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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 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 148  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. K Mar vs M Lomineishvili   0-1 32 2003 European Championship (Women) B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 2. R Genova vs K Arakhamia-Grant   0-1 32 2003 European Championship (Women) E97 King's Indian 3. L Galojan vs N Bojkovic   0-1 41 2003 European Championship (Women) E46 Nimzo-Indian 4. N Kosintseva vs M Velcheva 0-1 27 2003 European Championship (Women) C45 Scotch Game 5. M Shukurova vs I Gaponenko   0-1 18 2003 European Championship (Women) B22 Sicilian, Alapin 6. A Muzychuk vs I Rajlich   0-1 45 2003 European Championship (Women) A07 King's Indian Attack 7. O Sikorova vs V Cmilyte   0-1 71 2003 European Championship (Women) A03 Bird's Opening 8. Z Mamedjarova vs P Cramling   0-1 22 2003 European Championship (Women) A45 Queen's Pawn Game 9. F Velikhanli vs S Matveeva   0-1 66 2003 European Championship (Women) C17 French, Winawer, Advance 10. N Koskela vs A Skripchenko   0-1 45 2003 European Championship (Women) A07 King's Indian Attack 11. G Hlgatian vs E Paehtz   0-1 38 2003 European Championship (Women) B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 12. A Bollengier vs N Dzagnidze   0-1 48 2003 European Championship (Women) B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. K Cedikova vs T Shumiakina   0-1 32 2003 European Championship (Women) D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 14. I Lauterbach vs O Zimina   0-1 56 2003 European Championship (Women) A07 King's Indian Attack 15. A Kopinits vs M Voyska   0-1 73 2003 European Championship (Women) B07 Pirc 16. M Mueller-Seps vs E Zaiatz   0-1 36 2003 European Championship (Women) C51 Evans Gambit 17. Y Nagel vs S Gvetadze 0-1 20 2003 European Championship (Women) B30 Sicilian 18. V Papadopoulou vs N Kosintseva   0-1 32 2003 European Championship (Women) A04 Reti Opening 19. S Milliet vs C Foisor 0-1 102 2003 European Championship (Women) B06 Robatsch 20. M Makropoulou vs L Mkrtchian   0-1 31 2003 European Championship (Women) B83 Sicilian 21. J Krivec vs R Theissl Pokorna 0-1 21 2003 European Championship (Women) C45 Scotch Game 22. E Chasovnikova vs M Sebag 0-1 16 2003 European Championship (Women) D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. E Zaiatz vs N Khurtsidze   0-1 50 2003 European Championship (Women) E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 24. E Moser vs Z Peng   0-1 67 2003 European Championship (Women) B30 Sicilian 25. O Zimina vs T Kosintseva   0-1 64 2003 European Championship (Women) B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 148    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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