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 knockout Women's World Championship.
View of the tournament hall from the Open (Zegrze) 2005 event
The event consists of two separate tournaments; an open event, and a women's event. Female players may participate in the open section. Both are a Swiss system tournament, 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. In 2002, Judit Polgár narrowly missed out on the bronze medal in the open competition by losing a playoff match against Zurab Azmaiparashvili. In 2011, Polgár won the bronze medal in the open competition at Aix-les-Bains, France.
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.
Controversy
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]
^"EICC 2020 – European Individual Chess Championship 2020". Retrieved 20 November 2020.
External links
For complete tables / results, refer to The Week in Chess website:
2000: Men's results (1–60 places only) Women's results Women's final match
2000: Russchess.com
2001: Men's results Women's results
2002: Men's results Women's results
2003: Men's and Women´s results
2004: Men's results Women's results
2005: Men's results Women's results
2006: Men's and Women's results
2007: Men's results
2008: Men's and Women's results
January 20, 2023
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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 knockout Women s World Championship View of the tournament hall from the Open Zegrze 2005 event Contents 1 Mode of play 2 Controversy 3 Results open 4 Results women 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksMode of play EditThe event consists of two separate tournaments an open event and a women s event Female players may participate in the open section Both are a Swiss system tournament 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 In 2002 Judit Polgar narrowly missed out on the bronze medal in the open competition by losing a playoff match against Zurab Azmaiparashvili In 2011 Polgar won the bronze medal in the open competition at Aix les Bains France 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 Controversy EditThere 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 Results open EditYear Venue Gold Silver Bronze Players rounds2000 Saint Vincent Italy Pavel Tregubov RUS Aleksej Aleksandrov BLR Tomasz Markowski POL 120 112001 Ohrid Macedonia Emil Sutovsky ISR Ruslan Ponomariov UKR Zurab Azmaiparashvili GEO 203 132002 Batumi Georgia Bartlomiej Macieja POL Mikhail Gurevich BEL Sergey Volkov RUS 101 132003 Silivri Turkey Zurab Azmaiparashvili GEO Vladimir Malakhov RUS Alexander Graf GER 207 132004 Antalya Turkey Vassily Ivanchuk UKR Predrag Nikolic BIH Levon Aronian GER 74 132005 Zegrze Poland Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu ROM Teimour Radjabov AZE Levon Aronian ARM 229 132006 Kusadasi Turkey Zdenko Kozul CRO Vassily Ivanchuk UKR Kiril Georgiev BUL 138 112007 Dresden Germany Vladislav Tkachiev FRA Emil Sutovsky ISR Dmitry Jakovenko RUS 403 112008 Plovdiv Bulgaria Sergei Tiviakov NED Sergei Movsesian SVK Sergey Volkov RUS 323 112009 Budva Montenegro Evgeny Tomashevsky RUS Vladimir Malakhov RUS Baadur Jobava GEO 306 112010 Rijeka Croatia Ian Nepomniachtchi RUS Baadur Jobava GEO Artyom Timofeev RUS 408 112011 Aix les Bains France Vladimir Potkin RUS Radoslaw Wojtaszek POL Judit Polgar HUN 393 112012 Plovdiv Bulgaria Dmitry Jakovenko RUS Laurent Fressinet FRA Vladimir Malakhov RUS 348 112013 Legnica Poland Alexander Moiseenko UKR Evgeny Alekseev RUS Evgeny Romanov RUS 286 112014 Yerevan Armenia Alexander Motylev RUS David Anton Guijarro ESP Vladimir Fedoseev RUS 257 112015 Jerusalem Israel Evgeniy Najer RUS David Navara CZE Mateusz Bartel POL 250 112016 Gjakova Kosovo Ernesto Inarkiev RUS Igor Kovalenko LAT Baadur Jobava GEO 245 112017 Minsk Belarus Maxim Matlakov RUS Baadur Jobava GEO Vladimir Fedoseev RUS 397 112018 Batumi Georgia Ivan Saric CRO Radoslaw Wojtaszek POL Sanan Sjugirov RUS 302 112019 Skopje North Macedonia Vladislav Artemiev RUS Nils Grandelius SWE Kacper Piorun POL 361 112021 Reykjavik Iceland Anton Demchenko RUS Vincent Keymer GER Alexey Sarana RUS 180 112022 Brezice Slovenia Matthias Blubaum GER Gabriel Sargissian ARM Ivan Saric CRO 317 11Due to the COVID 19 pandemic the 2020 European Championship in Podcetrtek Slovenia was postponed to 2022 5 Results women EditYear Venue Gold Silver Bronze Players rounds2000 Batumi Georgia Natalia Zhukova UKR Ekaterina Kovalevskaya RUS Maia Chiburdanidze GEO Tatiana Stepovaya RUS 32 K O 2001 Warsaw Poland Almira Skripchenko MDA Ekaterina Kovalevskaya RUS Ketevan Arakhamia GEO 157 112002 Varna Bulgaria Antoaneta Stefanova BUL Lilit Mkrtchian ARM Alisa Galliamova RUS 114 112003 Silivri Turkey Pia Cramling SWE Viktorija Cmilyte LTU Tatiana Kosintseva RUS 113 112004 Dresden Germany Alexandra Kosteniuk RUS Zhaoqin Peng NED Antoaneta Stefanova BUL 108 122005 Chișinău Moldova Kateryna Lahno UKR Nadezhda Kosintseva RUS Yelena Dembo GRE 164 122006 Kusadasi Turkey Ekaterina Atalik TUR Tea Bosboom Lanchava NED Lilit Mkrtchian ARM 96 112007 Dresden Germany Tatiana Kosintseva RUS Antoaneta Stefanova BUL Nadezhda Kosintseva RUS 150 112008 Plovdiv Bulgaria Kateryna Lahno UKR Viktorija Cmilyte LTU Anna Ushenina UKR 157 112009 Saint Petersburg Russia Tatiana Kosintseva RUS Lilit Mkrtchian ARM Natalia Pogonina RUS 168 112010 Rijeka Croatia Pia Cramling SWE Viktorija Cmilyte LTU Monika Socko POL 158 112011 Tbilisi Georgia Viktorija Cmilyte LTU Antoaneta Stefanova BUL Elina Danielian ARM 158 112012 Gaziantep Turkey Valentina Gunina RUS Tatiana Kosintseva RUS Anna Muzychuk SLO 103 112013 Belgrade Serbia Hoang Thanh Trang HUN Salome Melia GEO Lilit Mkrtchian ARM 169 112014 Plovdiv Bulgaria Valentina Gunina RUS Tatiana Kosintseva RUS Salome Melia GEO 116 112015 Chakvi Georgia Natalia Zhukova UKR Nino Batsiashvili GEO Alina Kashlinskaya RUS 98 112016 Mamaia Romania Anna Ushenina UKR Sabrina Vega ESP Antoaneta Stefanova BUL 112 112017 Riga Latvia Nana Dzagnidze GEO Aleksandra Goryachkina RUS Alisa Galliamova RUS 144 112018 Vysoke Tatry Slovakia Valentina Gunina RUS Nana Dzagnidze GEO Anna Ushenina UKR 144 112019 Antalya Turkey Alina Kashlinskaya RUS Marie Sebag FRA Elisabeth Paehtz GER 130 112021 Iași Romania Elina Danielian ARM Iulija Osmak UKR Oliwia Kiolbasa POL 117 112022 Prague Czech Republic Monika Socko POL Gunay Mammadzada AZE Ulviyya Fataliyeva AZE 123 11See also Edit1942 European Individual Chess Championship EU Individual Open Chess Championship European Senior Chess Championship European Junior Chess Championship European Youth Chess Championship European Team Chess ChampionshipReferences Edit Krasenkow Michal Youth on top in Batumi New in Chess Magazine vol 2002 no 6 pp 69 79 OCLC 20735159 Geuzendam Ten Jan Dirk Azmai fourth European Champion New in Chess Magazine vol 2003 no 5 pp 26 45 OCLC 20735159 Tischbierek Raj Himmelhoch jauchzend zu Tode betrubt Schach vol 2001 no 7 pp 4 31 ISSN 0048 9328 Van Wely Loek Sometimes the King Wore no Clothes New in Chess Magazine vol 2001 no 5 pp 52 57 OCLC 20735159 EICC 2020 European Individual Chess Championship 2020 Retrieved 20 November 2020 External links EditFor complete tables results refer to The Week in Chess website 2000 Men s results 1 60 places only Women s results Women s final match 2000 Men s complete results Russchess com 2001 Men s results Women s results 2002 Men s results Women s results 2003 Men s and Women s results 2004 Men s results Women s results 2005 Men s results Women s results 2006 Men s and Women s results 2007 Men s results 2008 Men s and Women s results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title European Individual Chess Championship amp oldid 1107748803, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
