| European Championship (2006) |
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The 7th European Championship was an 11-round Swiss tournament held at the KoruMar Hotel in Kusadasi, Aydin Province, Turkey, 4-16 April 2006, with a rest day on 11 April, and a day for playoffs on 16 April. It was organized by the Turkish Chess Federation, under the auspices of the European Chess Union. A total of 138 players including 79 GM's, 38 IM's and 6 FM's participated, with Ivanchuk as the only one rated >2700. The 16 best players would qualify for the World Cup (2007). Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 more minutes for the whole game, with 30 seconds added per move from move one. Prize fund: 48,000 euros. First prize 7,000, 2nd prize 5,500, 3rd prize 3,500 euros. Tournament director: Abdulrahman Koral. Chief arbiter: Ozgur Solakoglu. Play began at 3 pm. Number of games played: 753 Classical + 40 Rapid + 14 Blitz + 3 Armageddon = 810. Zdenko Kozul won the event with 8.5/11. Ivanchuk was 2nd with 8/11, and Georgiev won the playoff for 3rd place. There was also a playoff for WC qualification between the 14 players with 7/11, from which Gagunashvili, Berg, Mamedov, Gurevich, Fressinet and Balogh qualified. The playoff games were two Rapid (15 min + 5 sec) games, then if necessary two Blitz (5 min) games, and an Armageddon game (5 vs 4 min).
Sources
Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2006041...
Regulations: https://en.chessbase.com/news/2005/...
Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr3328.as...
Mark Weeks: https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/zo...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/ekate...
Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-eicc/e...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...
Interview with the winner: https://web.archive.org/web/2021032...
Emanuel Berg in Tidskrift för Schack, 2006/4, pp. 46-57: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2006...
Jonathan Speelman in The Guardian, 23 April 2006: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2... Previous: European Championship (2005). Next: European Championship (2007). See also European Championship (Women) (2006) (same place and time)
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Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Jobava vs A Jankovic |
 | 1-0 | 27 | 2006 | European Championship | A37 English, Symmetrical |
| 2. S Atalik vs S Sulskis |
| 1-0 | 31 | 2006 | European Championship | E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation |
| 3. V Iordachescu vs A Iljushin |
| 1-0 | 46 | 2006 | European Championship | C03 French, Tarrasch |
| 4. Miroshnichenko vs A Pashikian |
| 1-0 | 36 | 2006 | European Championship | E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 |
| 5. E Inarkiev vs E Romanov |
| 1-0 | 53 | 2006 | European Championship | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
| 6. T Luther vs O Jovanic |
| 1-0 | 37 | 2006 | European Championship | B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation |
| 7. A Graf vs B Kovacevic |
| 1-0 | 38 | 2006 | European Championship | E00 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 8. Macieja vs E Arlandi |
| 1-0 | 30 | 2006 | European Championship | B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack |
| 9. A Berescu vs R Kempinski |
| 1-0 | 42 | 2006 | European Championship | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 10. V Iotov vs A David |
| 1-0 | 57 | 2006 | European Championship | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 11. T Kotanjian vs E van den Doel |
| 1-0 | 27 | 2006 | European Championship | D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 12. Minasian vs U Atakisi |
| 1-0 | 32 | 2006 | European Championship | B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation |
| 13. B Esen vs E Postny |
| 1-0 | 62 | 2006 | European Championship | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 14. T L Petrosian vs F Manca |
| 1-0 | 35 | 2006 | European Championship | A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 |
| 15. Pelletier vs A Gasthofer |
| 1-0 | 47 | 2006 | European Championship | C07 French, Tarrasch |
| 16. M Palac vs A Vuilleumier |
| 1-0 | 55 | 2006 | European Championship | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 17. M Gagunashvili vs V M Vehi Bach |
| 1-0 | 25 | 2006 | European Championship | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 18. D Svetushkin vs F Aleskerov |
| 1-0 | 22 | 2006 | European Championship | A44 Old Benoni Defense |
| 19. R Soltanici vs Kuzubov |
| 1-0 | 33 | 2006 | European Championship | B30 Sicilian |
| 20. Andersson vs I Simeonidis |
| 1-0 | 61 | 2006 | European Championship | A15 English |
| 21. L Galego vs S Logothetis |
| 1-0 | 32 | 2006 | European Championship | C01 French, Exchange |
| 22. D Rogic vs Y Yagiz |
| 1-0 | 58 | 2006 | European Championship | B41 Sicilian, Kan |
| 23. Turov vs S Yeke |
| 1-0 | 34 | 2006 | European Championship | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 24. M Godena vs A Duman |
| 1-0 | 24 | 2006 | European Championship | B27 Sicilian |
| 25. D Arutinian vs H de Lange |
| 1-0 | 42 | 2006 | European Championship | E90 King's Indian |
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| Apr-14-06 | | notyetagm: <Wannabe> The bookie always wins in the end, baby. :-) |
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| Apr-14-06 | | OhoBoho: Breaking news: Topalov vs Kramnik in September
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| Apr-14-06 | | OhoBoho: http://www.chessbase.com/ |
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| Apr-14-06 | | Ivan23: Last round pairings on top boards:
Kozul (8) - Izoria (7)
Belov (7) - Ivanchuk (7,5)
Inarkiev (7) - Nikolic (7)
Georgiev (7) - Gurevich (6,5)
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| Apr-14-06 | | Maroczy: Former European champion Macieja has played some tough draws vs. Jobava, Shanava and Gurevitch. He's having one of his best efforts in a long time. |
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| Apr-14-06 | | notyetagm: <Ivan23: Last round pairings on top boards:> I thought this tournament was 13 rounds? This is only rounds 11. |
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| Apr-15-06 | | Ivan23: <notyetagm> Only 11 rounds will be played. Last round today, tie-breakers in Sunday and closing ceremony and departures in Monday (hence Apr 4 - Apr 17). |
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| Apr-15-06 | | Ivan23: Kozul-Izoria drawn after 5 minutes and 10 moves played. Ivanchuk needs a win with Black in an Exchange Slav against Belov to share 1st place with Kozul. |
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| Apr-15-06 | | whatthefat: Well, I decided to give Georgiev one last chance to win me back my chessbucks. Unfortunately, I overlooked the fact that HE'S SOFT AS ANYTHING AND CAN ONLY LAST 9 MOVES AS WHITE!! Ahem... excuse me.. getting all worked up here... Serenity now. |
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 | | keypusher: Belov appears to have no objection to a draw, but Ivanchuk seems to be trying to win. http://www.tsf.org.tr/LIVE/web4/
<whatthefat> LOL. Glancing over Georgiev's games so far, I am sure he was very tired. |
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| Apr-15-06 | | whatthefat: <keypusher>
Yeah, I know, it's actually a pretty impressive result for him. Just a shame he had to cost me about a grand of imaginary money along the way. |
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| Apr-15-06 | | Ivan23: Belov-Ivanchuk draw.
It's official now, Kozul is the new champ. |
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| Apr-15-06 | | notyetagm: ICC claims Ivanchuk won to go to 8.5 and tie Kozul. |
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| Apr-15-06 | | Ivan23: Official site says draw after 30 moves. |
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| Apr-15-06 | | Gregor Samsa Mendel: The Belov-Ivanchuk position on the official site sure looks like a draw to me. This is the first time I've followed the progress of a tournament like this via the internet. I guess short draws are very common in the penultimate round of a tournament. One game in the Women's section lasted all of five moves. |
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| Apr-15-06 | | TheUnkraut: (Whatthefat) you really missunderstand georgiev: he might have played only 9 moves-but im sure he was giving his very best till the titanic fight was over |
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| Apr-15-06 | | BIDMONFA: 7th European Individual Championship (2006) EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Champion - ZDENKO KOZUL
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kozul_zdenk...
Sub-Champion - VASSILY IVANCHUK
http://www.bidmonfa.com/ivanchuk_va...
History Championship
http://www.bidmonfa.com/campionats_...
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| Apr-15-06 | | Ezzy: Congratulations to Grandmaster Kozul the new European champion! What an improvement on last year when he scored 5.5/13 and lost 24 rating points in that one tournament. |
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| Apr-16-06 | | WarmasterKron: According to ChessBase, Kozul's performance rating for the tournament was an impressive 2791. |
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| Apr-16-06 | | stanleys: Another big success for a Croatian player - about a month ago GM Zelcic became European blitz champion and GM Palac took the third place.
Congratulations! |
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| Apr-17-06 | | Petrosian63: Will Ivanchuk gain any ELO points from the European Individual Championships? |
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| Apr-17-06 | | AlexandraThess: What a sad championship the legendary Ulf Andersson had hard moments |
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| Apr-18-06 | | Maroczy: Where is that elusive last round? |
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| Apr-18-06 | | Maroczy: Thanks. |
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| Apr-19-06 | | turkishgrandmaster: Sinan Tezok is my friend but he is an amuetor. He just went there for fun |
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