Leaders after 7 rounds Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Azarov Sergei BLR 2667 6.0 2846 24.5 27.0 2 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2615 5.5 2827 28.0 30.0 3 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG...
Azarov scores lone win at the top of the matchups

Round 7 top board results Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg 1 GM Azarov Sergei 2667 5 1 – 0 5 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2702 2 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2695 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Jones...
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Time blunder

13th European Individual Chess ChampionshipRound 6Plovdiv, March 19 to April 1, 2012 Seven Forfeited Games in the Sixth Round Seven players did not show up for the round and lost their games by forfeit in the sixth round, despite...
6 Georgian players forfeited

European Championship, Plovdivby Misha Golubev There was an incident in Round 6: as many as six Georgian players and one Greek player didn’t appear for their games on time, and were forfeited. They were not aware of changing the...
European Individual Championship round 7

Monday is an off day. Here are the pairings for Tuesday. Round 7 top board pairings Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg 1 GM Azarov Sergei 2667 5 5 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2702 2 GM Inarkiev Ernesto...
Ten players share the lead at the European Chess Championship

Ten players share the lead at the European Chess Championship Ten players share the lead at the European Chess Championship 2012, all of them with equal 5,0/6. These are GM Arkadij Naiditsch, GM Laurent Fressinet, GM Yuriy Kuzubov, GM...
European Individual Championship round 6

Round 6 top board pairings Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg 1 GM Jones Gawain C B 2635 4½ 4½ GM Fressinet Laurent 2693 2 GM Jobava Baadur 2706 4 4½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2615 3 GM...
Jones settles for draw, ends 4 games win streak

Round 5 top board results Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg 1 GM Jones Gawain C B 2635 4 ½ – ½ 3½ GM Vitiugov Nikita 2709 2 GM Lenic Luka 2637 3½ ½ – ½ 3½...
Press Conference by ECU President

13th European Individual Chess ChampionshipPlovdiv, March 19 to April 1, 2012 Press Conference of Mr. Silvio Danailov Mr Silvio Danailov – President of the European Chess Union and President of the Bulgarian Chess Federation gave a press conference at...