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European Championship (2004) The 5th European Championship was a 13-round Swiss tournament held in Antalya Province, Turkey, 15-30 May 2004, with rest days on 19 and 26 May and a day for playoffs on 30 May. The venue was supposed to be Nautilus Hotel in Beldibi (Kemer district), but after a power supply incident on the night before play began it was moved to Justiniano Hotel in Belek (Serik district) on the other side of Antalya City. Only 74 players (36 GMs & 17 IMs) took part, as for some time it had not been clear whether the event would collide with other events such as the World Championship tournament in Libya. The top 12 players (apparently excl. Ivanchuk) would qualify for the 2005/06 World Championship cycle. Time control: 90 minutes for the whole game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Prize fund: 45,000 euros. First prize 8,000, 2nd prize 5,000, 3rd prize 4,000 euros. Chief arbiter: Werner Stubenvoll. Play began each day at 3 pm. N games played: 480 Classical + 25 Rapid = 505. Vassily Ivanchuk won the event after beating Nikolic in two Rapid (15 min + 10 sec) playoff games (Ivanchuk vs P Nikolic, 2004 and P Nikolic vs Ivanchuk, 2004). Aronian won the playoff for 3rd place, and Naiditsch, Agrest, Milov and Asrian won their matches for WC qualification - in which Kempinski did not take part - see 5th EU-ch playoff (2004). Sources Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2004060... Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2020102... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr1704.as... Playoff results: https://web.archive.org/web/2004062... Mark Weeks: https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/zo... ChessBase 1: https://en.chessbase.com/post/explo... ChessBase 2: https://en.chessbase.com/post/ivanc... Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-eicc/e... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... Tidskrift för Schack, 2004/6, pp. 388-390: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2004... Previous: European Championship (2003). 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See also European Championship (Women) (2004)  page 2 of 5; games 26-50 of 121  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. K Haznedaroglu vs D Goksel   0-1 40 2004 European Championship B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 27. S Halkias vs Navara   0-1 38 2004 European Championship A45 Queen's Pawn Game 28. B Chatalbashev vs Miroshnichenko 0-1 49 2004 European Championship E70 King's Indian 29. G Van der Stricht vs Naiditsch   0-1 40 2004 European Championship E14 Queen's Indian 30. L Mazi vs M Parligras   0-1 53 2004 European Championship B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 31. D Goksel vs A Pashikian   0-1 35 2004 European Championship D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 32. H Erdogan vs M Neubauer   0-1 42 2004 European Championship D97 Grunfeld, Russian 33. U Atakisi vs B C Yildiz Kadioglu   0-1 41 2004 European Championship B01 Scandinavian 34. B Ersahin vs Y Bayram   0-1 67 2004 European Championship C42 Petrov Defense 35. V Gashimov vs Ivanchuk 0-1 35 2004 European Championship C77 Ruy Lopez 36. J Radulski vs A Anastasian   0-1 54 2004 European Championship B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 37. G Guseinov vs R Kempinski   0-1 38 2004 European Championship B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 38. B C Yildiz Kadioglu vs G Van der Stricht   0-1 31 2004 European Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 39. M Klinova vs S Yeke   0-1 40 2004 European Championship B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 40. B Esen vs U Atakisi   0-1 49 2004 European Championship D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense 41. P Makoli vs K Haznedaroglu   0-1 49 2004 European Championship B33 Sicilian 42. A Idrizaj vs B Ersahin   0-1 29 2004 European Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 43. S Halkias vs Minasian   0-1 29 2004 European Championship A40 Queen's Pawn Game 44. V Iotov vs J Stocek 0-1 52 2004 European Championship A57 Benko Gambit 45. A Pashikian vs V Gashimov   0-1 29 2004 European Championship B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 46. L Drabke vs G Guseinov   0-1 26 2004 European Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 47. G Van der Stricht vs T L Petrosian 0-1 44 2004 European Championship D97 Grunfeld, Russian 48. S Yeke vs R Akesson   0-1 48 2004 European Championship A30 English, Symmetrical 49. H Erdogan vs P Makoli 0-1 59 2004 European Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 50. Navara vs Mamedyarov 0-1 47 2004 European Championship E61 King's Indian  page 2 of 5; games 26-50 of 121    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jun-11-04    chessgames.com: We now have the games from the 5th IECC. Nice showing by Ivanchuck; you can see his games here 5th Individual European Chess Championship (2004)/Vassily Ivanchuk. Jun-15-04    siggemannen: Good job chessgames... I wish you hadn't changed the opening explorer though... Apr-06-09    notyetagm: <chessgames.com: We now have the games from the 5th IECC. Nice showing by Ivanchuck; you can see his games here 5th Individual European Chess Championship (2004)/Vassily Ivanchuk.> Also a great showing by Aronian, =2nd (5th Individual European Chess Championship (2004)/Levon Aronian). Checkout 29 ♖g2-g5!! in Aronian vs Stefansson, 2004. 29 ♖g2-g5!! click for larger view Dec-01-19    Chesgambit: haznedaroglu kıvanc vs Iotov 9....b5 varition is more better NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! 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