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European Championship (2000) The first European Championship was an 11-round Swiss held in the Palasport hall in Saint Vincent, Aosta Valley, northwestern Italy, 3-14 July 2000. Rest day: 9 July. The European Chess Union had decided it was about time to have a European Champion, and a tournament qualifying European players for FIDE's World Championship cycle. The Val d'Aosta organizers won the bid (ahead of Biel and others), and invited 120 strong players, including 25 IMs and 45 GMs (of which 16 were rated >2600). Time control: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, 50 more minutes for the next 20 moves, followed by 10 more minutes to finish the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Prize fund: 60,000 euros. First prize: a brand new Fiat Punto car, worth 10,000 euros. The top two players would qualify for the FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2000). Pavel Tregubov won on Buchholz tiebreak ahead of Aleksandrov, Markowski and Kharlov, all four with 8/11. Sources FSI: https://web.archive.org/web/2014010... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... Olimpbase: https://www.olimpbase.org/ind-eicc/... Russia Chess: http://www.ruschess.com/Archive/200... Scacchistica Torinese: http://www.scacchisticatorinese.it/... Jaque 524, pp. 8-12: https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/... Christopher Lutz report: https://web.archive.org/web/2012050... FIDE rating list July 2000: http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/Elo200... Tidskrift för Schack, 2000/7, p. 446: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2000... Wikipedia article: European Individual Chess Championship Next: European Championship (2001). See also European Championship (Women) (2000)  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 125  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Mukic vs Miles   ½-½ 45 2000 European Championship D02 Queen's Pawn Game 2. V Malakhov vs E Dervishi   ½-½ 66 2000 European Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 3. A Beliavsky vs T Gelashvili   ½-½ 36 2000 European Championship D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. Fressinet vs Smirin   ½-½ 21 2000 European Championship B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 5. R Kempinski vs Kharlov   ½-½ 52 2000 European Championship D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 6. G Hertneck vs G Mittelman   ½-½ 38 2000 European Championship A15 English 7. C Bauer vs C Marcelin   ½-½ 46 2000 European Championship D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 8. D Bunzmann vs C Lutz   ½-½ 34 2000 European Championship E12 Queen's Indian 9. A David vs Tiviakov   ½-½ 35 2000 European Championship B30 Sicilian 10. F Handke vs Sax   ½-½ 41 2000 European Championship E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 11. R Kuczynski vs Romanishin   ½-½ 30 2000 European Championship C87 Ruy Lopez 12. B Lalic vs Fedorov   ½-½ 18 2000 European Championship E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 13. Miles vs F Ruiz Jimenez   ½-½ 44 2000 European Championship A04 Reti Opening 14. Milov vs D Solak   ½-½ 50 2000 European Championship E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5 15. I Morovic Fernandez vs F Bellini   ½-½ 32 2000 European Championship D62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 16. H Odeev vs J Gdanski   ½-½ 41 2000 European Championship C01 French, Exchange 17. Timman vs A Gershon   ½-½ 44 2000 European Championship E15 Queen's Indian 18. Z Vukovic vs Yakovich   ½-½ 20 2000 European Championship B20 Sicilian 19. Smirin vs Epishin   ½-½ 31 2000 European Championship B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 20. Kharlov vs B Lalic   ½-½ 21 2000 European Championship D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 21. S Conquest vs A Beliavsky   ½-½ 18 2000 European Championship C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 22. I Efimov vs J Pedersen   ½-½ 32 2000 European Championship E70 King's Indian 23. A Galkin vs Krasenkow   ½-½ 24 2000 European Championship B33 Sicilian 24. A Gershon vs Milov   ½-½ 44 2000 European Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 25. C Lutz vs A David   ½-½ 41 2000 European Championship B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 125    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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