European Individual Championship 2019 Round 11

3/29/2019 – The 20th European Individual Championship is an 11-round Swiss tournament taking place from March 18th to 29th in Skopje, North Macedonia at the five-star DoubleTree by Hilton, located along the river Vardar. The top seed is Vladislav Artemiev (2736) from Russia. Live games beginning at 12:15 UTC (13:15 CET, 8:15 EDT) Official site: eicc2019.mk

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Round 11

Organised by the government of the Republic of North Macedonia*, the Agency for Youth and Sport of the Republic of North Macedonia, the Chess Federation of Macedonia under the auspices of the European Chess Union, the European Championship is open to all players representing ECU member federations regardless of their title or rating.

The prize fund is EUR €100,000, with €20,000 for first prize. Additionally, the top 22 players will qualify for the 2019 World Cup, to be held later this year in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

Live games and commentary

Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds per move, starting from the first move.

Pattern Recognition and Typical Plans

On this DVD GM Adrian Mikhalchishin presents games of the World Champions of the past to explain typical patterns and strategic concepts of these games and to show how grandmasters apply these ideas today.

Commentary by GM Ivan Sokolov | European Chess TV on YouTube

Results of Round 11 (top 20)

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	13	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2673	7½	½ - ½	8	GM	Artemiev Vladislav	2736	1
2	38	GM	Gledura Benjamin	2630	7½	0 - 1	7½	GM	Grandelius Nils	2694	9
3	14	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2670	7½	½ - ½	7½	GM	Piorun Kacper	2631	37
4	41	GM	Movsesian Sergei	2627	7½	½ - ½	7½	GM	Berkes Ferenc	2666	16
5	28	GM	Anton Guijarro David	2643	7½	½ - ½	7½	GM	Oparin Grigoriy	2613	58
6	39	GM	Rakhmanov Aleksandr	2629	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2683	11
7	69	GM	Esipenko Andrey	2603	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2667	15
8	18	GM	Safarli Eltaj	2662	7	1 - 0	7	GM	Bluebaum Matthias	2616	52
9	20	GM	Edouard Romain	2658	7	0 - 1	7	GM	Huschenbeth Niclas	2594	76
10	61	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2611	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Gelfand Boris	2655	23
11	79	GM	Petrov Nikita	2591	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Zvjaginsev Vadim	2642	29
12	32	GM	Lysyj Igor	2635	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2574	91
13	110	GM	Christiansen Johan-Sebastian	2539	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Fridman Daniel	2633	35
14	7	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2698	6½	1 - 0	7	GM	Can Emre	2586	81
15	56	GM	Bosiocic Marin	2614	6½	½ - ½	6½	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2705	2
16	3	GM	Dubov Daniil	2703	6½	1 - 0	6½	GM	Erdos Viktor	2612	59
17	63	GM	Predke Alexandr	2611	6½	1 - 0	6½	GM	Kovalev Vladislav	2703	4
18	8	GM	Ragger Markus	2696	6½	1 - 0	6½	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2611	62
19	57	GM	Chigaev Maksim	2613	6½	½ - ½	6½	GM	Korobov Anton	2686	10
20	17	GM	Dreev Aleksey	2662	6½	1 - 0	6½	GM	Zhigalko Sergei	2604	68

Final standings after Round 11 (top 35)

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	Rp
1	1	GM	Artemiev Vladislav		2736	8,5	2600	70,0	2798
2	9	GM	Grandelius Nils		2694	8,5	2595	71,5	2792
3	37	GM	Piorun Kacper		2631	8,0	2626	72,5	2780
4	13	GM	Rodshtein Maxim		2673	8,0	2622	69,5	2779
5	16	GM	Berkes Ferenc		2666	8,0	2595	67,5	2755
6	28	GM	Anton Guijarro David		2643	8,0	2577	67,0	2737
7	14	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter		2670	8,0	2569	67,0	2731
8	41	GM	Movsesian Sergei		2627	8,0	2539	62,5	2700
9	76	GM	Huschenbeth Niclas		2594	8,0	2531	62,0	2687
10	58	GM	Oparin Grigoriy		2613	8,0	2528	62,5	2687
11	18	GM	Safarli Eltaj		2662	8,0	2515	62,5	2680
12	110	GM	Christiansen Johan-Sebastian		2539	7,5	2619	68,5	2715
13	91	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej		2574	7,5	2604	70,0	2705
14	11	GM	Cheparinov Ivan		2683	7,5	2603	69,0	2720
15	186	IM	Pultinevicius Paulius	U18	2439	7,5	2600	62,0	2698
16	69	GM	Esipenko Andrey	U18	2603	7,5	2591	70,0	2700
17	79	GM	Petrov Nikita		2591	7,5	2586	65,0	2694
18	23	GM	Gelfand Boris	S50	2655	7,5	2585	66,5	2702
19	38	GM	Gledura Benjamin	U20	2630	7,5	2583	68,5	2697
20	63	GM	Predke Alexandr		2611	7,5	2581	68,0	2693
21	39	GM	Rakhmanov Aleksandr		2629	7,5	2580	67,0	2696
22	73	GM	Bartel Mateusz		2600	7,5	2576	67,0	2687
23	3	GM	Dubov Daniil		2703	7,5	2569	67,0	2660
24	32	GM	Lysyj Igor		2635	7,5	2564	68,0	2683
25	15	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan		2667	7,5	2562	65,5	2683
26	61	GM	Lupulescu Constantin		2611	7,5	2558	66,5	2672
27	30	GM	Alekseev Evgeny		2640	7,5	2556	65,5	2675
28	29	GM	Zvjaginsev Vadim		2642	7,5	2554	68,0	2673
29	8	GM	Ragger Markus		2696	7,5	2552	65,5	2674
30	27	GM	Kuzubov Yuriy		2644	7,5	2538	63,5	2659
31	17	GM	Dreev Aleksey	S50	2662	7,5	2536	60,5	2658
32	35	GM	Fridman Daniel		2633	7,5	2512	63,0	2635
33	7	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco		2698	7,5	2500	58,5	2611
34	53	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	U20	2616	7,5	2491	59,0	2613
35	33	GM	Volokitin Andrei		2635	7,5	2479	57,0	2594

Players scoring 7½ or more

Skopje from above

Skopje from above | Photo: eicc2019.mk

Players starting rank (top 25)

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg	Typ
1	GM	Artemiev Vladislav	24101605	RUS	2736
2	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	4147235	RUS	2705
3	GM	Dubov Daniil	24126055	RUS	2703
4	GM	Kovalev Vladislav	13504398	BLR	2703
5	GM	Saric Ivan	14508150	CRO	2703
6	GM	Mamedov Rauf	13401653	AZE	2701
7	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2205530	ESP	2698
8	GM	Ragger Markus	1610856	AUT	2696
9	GM	Grandelius Nils	1710400	SWE	2694
10	GM	Korobov Anton	14105730	UKR	2686
11	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2905540	GEO	2683
12	GM	Eljanov Pavel	14102951	UKR	2682
13	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2806851	ISR	2673
14	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	1202758	GER	2670
15	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	14103320	UKR	2667
16	GM	Berkes Ferenc	718572	HUN	2666
17	GM	Dreev Aleksey	4100107	RUS	2662	S50
18	GM	Safarli Eltaj	13402129	AZE	2662
19	GM	Melkumyan Hrant	13302485	ARM	2661
20	GM	Edouard Romain	633429	FRA	2658
21	GM	Kovalenko Igor	14117908	LAT	2658
22	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	1204297	ROU	2657
23	GM	Gelfand Boris	2805677	ISR	2655	S50
24	GM	Fressinet Laurent	608742	FRA	2652
25	GM	Moiseenko Alexander	14102560	UKR	2648

...361 players

Schedule

Day	Date	Time	Round
Monday	March 18	15:00	Round 1
Tuesday	March 19	15:00	Round 2
Wednesday	March 20	15:00	Round 3
Thursday	March 21	15:00	Round 4
Friday	March 22	15:00	Round 5
Saturday	March 23		Free Day
Sunday	March 24	15:00	Round 6
Monday	March 25	15:00	Round 7
Tuesday	March 26	15:00	Round 8
Wednesday	March 27	15:00	Round 9
Thursday	March 28	15:00	Round 10
Friday	March 29	13:00	Round 11
Friday	March 29	20:00	Closing Ceremony

*Editor's note: We used the name "Macedonia" as a shorthand, but recognize the official international name recently changed from "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)" following the June 2018 agreement which was formally ratified.

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Results of Round 11 (top 20)

Final standings after Round 11 (top 35)

Players starting rank (top 25)

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