After 11 rounds, 11 players are tied for 1st with 8 points. 23 more players finished with only 1/2 point behind!
Final Ranking after 11 Rounds
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | Rp | ||||||||
| 1 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | NED | 2657 | 8,0 | 63,0 | 76,5 | 5 | 2763 | |||||||
| 2 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2656 | 8,0 | 62,5 | 76,0 | 6 | 2778 | |||||||
| 3 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | GER | 2693 | 8,0 | 62,5 | 76,0 | 5 | 2767 | |||||||
| 4 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | RUS | 2664 | 8,0 | 62,0 | 75,5 | 5 | 2724 | |||||||
| 5 | GM | Navara David | CZE | 2638 | 8,0 | 60,5 | 74,0 | 6 | 2747 | |||||||
| 6 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | RUS | 2692 | 8,0 | 60,5 | 73,5 | 5 | 2749 | |||||||
| 7 | GM | Grachev Boris | RUS | 2655 | 8,0 | 60,0 | 73,0 | 6 | 2726 | |||||||
| 8 | GM | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2669 | 8,0 | 59,5 | 71,5 | 7 | 2765 | |||||||
| 9 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | RUS | 2634 | 8,0 | 59,0 | 72,0 | 5 | 2748 | |||||||
| 10 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2661 | 8,0 | 57,5 | 70,0 | 5 | 2718 | |||||||
| 11 | GM | Nyback Tomi | FIN | 2644 | 8,0 | 54,5 | 66,5 | 6 | 2716 | |||||||
| 12 | GM | Meier Georg | GER | 2608 | 7,5 | 63,5 | 76,5 | 5 | 2727 | |||||||
| 13 | GM | Nijboer Friso | NED | 2559 | 7,5 | 62,0 | 74,0 | 5 | 2739 | |||||||
| 14 | GM | Fedorchuk Sergey A | UKR | 2633 | 7,5 | 61,5 | 75,5 | 6 | 2714 | |||||||
| 15 | GM | Timofeev Artyom | RUS | 2671 | 7,5 | 61,5 | 74,0 | 4 | 2712 | |||||||
| 16 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | RUS | 2562 | 7,5 | 61,5 | 73,5 | 6 | 2746 | |||||||
| 17 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | POL | 2594 | 7,5 | 60,5 | 73,5 | 4 | 2727 | |||||||
| 18 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2638 | 7,5 | 59,5 | 72,5 | 4 | 2713 | |||||||
| 19 | GM | Areshchenko Alexander | UKR | 2673 | 7,5 | 59,0 | 70,5 | 5 | 2675 | |||||||
| 20 | GM | Stevic Hrvoje | CRO | 2592 | 7,5 | 59,0 | 70,5 | 5 | 2699 | |||||||
| 21 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | RUS | 2687 | 7,5 | 58,5 | 71,5 | 4 | 2703 | |||||||
| 22 | GM | Dreev Alexey | RUS | 2688 | 7,5 | 58,0 | 71,0 | 4 | 2698 | |||||||
| 23 | GM | Bologan Viktor | MDA | 2687 | 7,5 | 58,0 | 70,5 | 5 | 2710 | |||||||
| 24 | GM | Kurnosov Igor | RUS | 2602 | 7,5 | 57,5 | 70,5 | 5 | 2692 | |||||||
| 25 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | ROU | 2608 | 7,5 | 57,5 | 69,0 | 4 | 2640 | |||||||
| 26 | GM | Papaioannou Ioannis | GRE | 2609 | 7,5 | 56,5 | 69,0 | 5 | 2707 | |||||||
| 27 | GM | Mikhalevski Victor | ISR | 2608 | 7,5 | 56,0 | 69,0 | 6 | 2667 | |||||||
| 28 | GM | Motylev Alexander | RUS | 2676 | 7,5 | 56,0 | 68,5 | 5 | 2655 | |||||||
| 29 | GM | Pashikian Arman | ARM | 2621 | 7,5 | 55,0 | 67,0 | 5 | 2652 | |||||||
| 30 | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2675 | 7,5 | 53,5 | 66,0 | 5 | 2671 | |||||||
| 31 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L | ARM | 2623 | 7,5 | 52,5 | 63,5 | 6 | 2645 | |||||||
| 32 | GM | Svetushkin Dmitry | MDA | 2593 | 7,5 | 51,5 | 62,5 | 5 | 2589 | |||||||
| 33 | GM | Sakaev Konstantin | RUS | 2619 | 7,5 | 51,0 | 63,0 | 4 | 2637 | |||||||
| 34 | GM | Savchenko Boris | RUS | 2654 | 7,5 | 50,0 | 61,0 | 7 | 2596 |
Full standings here.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
How can we understand this? Can we now say, that Sokolov is the european champion?
By the way. Look at Georg Meyer: Number 12 in this championship means that he is well talented.
Isn’t he, susan?
okay from germany
No, Sokolov is not (yet) European champion. Tomorrow morning will be tiebreak matches among the top 11: rapid, blitz and maybe Armaggedon. Don’t ask me how exactly this will be done … .
Similarly, the 23 players tied for 12th place will fight for 11 remaining spots in the World Cup. (While I am also from Germany, Naiditsch and Meyer haven’t won yet …).