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European Championship (2013) The 14th European Individual Championship was an 11-round Swiss tournament held at the Qubus Hotel 4* in Legnica, Poland, 5-16 May 2013, with a rest day on 12 May. It was organized by the Polonia Wroclaw Chess Club, under the auspices of the European Chess Union. A total of 280 players participated, including 143 GM's and 60 IM's. The first 23 players would qualify for the World Cup in August. Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 more minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Prize fund: 100,000 euros. First prize 14,000, 2nd prize 11,000, 3rd prize 9,000 euros. Chief organizer: Artur Czyz. Chief arbiter: Tomasz Delega. Play began each day at 3 pm. Number of games played: 1517. Alexander Moiseenko won on tiebreak ahead of Alekseev (2nd), Romanov (3rd), and seven more players with 8/11. The players with 7.5/11 also qualified for participation in the World Cup (2013). Tiebreak criterion: rating average of opponents. GM norms: Aghasaryan, Nasuta, Kreisl, Kovalev, Goganov, and Duda. The blitz (3 + 2) tournament on 12 May was won by Mustafa Yilmaz. Sources Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2013061... Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2013011... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr95789.a... Mark Weeks: https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/zo... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/moi... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/(X(1)S(llg... Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-eicc/e... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALW... Blitz results: http://chess-results.com/tnr100912.... Previous: European Championship (2012). Next: European Championship (2014). See also European Championship (Women) (2013)  page 2 of 59; games 26-50 of 1,465  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. M Ragger vs A Fauland 1-0 43 2013 European Championship E91 King's Indian 27. G Kjartansson vs Fedorchuk 1-0 35 2013 European Championship A37 English, Symmetrical 28. S Zhigalko vs V Sipila   1-0 57 2013 European Championship B40 Sicilian 29. Aghasaryan vs K Georgiev   ½-½ 35 2013 European Championship E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 30. I Khairullin vs M Schachinger   1-0 34 2013 European Championship D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 31. Z Mammadov vs I Ivanisevic 0-1 59 2013 European Championship C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 32. G Meier vs T Anton   1-0 38 2013 European Championship E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 33. R Svane vs Zvjaginsev   ½-½ 30 2013 European Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 34. Dreev vs K Drozdowski   1-0 41 2013 European Championship A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 35. A Diermair vs I Kurnosov   0-1 41 2013 European Championship D85 Grunfeld 36. S Sjugirov vs V Meribanov 1-0 28 2013 European Championship E15 Queen's Indian 37. M Perunovic vs G Gajewski   0-1 35 2013 European Championship B41 Sicilian, Kan 38. A Istratescu vs R Khaetsky   ½-½ 41 2013 European Championship B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 39. R Skytte vs E Safarli   ½-½ 41 2013 European Championship D80 Grunfeld 40. R Mamedov vs B Firat 1-0 27 2013 European Championship B40 Sicilian 41. M Kolosowski vs Fridman   ½-½ 82 2013 European Championship E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 42. B Socko vs R Lubczynski   ½-½ 47 2013 European Championship D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 43. E Kanter vs T L Petrosian   0-1 76 2013 European Championship D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 44. G Caprio vs I Lysyj   0-1 25 2013 European Championship E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 45. E Romanov vs B Rzayev   1-0 32 2013 European Championship A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 46. L Butkiewicz vs Shimanov   0-1 46 2013 European Championship B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 47. M Rodshtein vs G Gkoumas 1-0 26 2013 European Championship E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 48. A Hnydiuk vs E Postny   0-1 34 2013 European Championship B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 49. H Stevic vs N V Pedersen   1-0 52 2013 European Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 50. D Kanovsky vs I Nyzhnyk 0-1 50 2013 European Championship B94 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 2 of 59; games 26-50 of 1,465    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-16-13    waustad: Congrats to Kreisl on the GM norm. May-16-13    niemzo: There is a 4 queen endgame right now at the top board in the final round in Nepo-Moiseenko. May-16-13    mistreaver: Wow what a finish, Ian Nepomniatchi beat Moiseenko and now we have 7 players with 8 points. What is going to happen now? May-16-13    niemzo: It didn't last long. Black had some checks but with the extra knight defending there was really no way to reach a perpetual. Excellent game by Nepo which allowed him to tie for first in the tournament. There is a massive tie for first place, so we have to wait to learn who won on tiebreaks. May-16-13    niemzo: The regulation say that rating performance is the first tiebreak. I have no idea who is ahead and don't really want to calculate. We just have to wait for an official announcement. May-16-13    niemzo: I think it's Alekseev who has the better RP. May-16-13    mistreaver: If what i saw on chessresults is correct, Moiseenko is still first, Romanov second and Beliavsky third, with performance ratings respectively : 2762, 2755, 2750 May-16-13    Eyal: There are no less than 10 players who share first place with 8 points: Dreev, Melkumyan, Alekseev, Romanov, Vallejo-Pons, Lupulescu, Moiseenko, Nepomniachtchi, Beliavski & Movsesian (the last two don't appear at the moment in the table above because one of their games is still missing from the database). I don’t see yet the final table at chess results, but if the tiebreak is indeed the average rating of the players' opponents (not including that of the lowest-rated), as I mentioned in my previous post, I think the winner by tiebreak should be Moiseenko – after the 10th round the only one who had a better tiebreak than him was Tkachiev, who lost today, and he played today against one of the highest-rated players (Nepomniachtchi). May-16-13    virginmind: Ten players sharing first place, now that's something you don't often see...congratulations to all of them! May-16-13    Eyal: ...And according to the final round results there are 16 more players who finished with 7.5 points - I think 15 of them should make it to the world cup, since Vallejo-pons and Dreev (who are among those who finished with 8) already qualified from the European Championship of last year. May-16-13    geeker: I'm confused...have been following this tournament on TWIC, whose coverage shows that "Big Al" Beliavsky should be among the leading group with 8 points. Very happy to see Dreev and Beliavsky doing well; I own and enjoy both players' books of selected games! May-16-13    geeker: Oh...thanks to <Eyal>, who I see pointed out that a Beliavsky game is missing from this site. May-16-13    Eyal: Actually, I see that the missing game - his last round win over Laznicka (Beliavsky vs V Laznicka, 2013) - has already been downloaded, so his name should appear on the table any minute now:-) May-16-13    alexmagnus: Bzw, what's with those who qualified both ways, from 2012 and 2013 ECC? Do the "missing" spots get filled up with rating qualifiers or what? May-16-13    alexmagnus: There are two such players btw, Vallejo and Dreev. May-16-13    Eyal: Yes, I already mentioned Vallejo and Dreev as qualifiers from 2012 in a previous post; in 2011, when there was a similar case with 2010 qualifiers, the spots were given to the next in line from the championship itself. Actually, there might be 3 "open" spots, depending on the status of Nepo, who's a second rating reserve (http://www.fide.com/component/conte... ), and so could qualify that way as well (we know that from the official list of qualifiers at least Anand, Aronian & Kramnik won't play). May-16-13    wtwz: <Eyal: at least Anand, Aronian & Kramnik won't play> Actually both Aronian and Kramnik will play in the next World Cup because according to the new regulations, a player can qualify for the next Candidates tournament by rating if and only if they participate in the World Cup or Grand Prix. Source: http://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/r... ("A player can qualify by rating only if he/she participates in the World Cup 2013 or the FIDE Grand Prix 2012-2013") May-16-13    Eyal: <wtwz> Ok, thanks - I missed that (actually I remember now that Kramnik said something in his long interview to chess-news after the Candidates about playing in the world cup); so I guess at the moment only Giri is guaranteed a place as a rating reserve (instead of Anand). Though it's very likely that at least one more from the list won't play eventually - for example, Topalov if he manages to qualify from the Grand Prix in his next two tournaments, which take place before the world cup. May-16-13    alexmagnus: So, Istratescu and Zvjaginsev get the spots? May-16-13    Eyal: Well, I haven't seen any official announcement yet, but it seems the most likely according to how things were managed the last time. May-16-13    twinlark: <a player can qualify for the next Candidates tournament by rating if and only if they participate in the World Cup or Grand Prix.> Good idea. Now if only they would do away with the whole idea of nominees, especially to the Candidates. May-17-13    Eyal: Btw, the chessvibes report (http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/m...) also says they assume Zvjaginsev and Istratescu have qualified as well. If that's the case, here's a list of all the 46 qualifiers for the world cup from this and last year's championships, according to countries: - 19 from Russia: Jakovenko, Andreikin, Vitiugov, Malakhov, Nepomniachtchi, Riazantsev, Alekseev, Inarkiev, Zvjaginsev, Dreev, Matlakov, Khismatullin, Kobalia, Lysyj, Romanov, Shimanov, Najer, Dubov, Popov. - 8 from Ukraine: Areshchenko, Korobov, Eljanov, Moiseenko, Volokitin, Fedorchuk, Kryvoruchko, Kravtsiv. - 3 from Armenia: Akopian, Movsesian, Melkumyan. - 3 from France: Bacrot, Fressinet, Istratescu. - 1 from Georgia (Jobava), Spain (Vallejo Pons), Moldova (Bologan), Austria (Ragger), Netherlands (Smeets), England (Jones), Israel (Postny), Romania (Lupulescu), Belarus (Azarov), Slovenia (Beliavski), Czech Republic (Hracek), Azerbaijan (Durarbayli) & Italy (Brunello) each. May-17-13    twinlark: It's interesting seeing Fedorchuk qualifying for the World Cup, only his second such. He tends to stay on the open circuit. May-17-13    hellopolgar: IMPRESSIVE performance from the 60-year-old Alexander Beliavsky May-19-13    FSR: The 10-way tie for first is close to, but not, a world record. There was a 13-way tie for first at 5-1 in the 2000 National Open. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o... Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 3) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> 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! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. 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