4th
European Individual
Chess Championships
May 30th – June 14th 2003 in Silivri, Turkey
Men's section
First let us get over with the technical stuff – the very high-category
chess that is going on at the European Championships.
After 11 rounds Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Elo 2678, Georgia) remains in
the sole lead with 8 points. He is followed by twelve players within striking
distance. Behind them is a group of 19 players with 7/11.
Rank |
Title
|
Name |
Rtg |
FED |
Pts |
BH. |
1 |
GM
|
Azmaiparashvili Zurab |
2678 |
GEO |
8 |
68½ |
2 |
GM
|
Kharlov Andrei |
2581 |
RUS |
7½ |
69 |
3 |
GM
|
Sakaev Konstantin |
2664 |
RUS |
7½ |
68 |
4 |
GM
|
Georgiev Kiril |
2647 |
MKD |
7½ |
68 |
5 |
GM
|
Malakhov Vladimir |
2672 |
RUS |
7½ |
67 |
6 |
GM
|
Van Wely Loek |
2675 |
NED |
7½ |
66½ |
7 |
GM
|
Graf Alexander |
2630 |
GER |
7½ |
65½ |
8 |
GM
|
Grischuk Alexander |
2701 |
RUS |
7½ |
65 |
9 |
GM
|
Kobalia Mikhail |
2639 |
RUS |
7½ |
64½ |
10 |
GM
|
Nielsen Peter Heine |
2625 |
DEN |
7½ |
64½ |
11 |
GM
|
Aronian Levon |
2606 |
ARM |
7½ |
60 |
12 |
GM
|
Galkin Alexander |
2591 |
RUS |
7½ |
59½ |
13 |
GM
|
Sutovsky Emil |
2652 |
ISR |
7½ |
58½ |
14 |
GM
|
Aleksandrov Aleksej |
2650 |
BLR |
7 |
69 |
15 |
GM
|
Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter |
2606 |
ROM |
7 |
67½ |
16 |
GM
|
Movsesian Sergei |
2659 |
SVK |
7 |
67 |
17 |
GM
|
Dautov Rustem |
2611 |
GER |
7 |
66½ |
18 |
GM
|
Iordachescu Viorel |
2550 |
MDA |
7 |
66½ |
19 |
GM
|
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2704 |
UKR |
7 |
63 |
20 |
GM
|
Kotronias Vasilios |
2597 |
CYP |
7 |
62½ |
21 |
IM
|
Kritz Leonid |
2468 |
GER |
7 |
62 |
22 |
GM
|
Rublevsky Sergei |
2670 |
RUS |
7 |
61½ |
23 |
GM
|
Guseinov Kadir |
2505 |
AZE |
7 |
61½ |
24 |
GM
|
Sargissian Gabriel |
2572 |
ARM |
7 |
61 |
25 |
GM
|
Sulskis Sarunas |
2578 |
LTU |
7 |
61 |
26 |
GM
|
Filippov Valerij |
2627 |
RUS |
7 |
60 |
27 |
IM
|
Smirnov Pavel |
2615 |
RUS |
7 |
59½ |
28 |
GM
|
Milov Vadim |
2574 |
SUI |
7 |
59½ |
29 |
GM
|
Kacheishvili Giorgi |
2592 |
GEO |
7 |
59 |
30 |
GM
|
Motylev Alexander |
2634 |
RUS |
7 |
57 |
31 |
GM
|
Dolmatov Sergey |
2606 |
RUS |
7 |
57 |
32 |
GM
|
Moiseenko Alexander |
2627 |
UKR |
7 |
55½ |
Full
standings of all 217 players after 11 rounds
Women's section
After nine rounds there are four players in the lead, followed by a group of
five and then a nine-player group a point behind the leaders.
Rank |
Title |
Name |
Rtg |
FED |
Pts |
BH. |
1 |
WGM |
Galliamova Alisa |
2489 |
RUS |
7 |
47½ |
2 |
WGM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
2457 |
RUS |
7 |
47½ |
3 |
WGM |
Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino |
2444 |
GER |
7 |
44½ |
4 |
WGM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2430 |
LTU |
7 |
43 |
5 |
WGM |
Skripchenko Almira |
2501 |
FRA |
6½ |
47½ |
6 |
WGM |
Cramling Pia |
2470 |
SWE |
6½ |
47 |
7 |
WIM |
Sebag Marie |
2394 |
FRA |
6½ |
45½ |
8 |
WGM |
Radziewicz Iweta |
2428 |
POL |
6½ |
43½ |
9 |
WGM |
Peptan Corina |
2471 |
ROM |
6½ |
42½ |
10 |
WGM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2550 |
BUL |
6 |
47½ |
11 |
WIM |
Zimina Olga |
2358 |
RUS |
6 |
47 |
12 |
WGM |
Polovnikova Ekaterina |
2383 |
RUS |
6 |
43 |
13 |
WGM |
Matveeva Svetlana |
2474 |
RUS |
6 |
42½ |
14 |
WGM |
Lomineishvili Maia |
2397 |
GEO |
6 |
42½ |
15 |
WGM |
Gaponenko Inna |
2417 |
UKR |
6 |
42½ |
16 |
WGM |
Socko Monika |
2381 |
POL |
6 |
41½ |
17 |
WGM |
Mkrtchian Lilit |
2416 |
ARM |
6 |
40½ |
18 |
WGM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
2417 |
RUS |
6 |
40 |
Full
standings of all 115 player after nine rounds
Picture gallery – players at play
For two days now we have been pressured by chess players all over the world,
mainly by a very stong GM living in Greece, asking us to for chrissake publish
the pictures we promised already, dammit. Sheesh, some people are really quite
obsessed. Well, here they are at last, the ladies and gentlemen frolicing in
the recreational facilities of the Hotel Princess in Silivri.

On the waterfront: Nedezhda (18) and Tatiana Kosintseva (17)

One more of Tatiana, who's in the lead in the tournament

IM Olga Alexandrova on the beach front

Olga, 25, is from the Ukraine

Beach beauty GM Vassily Ivanchuk, 34, Ukraine (39-39-39, we are told)

Cool beach-and-pool guy GM Sergey Tiviakov, 30, Holland

Sergey taking the jump – from the rock wall in the hotel recreation area

WFM Alina Motoc, 18, Romania, at the hotel pool

Classic poolside pose by Anna Sharevich, 18, from Belarus

Shrieking down the water slide. That's Vadim Milov in the fourth panel

In great form (2636!): GM Sergey Volkov, 29, Russia

Cooling off: GM Semen Dvoirys, 44 of Russia

WIM Svetlana Petrenko, 29, from Moldova, with Alina Motoc, 18, Romania
Ephydriad
Alina Motoc going all the way into the water...

...diving with verve into the indoor swimming pool

Ephydriads Anna Sharevich, Alina Motoc and Svetlana Petrenko

Anna and Alina in the Turkish bath

and in the sauna, with Svetlana Petrenko up front

... cooling off after the steam session

Svetlana Petrenko trying out some limbo with Alina Motoc and Karolina Smokina

...and working on the tan with WFM Karolina Smokina and GM Viktor Bologan

GM Michele Godena, 35, from Italy

GM Alexander Huzman, 41, Israel, ready to join the action

Ukraine GMs Aleksandr Shneider, 41, and Stanislav Savchenko

17-year-old Ukraine Anton Korobov with his trainer Vaisman

And finally a portrait of our star photographer Galina Tiviakova
Pictures by Galina Tiviakova
Previous picture reports
And two great photo reports by Anna Dergachova, with a German language report
(for those of you who want more than just the pictures)

Please remember that at the end of the tournament we will asking you to
select your favourite players, so keep a note of your candidates for the title
of most popular participant in Silivri.