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European Championship (2002) The 3rd European Championship was a 101-player 13-round Swiss tournament held in Batumi, Georgia, 12-27 June 2002, with rest days on 19 and 25 June and a day for playoffs on 27 June. The players could choose between six different hotels to stay in. Organizers: European Chess Union (ECU), Georgian Chess Federation and Black Sea Chess Association. Of the 101 participants there were 41 GMs, 2 WGMs and 23 IMs. The first five players would qualify for the 2003/2004 World Chess Championship. Time control: 90 minutes for the whole game with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. DGT chess clocks would be used. Prize fund: $50,000 (minus 15% for FIDE and ECU taxes), a considerable reduction from 2001. First prize $10,000, 2nd prize $7,000, 3rd prize $5,000. Chief arbiter: Dirk de Ridder. Chairman of appeals committee: Boris Kutin. Play began each day at 4 pm. N games played: 649 Classical + 8 Rapid = 657. Bartlomiej Macieja won the event with 9.5/13. He and the four players with 9/13 qualified for the FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004). Four playoff matches (15 min + 10 sec) for 2nd-5th place were held on 27 June: Volkov beat Sargissian 1½-½ and Gurevich beat Gagunashvili 1½-½, after which Gurevich took 2nd place by beating Volkov 1½-½. Gagunashvili took 4th place by beating Sargissian 1½-½. See 3rd EU-ch playoff (2002). Sources Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2002080... Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2002072... Chess-Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr1145.a... Mark Weeks: https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/zo... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/batum... Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-eicc/e... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... Previous: European Championship (2001). Next: European Championship (2003). See also European Championship (Women) (2002)  page 9 of 10; games 201-225 of 233  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 201. Z Izoria vs V Gashimov   ½-½ 57 2002 European Championship A30 English, Symmetrical 202. Minasian vs Mamedyarov   ½-½ 44 2002 European Championship C28 Vienna Game 203. Krasenkow vs Delchev   ½-½ 44 2002 European Championship E90 King's Indian 204. L Aroshidze vs V Priehoda   ½-½ 51 2002 European Championship B40 Sicilian 205. K Asrian vs M Gurevich   ½-½ 38 2002 European Championship C03 French, Tarrasch 206. R Asylguzhin vs S Mareck   ½-½ 38 2002 European Championship B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 207. G Bagaturov vs A Goloshchapov   ½-½ 38 2002 European Championship D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 208. Jakovenko vs G Kacheishvili   ½-½ 37 2002 European Championship B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 209. M Jirovsky vs Yagupov   ½-½ 43 2002 European Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 210. D Jojua vs I Cheparinov   ½-½ 63 2002 European Championship B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 211. J Maharramzade vs A Ipek   ½-½ 63 2002 European Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 212. B Morchiashvili vs U Atakisi   ½-½ 125 2002 European Championship D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 213. A Riazantsev vs M Marin   ½-½ 27 2002 European Championship B07 Pirc 214. K Shanava vs D Arutinian   ½-½ 24 2002 European Championship B89 Sicilian 215. S Sulskis vs A Galkin   ½-½ 34 2002 European Championship B10 Caro-Kann 216. A Yegiazarian vs A Chibukhchian   ½-½ 12 2002 European Championship C01 French, Exchange 217. Kharlov vs Z Izoria   ½-½ 29 2002 European Championship E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 218. Delchev vs Ehlvest ½-½ 65 2002 European Championship B83 Sicilian 219. Milov vs Macieja   ½-½ 47 2002 European Championship A45 Queen's Pawn Game 220. B Socko vs A Riazantsev   ½-½ 81 2002 European Championship B12 Caro-Kann Defense 221. J Makharadze vs M Godena   ½-½ 9 2002 European Championship E15 Queen's Indian 222. Yagupov vs Kotronias   ½-½ 55 2002 European Championship B56 Sicilian 223. A Aleksandrov vs T Markowski   ½-½ 59 2002 European Championship D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 224. R Bagirov vs L Aroshidze   ½-½ 55 2002 European Championship E12 Queen's Indian 225. A Chibukhchian vs S Gurcan   ½-½ 133 2002 European Championship D01 Richter-Veresov Attack  page 9 of 10; games 201-225 of 233    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Mar-14-21    Tabanus: Chess-Results has wrong tie-break scores (TB1) for places 2nd-9th. 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