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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). Next: European Championship (2005). See also European Championship (Women) (2004)  page 20 of 20; games 476-482 of 482  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 476. B C Yildiz Kadioglu vs B Esen 0-1 48 2004 European Championship A82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit 477. T Mamedjarova vs P Makoli   ½-½ 57 2004 European Championship A46 Queen's Pawn Game 478. B Bente vs D Goksel   0-1 54 2004 European Championship D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 479. S Yeke vs S Kose   1-0 34 2004 European Championship A03 Bird's Opening 480. K Asrian vs G Sargissian   ½-½ 11 2004 European Championship C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 481. Ivanchuk vs P Nikolic 1-0 28 2004 European Championship C33 King's Gambit Accepted 482. P Nikolic vs Ivanchuk 0-1 37 2004 European Championship D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav  page 20 of 20; games 476-482 of 482    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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