European Championship 2007

With the successful application for the Chess Olympiad 2008 at the FIDE world congress in October 2004 the city of Dresden started preparations for this great sporting events right away. On April 7, 2005 the city council unanimously agreed on the organizational and financial framework that was worked out. On April 21, 2005 First Mayor of Dresden, Ingolf Roßberg, and the president of the German Chess Federation, Alfred Schlya, were happy to open up the Organizing Office of the Chess Olympiad 2008. Three weeks later Dresden’s mayor officially appointed the members of the Organizing Committee (OC) for the preparation and the realization of the Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008.

The men’s section has 60+ players rated over 2600!

# Name Country Title Elo

* Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZB g 2757 has been added to the top list
1 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR g 2750
2 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS g 2691
3 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROM g 2689
4 Van Wely, Loek NED g 2683
5 Tiviakov, Sergei NED g 2682
6 Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP g 2679
7 Karjakin, Sergey UKR g 2678
8 Eljanov, Pavel UKR g 2675
9 Almasi, Zoltan HUN g 2669
10 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS g 2663
11 Naiditsch, Arkadij GER g 2663
12 Timofeev, Artyom RUS g 2663
13 Georgiev, Kiril BUL g 2661
14 Bologan, Viktor MDA g 2658
15 Dreev, Alexey RUS g 2658

Women’s Section:

# Name Country Title Elo

1 Kosintseva, Nadezhda RUS m 2496
2 Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL g 2483
3 Socko, Monika POL m 2481
4 Muzychuk, Anna SLO wg 2475
5 Kosintseva, Tatiana RUS m 2474
6 Hoang Thanh Trang, Hoang HUN m 2470
7 Dembo, Yelena GRE m 2469
8 Khurtsidze, Nino GEO m 2469
9 Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU m 2466
10 Mkrtchian, Lilit ARM m 2458
11 Lahno, Kateryna UKR m 2456
12 Korbut, Ekaterina RUS wg 2452
13 Paehtz, Elisabeth GER m 2451
14 Ushenina, Anna UKR wg 2449
15 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan GEO m 2435

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