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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 2 of 10; games 26-50 of 228  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. N Gaprindashvili vs K Ozturk   1-0 55 2003 European Championship (Women) D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 27. S Prudnikova vs K Mar   1-0 43 2003 European Championship (Women) B10 Caro-Kann 28. O Alexandrova vs B C Yildiz Kadioglu   1-0 35 2003 European Championship (Women) D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 29. T Stepovaia vs J Schmidt   1-0 40 2003 European Championship (Women) A07 King's Indian Attack 30. A Dergatschova vs M Michna   1-0 19 2003 European Championship (Women) A40 Queen's Pawn Game 31. E Sedina vs S Tkeshelashvili 1-0 34 2003 European Championship (Women) B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 32. N Zhukova vs B de Jong-Muhren   1-0 58 2003 European Championship (Women) D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 33. M Lomineishvili vs A Sharevich   1-0 95 2003 European Championship (Women) D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 34. S Gvetadze vs T Vasilevich   1-0 35 2003 European Championship (Women) C41 Philidor Defense 35. N Bojkovic vs N Gaprindashvili   1-0 26 2003 European Championship (Women) B25 Sicilian, Closed 36. K Arakhamia-Grant vs N Janjghava   1-0 44 2003 European Championship (Women) B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 37. I Gaponenko vs N Agababean   1-0 24 2003 European Championship (Women) B30 Sicilian 38. P Cramling vs A L'Ami   1-0 32 2003 European Championship (Women) D02 Queen's Pawn Game 39. C Peptan vs I Ionescu   1-0 48 2003 European Championship (Women) C41 Philidor Defense 40. A Skripchenko vs D Ciuksyte   1-0 69 2003 European Championship (Women) B40 Sicilian 41. M Kouvatsou vs A Matnadze Bujiashvili   1-0 41 2003 European Championship (Women) B22 Sicilian, Alapin 42. E Paehtz vs T Mamedjarova   1-0 61 2003 European Championship (Women) C48 Four Knights 43. J Dworakowska vs P Sochorova   1-0 20 2003 European Championship (Women) B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 44. J Houska vs G Hlgatian   1-0 34 2003 European Championship (Women) C42 Petrov Defense 45. I Turova vs C Flear   1-0 40 2003 European Championship (Women) B40 Sicilian 46. O Stjazhkina vs A Bollengier   1-0 25 2003 European Championship (Women) B25 Sicilian, Closed 47. E Hagesaether vs Z Mamedjarova   1-0 59 2003 European Championship (Women) A04 Reti Opening 48. E Fakhiridou vs A Kopinits   1-0 34 2003 European Championship (Women) B20 Sicilian 49. H Richards vs S Keskin   1-0 28 2003 European Championship (Women) B22 Sicilian, Alapin 50. T Vasilevich vs E Fakhiridou   1-0 69 2003 European Championship (Women) A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System  page 2 of 10; games 26-50 of 228    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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