10th European Individual Championship (2009)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Fabiano Caruana, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Baadur Jobava, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Viktor Bologan, Nikita Vitiugov, Vladimir Malakhov, David Navara, Francisco Vallejo-Pons, Andrei Volokitin, Alexander Riazantsev, Alexander Areshchenko, Laurent Fressinet, Arkadi Naiditsch, Loek Van Wely, Vladimir Akopian, Ivan Cheparinov, Sergei Zhigalko, Alexey Dreev, Alexander Motylev, Alexander Beliavsky, Ernesto Inarkiev, Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu, Ivan Sokolov, Ferenc Berkes, Boris Grachev, Alexander Khalifman, Sergei Tiviakov, Kiril D Georgiev, Vladimir Potkin, Artyom Timofeev, Jan Timman, Mikhail Kobalia, Rauf Mamedov, Alexey Aleksandrov, Mateusz Bartel, Markus Ragger, Predrag Nikolic, Igor Kurnosov, Evgeny Postny, Sergey Fedorchuk, Konstantin Sakaev, Georg Meier, Igor Khenkin, Gadir Guseinov, Sergei Azarov, Tiger Hillarp Persson, Ivan Ivanisevic, Tigran L Petrosian, Arman Pashikian, Ildar Khairullin, Mikhael Mchedlishvili, Constantin Lupulescu, Sanan Sjugirov, Tomi Nyback, Igor Lysyj, Boris Savchenko, Bartlomiej Macieja, Maxim Rodshtein, Borki Predojevic, Ivan Saric, Viorel Iordachescu, Eltaj Safarli, Mircea Parligras, Viktor Erdos, Dmitry Bocharov, Zaven Andriasian, Luka Lenic, Friso Nijboer, Vladimir Belov, Ulf Andersson, Evgeny Romanov, Zdenko Kozul, Vasilios Kotronias, Illya Nyzhnyk, Hrvoje Stevic, Pavel Maletin, Erwin L'Ami, Victor Mikhalevski, Dimitrios Mastrovasilis, Dariusz Swiercz, Ioannis Papaioannou, Bojan Vuckovic, Milos Perunovic, Ivan Popov, Emanuel Berg, Hristos Banikas, Branko Damljanovic, Dmitry Svetushkin, Artashes Minasian, Tornike Sanikidze, Aleksandar Kovacevic, Andrei Deviatkin, Alexander Huzman, Ante Brkic, Nikola Sedlak, Stelios Halkias, Tamas Banusz, Vasif Durarbayli, Valerij Popov, Sergey Grigoriants, Sebastien Maze, Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez, Marin Bosiocic, Vasily Yemelin, Nikolai Chadaev, Zoran Jovanovic, Momchil Nikolov, Mikheil Gagunashvili, Alojzije Jankovic, Imre Hera Jr, Ognjen Cvitan, Anton Shomoev, Robert Ruck, Tigran Kotanjian, Dejan Pikula, Daniil Lintchevski, Peter Prohaszka, Valery Neverov, Konstantin Maslak, Miso Cebalo, Alexander Evdokimov, Stanislav Novikov, Wouter Spoelman, Alexei Iljushin, Danilo Milanovic, Vitaly Kunin, Jure Skoberne, Michele Godena, David Berczes, Vugar Rasulov, Milan Drasko, Athanasios Mastrovasilis, Nikola Djukic, Gergely Szabo, Ognjen Jovanic, Joseph G Gallagher, Krisztian Szabo, Mustafa Yilmaz, Peter K Wells, Miodrag R Savic, Sinisa Drazic, Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez, Vladimir Dobrov, Pavel Anisimov, Ioan-Cristian Chirila, Sasa Martinovic, Anatoly Bykhovsky, Ciprian-Costica Nanu plus 155 more players

page 2 of 66; games 26-50 of 1,650  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. A Savanovic vs M Rodshtein   ½-½ 47 2009 10th European Individual Championship A09 Reti Opening 27. D Bocharov vs S Martinovic   ½-½ 54 2009 10th European Individual Championship D72 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.cd, Main line 28. G Arsovic vs Beliavsky   ½-½ 36 2009 10th European Individual Championship E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 29. Caruana vs M Klenburg 1-0 46 2009 10th European Individual Championship C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 30. N Bajkovic vs Drasko   0-1 30 2009 10th European Individual Championship D05 Queen's Pawn Game 31. R Lubczynski vs Khenkin   ½-½ 28 2009 10th European Individual Championship A09 Reti Opening 32. T Nyback vs B Maksimovic 1-0 24 2009 10th European Individual Championship E15 Queen's Indian 33. A Fernandes vs R Mamedov 0-1 57 2009 10th European Individual Championship B06 Robatsch 34. Navara vs V Jakovljevic 1-0 29 2009 10th European Individual Championship C42 Petrov Defense 35. J Rukavina vs A Aleksandrov   1-0 53 2009 10th European Individual Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 36. Kiril Georgiev vs I Solomunovic   1-0 38 2009 10th European Individual Championship D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 37. O Kurmann vs M Kobalia   0-1 29 2009 10th European Individual Championship B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 38. A Riazantsev vs N Nestorovic   1-0 32 2009 10th European Individual Championship E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 39. S Vedmediuc vs S Fedorchuk   0-1 33 2009 10th European Individual Championship B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 40. I Ivanisevic vs B Zueger   0-1 37 2009 10th European Individual Championship A45 Queen's Pawn Game 41. N Panic vs I Nepomniachtchi 0-1 30 2009 10th European Individual Championship A03 Bird's Opening 42. V Belov vs S Cvetkovic   ½-½ 21 2009 10th European Individual Championship B42 Sicilian, Kan 43. V Talla vs Van Wely   0-1 57 2009 10th European Individual Championship B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 44. P Nikolic vs M Ferguson   1-0 46 2009 10th European Individual Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 45. B Golubovic vs T L Petrosian   ½-½ 96 2009 10th European Individual Championship B07 Pirc 46. Khalifman vs D Kojovic   1-0 57 2009 10th European Individual Championship D85 Grunfeld 47. M Yilmaz vs A Pashikian   ½-½ 35 2009 10th European Individual Championship C50 Giuoco Piano 48. I Lysyj vs B Certic   1-0 84 2009 10th European Individual Championship E00 Queen's Pawn Game 49. P Nikac vs M Mchedlishvili   ½-½ 44 2009 10th European Individual Championship B42 Sicilian, Kan 50. Sakaev vs R Kreisl   ½-½ 69 2009 10th European Individual Championship D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav  page 2 of 66; games 26-50 of 1,650    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 12 OF 12 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-18-09    virginmind: well, to be honest, in armagheddon blunders are more or less inherent.... Mar-18-09    whiteshark: Congrats to the new European Champion, Evgeny Tomashevsky !!! Mar-18-09    Akavall: Congratulations! What a win! Mar-19-09    PhilFeeley: A great tournament. I guess tie-breaks and blunders are a part of the tournament way of life now... Mar-19-09    KARPOVian: Will Inarkiev play in World Cup?By the way congratulations to Evgeny Tomashevsky,the new European champion!I'm also glad to see that the Russians (Tomashevsky,Malakhov,Inarkiev)dominated the entire field which also includes top European players.Only recently Alexander Grischuk won Linares;Svidler winning Aker Chess challenge 2008 and Gitelcom 2009;Kurnosov emerged victorious in Arctic Chess Challenge 2008 and Hastings 2009;Anish Giri's remarkable runner-up finish in Corus C. The giant-slaying ways of Kalmykian prodigy Sanan Sjugirov deserves some attention.Also equally impressive were Bocharov,Grachev,Savchenko,Vitiugov etc.Really a great moment for a great country.Go Russia!!! Mar-19-09    KARPOVian: I forgot to say that Kurnosov almost win Aeroflot with amazing victories and Savchenko took clear first in Moscow Open 2009.Chessgames.com where are the games in Moscow Open 2009?When you will upload it? Mar-19-09    percyblakeney: Last round in the women's event today, top boards (with Kovalevskaya at 8.0 and the others at 7.5): T. Kosintseva-Kovalevskaya Lomineishvili-Pogonina Mkrtchian-Romanko Rajlich-Socko http://www.wiecc2009.com/ Mar-19-09    myra: Congrats Baadur...to Georgians people and to all the Winners of EICC....as well to everyone ! Mar-19-09    percyblakeney: Tatiana Kosintseva and Lilit Mkrtchian were the winners in the last round and share first in the women's European Championship, tiebreak tomorrow. Mar-19-09    DCP23: Great, more tiebreak fun! Mar-19-09    Eyal: The regulations said that 22 players should qualify from this tournament to the World Cup, but as far as I can make out it's 23 overall - 9 of the 11 players who finished with 8 points (<Sokolov, Inarkiev, Naiditsch, Tomashevsky, Navara, Malakhov, Jobava, Kobalia, and Guseinov> - Nyback and Grachev have already qualified from last year's tournament); the 7 players of those who finished with 7.5 points who had the best tiebreaks (<Meier, Nijboer, Fedorchuk, Timofeev, Sjugirov, Bartel, and Mamedov>); and the 7 players with 7.5 points who won the qualification matches (<Savchenko, Sakaev, Vitiugov, Petrosian, Nisipeanu, Lupulescu, and Motylev> - Bologan and Papaioannou also qualifying from last year's tournament). Possibly the reason is that from last year's 23 qualifiers (http://www.eicc2008.com/en/qualifie...) Movsesian is going to qualify by rating, so his spot became free. Mar-19-09    PhilFeeley: <Eyal: ...Bologan and Papaioannou also qualifying from last year's tournament.> Thanks for the summary. I'm surprised the others didn't already qualify from last year's tournament. They're all pretty strong, but I don't remember last year's results. Mar-19-09    Eyal: <I'm surprised the others didn't already qualify from last year's tournament. They're all pretty strong> Not all of them played last year, but at any rate it's quite difficult to qualify from such a tournament - very close field and huge competition. For example - players like Vallejo Pons, Akopian, Cheparinov, Volokitin, Caruana, and Nepomniachtchi didn't manage to qualify, and except for Cheparinov they all played last year as well. So I'd say it's quite an achievement by Nyback, Grachev, Bologan and Papaioannou to finish in qualification spots, so to speak, two years in a row. Mar-20-09    DCP23: Mkrtchian - Kosintseva first tiebreak game going now! Mar-20-09    khursh: The 1st rapid game between Kosintseva(w) - Mkrtchian(b) ended in draw. Mar-20-09    DCP23: Tatiana Kosintseva wins the tiebreak 1.5:0.5 and is now the 2009 European Women Champion! Congratulations! Mar-20-09    adair10: Congratulations to Kosintseva. What a finish! Mar-20-09    DCP23: After an incredibly strong showing at Aeroflot where T.Kosintseva toppled very strong 2600+ and 2650+ male GMs right and left, I must say this title is most deserved! Mar-20-09    khursh: Congratulations to T. Kosintseva ! Mar-20-09    whiteshark: Well done and congratulations, T. Kosintseva! Mar-20-09    DCP23: Natalia Pogonina wins the tiebreak for the 3rd place 3:1 vs Maia Lomineishvili and thus gets the Bronze. Mar-20-09    virginmind: congratulations to tatiana kosintseva. Mar-21-09    KARPOVian: So here it goes: Men's Event: 1.Evgeny Tomashevsky(Rus)-Winner 2.Vladimir Malakhov(Rus) 3.Baadur Jobava(Geo) Women's Event: 1.Tatiana Kosintseva(Rus)-Winner 2.Lilit Mkrtchian(Arm) 3.Natalia Pogonina(Rus) Interesting to see how the Russians& former Soviets dominate this year's event!!! Apr-30-09    Eyal: <Turkey has won the case against the ECU, which was filed due to the claim that the European Chess Union was thwarting the organization of the three major European Chess events in Turkey. The judicial court in Lausanne decided that European Individual Chess Championships are cancelled and bidding procedures of all the major events to restart. According to the civil court judgment regarding the trial between the Turkish Chess Federation and the European Chess Union on April 22, 2009, the ECU Board decisions taken during the meeting held in Novi Sad on August 29, 2007. The court ruled that all of the decisions regarding the European Individual Chess Championships 2009 (for men and women), European Club Cup 2009 (men and women) and 2009 European Youth Championship in 2009, are canceled altogether. This means the results of the European Individual Championships are canceled and should be held again. The players who won the titles and gained the right to play in the World Cup lost their rights. Furthermore, the ECU will pay 6.800 CHF to the Turkish Chess Federation for compensation.> (http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...) Apr-30-09    FHBradley: "Gens una sumus" but family is the worst. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 12) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 12 OF 12 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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