| European Championship (2006) |
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The 7th European Championship was an 11-round Swiss tournament held at the KoruMar Hotel in Kusadasi, Aydin Province, Turkey, 4-16 April 2006, with a rest day on 11 April, and a day for playoffs on 16 April. It was organized by the Turkish Chess Federation, under the auspices of the European Chess Union. A total of 138 players including 79 GM's, 38 IM's and 6 FM's participated, with Ivanchuk as the only one rated >2700. The 16 best players would qualify for the World Cup (2007). Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 more minutes for the whole game, with 30 seconds added per move from move one. Prize fund: 48,000 euros. First prize 7,000, 2nd prize 5,500, 3rd prize 3,500 euros. Tournament director: Abdulrahman Koral. Chief arbiter: Ozgur Solakoglu. Play began at 3 pm. Number of games played: 753 Classical + 40 Rapid + 14 Blitz + 3 Armageddon = 810. Zdenko Kozul won the event with 8.5/11. Ivanchuk was 2nd with 8/11, and Georgiev won the playoff for 3rd place. There was also a playoff for WC qualification between the 14 players with 7/11, from which Gagunashvili, Berg, Mamedov, Gurevich, Fressinet and Balogh qualified. The playoff games were two Rapid (15 min + 5 sec) games, then if necessary two Blitz (5 min) games, and an Armageddon game (5 vs 4 min).
Sources
Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2006041...
Regulations: https://en.chessbase.com/news/2005/...
Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr3328.as...
Mark Weeks: https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/zo...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/ekate...
Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-eicc/e...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...
Interview with the winner: https://web.archive.org/web/2021032...
Emanuel Berg in Tidskrift för Schack, 2006/4, pp. 46-57: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2006...
Jonathan Speelman in The Guardian, 23 April 2006: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2... Previous: European Championship (2005). Next: European Championship (2007). See also European Championship (Women) (2006) (same place and time)
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Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. M Gurevich vs S Iskusnyh |
| ½-½ | 33 | 2006 | European Championship | A36 English |
| 2. H Stevic vs Fressinet |
 | ½-½ | 36 | 2006 | European Championship | C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange |
| 3. K Georgiev vs I Kurnosov |
| ½-½ | 55 | 2006 | European Championship | A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto |
| 4. M Narciso Dublan vs Delchev |
| 0-1 | 18 | 2006 | European Championship | A10 English |
| 5. T Hillarp Persson vs Z Izoria |
| 0-1 | 40 | 2006 | European Championship | D80 Grunfeld |
| 6. O Cvitan vs Ivanchuk |
| ½-½ | 28 | 2006 | European Championship | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 7. A Moiseenko vs R Zelcic |
| ½-½ | 37 | 2006 | European Championship | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 8. A Brkic vs Naiditsch |
| ½-½ | 36 | 2006 | European Championship | C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall |
| 9. Jobava vs A Jankovic |
| 1-0 | 27 | 2006 | European Championship | A37 English, Symmetrical |
| 10. M Perez Candelario vs V Gashimov |
| ½-½ | 17 | 2006 | European Championship | B01 Scandinavian |
| 11. S Atalik vs S Sulskis |
| 1-0 | 31 | 2006 | European Championship | E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation |
| 12. B Heberla vs A Galkin |
| ½-½ | 16 | 2006 | European Championship | D30 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 13. Fedorov vs Blatny |
| ½-½ | 11 | 2006 | European Championship | B06 Robatsch |
| 14. L Aroshidze vs G Guseinov |
| ½-½ | 14 | 2006 | European Championship | B27 Sicilian |
| 15. B Socko vs S Guliev |
| ½-½ | 37 | 2006 | European Championship | C45 Scotch Game |
| 16. T Kosintseva vs Z Kozul |
| 0-1 | 52 | 2006 | European Championship | B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 |
| 17. C Lutz vs B Itkis |
| ½-½ | 56 | 2006 | European Championship | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 18. K Shanava vs G Kacheishvili |
| 0-1 | 28 | 2006 | European Championship | B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange |
| 19. V Iordachescu vs A Iljushin |
| 1-0 | 46 | 2006 | European Championship | C03 French, Tarrasch |
| 20. J M Lopez Martinez vs V Belov |
| ½-½ | 59 | 2006 | European Championship | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 21. Miroshnichenko vs A Pashikian |
| 1-0 | 36 | 2006 | European Championship | E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 |
| 22. S Williams vs Kotronias |
| ½-½ | 56 | 2006 | European Championship | E77 King's Indian |
| 23. E Inarkiev vs E Romanov |
| 1-0 | 53 | 2006 | European Championship | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
| 24. A Saric vs P Nikolic |
| 0-1 | 48 | 2006 | European Championship | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 25. T Luther vs O Jovanic |
| 1-0 | 37 | 2006 | European Championship | B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation |
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| Apr-14-06 | | Knight13: Pretty suprising how Ivanchuk can keep his 2700 rating when he's drawing against all these 2600s... |
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| Apr-14-06 | | Ivan23: Chucky is +4 =5 at Kusadasi and is projected to win 1 ELO point so far. |
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| Apr-14-06 | | acirce: Shows how very difficult it is even for great players to win big swisses like this, and why you can't expect them to do that other than now and then. Ivanchuk is performing above his rating and still is a whole point behind the leader, sharing 2nd place with 4 other players. |
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| Apr-14-06 | | yalie: did anyone else notice .. no topalov / anand in Dortmund this year. only Kramnik / Leko among the regulars. |
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| Apr-14-06 | | AlexandraThess: Kiril Georgiev is playing very strong in the endgames.Maybe the best player in the endgame at the moment. If you don't believe -check his games! |
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| Apr-14-06 | | walker: something is wrong with the applet. is it me or the site is down? |
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| Apr-14-06 | | Ivan23: <walker> I don't have any problems with viewing games today. |
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| Apr-14-06 | | Ivan23: Belov-Kozul drawn too, look like I'll have a good day prediction wise. |
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| Apr-14-06 | | mang00neg: Ivanchuk wins in perhaps the most straight-forward GM game I've seen. |
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| Apr-14-06 | | Ivan23: Ivanchuk-Berescu 1-0
Kozul remains in lead with 8.5 and Ivanchuk trails by 1/2 point |
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| Apr-14-06 | | whatthefat: Oh dear, I've gone from 3/4 winning bets yesterday to 0/7 today, lol! Damn this thing is addictive! :) |
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| Apr-14-06 | | notyetagm: <whatthefat: Oh dear, I've gone from 3/4 winning bets yesterday to 0/7 today, lol!> Chessbookie tells you: Where's my damn money?
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| Apr-14-06 | | notyetagm: How many rounds is this tournament?
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Apr-14-06
 | | WannaBe: <notyetagm> If you are winning in the ChessBookie Game there are not enough rounds, if you are losing, too many! |
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| Apr-14-06 | | notyetagm: <Wannabe> The bookie always wins in the end, baby. :-) |
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| Apr-14-06 | | OhoBoho: Breaking news: Topalov vs Kramnik in September
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| Apr-14-06 | | OhoBoho: http://www.chessbase.com/ |
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| Apr-14-06 | | Ivan23: Last round pairings on top boards:
Kozul (8) - Izoria (7)
Belov (7) - Ivanchuk (7,5)
Inarkiev (7) - Nikolic (7)
Georgiev (7) - Gurevich (6,5)
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| Apr-14-06 | | Maroczy: Former European champion Macieja has played some tough draws vs. Jobava, Shanava and Gurevitch. He's having one of his best efforts in a long time. |
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| Apr-14-06 | | notyetagm: <Ivan23: Last round pairings on top boards:> I thought this tournament was 13 rounds? This is only rounds 11. |
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| Apr-15-06 | | Ivan23: <notyetagm> Only 11 rounds will be played. Last round today, tie-breakers in Sunday and closing ceremony and departures in Monday (hence Apr 4 - Apr 17). |
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| Apr-15-06 | | Ivan23: Kozul-Izoria drawn after 5 minutes and 10 moves played. Ivanchuk needs a win with Black in an Exchange Slav against Belov to share 1st place with Kozul. |
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| Apr-15-06 | | whatthefat: Well, I decided to give Georgiev one last chance to win me back my chessbucks. Unfortunately, I overlooked the fact that HE'S SOFT AS ANYTHING AND CAN ONLY LAST 9 MOVES AS WHITE!! Ahem... excuse me.. getting all worked up here... Serenity now. |
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Apr-15-06
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<whatthefat> LOL. Glancing over Georgiev's games so far, I am sure he was very tired. |
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| Apr-15-06 | | whatthefat: <keypusher>
Yeah, I know, it's actually a pretty impressive result for him. Just a shame he had to cost me about a grand of imaginary money along the way. |
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