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10th
European Individual Chess ChampionshipThis 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.
| Rk. | Ti. | Name | Nat. | Rtng. | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | Perf. |
| 1 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | NED | 2657 | 8.0 | 63.0 | 76.5 | 2763 |
| 2 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2656 | 8.0 | 62.5 | 76.0 | 2778 |
| 3 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | GER | 2693 | 8.0 | 62.5 | 76.0 | 2767 |
| 4 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | RUS | 2664 | 8.0 | 62.0 | 75.5 | 2724 |
| 5 | GM | Navara David | CZE | 2638 | 8.0 | 60.5 | 74.0 | 2747 |
| 6 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | RUS | 2692 | 8.0 | 60.5 | 73.5 | 2749 |
| 7 | GM | Grachev Boris | RUS | 2655 | 8.0 | 60.0 | 73.0 | 2726 |
| 8 | GM | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2669 | 8.0 | 59.5 | 71.5 | 2765 |
| 9 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | RUS | 2634 | 8.0 | 59.0 | 72.0 | 2748 |
| 10 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2661 | 8.0 | 57.5 | 70.0 | 2718 |
| 11 | GM | Nyback Tomi | FIN | 2644 | 8.0 | 54.5 | 66.5 | 2716 |
| 12 | GM | Meier Georg | GER | 2608 | 7.5 | 63.5 | 76.5 | 2727 |
| 13 | GM | Nijboer Friso | NED | 2559 | 7.5 | 62.0 | 74.0 | 2739 |
| 14 | GM | Fedorchuk Sergey A | UKR | 2633 | 7.5 | 61.5 | 75.5 | 2714 |
| 15 | GM | Timofeev Artyom | RUS | 2671 | 7.5 | 61.5 | 74.0 | 2712 |
| 16 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | RUS | 2562 | 7.5 | 61.5 | 73.5 | 2746 |
| 17 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | POL | 2594 | 7.5 | 60.5 | 73.5 | 2727 |
| 18 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2638 | 7.5 | 59.5 | 72.5 | 2713 |
| 19 | GM | Areshchenko Alexander | UKR | 2673 | 7.5 | 59.0 | 70.5 | 2675 |
| 20 | GM | Stevic Hrvoje | CRO | 2592 | 7.5 | 59.0 | 70.5 | 2699 |
| 21 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | RUS | 2687 | 7.5 | 58.5 | 71.5 | 2703 |
| 22 | GM | Dreev Alexey | RUS | 2688 | 7.5 | 58.0 | 71.0 | 2698 |
| 23 | GM | Bologan Viktor | MDA | 2687 | 7.5 | 58.0 | 70.5 | 2710 |
| 24 | GM | Kurnosov Igor | RUS | 2602 | 7.5 | 57.5 | 70.5 | 2692 |
| 25 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | ROU | 2608 | 7.5 | 57.5 | 69.0 | 2640 |
| 26 | GM | Papaioannou Ioannis | GRE | 2609 | 7.5 | 56.5 | 69.0 | 2707 |
| 27 | GM | Mikhalevski Victor | ISR | 2608 | 7.5 | 56.0 | 69.0 | 2667 |
| 28 | GM | Motylev Alexander | RUS | 2676 | 7.5 | 56.0 | 68.5 | 2655 |
| 29 | GM | Pashikian Arman | ARM | 2621 | 7.5 | 55.0 | 67.0 | 2652 |
| 30 | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2675 | 7.5 | 53.5 | 66.0 | 2671 |
| 31 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L | ARM | 2623 | 7.5 | 52.5 | 63.5 | 2645 |
| 32 | GM | Svetushkin Dmitry | MDA | 2593 | 7.5 | 51.5 | 62.5 | 2589 |
| 33 | GM | Sakaev Konstantin | RUS | 2619 | 7.5 | 51.0 | 63.0 | 2637 |
| 34 | GM | Savchenko Boris | RUS | 2654 | 7.5 | 50.0 | 61.0 | 2596 |
The technical Commission decided late at night that the following system would be used: the six players with the lowest tiebreak points will play two-game rapid chess (15 minutes + 5 seconds) matches against each other, with 5/4 armageddon games in case of ties. The winners then play against the three players with the highest tiebreak points, while the two players in the middle (Tomashevsky and Navara) play against each other. The system is the same (rapid and armageddon). The tiebreaks are then continued in the regular fashion. Pairing tables are already up.
There will also be tiebreak matches (same system) for World Cup qualification with fourteen participants. Pairings are available here. The tiebreak games are expected to begin at 9:30 a.m. Thanks to Playchess Sysop Holger Lieske for providing this information.
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| Rk. | Ti. | Name | Nat. | Rtng. | Pts. | Perf. |
| 2 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2656 | 8.0 | 2778 |
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| 3 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | GER | 2693 | 8.0 | 2767 |
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| 5 | GM | Navara David | CZE | 2638 | 8.0 | 2747 |
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| 8 | GM | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2669 | 8.0 | 2765 |
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| 9 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | RUS | 2634 | 8.0 | 2748 |
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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