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The IX European Individual Chess Championship is taking place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, from April 21st to May 3rd 2008, with one free day, on Monday, April 28. The tournament halls are in the Novotel Plovdiv. The championship is an 11 round Swiss, playing time is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The total prize fund in the men's section is 92,200 EUR (first 15,000, 2nd 10,000, third 8,000, fourth 6,500, fifth 5,500 etc.) and in the women's section 34,500 EUR (first 6,000, second 5,000, third 4,000, fourth 3,000, fifth 2,000, etc.). According to Bulgarian law all prizes are taxable (10%).
The going is getting rougher, a bunch of eight grandmasters are in the lead together, with 7.5/10 points each and just one round to go (today at 13:30h CEST = 11:30 UTC).
1 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2630 | ISR | 7.5 |
2 | GM | Tregubov Pavel V | 2629 | RUS | 7.5 |
3 | GM | Volkov Sergey | 2633 | RUS | 7.5 |
4 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2695 | SVK | 7.5 |
5 | GM | Tiviakov Sergei | 2634 | NED | 7.5 |
6 | GM | L'Ami Erwin | 2600 | NED | 7.5 |
7 | GM | Kryvoruchko Yuriy | 2612 | UKR | 7.5 |
8 | GM | Baklan Vladimir | 2647 | UKR | 7.5 |
9 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | 2578 | CZE | 7.0 |
10 | GM | Papaioannou Ioannis | 2566 | GRE | 7.0 |
11 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | 2627 | RUS | 7.0 |
12 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2617 | AZE | 7.0 |
13 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2632 | FRA | 7.0 |
14 | GM | Khalifman Alexander | 2628 | RUS | 7.0 |
15 | GM | Grachev Boris | 2610 | RUS | 7.0 |
16 | GM | Motylev Alexander | 2666 | RUS | 7.0 |
17 | GM | Nyback Tomi | 2587 | FIN | 7.0 |
18 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2673 | ARM | 7.0 |
19 | GM | Bologan Viktor | 2665 | MDA | 7.0 |
20 | GM | Nielsen Peter Heine | 2629 | DEN | 7.0 |
21 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2656 | FRA | 7.0 |
22 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2617 | RUS | 7.0 |
23 | GM | Roiz Michael | 2659 | ISR | 7.0 |
24 | GM | Andreikin Dmitry | 2580 | RUS | 7.0 |
25 | GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2613 | CZE | 7.0 |
26 | GM | Vajda Levente | 2582 | ROU | 7.0 |
The top pairings for the final round are:
1 | Kryvoruchko Yuriy | 2612 | 7.5 |
vs |
7.5 |
Movsesian Sergei | 2695 |
2 | Baklan Vladimir | 2647 | 7.5 |
vs |
7.5 |
Tregubov Pavel V | 2629 |
3 | Tiviakov Sergei | 2634 | 7.5 |
vs |
7.5 |
Sutovsky Emil | 2630 |
4 | Volkov Sergey | 2633 | 7.5 |
vs |
7.5 |
L'Ami Erwin | 2600 |
5 | Mamedov Rauf | 2617 | 7.0 |
vs |
7.0 |
Akopian Vladimir | 2673 |
6 | Nyback Tomi | 2587 | 7.0 |
vs |
7.0 |
Motylev Alexander | 2666 |
7 | Hracek Zbynek | 2613 | 7.0 |
vs |
7.0 |
Bologan Viktor | 2665 |
8 | Roiz Michael | 2659 | 7.0 |
vs |
7.0 |
Laznicka Viktor | 2578 |
9 | Papaioannou Ioannis | 2566 | 7.0 |
vs |
7.0 |
Fressinet Laurent | 2656 |
10 | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2632 | 7.0 |
vs |
7.0 |
Vitiugov Nikita | 2617 |
11 | Nielsen Peter Heine | 2629 | 7.0 |
vs |
7.0 |
Grachev Boris | 2610 |
12 | Khalifman Alexander | 2628 | 7.0 |
vs |
7.0 |
Vajda Levente | 2582 |
13 | Andreikin Dmitry | 2580 | 7.0 |
vs |
7.0 |
Najer Evgeniy | 2627 |
In the women's section GM Kateryna Lahno is in the sole lead with 8.0/10 and a performance of well over 2600. She is followed by four players with 7.5 points each.
1 | GM | Lahno Kateryna | 2479 | UKR | 8.0 |
2 | WGM | Zhukova Natalia | 2450 | UKR | 7.5 |
3 | IM | Ushenina Anna | 2474 | UKR | 7.5 |
4 | GM | Cramling Pia | 2539 | SWE | 7.5 |
5 | IM | Skripchenko Almira | 2443 | FRA | 7.5 |
6 | IM | Houska Jovanka | 2390 | ENG | 7.0 |
7 | IM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2466 | LTU | 7.0 |
8 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2413 | ARM | 7.0 |
9 | IM | Dembo Yelena | 2429 | GRE | 7.0 |
10 | IM | Muzychuk Anna | 2486 | SLO | 7.0 |
11 | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2470 | RUS | 7.0 |
12 | IM | Danielian Elina | 2479 | ARM | 7.0 |
13 | IM | Socko Monika | 2505 | POL | 7.0 |
14 | IM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2443 | GEO | 6.5 |
15 | IM | Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2421 | RUS | 6.5 |
16 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2538 | BUL | 6.5 |
17 | IM | Lomineishvili Maia | 2400 | GEO | 6.5 |
18 | WGM | Demina Julia | 2337 | RUS | 6.5 |
19 | IM | Repkova Eva | 2381 | SVK | 6.5 |
20 | IM | Rajlich Iweta | 2411 | POL | 6.5 |
21 | IM | Moser Eva | 2395 | AUT | 6.5 |
22 | GM | Peng Zhaoqin | 2455 | NED | 6.5 |
23 | WGM | Romanko Marina | 2325 | RUS | 6.5 |
24 | WGM | Zimina Olga | 2363 | ITA | 6.5 |
25 | WGM | Muzychuk Mariya | 2387 | UKR | 6.5 |
26 | IM | Turova Irina | 2380 | RUS | 6.5 |
27 | IM | Tairova Elena | 2412 | RUS | 6.5 |
28 | IM | Atalik Ekaterina | 2409 | TUR | 6.5 |
29 | IM | Khukhashvili Sopiko | 2371 | GEO | 6.5 |
Kateryna Lahno faces her compatriot IM Anna Ushenina in the final round. The other direct contenders, Natalia Zhukova, Almira Skripchenko and Pia Cramling are well-known international players.
1 | Lahno Kateryna | 2479 | 8.0 |
vs |
7.5 |
Ushenina Anna | 2474 |
2 | Zhukova Natalia | 2450 | 7.5 |
vs |
7.5 |
Skripchenko Almira | 2443 |
3 | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2466 | 7.0 |
vs |
7.5 |
Cramling Pia | 2539 |
4 | Danielian Elina | 2479 | 7.0 |
vs |
7.0 |
Socko Monika | 2505 |
5 | Muzychuk Anna | 2486 | 7.0 |
vs |
7.0 |
Pogonina Natalija | 2470 |
6 | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2413 | 7.0 |
vs |
7.0 |
Houska Jovanka | 2390 |
7 | Dembo Yelena | 2429 | 7.0 |
vs |
6.5 |
Peng Zhaoqin | 2455 |
You can watch the final round games on the official web site or on the Playchess server (links and instructions are at the bottom of this page). In case of equal scores there will be tiebreak games on Saturday to establish the title and medal winners.
Robert Zelcic vs Emil Sutovsky (front) and Igor Kurnosov vs Sergei Movsesian
(back)
Hot contenders: Pavel Tregubov and Emil Sutovsky
Intense concentration in the round nine game Bologan vs Halkias
German GM and poker crack Jan Gustafsson, 2603, 6.5/10
The youngest participant: Twelve-year-old Alexander Monev of Bulgaria, rated
2038, with 4.0/10 points
GM Kateryna Lahno of Ukraine vs WIM Katerina Nemcova of the Czech Republic
Title aspirations: IM Anna Muzychuk, 2486, SLO, 7.0/10
IM Jovanka Houska of England, rated 2390, with 7.0/10
IM Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, 2421, RUS, 6.5/10 gives autographs before a game
Former women's world champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova, 2538, BUL, 6.5/10
A quick prayer before the game? WFM Elena Cherednichenko, 2155, UKR, 3.5/10
Veronika Minina of Russia, 2148, 4.0/10 points
All pictures courtesy of the official tournament site
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