Chess tournament
View of the tournament hall from the Open (Zegrze) 2005 event The European Individual Chess Championship is a chess tournament organised by the European Chess Union . It was established in 2000 and has since then taken place on a yearly basis. Apart from determining the European champions (open and women's), another objective of this tournament is to determine a number of players who qualify for the FIDE World Cup and the FIDE Women's World Cup (formerly the knockout Women's World Championship ).
The European Individual Championship consists of two separate tournaments , an open event and a women's event, held at different times of the year and hosted in different cities. Both are Swiss system tournaments , with a varying number of rounds. Historically, the only exception to this was the first Women's Championship tournament in 2000, which was held as a knockout tournament.
Apart from the first edition in 2000, where in case of a tie the Buchholz rating was used as a tie-breaker, rapid play playoff matches are used to determine the medal winners as well as the world championship qualifiers.
There have been a number of controversies associated with the tournament:
At most venues, participants and accompanying persons have been obliged to stay at the "official hotel", appointed by the local organizers. The room rates for participants, however, have been significantly higher than for other hotel guests.[1] [2] This in large part contributed to the founding of the ACP in 2003. Also the standard of the hotels as well as of the food has been a focus of complaints by players and journalists. As the European Championships are part of the FIDE World Championship cycle, starting with the 2001 edition, the new, faster FIDE time control was used. This led to many complaints by the participants about increased stress, incessant time trouble and a steep deterioration of the quality of the games.[3] [4] Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze Players/rounds 2000 Saint-Vincent , Italy Pavel Tregubov (RUS ) Aleksej Aleksandrov (BLR ) Tomasz Markowski (POL ) 120 / 11 2001 Ohrid , Macedonia Emil Sutovsky (ISR ) Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR ) Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO ) 203 / 13 2002 Batumi , Georgia Bartłomiej Macieja (POL ) Mikhail Gurevich (BEL ) Sergey Volkov (RUS ) 101 / 13 2003 Silivri , Turkey Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO ) Vladimir Malakhov (RUS ) Alexander Graf (GER ) 207 / 13 2004 Antalya , Turkey Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR ) Predrag Nikolić (BIH ) Levon Aronian (GER ) 74 / 13 2005 Zegrze , Poland Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU ) Teimour Radjabov (AZE ) Levon Aronian (ARM ) 229 / 13 2006 Kuşadası , Turkey Zdenko Kožul (CRO ) Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR ) Kiril Georgiev (BUL ) 138 / 11 2007 Dresden , Germany Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA ) Emil Sutovsky (ISR ) Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS ) 403 / 11 2008 Plovdiv , Bulgaria Sergei Tiviakov (NED ) Sergei Movsesian (SVK ) Sergey Volkov (RUS ) 323 / 11 2009 Budva , Montenegro Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS ) Vladimir Malakhov (RUS ) Baadur Jobava (GEO ) 306 / 11 2010 Rijeka , Croatia Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS ) Baadur Jobava (GEO ) Artyom Timofeev (RUS ) 408 / 11 2011 Aix-les-Bains , France Vladimir Potkin (RUS ) Radosław Wojtaszek (POL ) Judit Polgár (HUN ) 393 / 11 2012 Plovdiv , Bulgaria Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS ) Laurent Fressinet (FRA ) Vladimir Malakhov (RUS ) 348 / 11 2013 Legnica , Poland Alexander Moiseenko (UKR ) Evgeny Alekseev (RUS ) Evgeny Romanov (RUS ) 286 / 11 2014 Yerevan , Armenia Alexander Motylev (RUS ) David Antón Guijarro (ESP ) Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS ) 257 / 11 2015 Jerusalem , Israel Evgeniy Najer (RUS ) David Navara (CZE ) Mateusz Bartel (POL ) 250 / 11 2016 Gjakova , Kosovo Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS ) Igor Kovalenko (LAT ) Baadur Jobava (GEO ) 245 / 11 2017 Minsk , Belarus Maxim Matlakov (RUS ) Baadur Jobava (GEO ) Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS ) 397 / 11 2018 Batumi , Georgia Ivan Šarić (CRO ) Radosław Wojtaszek (POL ) Sanan Sjugirov (RUS ) 302 / 11 2019 Skopje , North Macedonia Vladislav Artemiev (RUS ) Nils Grandelius (SWE ) Kacper Piorun (POL ) 361 / 11 2021 Reykjavík , Iceland Anton Demchenko (RUS ) Vincent Keymer (GER ) Alexey Sarana (RUS ) 180 / 11 2022 Brežice , Slovenia Matthias Blübaum (GER ) Gabriel Sargissian (ARM ) Ivan Šarić (CRO ) 317 / 11 2023 Vrnjačka Banja , Serbia Alexey Sarana (FIDE ) Kirill Shevchenko (ROU ) Daniel Dardha (BEL ) 484 / 11 2024 TBA, Israel
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020 European Championship in Podčetrtek , Slovenia was postponed to 2022.[5]
Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze Players/rounds 2000 Batumi , Georgia Natalia Zhukova (UKR ) Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (RUS ) Maia Chiburdanidze (GEO ) Tatiana Stepovaya-Dianchenko (RUS ) 32 / K.O. 2001 Warsaw , Poland Almira Skripchenko (MDA ) Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (RUS ) Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (GEO ) 157 / 11 2002 Varna , Bulgaria Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL ) Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM ) Alisa Galliamova (RUS ) 114 / 11 2003 Silivri , Turkey Pia Cramling (SWE ) Viktorija Čmilytė (LTU ) Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS ) 113 / 11 2004 Dresden , Germany Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS ) Peng Zhaoqin (NED ) Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL ) 108 / 12 2005 Chișinău , Moldova Kateryna Lahno (UKR ) Nadezhda Kosintseva (RUS ) Yelena Dembo (GRE ) 164 / 12 2006 Kuşadası , Turkey Ekaterina Atalik (TUR ) Tea Bosboom-Lanchava (NED ) Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM ) 96 / 11 2007 Dresden , Germany Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS ) Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL ) Nadezhda Kosintseva (RUS ) 150 / 11 2008 Plovdiv , Bulgaria Kateryna Lahno (UKR ) Viktorija Čmilytė (LTU ) Anna Ushenina (UKR ) 157 / 11 2009 Saint Petersburg , Russia Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS ) Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM ) Natalia Pogonina (RUS ) 168 / 11 2010 Rijeka , Croatia Pia Cramling (SWE ) Viktorija Čmilytė (LTU ) Monika Soćko (POL ) 158 / 11 2011 Tbilisi , Georgia Viktorija Čmilytė (LTU ) Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL ) Elina Danielian (ARM ) 158 / 11 2012 Gaziantep , Turkey Valentina Gunina (RUS ) Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS ) Anna Muzychuk (SLO ) 103 / 11 2013 Belgrade , Serbia Hoang Thanh Trang (HUN ) Salome Melia (GEO ) Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM ) 169 / 11 2014 Plovdiv , Bulgaria Valentina Gunina (RUS ) Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS ) Salome Melia (GEO ) 116 / 11 2015 Chakvi , Georgia Natalia Zhukova (UKR ) Nino Batsiashvili (GEO ) Alina Kashlinskaya (RUS ) 98 / 11 2016 Mamaia , Romania Anna Ushenina (UKR ) Sabrina Vega (ESP ) Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL ) 112 / 11 2017 Riga , Latvia Nana Dzagnidze (GEO ) Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS ) Alisa Galliamova (RUS ) 144 / 11 2018 Vysoké Tatry , Slovakia Valentina Gunina (RUS ) Nana Dzagnidze (GEO ) Anna Ushenina (UKR ) 144 / 11 2019 Antalya , Turkey Alina Kashlinskaya (RUS ) Marie Sebag (FRA ) Elisabeth Pähtz (GER ) 130 / 11 2021 Iași , Romania Elina Danielian (ARM ) Yuliia Osmak (UKR ) Oliwia Kiołbasa (POL ) 117 / 11 2022 Prague , Czech Republic Monika Soćko (POL ) Gunay Mammadzada (AZE ) Ulviyya Fataliyeva (AZE ) 123 / 11 2023 Petrovac , Montenegro Meri Arabidze (GEO ) Oliwia Kiołbasa (POL ) Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (POL ) 136 / 11 2024 Rhodes , Greece Ulviyya Fataliyeva (AZE ) Nataliya Buksa (UKR ) Lela Javakhishvili (GEO ) 182 / 10
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