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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 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 234  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Gagunashvili vs A Aleksandrov   ½-½ 67 2002 European Championship D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 2. M Petrov vs Krasenkow   ½-½ 32 2002 European Championship B33 Sicilian 3. Fedorov vs G Bagaturov   ½-½ 57 2002 European Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 4. A Chibukhchian vs Minasian   ½-½ 30 2002 European Championship A46 Queen's Pawn Game 5. U Atakisi vs R Kempinski   ½-½ 11 2002 European Championship B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. S Dovliatov vs Z Sturua   ½-½ 37 2002 European Championship B08 Pirc, Classical 7. J Makharadze vs T Gelashvili   ½-½ 133 2002 European Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 8. A Olcayoz vs Mamedyarov ½-½ 32 2002 European Championship C01 French, Exchange 9. K Supatashvili vs Z Kamadadze   ½-½ 47 2002 European Championship E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 10. J Maharramzade vs D Maghalashvili   ½-½ 50 2002 European Championship A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 11. Chiburdanidze vs G Kacheishvili   ½-½ 34 2002 European Championship E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 12. V Gaprindashvili vs Jobava   ½-½ 48 2002 European Championship A04 Reti Opening 13. A Graf vs M Mchedlishvili   ½-½ 21 2002 European Championship E41 Nimzo-Indian 14. A Anastasian vs R Bagirov   ½-½ 59 2002 European Championship A13 English 15. A Riazantsev vs K Asrian   ½-½ 29 2002 European Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 16. Potkin vs V Popov   ½-½ 19 2002 European Championship B22 Sicilian, Alapin 17. M Kekelidze vs A Galkin   ½-½ 19 2002 European Championship B12 Caro-Kann Defense 18. Z Izoria vs D Shengelia   ½-½ 16 2002 European Championship D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. G Bagaturov vs J Maharramzade   ½-½ 124 2002 European Championship E15 Queen's Indian 20. Ehlvest vs A Olcayoz   ½-½ 42 2002 European Championship A14 English 21. M Erdogdu vs I Cheparinov   ½-½ 59 2002 European Championship B33 Sicilian 22. D Urushadze vs P Velicka   ½-½ 77 2002 European Championship A50 Queen's Pawn Game 23. A Matnadze Bujiashvili vs B Morchiashvili   ½-½ 70 2002 European Championship D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 24. K Asrian vs Chiburdanidze   ½-½ 45 2002 European Championship B12 Caro-Kann Defense 25. B Morchiashvili vs T Gelashvili   ½-½ 62 2002 European Championship A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 234    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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