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European Championship (2001) The 2nd European Championship was a 13-round Swiss tournament held in Ohrid, Macedonia, 1-15 June 2001, with a rest day on 8 June, and a day for playoffs on 15 June. No less than 142 GMs (of which 40 were rated >2600), 38 IMs, 14 FMs and 9 other players participated. The players were obligated to stay in Hotel Desaret. The top 46 players would qualify for the World Championship knockout tournament in Moscow in November. FIDE's new and faster time control was used: 75 minutes for the first 40 moves, 15 more minutes to finish the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Prize fund: $240,000 (minus 20% for FIDE and ECU taxes). First prize $40,000, 2nd prize $30,000, 3rd prize $20,000. Tournament director: Marjan Gjorcev. Chief arbiter: Geurt Gijssen. Appeals committee: Boris Kutin and Gaguik Oganessian. Play began each day at 2 pm. N games played: 1312 Classical + 38 Rapid = 1350. Emil Sutovsky won the event by defeating Ponomariov 1½-½ in the Rapid (15 min + 10 sec) playoff. The playoff for 3rd place was won by Azmaiparashvili, who beat Polgar 1½-½. The 45 players with 8 points or more qualified for the FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2001/02). Of these, Azmaiparashvili, Gurevich and Van Wely were already qualifed. Nigel Short (who had 7.5/13) was also qualified, so that 21 of the 22 players with 7.5/13 had a knockout playoff with Rapid time control (15 min + 10 sec) for the four remaining places. From which Georgiev, Gyimesi, Lautier and Delchev qualified. See 2nd European Championship Playoff g/15 (2001). The competition was fierce and celebrities like Tregubov (the last year's winner), Almasi, Piket, Korchnoi, Akopian, Yusupov and Miles did not make it. GM norms: Galego, Moreno, Volokitin and Ekstroem. IM norms: Azarov, Korobov, Stojanovski and Thorfinnsson. Sources Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2001072... Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2001080... Chess-Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr766.as... Mark Weeks: https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/zo... Chess Siberia: http://www.chessib.com/ohridresults... Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-eicc/e... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... Tidskrift för Schack, 2001/6, pp. 397-400: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2001... Previous: European Championship (2000). Next: European Championship (2002). See also European Championship (Women) (2001)  page 1 of 53; games 1-25 of 1,309  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Gurevich vs A Volzhin   1-0 42 2001 European Championship D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. P Blehm vs Polgar ½-½ 29 2001 European Championship B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 3. Bologan vs S Sulskis 1-0 62 2001 European Championship C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 4. R Slobodjan vs K Georgiev 0-1 24 2001 European Championship A28 English 5. Short vs A Yegiazarian   ½-½ 62 2001 European Championship B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 6. Aronian vs Ponomariov   ½-½ 25 2001 European Championship B07 Pirc 7. Tkachiev vs J Gdanski   ½-½ 18 2001 European Championship A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 8. Goloshchapov vs Azmaiparashvili   ½-½ 42 2001 European Championship A00 Uncommon Opening 9. Van Wely vs S Guliev 1-0 24 2001 European Championship A81 Dutch 10. R Tischbierek vs Movsesian   ½-½ 43 2001 European Championship B22 Sicilian, Alapin 11. Lautier vs O Cvitan   1-0 65 2001 European Championship E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 12. N Sulava vs Rublevsky   0-1 36 2001 European Championship D02 Queen's Pawn Game 13. Krasenkow vs G Rechlis   1-0 54 2001 European Championship D05 Queen's Pawn Game 14. V Malakhatko vs V Akopian   0-1 33 2001 European Championship D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 15. P Nikolic vs Mikhalevski   1-0 48 2001 European Championship D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 16. V Burmakin vs A Graf   1-0 32 2001 European Championship E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 17. Yusupov vs P K Wells   1-0 43 2001 European Championship D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 18. Miroshnichenko vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 26 2001 European Championship B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 19. Vaganian vs I Miladinovic   ½-½ 30 2001 European Championship A04 Reti Opening 20. B Chatalbashev vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 28 2001 European Championship E14 Queen's Indian 21. Beliavsky vs S Savchenko   ½-½ 50 2001 European Championship D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. R Rabiega vs Sakaev   0-1 41 2001 European Championship B22 Sicilian, Alapin 23. Dautov vs G Sargissian   1-0 32 2001 European Championship D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. A Shneider vs Ehlvest   ½-½ 16 2001 European Championship E15 Queen's Indian 25. Piket vs T Nedev   ½-½ 18 2001 European Championship E94 King's Indian, Orthodox  page 1 of 53; games 1-25 of 1,309    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Mar-14-21    Tabanus: <No less than 142 GMs> Is this the record high number of GMs in a Swiss tournament? Oct-09-21    siggemannen: For some reason I get Chris Morrison in first with 2/11 when visiting the tourney page European Championship (2001) Bug? Oct-09-21    Stonehenge: I have fixed it. It may have something to do with updating the info before all games are in. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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