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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 4 of 5; games 76-100 of 121  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 76. Z Mamedjarova vs S Yeke   0-1 47 2004 European Championship D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 77. B Ersahin vs E Karadeniz   0-1 40 2004 European Championship C78 Ruy Lopez 78. B C Yildiz Kadioglu vs A Idrizaj   0-1 37 2004 European Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 79. Mamedyarov vs A Istratescu 0-1 44 2004 European Championship E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 80. Jobava vs Aronian 0-1 31 2004 European Championship C52 Evans Gambit 81. Z Izoria vs M Gurevich   0-1 35 2004 European Championship D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 82. K Hulak vs Miroshnichenko   0-1 35 2004 European Championship A26 English 83. A Anastasian vs M Parligras   0-1 39 2004 European Championship E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 84. Minasian vs A Iljushin   0-1 52 2004 European Championship A04 Reti Opening 85. M Neubauer vs T L Petrosian   0-1 33 2004 European Championship C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 86. T Yilmaz vs A Mastrovasilis   0-1 35 2004 European Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 87. B Bente vs Z Mamedjarova 0-1 35 2004 European Championship D05 Queen's Pawn Game 88. T Demirel vs M Bakalarz   0-1 43 2004 European Championship D85 Grunfeld 89. D Goksel vs B C Yildiz Kadioglu   0-1 44 2004 European Championship E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 90. K Hulak vs Macieja   0-1 35 2004 European Championship A36 English 91. S Kristjansson vs A Pashikian   0-1 25 2004 European Championship B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 92. M Klinova vs T Yilmaz   0-1 43 2004 European Championship B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 93. S Yeke vs L Mazi   0-1 62 2004 European Championship E84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line 94. Y Erturan vs B Thorfinnsson   0-1 28 2004 European Championship C27 Vienna Game 95. Krasenkow vs P Nikolic 0-1 50 2004 European Championship A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 96. L Mazi vs T Nedev   0-1 35 2004 European Championship B33 Sicilian 97. U Atakisi vs H Jonkman   0-1 42 2004 European Championship C67 Ruy Lopez 98. Y Bayram vs M Klinova   0-1 86 2004 European Championship B07 Pirc 99. B Thorfinnsson vs M Bakalarz   0-1 18 2004 European Championship A45 Queen's Pawn Game 100. S Yeke vs A Idrizaj   0-1 44 2004 European Championship D37 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 4 of 5; games 76-100 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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