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4th
European Individual May 30th – June 14th 2003 in Silivri, Turkey.
Logo designed by Ahmet Yazici. The two knights looking opposite directions symbolise the conflict in chess and the conflict between the two continents Europe and Asia. The tulip between knights symbolises Istanbul connecting two continents to each other and if you turn logo 90 degrees on clock wise direction you see that composition creates an affect of Turkish Flag that is very important for our nation. The direction of the tulip and the shape symbolises reflection of moon on the Bosphorus during the night.
The logo will be used officially on the medals and souvenirs of the big event to be held at the end of this month in Istanbul.
The
European Individual Championship in Istanbul comes at a time when Turkey is
flushed from the success of pop idol Sertab Erener. Her group made history last
week by winning the annual Eurovision song contest, the first-ever win for her
country.
Erener’s entry, "Every Way That I Can," with music and words by herself and Demir Demirkan, was performed live in Latvia before an audience of millions across Europe and worldwide. It was Turkey’s first entry in English, the language of most other performers. The historic win means that Turkey will play host to the Eurovision 2004 contest.
Click the picture above to see a video of the prize-winning Turkish song
or go to the BBC
Eurovision site to see them all.
The official web site calls it "The Most Strongest Open Tournament of the Chess History Ever!!" And it is indeed a very respectable field:
The men's section has 164 GMs, 31 IMs, 1 WGM (Kateryna
Lahno) from 41 countries playing for a total prize fund of $192,000
The women's section has 2 GMs, 63 WGMs, 15 IMs, 31 WIMs from 31 countries playing
for $44,000.
| 1. UKR Vassily Ivanchuk 2. RUS Alexander Grischuk 3. GEO Zurab Azmaiparashvili 4. NED Ivan Sokolov 5. NED Loek Van Wely 6. RUS Vladimir Malakhov 7. RUS Sergei Rublevsky 8. RUS Vadim Zviagintsev 9. RUS Konstantin Sakaev 10. MDA Viktor Bologan 11. ISR Ilia Smirin 12. SVK Sergei Movsesian 13. FRA Etienne Bacrot 14. ARM Rafael Vaganian 15. ISR Emil Sutovsky 16. BLR Aleksej Aleksandrov 17. SLO Alexander G Beliavsky 18. MKD Kiril Georgiev 19. BIH Predrag Nikolic 20. FRA Vladislav Tkachiev 21. RUS Mikhail Kobalia 22. ARM Smbat Lputian 23. BEL Mikhail Gurevich 24. POL Bartlomiej Maceja 25. RUS Alexander G Motylev |
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26. RUS Sergei Volkov 27. RUS Pavel Tregubov 28. RUS Alexander Lastin 29. GER Alexander Graf 30. RUS Valerij Filippov 31. UKR Alexander Moiseenko 32. DEN Peter Heine Nielsen 33. NED Sergey Tiviakov 34. SUI Yannick Pelletier 35. LAT Daniel Fridman 36. RUS Pavel Smirnov 37. GER Rustem Dautov 38. SVK Lubomir Ftacnik 39. POL Michal Krasenkow 40. UKR Vladimir Baklan 41. RUS Evgeny Alexeev 42. AZE Shahriyaz Mamedyarov 43. ARM Levon Aronian 44. ROM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 45. RUS Sergey Dolmatov 46. RUS Evgeniy Najer 47. RUS Oleg Korneev 48. BLR Alexei Fedorov 49. CRO Zdenko Kozul 50. HUN Peter Acs |
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Official
web site (with games, results and pictures)
Arriving at the Venus
Princess Hotel
Checking in at the reception
Starting a round of play in the hotel venue
Players on the edge
The only female in the men's section: our heroine 13-year-old Kateryna
Lahno
Azmaiparashvili and Ivanchuk still not clear why they are in Istanbul
Sergey Tiviakov waiting for lunch-time in the restaurant
The hotel in which the players stay
A view from the hotel window over the Bosporus
Top chess grandmasters at the poolside...
...and in the pool
Pictures by Galina Tiviakova
