Major upsets in round 1 of European Individual Championship

Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.

1 175 GM Kabanov Nikolai 2502 0 0 – 1 0 GM Caruana Fabiano 2767 1
2 2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Drenchev Petar 2499 176
3 177 GM Baron Tal 2497 0 0 – 1 0 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2729 3
4 4 GM Giri Anish 2717 0 1 – 0 0 GM Jianu Vlad-Cristian 2497 178
5 179 GM Berescu Alin-Mile 2494 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2710 5
6 6 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2709 0 1 – 0 0 GM Nedev Trajko 2492 180
7 181 GM Soffer Ram 2492 0 0 – 1 0 GM Bacrot Etienne 2706 7
8 8 GM Jobava Baadur 2706 0 ½ – ½ 0 IM Paichadze Luka 2491 182
9 183 GM Grigorov Grigor 2489 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Grachev Boris 2705 9
10 10 GM Malakhov Vladimir 2705 0 1 – 0 0 IM Filip Lucian 2483 184
11 185 FM Fodor Tamas Jr 2482 0 0 – 1 0 GM Laznicka Viktor 2702 11
12 12 GM Movsesian Sergei 2702 0 1 – 0 0 IM Perunovic Miodrag 2481 186
13 187 IM Cioara Andrei-Nestor 2477 0 0 – 1 0 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2702 13
14 14 GM Navara David 2700 0 ½ – ½ 0 IM Kovalev Vladislav 2477 188
15 189 GM Can Emre 2476 0 0 – 1 0 GM Sutovsky Emil 2700 15
16 16 GM Dreev Aleksey 2698 0 1 – 0 0 IM Arnaudov G Petar 2476 190
17 191 IM Nigalidze Gaioz 2472 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Efimenko Zahar 2695 17
18 18 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2695 0 ½ – ½ 0 IM Stojanovic Dalibor 2471 192
19 193 IM Pancevski Filip 2470 0 1 – 0 0 GM Volokitin Andrei 2695 19
20 20 GM Fressinet Laurent 2693 0 1 – 0 0 IM Jurcik Marian 2467 194
21 195 IM Rombaldoni Axel 2464 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2693 21
22 22 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2689 0 1 – 0 0 IM Nestorovic Nikola 2462 196
23 197 IM Dias Paulo 2454 0 – – + 0 GM Areshchenko Alexander 2688 23
24 24 GM Bologan Viktor 2687 0 ½ – ½ 0 IM Hunt Adam C 2454 198
25 199 IM Hagen Andreas Skytte 2453 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Akopian Vladimir 2684 25
26 26 GM Berkes Ferenc 2682 0 ½ – ½ 0 IM Zaslavsky Mikhail 2450 200
27 201 IM Simacek Pavel 2447 0 0 – 1 0 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2682 27
28 28 GM Korobov Anton 2679 0 1 – 0 0 IM Bukal Vladimir Jr 2441 202
29 203 FM Gabuzyan Hovhannes 2441 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2674 29
30 30 GM Georgiev Kiril 2671 0 ½ – ½ 0 IM Stella Andrea 2439 204
31 205 IM Colovic Aleksandar 2436 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Potkin Vladimir 2669 31
32 32 GM Azarov Sergei 2667 0 ½ – ½ 0 IM Raznikov Danny 2436 206
33 207 IM Smirnov Artem 2436 0 0 – 1 0 GM Kobalia Mikhail 2666 33

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