2520 3 0 4 5 10 10,9
4 44
 
 GM Safarli Eltaj     AZE 2608 3 0 4 5 10 7,6
  48
 
 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios     GRE 2599 3 0 4 5 10 7,6
6 56
 
 GM Kadric Denis     MNE 2583 3 0 3,5 5 10 10,6
  89
 
 GM Nasuta Grzegorz     POL 2535 3 0 3,5 5 10 11
8 19
 
 GM Ponomariov Ruslan     UKR 2655 3 0 3,5 4,5 10 7,2
9 18
 
 GM Korobov Anton     UKR 2658 3 0 3,5 4,5 10 7,2
10 116
 
 IM Gorshtein Ido     ISR 2498 3 0 3 4 10 11,1
11 92
 
 IM Kacharava Nikolozi U20   GEO 2531 3 0 3 3,5 10 10,9
12 1
 
 GM Sargissian Gabriel     ARM 2699 2,5 0 4,5 6,5 10 1,9
  77
 
 GM Kozak Adam     HUN 2552 2,5 0 4,5 6,5 10 6
14 10
 
 GM Saric Ivan     CRO 2674 2,5 0 4,5 6,5 10 2,1
  12
 
 GM Shevchenko Kirill     ROU 2668 2,5 0 4,5 6,5 10 2,2
16 3
 
 GM Anton Guijarro David     ESP 2685 2,5 0 4,5 6 10 1,2
  15
 
 GM Cheparinov Ivan     BUL 2661 2,5 0 4,5 6 10 2,3
  39
 
 GM Warmerdam Max     NED 2614 2,5 0 4,5 6 10 2,3
19 4
 
 GM Navara David     CZE 2685 2,5 0 4,5 6 10 2
  66
 
 GM Livaic Leon     CRO 2569 2,5 0 4,5 6 10 5,6
  106
 
 GM Brunello Sabino     ITA 2512 2,5 0 4,5 6 10 6,1
22 11
 
 GM Sarana Alexey     FID 2668 2,5 0 4,5 5,5 10 2,5
  33
 
 GM Svane Rasmus     GER 2620 2,5 0 4,5 5,5 10 2,6
  41
 
 GM Dardha Daniel U18   BEL 2610 2,5 0 4,5 5,5 10 2,3
  71
 
 GM Azarov Sergei     FID 2559 2,5 0 4,5 5,5 10 6,1

... 484 players

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