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The Seventh European Individual Chess Championships are taking place from April 4th to 17th in Kuşadası, Turkey. There are 85 GMs, 37 IMs and 6 FMs from 36 countries in the Men Individual Chess Championship, and 2 GMs, 20 IMs, 1 FM, 27 WGMs, 22 WIMs and 10 WFMs from 27 countries in the Women Individual Chess Championship. The total prize fund, including amateur and professionals categories, is €78.000. A total of 16 players from the men's section and 12 from the women's will qualify for the next cycle of the FIDE World Cup. The players are staying in the five-star Korumar Hotel, located on one of the best beaches of Kuşadası. It is also the venue of the tournament. Turkey is organizing the EICC for the third time in seven years.
The event is being covered on the web site of the Turkish Chess Federation, which has all the basic information. The special tournament web site is currently being redesigned and converted from Flash to HTML (many thanks to the organisers for this). You can reach is here. Games are sill delayed by one round, since they are being manually processed.
Board 1 Vassily Ivanchuk (right) vs Maxim Turov, 1-0
Top seed Vassily Ivanchuk is in first position, which he shares with fourth seed Kiril Georgiev and with Pedrag Nikolic, who is number 25 on the start list. All three have 5.5/7.0. Half a point behine we have a group of nine players with 5.0 out of seven games. They include IM Alin Berescu of Romania, who at 2461 is ranked 98 amongst the players. High-ranked players who are not doing to well are Arkadij Naiditsch (third seed, place 23), Alexander Moiseenko (fourth seed, place 60 and Konstantin Sakaev (tenth seed, place 80).
Pl. | Name | FED | Elo | Pts | |
1 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR | 2723 | 5.5 |
2 | GM | Kozul Zdenko | CRO | 2606 | 5.5 |
3 | GM | Nikolic Predrag | BIH | 2596 | 5.5 |
4 | GM | Georgiev Kiril | BUL | 2677 | 5.0 |
5 | GM | Anastasian Ashot | ARM | 2553 | 5.0 |
6 | IM | Berescu Alin | ROM | 2461 | 5.0 |
7 | IM | Arutinian David | GEO | 2532 | 5.0 |
8 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | FRA | 2633 | 5.0 |
9 | GM | Nijboer Friso | NED | 2584 | 5.0 |
10 | GM | Graf Alexander | GER | 2592 | 5.0 |
11 | GM | Belov Vladimir | RUS | 2599 | 5.0 |
12 | GM | Balogh Csaba | HUN | 2576 | 5.0 |
13 | GM | Turov Maxim | RUS | 2539 | 4.5 |
14 | GM | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2646 | 4.5 |
15 | GM | Dgebuadze Alexandre | BEL | 2535 | 4.5 |
16 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2598 | 4.5 |
17 | GM | Minasian Artashes | ARM | 2574 | 4.5 |
18 | GM | Izoria Zviad | GEO | 2647 | 4.5 |
19 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2529 | 4.5 |
20 | GM | Galkin Alexander | RUS | 2618 | 4.5 |
21 | GM | Macieja Bartlomiej | POL | 2584 | 4.5 |
22 | GM | Miroshnichenko Evgenij | UKR | 2597 | 4.5 |
23 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | GER | 2664 | 4.5 |
24 | GM | L"Ami Erwin | NED | 2565 | 4.5 |
25 | IM | Kotanjian Tigran | ARM | 2435 | 4.5 |
26 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | POL | 2554 | 4.5 |
27 | GM | Palac Mladen | CRO | 2561 | 4.5 |
28 | GM | Gurevich Mikhail | TUR | 2643 | 4.5 |
29 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | ROM | 2582 | 4.5 |
30 | GM | Hulak Krunoslav | CRO | 2541 | 4.5 |
31 | GM | Socko Bartosz | POL | 2606 | 4.5 |
32 | IM | Shanava Konstantine | GEO | 2484 | 4.5 |
33 | GM | Baramidze David | GER | 2545 | 4.5 |
34 | GM | Nyback Tomi | FIN | 2563 | 4.5 |
35 | GM | Pelletier Yannick | SUI | 2570 | 4.5 |
36 | GM | Atalik Suat | TUR | 2627 | 4.0 |
37 | GM | Kempinski Robert | POL | 2586 | 4.0 |
38 | IM | Czarnota Pawel | POL | 2529 | 4.0 |
39 | GM | Chuchelov Vladimir | BEL | 2538 | 4.0 |
40 | GM | Luther Thomas | GER | 2593 | 4.0 |
41 | GM | Kotronias Vasilios | GRE | 2598 | 4.0 |
42 | IM | Heberla Bartolomiej | POL | 2497 | 4.0 |
43 | GM | Kurnosov Igor | RUS | 2526 | 4.0 |
44 | GM | Cvitan Ognjen | CRO | 2527 | 4.0 |
45 | GM | Postny Evgeny | ISR | 2572 | 4.0 |
46 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2610 | 4.0 |
47 | GM | Malakhatko Vadim | UKR | 2559 | 4.0 |
48 | GM | Azarov Sergei | BLR | 2592 | 4.0 |
49 | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | GRE | 2577 | 4.0 |
50 | GM | Stefansson Hannes | ISL | 2579 | 4.0 |
51 | GM | Erenburg Sergey | ISR | 2554 | 4.0 |
52 | GM | Gagunashvili Merab | GEO | 2555 | 4.0 |
53 | IM | Romanov Evgeny | RUS | 2480 | 4.0 |
54 | GM | Hillarp Persson Tiger | SWE | 2524 | 4.0 |
55 | GM | Sedlak Nikola | SCG | 2564 | 4.0 |
56 | GM | Zelcic Robert | CRO | 2525 | 4.0 |
57 | GM | Kacheishvili Giorgi | GEO | 2605 | 3.5 |
58 | GM | Svetushkin Dmitry | MDA | 2552 | 3.5 |
59 | GM | Gashimov Vugar | AZE | 2644 | 3.5 |
60 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | UKR | 2662 | 3.5 |
61 | IM | Brkic Ante | CRO | 2526 | 3.5 |
62 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | MDA | 2601 | 3.5 |
63 | IM | Weiss Christian | AUT | 2437 | 3.5 |
64 | IM | Esen Baris | TUR | 2420 | 3.5 |
65 | IM | Pashikian Arman | ARM | 2475 | 3.5 |
66 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | BLR | 2614 | 3.5 |
67 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | GEO | 2567 | 3.5 |
68 | FM | Bindrich Falko | GER | 2435 | 3.5 |
69 | GM | Berg Emanuel | SWE | 2539 | 3.5 |
70 | GM | David Alberto | LUX | 2580 | 3.5 |
71 | GM | Sulskis Sarunas | LTU | 2497 | 3.5 |
72 | IM | Williams Simon | ENG | 2478 | 3.5 |
73 | GM | Delchev Aleksander | BUL | 2640 | 3.5 |
74 | IM | Jankovic Alojzije | CRO | 2516 | 3.5 |
75 | IM | Manca Federico | ITA | 2417 | 3.5 |
76 | GM | Petrosian Tigran | ARM | 2571 | 3.5 |
77 | IM | Aroshidze Levan | GEO | 2492 | 3.5 |
78 | GM | Predojevic Borki | BIH | 2566 | 3.5 |
79 | GM | Andersson Ulf | SWE | 2545 | 3.5 |
80 | GM | Sakaev Konstantin | RUS | 2637 | 3.5 |
81 | GM | Stevic Hrvoje | CRO | 2502 | 3.5 |
82 | GM | Narciso Dublan Marc | ESP | 2510 | 3.5 |
83 | GM | Winants Luc | BEL | 2530 | 3.5 |
84 | GM | Mastrovasilis Athanasios | GRE | 2508 | 3.5 |
85 | IM | Perez Candelario Manuel | ESP | 2511 | 3.5 |
86 | GM | Van Den Doel Erik | NED | 2579 | 3.5 |
87 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR | 2548 | 3.5 |
88 | IM | Kovacevic Blazimir | CRO | 2468 | 3.5 |
89 | GM | Lutz Christopher | GER | 2608 | 3.5 |
90 | FM | Michalczak Thomas | GER | 2334 | 3.5 |
91 | IM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | TUR | 2453 | 3.0 |
92 | GM | Guliev Sarhan | AZE | 2484 | 3.0 |
93 | GM | Galego Luis | POR | 2543 | 3.0 |
94 | IM | Iotov Valentin | BUL | 2440 | 3.0 |
95 | IM | Jovanic Ognjen | CRO | 2473 | 3.0 |
96 | FM | Erturan Yakup | TUR | 2332 | 3.0 |
97 | GM | Godena Michele | ITA | 2537 | 3.0 |
98 | IM | Seeman Tarvo | EST | 2412 | 3.0 |
99 | IM | Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel | ESP | 2481 | 3.0 |
100 | GM | Iskusnyh Sergei | RUS | 2510 | 3.0 |
101 | GM | Blatny Pavel | CZE | 2495 | 3.0 |
102 | GM | Iljushin Alexei | RUS | 2483 | 3.0 |
103 | Logothetis Sotirios | GRE | 2298 | 3.0 | |
104 | GM | Agrest Evgenij | SWE | 2570 | 3.0 |
105 | IM | Atakisi Umut | TUR | 2429 | 3.0 |
106 | Saric Ivan | CRO | 2393 | 3.0 | |
107 | IM | Kosintseva Tatiana | RUS | 2489 | 3.0 |
108 | IM | Zueger Beat | SUI | 2433 | 2.5 |
109 | IM | Itkis Boris | ROM | 2490 | 2.5 |
110 | IM | Vehi Bach Victor | ESP | 2335 | 2.5 |
111 | IM | Steingrimsson Hedinn | ISL | 2447 | 2.5 |
112 | IM | Saric Ante | CRO | 2474 | 2.5 |
113 | IM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | RUS | 2469 | 2.5 |
114 | Almond Richard | ENG | 2093 | 2.5 | |
115 | IM | Gasthofer Alexander | GER | 2415 | 2.5 |
116 | FM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2417 | 2.5 |
Meier Georg | GER | 2407 | 2.5 | ||
118 | Aleskerov Faik | AZE | 2325 | 2.5 | |
119 | IM | Rogic Davor | CRO | 2540 | 2.5 |
120 | FM | Vuilleumier Alex | SUI | 2354 | 2.5 |
121 | Duman Aydin | TUR | 2214 | 2.5 | |
122 | Yeke Serkan | TUR | 2255 | 2.5 | |
123 | IM | Guliev Logman | AZE | 2384 | 2.0 |
124 | IM | Arlandi Ennio | ITA | 2453 | 2.0 |
125 | IM | Soltanici Ruslan | MDA | 2323 | 2.0 |
126 | FM | Kurmann Oliver | SUI | 2297 | 2.0 |
127 | Can Emre | TUR | 2277 | 2.0 | |
128 | IM | Erdogdu Mert | TUR | 2373 | 2.0 |
129 | IM | Lanzani Mario | ITA | 2347 | 2.0 |
130 | Ziska Helgi Dam | FAI | 2306 | 2.0 | |
131 | Yagiz Yasin Emrah | TUR | 2279 | 2.0 | |
132 | Karagollu Ahmet | TUR | 0 | 2.0 | |
133 | Simeonidis Ioannis | GRE | 2307 | 1.5 | |
134 | IM | Bogner Sebastian | GER | 2329 | 1.5 |
135 | Makoli Perparim | ECU | 2251 | 1.5 | |
136 | Porligil Suleyman | TUR | 0 | 1.0 | |
137 | Tezok Cevdet Sinan | TUR | 0 | 1.0 | |
138 | De Lange Hans | NED | 1901 | 0.0 |
Women's Section board 1 Mariya Muzychuk vs Tea Bosboom-Lanchava, 0-1
In the women's section we also have three leaders with 5.5/70. each. Surprising to see IM Tea Bosboom Lanchava and WGM Ekaterina Atalik, who are only ranked 24 and 25, in this leading group. Second seed Yelena Dembo is on place nine, while the strong players Lilit Mkrtchian (2453), Nana Dzagnidze (2442) and Marie Sebag (2434) are all lower than expected in the standings. Both the Muzychuk sisters are on 4.5/7.
Womens's Section Board 48 Seray Tulay vs Ezgi Menzi
Pl. | Name | FED | Elo | Pts | |
1 | IM | Peptan Corina | ROM | 2408 | 5.5 |
2 | IM | Bosboom Lanchava Tea | NED | 2380 | 5.5 |
3 | WGM | Atalik Ekaterina | TUR | 2379 | 5.5 |
4 | IM | Dworakowska Joanna | POL | 2364 | 5.0 |
5 | WGM | Chelushkina Irina | SCG | 2320 | 5.0 |
6 | IM | Houska Jovanka | ENG | 2378 | 5.0 |
7 | WGM | Zhukova Natalia | UKR | 2425 | 5.0 |
8 | IM | Danielian Elina | ARM | 2422 | 5.0 |
9 | IM | Dembo Yelena | GRE | 2464 | 5.0 |
10 | Khotenashvili Bela | GEO | 2291 | 5.0 | |
11 | WGM | Zawadzka Jolanta | POL | 2389 | 5.0 |
12 | WIM | Muzychuk Mariya | UKR | 2172 | 4.5 |
13 | WGM | Botsari Anna-Maria | GRE | 2341 | 4.5 |
14 | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | GEO | 2410 | 4.5 |
15 | WGM | Muzychuk Anna | SLO | 2419 | 4.5 |
16 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER | 2438 | 4.5 |
17 | IM | Turova Irina | RUS | 2362 | 4.5 |
18 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2502 | 4.5 |
19 | IM | Gaponenko Inna | UKR | 2430 | 4.5 |
20 | IM | Lomineishvili Maia | GEO | 2399 | 4.5 |
21 | WIM | Kursova Maria | RUS | 2333 | 4.5 |
22 | WGM | Zdebskaja Natalia | UKR | 2332 | 4.5 |
23 | WGM | Shadrina Tatiana | RUS | 2371 | 4.5 |
24 | WIM | Gvetadze Sopio | GEO | 2282 | 4.5 |
25 | IM | Khurtsidze Nino | GEO | 2426 | 4.5 |
26 | IM | Sedina Elena | ITA | 2373 | 4.5 |
27 | WGM | Kadimova Ilaha | AZE | 2310 | 4.5 |
28 | WGM | Zielinska Marta | POL | 2366 | 4.0 |
29 | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | RUS | 2440 | 4.0 |
30 | WFM | Topel Zehra | TUR | 2139 | 4.0 |
31 | WGM | Djingarova Emilia | BUL | 2319 | 4.0 |
32 | IM | Zozulia Anna | UKR | 2355 | 4.0 |
33 | IM | Vasilevich Tatjana | UKR | 2395 | 4.0 |
34 | WGM | Ushenina Anna | UKR | 2397 | 4.0 |
35 | WGM | Juergens Vera | GER | 2330 | 4.0 |
36 | GM | Peng Zhaoqin | NED | 2395 | 4.0 |
37 | WIM | Muhren Bianca | NED | 2253 | 4.0 |
38 | WGM | Makropoulou Marina | GRE | 2305 | 4.0 |
39 | WIM | Nill Jessica | GER | 2339 | 4.0 |
40 | WGM | Velcheva Maria | BUL | 2279 | 4.0 |
41 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | ARM | 2453 | 4.0 |
42 | WIM | Burtasova Anna | RUS | 2293 | 4.0 |
43 | Gavasheli Ana | GEO | 2244 | 3.5 | |
44 | WIM | Hryhorenko Nataliya | UKR | 2323 | 3.5 |
45 | WIM | Mamedjarova Turkan | AZE | 2280 | 3.5 |
46 | IM | Klinova Masha | ISR | 2357 | 3.5 |
47 | WIM | Majdan Joanna | POL | 2297 | 3.5 |
48 | IM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2442 | 3.5 |
49 | WGM | Calotescu Ana Cristina | ROM | 2325 | 3.5 |
50 | IM | Sebag Marie | FRA | 2434 | 3.5 |
51 | IM | Arakhamia Grant Ketevan | GEO | 2423 | 3.5 |
52 | WIM | Andriasian Siranush | ARM | 2237 | 3.5 |
53 | WFM | Przezdziecka Marta | POL | 2265 | 3.5 |
54 | IM | Moser Eva | AUT | 2384 | 3.5 |
55 | FM | Schuurman Petra | NED | 2258 | 3.5 |
56 | WIM | Bensdorp Marlies | NED | 2251 | 3.5 |
57 | WGM | Aginian Nelly | ARM | 2333 | 3.5 |
58 | WGM | Benderac Ana | SCG | 2293 | 3.5 |
59 | Ozturk Kubra | TUR | 2036 | 3.5 | |
60 | WIM | Fakhiridou Ekaterini | GRE | 2292 | 3.5 |
61 | WGM | Smokina Karolina | MDA | 2252 | 3.0 |
62 | WFM | Gilbert Jessie | ENG | 2144 | 3.0 |
63 | WIM | Makka Ioulia | GRE | 2198 | 3.0 |
64 | IM | Kachiani Gersinska Ketino | GER | 2421 | 3.0 |
65 | Umudova Nargiz | AZE | 2174 | 3.0 | |
66 | WFM | Motoc Alina | ROM | 2342 | 3.0 |
67 | WGM | Melia Salome | GEO | 2393 | 3.0 |
68 | IM | Petrenko Svetlana | MDA | 2334 | 3.0 |
69 | WIM | Tsiganova Monika | EST | 2267 | 3.0 |
70 | WIM | Cherednichenko Svetlana | UKR | 2238 | 3.0 |
71 | Isgandarova Khayala | AZE | 2104 | 3.0 | |
72 | WFM | Stojanovic Andjelija | SCG | 2231 | 2.5 |
73 | Andersson Christin | SWE | 2170 | 2.5 | |
74 | WFM | Pavlovskaya Evgenia | SWE | 2182 | 2.5 |
75 | Norinkeviciute Rasa | LTU | 2106 | 2.5 | |
76 | Khudaverdieva Afag | AZE | 2156 | 2.5 | |
77 | WFM | Kubikova Alena | CZE | 2098 | 2.5 |
78 | WGM | Lematschko Tatjana | SUI | 2180 | 2.5 |
79 | WIM | Bashkite Viktoria | EST | 2205 | 2.5 |
80 | WIM | Dragomirescu Angela | ROM | 2261 | 2.5 |
81 | Van Weersel Arlette | NED | 2148 | 2.5 | |
82 | WFM | Bulmaga Irina | MDA | 2002 | 2.5 |
83 | WIM | Mira Helene | AUT | 2140 | 2.5 |
84 | Bensdorp Laura | NED | 2098 | 2.5 | |
85 | WFM | Wilson Alexandra | SUI | 2099 | 2.5 |
86 | WIM | Shukurova Meihriban | AZE | 2205 | 2.0 |
87 | WGM | Maksimovic Suzana | SCG | 2295 | 2.0 |
88 | Makka Evanthia | GRE | 2046 | 2.0 | |
89 | WFM | Coimbra Margarida | POR | 2070 | 2.0 |
90 | Eckhardt Claudia | GER | 2260 | 1.5 | |
91 | Sommer Sonja | AUT | 2047 | 1.5 | |
92 | Cherednichenko Elena | UKR | 1977 | 1.5 | |
93 | Steil Antoni Fiona | LUX | 1968 | 1.5 | |
94 | Agrest Inna | SWE | 2051 | 1.5 | |
95 | Tulay Seray | TUR | 0 | 1.0 | |
96 | Menzi Ezgi | TUR | 0 | 0.0 |
Part of the coastal town of Kuşadası is built on a hill
Ataturk Boulevard and Palm Beach
Hotel Korumar, the players hotel and also the playing venue
The hotel swimming pool
The view of the coast from Hotel Korumar
Modern apartments close to the hotel
Another five-star Hotel in the making
A group of citizens resting by the seaside
The Kosintseva sisters Tatiana and Nadezhda
Entrance to one of the many restaurants in Kuşadası
A shopping street in the town center
A typical shop selling oranges and juice
Patisserie for cakes and baklava
Local girls in the patisserie
Frits Agterdenbos, 46, lives in Heemstede, not far from Amsterdam, and was one of the leading chess photographers in the eighties. From 1979–1991 his pictures appeared in several magazines, including New in Chess, Schakend Nederland, Inside Chess, BCM, Chess, Europe Echecs and Schach. In 1984 his Dutch book “64 Schaakportretten” (in English “64 Chess Portraits”) was published. In 1991 he “retired” as a chess photographer to finish his studies and in 1997 he received a diploma as an insurance mathematician (actuary). Since 1998 he has been self-employed, working under the company name “Acturix”, which is his actuarial consultancy firm. In 2005 he picked
up his old passion, becoming again a chess photographer, and publications
show he still knows how to handle his camera. Now he combines his insurance
job and chess photography. You will find his photos on Chessbase.com,
Schaakbond.nl, and Schaaklog.nl, and many more websites
and magazines. You can contact him under f.agterdenbos(at)acturix.com
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