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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 7; games 1-25 of 159  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Makka vs T Stepovaia   ½-½ 40 2003 European Championship (Women) B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 2. C Foisor vs M Makropoulou   ½-½ 41 2003 European Championship (Women) A07 King's Indian Attack 3. L Mkrtchian vs S Milliet   ½-½ 60 2003 European Championship (Women) B56 Sicilian 4. R Theissl Pokorna vs A Dergatschova   ½-½ 67 2003 European Championship (Women) C45 Scotch Game 5. M Michna vs J Krivec   ½-½ 38 2003 European Championship (Women) A06 Reti Opening 6. J Schmidt vs E Sedina   ½-½ 28 2003 European Championship (Women) D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. S Tkeshelashvili vs N Zhukova ½-½ 48 2003 European Championship (Women) D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 8. V Johansson vs M Klinova   ½-½ 46 2003 European Championship (Women) E97 King's Indian 9. B C Yildiz Kadioglu vs N Pogonina   ½-½ 32 2003 European Championship (Women) A07 King's Indian Attack 10. I Rajlich vs T Lanchava   ½-½ 47 2003 European Championship (Women) D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. V Cmilyte vs L Javakhishvili   ½-½ 57 2003 European Championship (Women) E12 Queen's Indian 12. S Petrenko vs K Kachiani-Gersinska   ½-½ 20 2003 European Championship (Women) B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 13. M Voyska vs E Kovalevskaya   ½-½ 81 2003 European Championship (Women) A53 Old Indian 14. S Matveeva vs T Kononenko   ½-½ 27 2003 European Championship (Women) D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 15. N Dzagnidze vs A Stefanova   ½-½ 101 2003 European Championship (Women) D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 16. M Velcheva vs E Danielian   ½-½ 82 2003 European Championship (Women) A07 King's Indian Attack 17. M Klinova vs I Makka   ½-½ 36 2003 European Championship (Women) B12 Caro-Kann Defense 18. N Pogonina vs V Johansson   ½-½ 37 2003 European Championship (Women) B32 Sicilian 19. B Kharashkina vs N Koskela   ½-½ 56 2003 European Championship (Women) C45 Scotch Game 20. A Stiri vs F Velikhanli   ½-½ 33 2003 European Championship (Women) B07 Pirc 21. M Medic vs C Andersson   ½-½ 123 2003 European Championship (Women) D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. K Smokina vs M Mueller-Seps   ½-½ 31 2003 European Championship (Women) B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 23. M Calzetta vs Y Nagel   ½-½ 40 2003 European Championship (Women) B33 Sicilian 24. N Kosintseva vs O Stjazhkina   ½-½ 52 2003 European Championship (Women) B01 Scandinavian 25. N Janjghava vs S Prudnikova   ½-½ 11 2003 European Championship (Women) A61 Benoni  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 159    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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