Russian Grandmaster Alexander Motylev convincingly won the 2014 European Chess Championship in the competition of 257 players from 27 countries, including 128 Grandmasters.
In the final round Motylev split the point with David Navara to finish on 9,0/11 points, leaving the nearest followers a full point behind.
In a quick interview with News.am Motylev said that he “didn’t even think about the title and that his victory was a real miracle”.
“The joy of the victory I will first share with my family. My son always asks why I’m playing badly. Now I’ll show him the medal and he will understand that his father is not that bad after all!”, Motylev added.
The 2014 European Individual Chess Championship – Tigran Petrosian Memorial was organized by the Armenian Chess Federation and it was held on 2-15th March at the Yerevan Business Centre.
The European Individual Championship 2014 was a qualification event for the next World Chess Cup. According to FIDE regulations top 23 players qualified.
Final standings:
1. GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2656 – 9
2. GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2559 – 8
3. GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2641 – 8
4. GM Solak Dragan TUR 2610 – 8
5. GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2723 – 8
6. GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2643 – 8
7. GM Navara David CZE 2700 – 8
8. GM Saric Ivan CRO 2661 – 8
9. GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2655 – 8
10. GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2613 – 7.5
11. GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2713 – 7.5
12. GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2723 – 7.5
13. IM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2621 – 7.5
14. GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2644 – 7.5
15. GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2709 – 7.5
16. GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2676 – 7.5
17. GM Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2705 – 7.5
18. GM Perunovic Milos SRB 2617 – 7.5
19. GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2681 – 7.5
20. GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2583 – 7.5
21. GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2671 – 7.5
22. GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM 2572 – 7.5
23. GM Balogh Csaba HUN 2651 – 7.5
24. GM Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2526 – 7.5
25. GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2633 – 7
26. GM Pashikian Arman ARM 2612 – 7
27. GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2574 – 7
28. GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2706 – 7
29. GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2681 – 7
30. GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2689 – 7
31. GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2712 – 7
32. IM Bok Benjamin NED 2575 – 7
33. GM Popov Ivan RUS 2650 – 7
34. GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof POL 2563 – 7
35. GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2653 – 7
36. GM Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2647 – 7
37. GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2653 – 7
38. GM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2631 – 7
39. GM Palac Mladen CRO 2561 – 7
40. GM Khairullin Ildar RUS 2657 – 7
41. GM Postny Evgeny ISR 2635 – 7
42. GM Ragger Markus AUT 2644 – 7
43. GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2633 – 7
44. GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2639 – 7
45. GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2560 – 7
46. GM Korobov Anton UKR 2719 – 7
47. GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2569 – 6.5
48. GM Fridman Daniel GER 2604 – 6.5
49. GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2583 – 6.5
50. GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2698 – 6.5
51. GM Kotanjian Tigran ARM 2531 – 6.5
52. GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2716 – 6.5
53. GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2695 – 6.5
54. GM Polgar Judit HUN 2693 – 6.5
55. GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2618 – 6.5
56. GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2682 – 6.5
57. GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2739 – 6.5
58. IM Qashashvili Alexandre GEO 2378 – 6.5
59. GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2600 – 6.5
60. GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2642 – 6.5
61. GM Jianu Vlad-Cristian ROU 2574 – 6.5
62. GM Dreev Aleksey RUS 2679 – 6.5
63. GM Almasi Zoltan HUN 2704 – 6.5
64. GM Esen Baris TUR 2563 – 6.5
65. GM Ipatov Alexander TUR 2614 – 6.5
66. GM Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 2572 – 6.5
67. GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2662 – 6.5
68. GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2711 – 6.5
69. GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2717 – 6.5
70. GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2652 – 6.5
71. GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2625 – 6.5
72. GM Grigoryan Avetik ARM 2583 – 6.5
73. GM Can Emre TUR 2524 – 6.5
74. GM Grachev Boris RUS 2675 – 6.5
75. GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2610 – 6.5
76. GM Socko Bartosz POL 2654 – 6.5
77. IM Lugovskoy Maxim RUS 2397 – 6.5
78. GM Beliavsky Alexander G SLO 2643 – 6.5
79. IM Schreiner Peter AUT 2455 – 6.5, etc.
Impressive.