Jerusalem is getting ready for the 2015 European Individual Championship. The highly prestigious tournament, open to all members of European Federations, will be staged in hotel Ramada on February 23rd – March 8th 2015 by the municipality of Jerusalem and the Israeli Chess Federation under the auspices of the ECU.
The prize fund was generously increased to 120,000 € and 115 Grandmasters have already joined the field.
Top seeded players, members of “Club 2700+”, are GM David Navara, GM Nikita Vitiugov, GM Pavel Eljanov, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, GM Etienne Bacrot and GM Fransisco Vallejo Pons. You can see the preliminary list below.
Official website/ EICC with special prize fund for seniors/ Full Regulations on ECU website/ Interview with ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili
Preliminary list of players (top 120 seeds):
1 GM Navara David CZE 2735
2 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2735
3 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2727
4 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2714
5 GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2711
6 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2706
7 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2695
8 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2695
9 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2692
10 GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2688
11 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2687
12 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2684
13 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2681
14 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2678
15 GM Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2677
16 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2675
17 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2675
18 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2673
19 GM Grachev Boris RUS 2670
20 GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2670
21 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2668
22 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2667
23 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2665
24 GM Howell David W L ENG 2663
25 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2661
26 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2660
27 GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2660
28 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter GER 2654
29 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2653
30 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2650
31 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2650
32 GM Postny Evgeny ISR 2647
33 GM Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2646
34 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2646
35 GM Dreev Aleksey RUS 2643
36 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2639
37 GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2638
38 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2634
39 GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2632
40 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2631
41 GM Hracek Zbynek CZE 2631
42 GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 2630
43 GM Khairullin Ildar RUS 2629
44 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2628
45 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2626
46 GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2626
47 GM Van Kampen Robin NED 2626
48 GM Kempinski Robert POL 2625
49 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2625
50 GM Beliavsky Alexander G SLO 2623
51 GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2623
52 GM Bukavshin Ivan RUS 2622
53 GM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2617
54 GM Demchenko Anton RUS 2615
55 GM Erdos Viktor HUN 2615
56 GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2615
57 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2614
58 GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2612
59 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2609
60 GM Solak Dragan TUR 2607
61 GM Zubov Alexander UKR 2607
62 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2605
63 GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2605
64 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2603
65 GM Marin Mihail ROU 2603
66 GM Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 2596
67 GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2594
68 GM Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2592
69 GM Ipatov Alexander TUR 2592
70 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2592
71 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof POL 2591
72 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2590
73 GM Vovk Yuri UKR 2588
74 GM Bok Benjamin NED 2587
75 GM Brkic Ante CRO 2586
76 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2586
77 GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2585
78 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2583
79 GM Banusz Tamas HUN 2582
80 GM Huzman Alexander ISR 2582
81 GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM 2580
82 GM Jojua Davit GEO 2579
83 GM Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2579
84 GM Dvoirys Semen I. RUS 2578
85 GM Michalik Peter SVK 2576
86 GM Stefansson Hannes ISL 2573
87 GM Zhigalko Andrey BLR 2572
88 GM Esen Baris TUR 2571
89 GM Hansen Sune Berg DEN 2571
90 GM Yilmaz Mustafa TUR 2570
91 GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 2565
92 GM Timofeev Artyom RUS 2564
93 GM Mikhalevski Victor ISR 2559
94 GM Can Emre TUR 2555
95 GM Kogan Artur ISR 2555
96 GM Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2551
97 GM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2546
98 GM Babula Vlastimil CZE 2545
99 GM Boruchovsky Avital ISR 2536
100 GM Guliyev Namig AZE 2536
101 GM Dvirnyy Danyyil ITA 2533
102 GM Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2531
103 GM Steingrimsson Hedinn ISL 2530
104 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2529
105 GM Zoler Dan ISR 2527
106 GM Abasov Nijat AZE 2523
107 GM Popilski Gil ISR 2517
108 GM Sivuk Vitaly UKR 2517
109 GM Baron Tal ISR 2510
110 GM Rasulov Vugar AZE 2508
111 IM Barnaure Vlad-Victor ROU 2508
112 GM Klein David NED 2505
113 GM Godena Michele ITA 2502
114 IM Andersen Mads DEN 2494
115 IM Raznikov Danny ISR 2494
116 IM Sadzikowski Daniel POL 2492
117 GM Rombaldoni Axel ITA 2488
118 IM Firat Burak TUR 2486
119 GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2485
120 IM Kjartansson Gudmundur ISL 2484