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European Championship (Women) (2003) The 4th European Women's Championship was a 113-player 11-round Swiss tournament held at the Marin Princess Hotel in Silivri, Istanbul Province, Turkey, 2-14 June 2003, with a rest day on 9 June and a day for playoffs on 14 June. It was organized by the Turkish Chess Federation under the aegis of the European Chess Union (ECU). The first 29 or so players would qualify for the World Championship tournament next year. Time control: 90 minutes for the whole game, with 30 seconds added per move from move one. If players were tied for medals or qualifying places, ties would be broken by a knockout system, each match consisting of two Rapid games (15 min + 10 sec) and (if necessary) two Blitz games (5 min + 2 sec) and an Armageddon game. Prize fund: $44,000 (minus FIDE and ECU taxes). Tournament director: Selcuk Büyükvural. Chief arbiter: Werner Stubenvoll. Number of games played: 615 Classical + 16 Rapid + 4 Blitz = 635. Pia Cramling from Sweden beat Cmilyte in the playoff match for 1st place, and Kosintseva beat Sebag and Socko in the matches for 3rd place. There were playoff matches for World Championship qualification between nine of the 13 players with 6.5/11 (from which Pogonina, Petrenko, Tkeshelashvili and Dworakowska qualified). The first 30 or so players after the playoffs qualified for the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004). Tiebreak games for medals: 4th EU-ChW playoff (2003). Sources Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2003081... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr1179.as... ChessBase 1: https://en.chessbase.com/post/welco... ChessBase 2: https://en.chessbase.com/post/and-t... Olimpbase: https://www.olimpbase.org/ind-eicc/... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... Tidskrift för Schack, 2003/6, pp. 414-421: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2003... Tiebreak results: https://web.archive.org/web/2003081... Previous: European Championship (Women) (2002). Next: European Championship (Women) (2004). See also European Championship (2003) (same place, 30 May - 14 June)  page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 535  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Makka vs T Stepovaia   ½-½ 40 2003 European Championship (Women) B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 2. C Foisor vs M Makropoulou   ½-½ 41 2003 European Championship (Women) A07 King's Indian Attack 3. K Mar vs M Lomineishvili   0-1 32 2003 European Championship (Women) B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 4. T Vasilevich vs H Richards   1-0 35 2003 European Championship (Women) A65 Benoni, 6.e4 5. R Genova vs K Arakhamia-Grant   0-1 32 2003 European Championship (Women) E97 King's Indian 6. L Mkrtchian vs S Milliet   ½-½ 60 2003 European Championship (Women) B56 Sicilian 7. L Galojan vs N Bojkovic   0-1 41 2003 European Championship (Women) E46 Nimzo-Indian 8. N Kosintseva vs M Velcheva 0-1 27 2003 European Championship (Women) C45 Scotch Game 9. M Shukurova vs I Gaponenko   0-1 18 2003 European Championship (Women) B22 Sicilian, Alapin 10. R Theissl Pokorna vs A Dergatschova   ½-½ 67 2003 European Championship (Women) C45 Scotch Game 11. A Sharevich vs S Prudnikova 1-0 42 2003 European Championship (Women) E12 Queen's Indian 12. A Muzychuk vs I Rajlich   0-1 45 2003 European Championship (Women) A07 King's Indian Attack 13. N Khurtsidze vs M Calzetta 1-0 24 2003 European Championship (Women) A57 Benko Gambit 14. M Michna vs J Krivec   ½-½ 38 2003 European Championship (Women) A06 Reti Opening 15. O Sikorova vs V Cmilyte   0-1 71 2003 European Championship (Women) A03 Bird's Opening 16. Z Peng vs K Smokina   1-0 65 2003 European Championship (Women) E92 King's Indian 17. J Schmidt vs E Sedina   ½-½ 28 2003 European Championship (Women) D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 18. K Kachiani-Gersinska vs E Fakhiridou   1-0 30 2003 European Championship (Women) A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 19. N Janjghava vs O Alexandrova   1-0 45 2003 European Championship (Women) E14 Queen's Indian 20. E Kovalevskaya vs M Medic 1-0 22 2003 European Championship (Women) C01 French, Exchange 21. S Tqeshelashvili vs N Zhukova ½-½ 48 2003 European Championship (Women) D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. T Kosintseva vs P Llaneza-Vega 1-0 47 2003 European Championship (Women) B22 Sicilian, Alapin 23. Z Mamedjarova vs P Cramling   0-1 22 2003 European Championship (Women) A45 Queen's Pawn Game 24. A Galliamova vs E Djingarova   1-0 25 2003 European Championship (Women) D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 25. F Velikhanli vs S Matveeva   0-1 66 2003 European Championship (Women) C17 French, Winawer, Advance  page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 535    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Sep-17-05    jada: i want to play with this long time pros NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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