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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 it here. Games are still delayed by one round, since they are being manually processed.
TCF President and chief organiser Ali Nihat Yazici (right) with ECU President
Boris Kutin
Ali Nihat Yazici, the President of the Turkish Chess Federation (which has 128,000 members!), provided some information on the cost of the event: "We will lose probably around 40.000 € by organising this tournament, because of the prize fund, because of organisational costs, because of the high quality of conditions provided. We have some sponsors of course, but the negative result of the tournament is worked out after calculating the contribution of sponsors. Do we mind? Never! For us it is indeed a profit. If the tournament had been organised abroad, we would not have been able to afford to send the same number of Turkish players to the European Championships. The money is invested in Turkish Hotels, in airline companies, and will go to our eminent friends and chess players, from different countries, participating in the tournament."
After the first three rounds in the men's section Dutch GM Erwin L'Ami was leading with a 3.0/3.0 score. However after losing his round four game Erwin was overtaken by the trio of Jobava, Dgebuandze and Anastasian, who now lead the field with 3½ points. Top seed Vassily Ivanchuk is in the second group with 3.0 points, where we also find Kiril Georgiev, Arkadij Naiditsch, Suat Atalik, Giorgi Kacheishvili and Zdenko Kozul.
1 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2646 | GEO | 3½ |
2 | GM | Dgebuadze Alexandre | 2535 | BEL | 3½ |
3 | GM | Anastasian Ashot | 2553 | ARM | 3½ |
4 | IM | Berescu Alin | 2461 | ROM | 3 |
5 | GM | Turov Maxim | 2539 | RUS | 3 |
6 | GM | L'Ami Erwin | 2565 | NED | 3 |
7 | GM | Izoria Zviad | 2647 | GEO | 3 |
GM | Minasian Artashes | 2574 | ARM | 3 | |
GM | Palac Mladen | 2561 | CRO | 3 | |
10 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2529 | AZE | 3 |
11 | GM | Atalik Suat | 2627 | TUR | 3 |
12 | GM | Luther Thomas | 2593 | GER | 3 |
13 | GM | Kacheishvili Giorgi | 2605 | GEO | 3 |
GM | Svetushkin Dmitry | 2552 | MDA | 3 | |
15 | GM | Macieja Bartlomiej | 2584 | POL | 3 |
16 | IM | Kotanjian Tigran | 2435 | ARM | 3 |
17 | GM | Galkin Alexander | 2618 | RUS | 3 |
GM | Nikolic Predrag | 2596 | BIH | 3 | |
19 | GM | Kozul Zdenko | 2606 | CRO | 3 |
20 | GM | Georgiev Kiril | 2677 | BUL | 3 |
GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2644 | AZE | 3 | |
GM | Belov Vladimir | 2599 | RUS | 3 | |
23 | GM | Malakhatko Vadim | 2559 | UKR | 3 |
24 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2723 | UKR | 3 |
GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2664 | GER | 3 | |
26 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | 2598 | RUS | 2½ |
27 | GM | Galego Luis | 2543 | POR | 2½ |
28 | IM | Arutinian David | 2532 | GEO | 2½ |
29 | GM | Nijboer Friso | 2584 | NED | 2½ |
30 | GM | Miroshnichenko Evgenij | 2597 | UKR | 2½ |
GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2554 | POL | 2½ | |
32 | GM | Chuchelov Vladimir | 2538 | BEL | 2½ |
33 | GM | Berg Emanuel | 2539 | SWE | 2½ |
34 | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | 2577 | GRE | 2½ |
35 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2567 | GEO | 2½ |
36 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | 2601 | MDA | 2½ |
37 | IM | Iotov Valentin | 2440 | BUL | 2½ |
38 | IM | Czarnota Pawel | 2529 | POL | 2½ |
39 | GM | Kotronias Vasilios | 2598 | GRE | 2½ |
40 | GM | Graf Alexander | 2592 | GER | 2½ |
41 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | 2582 | ROM | 2½ |
42 | GM | Gurevich Mikhail | 2643 | TUR | 2½ |
43 | FM | Erturan Yakup | 2332 | TUR | 2½ |
44 | GM | Azarov Sergei | 2592 | BLR | 2½ |
45 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | 2610 | AZE | 2½ |
GM | Socko Bartosz | 2606 | POL | 2½ | |
47 | GM | Hulak Krunoslav | 2541 | CRO | 2½ |
48 | GM | Balogh Csaba | 2576 | HUN | 2½ |
49 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2662 | UKR | 2½ |
GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2614 | BLR | 2½ | |
51 | GM | Predojevic Borki | 2566 | BIH | 2½ |
52 | IM | Manca Federico | 2417 | ITA | 2½ |
53 | GM | Kempinski Robert | 2586 | POL | 2½ |
54 | GM | David Alberto | 2580 | LUX | 2½ |
55 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2633 | FRA | 2½ |
56 | GM | Nyback Tomi | 2563 | FIN | 2½ |
57 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2548 | UKR | 2½ |
58 | GM | Godena Michele | 2537 | ITA | 2 |
59 | GM | Kurnosov Igor | 2526 | RUS | 2 |
60 | GM | Petrosian Tigran | 2571 | ARM | 2 |
61 | GM | Andersson Ulf | 2545 | SWE | 2 |
62 | IM | Esen Baris | 2420 | TUR | 2 |
63 | GM | Pelletier Yannick | 2570 | SUI | 2 |
64 | IM | Weiss Christian | 2437 | AUT | 2 |
65 | IM | Jovanic Ognjen | 2473 | CRO | 2 |
66 | GM | Baramidze David | 2545 | GER | 2 |
67 | IM | Aroshidze Levan | 2492 | GEO | 2 |
68 | GM | Sulskis Sarunas | 2497 | LTU | 2 |
69 | GM | Gagunashvili Merab | 2555 | GEO | 2 |
70 | IM | Jankovic Alojzije | 2516 | CRO | 2 |
71 | IM | Guliev Logman | 2384 | AZE | 2 |
72 | IM | Williams Simon | 2478 | ENG | 2 |
73 | GM | Sedlak Nikola | 2564 | SCG | 2 |
GM | Guliev Sarhan | 2484 | AZE | 2 | |
75 | IM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | 2453 | TUR | 2 |
76 | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2572 | ISR | 2 |
77 | GM | Stefansson Hannes | 2579 | ISL | 2 |
78 | GM | Stevic Hrvoje | 2502 | CRO | 2 |
IM | Pashikian Arman | 2475 | ARM | 2 | |
FM | Bindrich Falko | 2435 | GER | 2 | |
81 | GM | Winants Luc | 2530 | BEL | 2 |
82 | IM | Vehi Bach Victor | 2335 | ESP | 2 |
83 | GM | Mastrovasilis Athanasios | 2508 | GRE | 2 |
84 | IM | Seeman Tarvo | 2412 | EST | 2 |
85 | GM | Narciso Dublan Marc | 2510 | ESP | 2 |
86 | GM | Iljushin Alexei | 2483 | RUS | 2 |
IM | Romanov Evgeny | 2480 | RUS | 2 | |
88 | IM | Brkic Ante | 2526 | CRO | 1½ |
89 | GM | Cvitan Ognjen | 2527 | CRO | 1½ |
90 | IM | Heberla Bartlomiej | 2497 | POL | 1½ |
91 | GM | Erenburg Sergey | 2554 | ISR | 1½ |
92 | GM | Delchev Aleksander | 2640 | BUL | 1½ |
93 | IM | Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel | 2481 | ESP | 1½ |
94 | IM | Perez Candelario Manuel | 2511 | ESP | 1½ |
95 | GM | Blatny Pavel | 2495 | CZE | 1½ |
IM | Shanava Konstantine | 2484 | GEO | 1½ | |
97 | Almond Richard | 2093 | ENG | 1½ | |
98 | GM | Van Den Doel Erik | 2579 | NED | 1½ |
99 | IM | Steingrimsson Hedinn | 2447 | ISL | 1½ |
100 | GM | Sakaev Konstantin | 2637 | RUS | 1½ |
101 | IM | Saric Ante | 2474 | CRO | 1½ |
102 | IM | Itkis Boris | 2490 | ROM | 1½ |
103 | GM | Zelcic Robert | 2525 | CRO | 1½ |
104 | GM | Hillarp Persson Tiger | 2524 | SWE | 1½ |
105 | IM | Arlandi Ennio | 2453 | ITA | 1½ |
106 | GM | Agrest Evgenij | 2570 | SWE | 1½ |
107 | IM | Bogner Sebastian | 2329 | GER | 1½ |
108 | IM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2469 | RUS | 1½ |
109 | IM | Gasthofer Alexander | 2415 | GER | 1½ |
110 | GM | Lutz Christopher | 2608 | GER | 1½ |
111 | Logothetis Sotirios | 2298 | GRE | 1½ | |
112 | FM | Safarli Eltaj | 2417 | AZE | 1½ |
113 | Duman Aydin | 2214 | TUR | 1½ | |
114 | IM | Kovacevic Blazimir | 2468 | CRO | 1½ |
115 | IM | Soltanici Ruslan | 2323 | MDA | 1 |
116 | GM | Iskusnyh Sergei | 2510 | RUS | 1 |
117 | Meier Georg | 2407 | GER | 1 | |
118 | IM | Zueger Beat | 2433 | SUI | 1 |
119 | IM | Rogic Davor | 2540 | CRO | 1 |
120 | IM | Lanzani Mario | 2347 | ITA | 1 |
121 | FM | Kurmann Oliver | 2297 | SUI | 1 |
Can Emre | 2277 | TUR | 1 | ||
123 | Aleskerov Faik | 2325 | AZE | 1 | |
124 | IM | Atakisi Umut | 2429 | TUR | 1 |
125 | FM | Vuilleumier Alex | 2354 | SUI | 1 |
126 | FM | Michalczak Thomas | 2334 | GER | 1 |
127 | Makoli Perparim | 2251 | ECU | 1 | |
Tezok Cevdet Sinan | 0 | TUR | 1 | ||
129 | IM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2489 | RUS | 1 |
130 | Saric Ivan | 2393 | CRO | 1 | |
131 | Ziska Helgi Dam | 2306 | FAI | 1 | |
132 | Yeke Serkan | 2255 | TUR | 1 | |
133 | IM | Erdogdu Mert | 2373 | TUR | ½ |
134 | Simeonidis Ioannis | 2307 | GRE | ½ | |
135 | Porligil Suleyman | 0 | TUR | 0 | |
136 | Yagiz Yasin Emrah | 2279 | TUR | 0 | |
137 | De Lange Hans | 1901 | NED | 0 | |
138 | Karagollu Ahmet | 0 | TUR | 0 |
In the Women's section we have five players in the lead, with 3½ points each. The sensation here is Mariya Muzychuk, who is just 13 years old. Her sister Anna, who has just turned 16, is in the second group with 3 points. We will have to watch the progress of the remarkable Muzychuk sisters. Former women's world champion Antoaneta Stefanova and Dutch GM Peng Zhaoqin have two points each, while the 2400+ players Nana Dzagnidze, Lilit Mkrtchian and Marie Sebag are languishing at 1½ points.
1 | IM | Peptan Corina-Isabela | 2408 | ROM | 3½ |
2 | IM | Dworakowska Joanna | 2364 | POL | 3½ |
3 | WIM | Muzychuk Mariya | 2172 | UKR | 3½ |
4 | IM | Bosboom-Lanchava Tea | 2380 | NED | 3½ |
5 | WGM | Zawadzka Jolanta | 2389 | POL | 3½ |
6 | WGM | Zhukova Natalia | 2425 | UKR | 3 |
7 | WGM | Muzychuk Anna | 2419 | SLO | 3 |
8 | IM | Houska Jovanka | 2378 | ENG | 3 |
9 | WFM | Topel Zehra | 2139 | TUR | 3 |
10 | WGM | Zielinska Marta | 2366 | POL | 3 |
WGM | Botsari Anna-Maria | 2341 | GRE | 3 | |
12 | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2440 | RUS | 3 |
13 | WGM | Atalik Ekaterina | 2379 | TUR | 3 |
14 | WGM | Chelushkina Irina | 2320 | SCG | 3 |
15 | IM | Danielian Elina | 2422 | ARM | 3 |
16 | Gavasheli Ana | 2244 | GEO | 3 | |
17 | WIM | Majdan Joanna | 2297 | POL | 3 |
18 | WGM | Zdebskaja Natalia | 2332 | UKR | 3 |
19 | WGM | Shadrina Tatiana | 2371 | RUS | 3 |
20 | IM | Klinova Masha | 2357 | ISR | 2½ |
21 | IM | Zozulia Anna | 2355 | UKR | 2½ |
22 | IM | Lomineishvili Maia | 2399 | GEO | 2½ |
23 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2438 | GER | 2½ |
24 | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2410 | GEO | 2½ |
25 | IM | Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan | 2423 | GEO | 2½ |
26 | Khotenashvili Bela | 2291 | GEO | 2½ | |
27 | IM | Turova Irina | 2362 | RUS | 2½ |
28 | IM | Gaponenko Inna | 2430 | UKR | 2½ |
WIM | Hryhorenko Nataliya | 2323 | UKR | 2½ | |
30 | WGM | Ushenina Anna | 2397 | UKR | 2½ |
31 | WGM | Calotescu Ana-Cristina | 2325 | ROM | 2½ |
32 | WIM | Mamedjarova Turkan | 2280 | AZE | 2½ |
33 | WGM | Djingarova Emilia | 2319 | BUL | 2½ |
34 | WIM | Nill Jessica | 2339 | GER | 2½ |
35 | IM | Dembo Yelena | 2464 | GRE | 2½ |
36 | IM | Vasilevich Tatjana | 2395 | UKR | 2½ |
37 | IM | Petrenko Svetlana | 2334 | MDA | 2½ |
38 | WIM | Gvetadze Sopio | 2282 | GEO | 2½ |
39 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2502 | BUL | 2 |
40 | WGM | Melia Salome | 2393 | GEO | 2 |
41 | WIM | Kursova Maria | 2333 | RUS | 2 |
42 | WGM | Makropoulou Marina | 2305 | GRE | 2 |
43 | IM | Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino | 2421 | GER | 2 |
44 | WGM | Juergens Vera | 2330 | GER | 2 |
45 | IM | Khurtsidze Nino | 2426 | GEO | 2 |
46 | GM | Peng Zhaoqin | 2395 | NED | 2 |
47 | IM | Moser Eva | 2384 | AUT | 2 |
48 | IM | Sedina Elena | 2373 | ITA | 2 |
49 | WGM | Smokina Karolina | 2252 | MDA | 2 |
50 | FM | Schuurman Petra | 2258 | NED | 2 |
51 | WIM | Bensdorp Marlies | 2251 | NED | 2 |
52 | WFM | Motoc Alina | 2342 | ROM | 2 |
53 | WIM | Makka Ioulia | 2198 | GRE | 2 |
54 | WIM | Muhren Bianca | 2253 | NED | 2 |
55 | WIM | Cherednichenko Svetlana | 2238 | UKR | 2 |
56 | Umudova Nargiz | 2174 | AZE | 2 | |
57 | WIM | Dragomirescu Angela | 2261 | ROM | 2 |
58 | WGM | Maksimovic Suzana | 2295 | SCG | 2 |
59 | WGM | Kadimova Ilaha | 2310 | AZE | 2 |
60 | WIM | Fakhiridou Ekaterini | 2292 | GRE | 2 |
61 | Andersson Christin | 2170 | SWE | 1½ | |
62 | IM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2442 | GEO | 1½ |
63 | IM | Sebag Marie | 2434 | FRA | 1½ |
64 | WFM | Kubikova Alena | 2098 | CZE | 1½ |
65 | Norinkeviciute Rasa | 2106 | LTU | 1½ | |
66 | WFM | Pavlovskaia Evgenia | 2182 | SWE | 1½ |
67 | WFM | Przezdziecka Marta | 2265 | POL | 1½ |
68 | WFM | Stojanovic Andjelija | 2231 | SCG | 1½ |
69 | WGM | Lematschko Tatjana | 2180 | SUI | 1½ |
70 | WIM | Mira Helene | 2140 | AUT | 1½ |
71 | Eckhardt Claudia | 2260 | GER | 1½ | |
72 | WGM | Velcheva Maria | 2279 | BUL | 1½ |
73 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2453 | ARM | 1½ |
74 | WFM | Gilbert Jessie | 2144 | ENG | 1½ |
75 | WIM | Tsiganova Monika | 2267 | EST | 1½ |
76 | WIM | Andriasian Siranush | 2237 | ARM | 1½ |
77 | Ozturk Kubra | 2036 | TUR | 1½ | |
78 | Steil-Antoni Fiona | 1968 | LUX | 1½ | |
79 | Bensdorp Laura | 2098 | NED | 1½ | |
80 | WIM | Shukurova Meihriban | 2205 | AZE | 1 |
81 | Khudaverdieva Afag | 2156 | AZE | 1 | |
82 | WGM | Benderac Ana | 2293 | SCG | 1 |
83 | WGM | Aginian Nelly | 2333 | ARM | 1 |
84 | WIM | Bashkite Viktoria | 2205 | EST | 1 |
85 | WFM | Wilson Alexandra | 2099 | SUI | 1 |
86 | Van Weersel Arlette | 2148 | NED | 1 | |
87 | Isgandarova Khayala | 2104 | AZE | 1 | |
88 | Makka Evanthia | 2046 | GRE | 1 | |
89 | WIM | Burtasova Anna | 2293 | RUS | 1 |
90 | WFM | Bulmaga Irina | 2002 | MDA | 1 |
91 | Agrest Inna | 2051 | SWE | ½ | |
92 | Cherednichenko Elena | 1977 | UKR | ½ | |
93 | WFM | Coimbra Margarida | 2070 | POR | ½ |
94 | Sommer Sonja | 2047 | AUT | 0 | |
95 | Menzi Ezgi | 0 | TUR | 0 | |
96 | Tulay Seray | 0 | TUR | 0 |
Games will be provided later...
Name | Nat | Title | Elo | |
1 | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | GM | 2502 |
2 | Dembo Yelena | GRE | IM | 2464 |
3 | Mkrtchian Lilit | ARM | IM | 2453 |
4 | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | IM | 2442 |
5 | Pogonina Natalija | RUS | WGM | 2440 |
6 | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER | IM | 2438 |
7 | Sebag Marie | FRA | IM | 2434 |
8 | Gaponenko Inna | UKR | IM | 2430 |
9 | Khurtsidze Nino | GEO | IM | 2426 |
10 | Zhukova Natalia | UKR | WGM | 2425 |
11 | Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan | GEO | IM | 2423 |
12 | Danielian Elina | ARM | IM | 2422 |
13 | Kachiani-G Ketino | GER | IM | 2421 |
14 | Muzychuk Anna | SLO | WGM | 2419 |
15 | Javakhishvili Lela | GEO | IM | 2410 |
16 | Peptan Corina-Isabela | ROM | IM | 2408 |
We promised you pictures from the women's section of the European Individual Championships. Well, here they are. Be enchanted.
Former women's world champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova
Second seed: Dembo Yelena, 2464, playing for Greece
Sensation in the lead: 13-year-old WIM Mariya Muzychuk, Ukraine
Older sister Anna Muzychuk, 16, plays for Slovenia
Also in the lead: IM Tea Bosboom-Lanchava of The Netherlands
IM Inna Gaponenko, 2430, Ukraine
Playing in the Men's section: IM Kosintseva Tatiana, 2489, Russia
Also in the Men's section: sister Nadezhda Kosintseva, 2469
GM Peng Zhaoqin of the Netherlands
IM Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia
IM Nino Khurtsidze, Georgia
IM Lela Javakhishvili of Georgia
IM Elina Danielian of Armenia
IM Ketino Kachiani-Gersin of Germany
WIM Maria Kursova, Russia
WGM Ekaterina Atalik, now playing for Turkey
Doing great so far (3/4): WFM Topel Zehra, Turkey
Claudia Eckhardt of Germany
Beth..? No, Arlette van Weersel of the Netherlands
The German encounter: Jessica Nill vs Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska (draw)
The Dutch girls Marlies Bensdorp, Arlette Van Weersel and Laura Bensdorp
Maia Lomineishvili, Georgia, and tournament director Abdurrahman Koral