Round 5 top board pairings Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg 1 GM Jones Gawain C B 2635 4 3½ GM Vitiugov Nikita 2709 2 GM Lenic Luka 2637 3½ 3½ GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2702 3 GM...
Gawain Jones takes sole lead at European Individual Championship
Round 4 top board results Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg 1 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2628 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2709 2 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2702 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Kuzubov...
Many more huge upsets in round 3 of European Individual Championship
Round 3 top board results Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg 1 GM Popov Ivan 2605 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Caruana Fabiano 2767 2 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2602 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Jakovenko...
European Individual Championship round 3 matchups
Round 3 top board results Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg 1 GM Popov Ivan 2605 2 2 GM Caruana Fabiano 2767 2 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2602 2 2 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2729 3 GM Vitiugov Nikita...
Many more huge upsets in round 2 of European Individual Championship
Round 2 top board results Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg 1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2767 1 1 – 0 1 GM Banusz Tamas 2583 2 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2729 1 1 – 0 1 GM Kuljasevic...
EICC 2012 starts with multiple surprises
EICC 2012 starts with multiple surprises The European Chess Championship is underway in Plovdiv. Round 1 has been played, and logically for an event with close to 300 titled players there are multiple quality games and surprising results. The...
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 12 2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Drenchev Petar...
European Individual Championship begins
The European Individual Chess Championship 2012 opening ceremony took place at Novotel Plovdiv on April 19, a day before the first round of the event. In the presence of the Minister of Sports Mr. Neikov and the new mayor...
European Individual Championship starts today
The European Individual Chess Championship 2012 takes place in Plovdiv (Bulgaria), March 19 – April 1, 2012. It is part of the World Chess Championship cycle as the top 23 players qualify for the World Cup. For that reason...
European Individual Chess Championship to host 350 players
European Individual Chess Championship to host 350 players March 19, 2012 – 11:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net – The European Individual Championship 2012 will take place in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) on March 20-31. Armenian grandmasters Sergei Movsesian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Tigran...