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.
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.
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| Rk. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | ||
| 1 |
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GM | Artemiev Vladislav | 2736 | 8,5 | 2600 |
| 2 |
|
GM | Grandelius Nils | 2694 | 8,5 | 2595 |
| 3 |
|
GM | Piorun Kacper | 2631 | 8,0 | 2626 |
| 4 |
|
GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2673 | 8,0 | 2622 |
| 5 |
|
GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2666 | 8,0 | 2595 |
| 6 |
|
GM | Anton Guijarro David | 2643 | 8,0 | 2577 |
| 7 |
|
GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | 2670 | 8,0 | 2569 |
| 8 |
|
GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2627 | 8,0 | 2539 |
| 9 |
|
GM | Huschenbeth Niclas | 2594 | 8,0 | 2531 |
| 10 |
|
GM | Oparin Grigoriy | 2613 | 8,0 | 2528 |
| 11 |
|
GM | Safarli Eltaj | 2662 | 8,0 | 2515 |
| 12 |
|
GM | Christiansen Johan-Sebastian | 2539 | 7,5 | 2619 |
| 13 |
|
GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2574 | 7,5 | 2604 |
| 14 |
|
GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2683 | 7,5 | 2603 |
| 15 |
|
IM | Pultinevicius Paulius | 2439 | 7,5 | 2600 |
| 16 |
|
GM | Esipenko Andrey | 2603 | 7,5 | 2591 |
| 17 |
|
GM | Petrov Nikita | 2591 | 7,5 | 2586 |
| 18 |
|
GM | Gelfand Boris | 2655 | 7,5 | 2585 |
| 19 |
|
GM | Gledura Benjamin | 2630 | 7,5 | 2583 |
| 20 |
|
GM | Predke Alexandr | 2611 | 7,5 | 2581 |
| 21 |
|
GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | 2629 | 7,5 | 2580 |
| 22 |
|
GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2600 | 7,5 | 2576 |
| 23 |
|
GM | Dubov Daniil | 2703 | 7,5 | 2569 |
| 24 |
|
GM | Lysyj Igor | 2635 | 7,5 | 2564 |
| 25 |
|
GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2667 | 7,5 | 2562 |
| 26 |
|
GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2611 | 7,5 | 2558 |
| 27 |
|
GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2640 | 7,5 | 2556 |
| 28 |
|
GM | Zvjaginsev Vadim | 2642 | 7,5 | 2554 |
| 29 |
|
GM | Ragger Markus | 2696 | 7,5 | 2552 |
| 30 |
|
GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2644 | 7,5 | 2538 |
| 31 |
|
GM | Dreev Aleksey | 2662 | 7,5 | 2536 |
| 32 |
|
GM | Fridman Daniel | 2633 | 7,5 | 2512 |
| 33 |
|
GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2698 | 7,5 | 2500 |
| 34 |
|
GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | 2616 | 7,5 | 2491 |
| 35 |
|
GM | Volokitin Andrei | 2635 | 7,5 | 2479 |
Players scoring 7½ or more
Skopje from above | Photo: eicc2019.mk
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | ||
| 1 |
|
GM | Artemiev Vladislav | RUS | 2736 |
| 2 |
|
GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | RUS | 2705 |
| 3 |
|
GM | Dubov Daniil | RUS | 2703 |
| 4 |
|
GM | Kovalev Vladislav | BLR | 2703 |
| 5 |
|
GM | Saric Ivan | CRO | 2703 |
| 6 |
|
GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2701 |
| 7 |
|
GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2698 |
| 8 |
|
GM | Ragger Markus | AUT | 2696 |
| 9 |
|
GM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2694 |
| 10 |
|
GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2686 |
| 11 |
|
GM | Cheparinov Ivan | GEO | 2683 |
| 12 |
|
GM | Eljanov Pavel | UKR | 2682 |
| 13 |
|
GM | Rodshtein Maxim | ISR | 2673 |
| 14 |
|
GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | GER | 2670 |
| 15 |
|
GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | UKR | 2667 |
| 16 |
|
GM | Berkes Ferenc | HUN | 2666 |
| 17 |
|
GM | Dreev Aleksey | RUS | 2662 |
| 18 |
|
GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2662 |
| 19 |
|
GM | Melkumyan Hrant | ARM | 2661 |
| 20 |
|
GM | Edouard Romain | FRA | 2658 |
| 21 |
|
GM | Kovalenko Igor | LAT | 2658 |
| 22 |
|
GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | ROU | 2657 |
| 23 |
|
GM | Gelfand Boris | ISR | 2655 |
| 24 |
|
GM | Fressinet Laurent | FRA | 2652 |
| 25 |
|
GM | Moiseenko Alexander | UKR | 2648 |
...361 players
| Day | Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Monday |
March 18 |
15:00 |
Round 1 |
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Tuesday |
March 19 |
15:00 |
Round 2 |
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Wednesday |
March 20 |
15:00 |
Round 3 |
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Thursday |
March 21 |
15:00 |
Round 4 |
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Friday |
March 22 |
15:00 |
Round 5 |
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Saturday |
March 23 |
Free Day | |
|
Sunday |
March 24 |
15:00 |
Round 6 |
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Monday |
March 25 |
15:00 |
Round 7 |
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Tuesday |
March 26 |
15:00 |
Round 8 |
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Wednesday |
March 27 |
15:00 |
Round 9 |
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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.
