Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu new European Champion

7/2/2005 – You may be forgiven if you don't know the name – or maybe not. Nisipeanu was a surprise semi-finalist at the FIDE knock-out world championship in Las Vegas 1999, and he has a string of remarkable tournament wins since then. Because of his style he is known as a modern-day Tal. Liviu-Dieter won the European title. Report and games.

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Sixth European Individual Chess Championship

The Sixth European Individual Chess Championship, a 13-round Swiss tournament, is being held from June 17 to July 3, 2005, in Warsaw, Poland. The rate of play is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per a move, starting from move 1. The organisers are the Warsaw Foundation for Chess Development and Sport Club Polonia Warsaw, under the auspices of the European Chess Union.

The winner and new European Champion is Romanian GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu. He defeated his closest rival Alexander Beliavsky with the black pieces in the final round to take uncontested first place. Here is the annotated game on the official web site.


Just before the decisive game in round 13: Beliavsky vs Nisipeanu

Teimour Radjabov defeated Alexey Dreev, in the same round and also with the black pieces, to take clear second.


Silver Medal winner in Warsaw: Teimour Radjabov from Baku

Fifteen-year-old Sergey Karjakin, who had been leading the event for a long stretch but then lost two games in a row, won his final game to join a group of seven players who are tied for third. They play a tiebreak round tomorrow (Saturday) to decide who gets the bronze medal.


Young Karjakin losing his white game to veteran Beliavsky in round 12

The following table with the games file attached was taken from the official web site. The name of each player is linked to a special tournament card installed by the organisers. The site provides general information, cross tables, daily reports, and lots of great pictures (without captions). All of the above images were taken from the web site.

Final standings (tiebreaks for Bronze to follow)

Place Name
Rating
Score
 M-Bhh Buchh Wins Prog
1 Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter
2670
10
91.5 107.5 7 71.5
2 Radjabov Teimour
2673
9.5
87 102.5 7 67
3 Karjakin Sergey
2635
9
92.5 108.5 8 72
4 Ivanchuk Vassily
2739
9
90 106 5 68
5 Aronian Levon
2693
9
87.5 102.5 5 65
6 Beliavsky Alexander G
2630
9
86.5 102.5 6 67
7 Eljanov Pavel
2641
9
84 99.5 6 63.5
8 Moiseenko Alexander
2665
9
84 98.5 7 63.5
9 Asrian Karen
2611
9
82.5 98 6 67.5
10 Milov Vadim
2653
8.5
91 106.5 6 69.5
11 Tiviakov Sergei
2631
8.5
85.5 101 4 63.5
12 Jakovenko Dmitry
2608
8.5
85 100 4 61.5
13 Rublevsky Sergei
2645
8.5
84 98.5 5 62
14 Kotronias Vasilios
2578
8.5
81 95.5 5 63.5
15 Sokolov Ivan
2662
8.5
79 93 5 58
16 Timofeev Artyom
2622
8.5
78.5 92.5 5 57.5
17 Kobalia Mikhail
2644
8.5
78 92.5 5 57
18 Dreev Alexey
2705
8
89 105 4 66.5
19 Pantsulaia Levan
2496
8
88.5 105 4 62
20 Najer Evgeniy
2615
8
85.5 101 4 62.5
21 Balogh Csaba
2531
8
85.5 96 4 61
22 Popov Valerij
2568
8
84 98 5 58
23 Naiditsch Arkadij
2626
8
83.5 99.5 6 59.5
24 Efimenko Zahar
2620
8
83 97.5 4 58.5
25 Malakhov Vladimir
2670
8
83 97.5 4 58
26 Sakaev Konstantin
2672
8
83 97.5 4 57.5
27 Cao Sang
2536
8
83 95.5 5 59
28 Movsesian Sergei
2628
8
82.5 97.5 4 59
29 Iljushin Alexei
2543
8
82.5 94.5 5 57
30 Motylev Alexander
2680
8
81.5 95.5 4 55
31 Smirnov Pavel
2624
8
81 95.5 5 59.5
32 Fedorov Alexei
2602
8
81 95.5 5 59
33 Kuzubov Yuriy
2558
8
80 94 5 56
34 Carlsen Magnus
2548
8
80 92 5 55
35 Ftacnik Lubomir
2540
8
80 91.5 4 58
36 Cheparinov Ivan
2621
8
79.5 93 4 58
37 Areshchenko Alexander
2595
8
79 92.5 4 60
38 Wojtaszek Radoslaw
2569
8
78.5 92 7 55.5
39 Gritsak Orest
2537
8
78.5 90.5 4 55.5
40 Azarov Sergei
2572
8
76.5 90.5 6 55
41 Macieja Bartlomiej
2613
8
76.5 90 5 55
42 Korneev Oleg
2611
8
76.5 89 6 53.5
43 Bobras Piotr
2501
8
76 89 6 50
44 Izoria Zviad
2602
8
76 89 4 56
45 Palac Mladen
2574
8
76 88.5 5 57
46 Minasian Artashes
2597
8
75 89 7 53.5
47 Sargissian Gabriel
2630
8
75 89 4 56
48 Dizdar Goran
2524
8
75 88 5 52
49 Bocharov Dmitry
2574
8
73.5 88.5 6 53.5
50 Markus Robert
2584
8
72.5 86 5 50
51 Roiz Michael
2579
8
71 84 4 53.5
52 Socko Bartosz
2583
8
68.5 81.5 5 48.5
53 Erenburg Sergey
2575
8
66.5 79 7 46
54 Parligras Mircea
2560
7.5
88 103 3 59
55 Volkov Sergey
2634
7.5
86.5 102 5 61
56 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
2646
7.5
80.5 95 6 57
57 Gurevich Mikhail
2630
7.5
78.5 92.5 5 56.5
58 Babula Vlastimil
2584
7.5
78 93.5 3 55.5
59 Van Wely Loek
2687
7.5
78 90.5 3 55
60 Kornev Alexei
2565
7.5
76.5 90.5 6 55.5
61 Aleksandrov Aleksej
2635
7.5
75 89 7 51
62 Prusikin Michael
2540
7.5
74.5 87.5 5 51
63 Graf Alexander
2632
7.5
73.5 87.5 6 49
64 Kempinski Robert
2627
7.5
73.5 85.5 4 49.5
65 Neverov Valeriy
2566
7.5
72.5 86.5 4 51
66 Stocek Jiri
2585
7.5
70 83.5 4 49.5
67 Nevednichy Vladislav
2566
7.5
69 82 5 50
68 Reinderman Dimitri
2509
7.5
65.5 78 4 44.5
69 Krasenkow Michal
2672
7
86.5 102.5 4 61.5
70 Brkic Ante
2477
7
81.5 94.5 3 51.5
71 Alekseev Evgeny
2597
7
81 95 3 58
72 Riazantsev Alexander
2608
7
79.5 94 4 56
73 Mastrovasilis Dimitrios
2562
7
79.5 93.5 5 53
74 Stefansson Hannes
2573
7
79.5 93.5 4 55
75 Guseinov Gadir
2573
7
79.5 93.5 3 56
76 Jobava Baadur
2637
7
79.5 93 4 55
77 Cvitan Ognjen
2481
7
78.5 92.5 3 48
78 Pavlovic Milos
2475
7
78.5 91.5 4 50.5
79 Wells Peter K
2525
7
78 90.5 4 51.5
80 Bologan Viktor
2700
7
77.5 92.5 4 53.5
81 Galego Luis
2493
7
77 90 4 48.5
82 Georgiev Kiril
2666
7
76.5 90.5 4 50.5
83 Fressinet Laurent
2638
7
76.5 90 4 52.5
84 Gagunashvili Merab
2547
7
76.5 90 4 50.5
85 Kovacevic Blazimir
2510
7
75.5 88.5 5 46
86 Postny Evgeny
2556
7
75 88.5 6 52.5
87 Iordachescu Viorel
2609
7
74.5 88.5 4 53
88 Navara David
2647
7
74 87.5 4 48
89 Nielsen Peter Heine
2653
7
74 87 4 50
90 Filippov Valerij
2621
7
74 86.5 4 48
91 Dautov Rustem
2609
7
73.5 86.5 4 50.5
92 Nyback Tomi
2551
7
73 86 6 50
93 Huzman Alexander
2577
7
72.5 86.5 4 52.5
94 Chuchelov Vladimir
2571
7
72.5 86.5 4 46.5
95 Nijboer Friso
2553
7
72 84.5 4 50
96 Nalbandian Tigran
2508
7
71.5 84 3 46
97 Baramidze David
2542
7
71.5 83 6 47.5
98 Markowski Tomasz
2560
7
71 84.5 3 49
99 Lputian Smbat G
2640
7
70.5 83.5 6 47
100 Zelcic Robert
2514
7
69.5 82.5 5 44.5
101 Pelletier Yannick
2610
7
69 82 4 51
102 Petrosian Tigran L
2599
7
68.5 80.5 4 43.5
103 Del Rio Angelis Salvador G
2495
7
67.5 81 6 43
104 Mchedlishvili Mikheil
2518
7
67 79 4 46.5
105 Karlsson Lars
2472
7
66 79 4 39.5
106 Lupulescu Constantin
2546
6.5
81.5 95 4 51
107 Potkin Vladimir
2552
6.5
79.5 91.5 3 50
108 Inarkiev Ernesto
2612
6.5
78.5 90.5 4 48
109 Andreikin Dmitry
2495
6.5
78 91.5 3 49.5
110 Tregubov Pavel V
2612
6.5
76 88.5 3 51.5
111 Stevic Hrvoje
2514
6.5
75 85.5 3 46.5
112 Maze Sebastien
2470
6.5
74.5 87 4 45
113 Mista Aleksander
2497
6.5
74 88.5 5 46
114 Shomoev Anton
2540
6.5
74 86.5 4 48.5
115 Gouliev Namig
2526
6.5
73.5 86.5 4 46
116 Gdanski Jacek
2544
6.5
73 86 4 51
117 Halkias Stelios
2549
6.5
72 86 4 47
118 Romanov Evgeny
2437
6.5
71.5 84.5 4 44
119 Khmelniker Ilya
2458
6.5
71 83.5 4 40.5
120 Mastrovasilis Athanasios
2473
6.5
71 83 4 45
121 Grigoriants Sergey
2553
6.5
70.5 84.5 3 45.5
122 Godena Michele
2527
6.5
70.5 83.5 3 44
123 Andersson Ulf
2579
6.5
68.5 80 1 46
124 L'ami Erwin
2515
6.5
67.5 82 4 42.5
125 Czarnota Pawel
2478
6.5
67.5 80 5 42
126 Guliev Sarhan
2481
6.5
67.5 77.5 3 45.5
127 Magalashvili Davit
2445
6.5
65.5 78 3 37
128 Bagheri Amir
2518
6.5
63 77 5 39
129 Bednarek Sylwester
2321
6.5
54 63.5 6 29.5
130 Bartel Mateusz
2511
6
80.5 93.5 4 45.5
131 Kritz Leonid
2549
6
77.5 91.5 3 49
132 Portisch Lajos
2525
6
77.5 91 4 48
133 Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel
2488
6
76.5 89.5 5 45.5
134 Nataf Igor-Alexandre
2559
6
75.5 89 3 47.5
135 Gaprindashvili Valeriane
2415
6
75 88.5 4 41.5
136 Kurnosov Igor
2550
6
74.5 87.5 5 47.5
137 Iljin Artem
2484
6
74 87 4 43.5
138 Gajewski Grzegorz
2396
6
72.5 86 3 44.5
139 Romanishin Oleg M
2559
6
72 84.5 2 48
140 Kharlov Andrei
2628
6
71.5 85.5 4 46
141 Hulak Krunoslav
2534
6
71.5 84 3 43.5
142 Smeets Jan
2518
6
70.5 83.5 4 42
143 Kovchan Alexander
2488
6
70.5 83.5 4 41.5
144 Jaracz Pawel
2530
6
70.5 83.5 2 47
145 Fedorchuk Sergey A
2577
6
70.5 83 5 43.5
146 Tzermiadianos Andreas
2453
6
70.5 81.5 4 42.5
147 Moranda Wojciech
2452
6
69.5 82 2 42.5
148 Ibrahimov Rasul
2514
6
69 82.5 4 40
149 Frolyanov Dmitry
2505
6
69 82.5 3 40
150 Mamedov Rauf
2511
6
69 82 3 40.5
151 Khairullin Ildar
2517
6
68.5 81 2 40.5
152 Grabarczyk Miroslaw
2487
6
68 80.5 4 42.5
153 Atakisi Umut
2439
6
68 79.5 4 36.5
154 Khismatullin Denis
2572
6
67.5 80 5 43.5
155 Williams Simon
2466
6
67 79 4 39
156 Haznedaroglu Kivanc
2440
6
66.5 77.5 3 38.5
157 Esen Baris
2287
6
66 78 4 39
158 Anastasian Ashot
2574
6
65.5 79 5 44
159 Kristjansson Stefan
2461
6
65.5 75.5 4 38
160 Szoen Dariusz
2444
6
65 78 5 32.5
161 Tazbir Marcin
2322
6
65 77 4 37.5
162 Bakalarz Mieczyslaw
2408
6
65 77 4 36.5
163 Jones Gawain C
2439
6
64.5 76.5 2 37
164 Olszewski Michal
2387
6
64 75.5 5 34.5
165 Zaja Ivan
2489
6
63 76.5 2 39.5
166 Asauskas Henrikas
2357
6
63 74 4 31.5
167 Berescu Alin
2439
6
62 74 3 35
168 Winants Luc
2535
5.5
76.5 88.5 3 48
169 Kozul Zdenko
2591
5.5
76 90.5 3 47.5
170 Firman Nazar
2471
5.5
73 85.5 3 42
171 Guseinov Elmir
2391
5.5
71.5 84 3 39
172 Evdokimov Alexander A
2503
5.5
70.5 83.5 2 40.5
173 Pavasovic Dusko
2593
5.5
69.5 80.5 2 44
174 Sulskis Sarunas
2545
5.5
69 82.5 3 45
175 Leniart Arkadiusz
2279
5.5
68 79.5 3 36.5
176 Kadziolka Beata
2311
5.5
67.5 79.5 2 32
177 Dziuba Marcin
2429
5.5
67 80 2 39.5
178 Michalczak Thomas
2369
5.5
66.5 79 4 37
179 Perunovic Milos
2549
5.5
65 76.5 3 40.5
180 Luch Michal
2417
5.5
63.5 72.5 3 31.5
181 Krysztofiak Marcin
2401
5.5
61.5 73 4 32.5
182 Citak Selim
2351
5.5
61.5 70 4 30
183 Maier Christian
2387
5.5
61 72.5 3 31.5
184 Skurski Jan
2299
5.5
60 71 3 29
185 Urban Klaudiusz
2497
5
71.5 84.5 3 40
186 Loeffler Stefan
2429
5
70 83 4 40
187 Abergel Thal
2456
5
70 83 3 37
188 Heberla Bartlomiej
2454
5
69 81 5 35
189 Siebrecht Sebastian
2438
5
68.5 82 3 43
190 Warakomski Tomasz
2384
5
68 78.5 3 37
191 Zawadzka Jolanta
2383
5
67.5 79 3 34
192 Lanzani Mario
2356
5
67 79.5 1 33.5
193 Kuljasevic Davorin
2408
5
66.5 79.5 2 36
194 Lagowski Patryk
2393
5
66 77.5 3 35.5
195 Bente Bjoern
2218
5
66 77 4 35
196 Marzolo Cyril
2388
5
63 74 2 34
197 Galazewski Tomasz
2137
5
62.5 75 3 33
198 Mazi Leon
2365
5
62 74.5 2 34.5
199 Erdogdu Mert
2414
5
61 72.5 1 31.5
200 Dworakowska Joanna
2383
5
61 69.5 4 32.5
201 Godlauskas Kazys
2193
5
60.5 71.5 3 27
202 Murtez Hondozi
2354
5
60 71 3 29
203 Matras Agnieszka
2280
5
59 69.5 3 29.5
204 Bugajski Robert
2218
5
58.5 67.5 4 28.5
205 Bruno Fabio
2374
5
58.5 67 3 31.5
206 Rutkowski Maciej
2346
5
54 64.5 3 29.5
207 Thorfinnsson Bragi
2442
4.5
67 79 2 33
208 Erturan Yakup
2277
4.5
65 77.5 2 34
209 Babujian Levon
2386
4.5
64 74.5 4 34
210 Kuraszkiewicz Michael
2300
4.5
63.5 73.5 3 31
211 Sergeev Vladimir
2458
4.5
63 73.5 3 34
212 Neubauer Martin
2457
4.5
62 71.5 3 33.5
213 Swiercz Dariusz
2136
4.5
61.5 72.5 2 25
214 Bleis Christian Dr
2258
4.5
55.5 64 2 27
215 Krasiewicz Robert
2056
4.5
52 61.5 3 21
216 Stoma Pawel
2295
4
64.5 74.5 2 30.5
217 Kopczynski Michal
2150
4
63.5 74 1 28.5
218 Guadalpi David
2317
4
59.5 71 3 32
219 Sliwinski Marcin
2186
4
59.5 70.5 2 23
220 Praszak Michal
2261
4
56 65.5 3 25
221 Kachur Alexander
2281
4
55.5 65.5 2 26.5
222 Krzymowski Alfred
2034
4
53 62.5 3 21.5
223 Gluszko Tomasz
1977
4
51.5 60 1 25
224 Van Der Weide Karel
2472
3.5
62.5 72 3 28.5
225 Azimi Reza
2144
3.5
51.5 61.5 2 19.5
226 Szewczak Andrzej
1995
3.5
49.5 58 2 16
227 Krzymowska Adriana
0
2.5
51.5 59.5 1 16.5
228 Wojcicki Lukasz
1833
2
51 61 1 16
229 Majewski Karol
0
1
71 84.5 0 13
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