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European Championship (2003) The 4th European Championship was a 207-player 13-round Swiss tournament held at the Marin Princess Hotel in Silivri, Istanbul Province, Turkey, 30 May - 14 June 2003, with rest days on 4 and 9 June, and a day for playoffs on 14 June. No less than 152 GMs participated, of which 49 were rated >2600. Two players (Ivanchuk and Grischuk) were rated >2700. Among the men were also a 13-year-old girl, Kateryna Lagno. The players were once again requested to stay in certain hotels. The first 39 players (excl. seeded players, and five players from the previous European championship) would qualify for the 2003/04 World Championship. Time control: 90 minutes for the whole game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Prize fund: $192,000 (minus FIDE and ECU taxes), a considerable increase from 2002. First prize $32,000, 2nd prize $24,000, 3rd prize $16,000. Chief arbiter: Viron Tsorbatzoglou. Play began each day at 3 pm. N games played: 1337 Classical + 2 Rapid = 1339. Zurab Azmaiparashvili won the event with 9.5/13. Malakhov beat Graf 1½-½ in the Rapid (15 min + 10 sec) tiebreak match for 2nd place, see 4th EU-ch playoff (2003). The four 8/13 players with worst Buchholz score (Fedorov, Tiviakov, Istratescu, Inarkiev) were supposed to have a playoff for two places in the WC tournament, but this did not happen because they felt that all 32 players tied on 8 points should be involved. Inarkiev and Tiviakov did take part in the FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004). Sources Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2003081... Tiebreak rules: https://web.archive.org/web/2003100... Mark Weeks: https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/zo... Chess-Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr1178.a... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/and-t... Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-eicc/e... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... Tidskrift för Schack, 2003/6, pp. 407-413: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2003... Interview with Azmaiparashvili: https://web.archive.org/web/2003081... Previous: European Championship (2002). Next: European Championship (2004). See also European Championship (Women) (2003) (same place, 2-14 June)  page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 605  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Dolmatov vs I Kurnosov   ½-½ 28 2003 European Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. R Kempinski vs Van Wely   ½-½ 60 2003 European Championship D71 Neo-Grunfeld 3. Minasian vs Azmaiparashvili ½-½ 7 2003 European Championship B07 Pirc 4. I Sokolov vs V Spasov ½-½ 43 2003 European Championship E77 King's Indian 5. S Conquest vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 37 2003 European Championship A04 Reti Opening 6. A Cherniaev vs Aronian   ½-½ 45 2003 European Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 7. R Mamedov vs V Burmakin   ½-½ 15 2003 European Championship C10 French 8. A Olcayoz vs Z Izoria   ½-½ 34 2003 European Championship B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 9. E Can vs Nijboer   ½-½ 35 2003 European Championship B30 Sicilian 10. G Sargissian vs R Moor   ½-½ 47 2003 European Championship D84 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit Accepted 11. Lagno vs Milov   ½-½ 71 2003 European Championship B32 Sicilian 12. F K Volkmann vs S Sulskis   ½-½ 38 2003 European Championship B40 Sicilian 13. J Grant vs K Bischoff   ½-½ 33 2003 European Championship A14 English 14. D de Vreugt vs Baklan   ½-½ 26 2003 European Championship C11 French 15. S Grigoriants vs Krasenkow   ½-½ 32 2003 European Championship B06 Robatsch 16. E Alekseev vs G Guseinov   ½-½ 69 2003 European Championship E91 King's Indian 17. M Palac vs M Rychagov   ½-½ 18 2003 European Championship C42 Petrov Defense 18. Ftacnik vs J Gdanski   ½-½ 34 2003 European Championship A37 English, Symmetrical 19. Damljanovic vs D Palo   ½-½ 63 2003 European Championship D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 20. A Mastrovasilis vs A Galkin   ½-½ 21 2003 European Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. A Huzman vs Kupreichik   ½-½ 30 2003 European Championship A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 22. H Olafsson vs Naiditsch   ½-½ 21 2003 European Championship E15 Queen's Indian 23. Tiviakov vs D Solak   ½-½ 56 2003 European Championship B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 24. P San Segundo Carrillo vs Pelletier   ½-½ 15 2003 European Championship E16 Queen's Indian 25. D Reinderman vs A Moiseenko   ½-½ 14 2003 European Championship B23 Sicilian, Closed  page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 605    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jun-08-03    lostemperor: Let's test this new tournamentfeature:) I don't get it. This Europeanchampionship is played in the accelerated new timer of Fide while the unification WC-matches is back to its "old" longer timer of 2 hours for 40 moves. Either weird or double standards. This timer causes much more blunders in the games. If people like to see players making blunders look at my (fast) games on internet! Jun-09-03    refutor: question...is there anyway to sort the tournament listings by eco? i find it hard to look for the stuff i play without it being sorted ;) Jun-09-03    Bears092: Refutor - You could search using just the ECO and type in 2003 for the year, then pick out the ones that are from 4th IECC. It'll be a lot easier to do that than search through all 700 of these games. Jun-13-03    twisterctl8: where can i follow the games live for this tournament? Jun-13-03    pks: you can see the games live at icc but its over now sorry Jun-13-03    chessgames.com: The remaining rounds from this tournament are now online. 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