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European Championship (2005) The 6th European Championship was a 13-round Swiss held at Hotel 500 in Zegrze (28 km north of Warsaw), Poland, from 18 June to 2 July 2005, with a rest day on 24 June and a day for playoffs on 2 July. It was organized by the Warsaw Foundation for Chess Development and the Sport Club Polonia Warsaw, under the auspices of the European Chess Union. A total of 229 players (incl. 136 GMs and 47 IMs) participated, and three players (Ivanchuk, Dreev and Bologan) were rated 2700 or more. The 34 best players would qualify for the World Cup (2005). Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 15 more minutes for the whole game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Prize fund: 120,000 euros. First prize 20,000, 2nd prize 16,000, 3rd prize 12,000 euros. Tournament director: Agnieszka Fornal. Chief arbiter: Dirk de Ridder. Play began each day at 3 pm. N games played: 1473 Classical + 36 Rapid + 16 Blitz + 4 Armageddon = 1529. Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu won the event with 10/13. Radjabov was 2nd with 9.5/13, and Aronian won the playoff for 3rd place. There was also a playoff for WC qualification between 16 of the players with 8/13. The playoff games were two Rapid (15 min + 10 sec) games, then if needed two Blitz (5 min + 2 sec) games, and if still equal an Armageddon game (5 vs 4 min). See 6th EU-ch playoff (2005). Sources Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2006030... Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2006010... Playoff results: https://web.archive.org/web/2006042... Mark Weeks: https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/zo... Chess-Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr2378.a... Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-eicc/e... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/liviu... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... Jonathan Speelman in The Guardian, 10 July 2005: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2... Previous: European Championship (2004). Next: European Championship (2006). See also European Championship (Women) (2005)  page 1 of 55; games 1-25 of 1,375  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Jaracz vs Ivanchuk 0-1 62 2005 European Championship E12 Queen's Indian 2. Dreev vs M Godena   1-0 58 2005 European Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 3. N Guliyev vs Bologan   ½-½ 82 2005 European Championship E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 4. Aronian vs Portisch 1-0 33 2005 European Championship E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 5. P K Wells vs Van Wely 1-0 44 2005 European Championship D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 6. Motylev vs G Dizdar   ½-½ 22 2005 European Championship C11 French 7. A Bagheri vs Radjabov 0-1 53 2005 European Championship A46 Queen's Pawn Game 8. Krasenkow vs M Mchedlishvili   1-0 39 2005 European Championship A18 English, Mikenas-Carls 9. Smeets vs Sakaev   ½-½ 33 2005 European Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. V Malakhov vs I Khairullin   ½-½ 46 2005 European Championship B40 Sicilian 11. L'Ami vs Nisipeanu   ½-½ 33 2005 European Championship A56 Benoni Defense 12. K Georgiev vs H Stevic   ½-½ 60 2005 European Championship D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 13. R Zelcic vs A Moiseenko   0-1 53 2005 European Championship B30 Sicilian 14. I Sokolov vs R Ibrahimov   ½-½ 56 2005 European Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 15. M Bartel vs Milov   0-1 43 2005 European Championship A00 Uncommon Opening 16. P H Nielsen vs R Mamedov   ½-½ 39 2005 European Championship E91 King's Indian 17. B Kovacevic vs Navara   1-0 54 2005 European Championship A45 Queen's Pawn Game 18. Mamedyarov vs D Reinderman 1-0 29 2005 European Championship A81 Dutch 19. T Nalbandian vs Rublevsky   0-1 40 2005 European Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 20. M Kobalia vs D Frolyanov   1-0 43 2005 European Championship C42 Petrov Defense 21. A Evdokimov vs Eljanov   0-1 40 2005 European Championship E15 Queen's Indian 22. Lputian vs P Bobras   0-1 40 2005 European Championship A45 Queen's Pawn Game 23. A Mista vs Fressinet   ½-½ 38 2005 European Championship C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. Jobava vs K Urban   ½-½ 14 2005 European Championship A55 Old Indian, Main line 25. L Pantsulaia vs A Aleksandrov   1-0 60 2005 European Championship D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation  page 1 of 55; games 1-25 of 1,375    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-02-05    azaris: The rapid games were drawn, they're now playing blitz. Aronian won the first game. Jul-02-05    Knight13: 20000 Euros = How many US dollars? Jul-02-05    ughaibu: Knight13: don't you know what Google is? Jul-02-05    Jafar219: 20000 euro = 25000 dollars. Jul-02-05    azaris: The top five are: 1. Nisipeanu 2. Radjabov 3. Aronian 4. Karjakin 5. Ivanchuk Jul-02-05    Knight13: (Last two posts has been deleted due to embarrasments) Jul-02-05    Hesam7: <chessgames.com> Round 13 is still missing here. Jul-03-05    Ezzy: All the 3 young stars had a successful tournament!! Radjabov would of gained about 20 elo points for this tournament! Karjakin gained about 21 elo points! Carlson gained about 23 elo points! Pantsulaia gained 38 points!! Bologon would have lost about 20 points?? <fgh> Sokolov would have gained 2 elo points - The average rating of his opponents was only 2561 Jul-03-05    farrooj: how do you find how many points you win? I never knew how to calculate it. Jul-03-05    jamesmaskell: http://www.fide.com Go to the handbook area. No doubt the ELO calculations bit is in there somewhere. Jul-03-05    capablancakarpov: <farrooj>Here you have the link: http://www.fide.com/ratings/calcula... Jul-03-05    farrooj: thanks man, it's totally cool! Jul-03-05    capablancakarpov: And here is the link to the rating change calculator: http://www.fide.com/ratings/calcula... Jul-04-05    VishyFan: Nisipeanu is all set to enter the 2700+ club in the october list, he's now 2679 and set to gain 26 ELO from this tournament. Also, Radjabov will be entering the 2700 club..... Notable changes from this tournament...... Ivanchuk +4 Bologan -20 Radjabov +20 Nisipeanu +26 Milov +17 Nielsen -18 Karjakin +21 Beliavsky +21 Asrian +25 Petrosian -17 Carlsen +22 Jul-04-05    jamesmaskell: Bologan and Nielsen had a bad tournament. Petrosian too. There were always going to be big players finding it hard. Jul-04-05    shortsight: Petrosian? Please be noted that this Petrosian is born in 1984, frequented playchess server, not the Petrosian that Fischer faced. Jul-04-05    jamesmaskell: Im aware of that. I know the difference. Jul-04-05    firebyrd: <All the 3 young stars had a successful tournament!!> Kuzubov also scored the same as Carlsen from only a slightly better rating - and will probably do about the same ratingwise ~ +20 Jul-04-05    refutor: <shortsight> also be aware that "the petrosian that fischer faced" has been dead for quite some time...his corpse did not lose any rating points in this tournament Jul-12-05    Starfire: In studying this tourney I am awed at seeing so many awesome players in this tourney,with so many world class names and WHO wins it?? Nisipeanu WHO???? Jul-16-05    Starfire: This is an excellent tourney for study of games by top players Aug-09-13    iclaudiu: Indeed, a lot of awesome players so Nisipeanu's victory is even more impressive. Sep-02-17    Arconax: This was a good tournament. Tons of interesting study material. Mar-24-21    Tabanus: I can still remember how happy Nisipeanu was when he won this. Mar-24-21    moronovich: <Tabanus> Me too ! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 3) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> 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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