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European Championship (2013) The 14th European Individual Championship was an 11-round Swiss tournament held at the Qubus Hotel 4* in Legnica, Poland, 5-16 May 2013, with a rest day on 12 May. It was organized by the Polonia Wroclaw Chess Club, under the auspices of the European Chess Union. A total of 280 players participated, including 143 GM's and 60 IM's. The first 23 players would qualify for the World Cup in August. Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 more minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Prize fund: 100,000 euros. First prize 14,000, 2nd prize 11,000, 3rd prize 9,000 euros. Chief organizer: Artur Czyz. Chief arbiter: Tomasz Delega. Play began each day at 3 pm. Number of games played: 1517. Alexander Moiseenko won on tiebreak ahead of Alekseev (2nd), Romanov (3rd), and seven more players with 8/11. The players with 7.5/11 also qualified for participation in the World Cup (2013). Tiebreak criterion: rating average of opponents. GM norms: Aghasaryan, Nasuta, Kreisl, Kovalev, Goganov, and Duda. The blitz (3 + 2) tournament on 12 May was won by Mustafa Yilmaz. Sources Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2013061... Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2013011... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr95789.a... Mark Weeks: https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/zo... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/moi... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/(X(1)S(llg... Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-eicc/e... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALW... Blitz results: http://chess-results.com/tnr100912.... Previous: European Championship (2012). Next: European Championship (2014). See also European Championship (Women) (2013)  page 1 of 59; games 1-25 of 1,465  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Duda vs Jakovenko ½-½ 58 2013 European Championship B83 Sicilian 2. Tomashevsky vs B Michiels   1-0 32 2013 European Championship E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 3. Romanishin vs Vachier-Lagrave   0-1 44 2013 European Championship D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3 4. Nepomniachtchi vs F Holzke   1-0 37 2013 European Championship A33 English, Symmetrical 5. Y Ajrapetjan vs Areshchenko   0-1 39 2013 European Championship D80 Grunfeld 6. V Akopian vs M Tratar   ½-½ 41 2013 European Championship A04 Reti Opening 7. P Simacek vs A Korobov   0-1 40 2013 European Championship B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 8. Eljanov vs A Predke   1-0 40 2013 European Championship E17 Queen's Indian 9. N Matinian vs Jobava   0-1 35 2013 European Championship B30 Sicilian 10. Wojtaszek vs V Neverov   ½-½ 50 2013 European Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. D Wagner vs E Alekseev   0-1 44 2013 European Championship A04 Reti Opening 12. I Cheparinov vs S Matsenko   1-0 56 2013 European Championship B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 13. M Muzychuk vs Navara ½-½ 46 2013 European Championship B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 14. Z Almasi vs A Pavlidis   1-0 32 2013 European Championship C78 Ruy Lopez 15. E Danielian vs F Vallejo Pons   0-1 37 2013 European Championship A46 Queen's Pawn Game 16. Movsesian vs L Cernousek   1-0 50 2013 European Championship A16 English 17. T Fodor Jr vs F Berkes   ½-½ 32 2013 European Championship D85 Grunfeld 18. B Grachev vs M Kanarek   1-0 56 2013 European Championship E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 19. E Can vs V Laznicka   ½-½ 40 2013 European Championship D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. Nisipeanu vs M Pacher 0-1 27 2013 European Championship C02 French, Advance 21. K Stachowiak vs Efimenko   ½-½ 41 2013 European Championship A40 Queen's Pawn Game 22. Sutovsky vs M Antipov   ½-½ 60 2013 European Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. R Ekstrom vs Motylev   0-1 60 2013 European Championship D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. G Sargissian vs T Petenyi 1-0 66 2013 European Championship A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 25. A Donchenko vs Potkin   ½-½ 29 2013 European Championship A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System  page 1 of 59; games 1-25 of 1,465    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-11-13    waustad: Thanks for the link. I'm still amazed by Kreisl. He's 2380 and +2 against all 2600+ opponents. No wonder some Austrians have lower local ratings than FIDE. May-11-13    Prugno: The legendary Alexander Beliavsky, who will turn 60 this year, is not only tied for second with 5/6, but yesterday showed great determination in winning a difficult 88-move endgame with Q+P vs. Q. It would be very nice if he manages to keep enough strength to qualify for the World Cup. However, since he is a player who usually dislikes quick draws and puts in the maximum effort in every game (not a very wise strategy when most opponents are less than half your age!) this is by no means certain. May-11-13    virginmind: In the seventh round the only Romanian present at the higher positions is Lupulescu, who's got 5 points (now playing against Vallejo-Pons, board 2, probably a draw), while Parligras (4 points) and Nisipeanu (3.5 points) are at much lower boards. Nisi couldn't but draw today with white against Grandelius. Still, Ardeleanu and Jianu managed draws against much better rated Cheparinov and Nepomniachtchi respectively. May-11-13    Eyal: After 7 rounds, Moiseenko is stil sole leader with 6 points (+5), followed by 7 players with 5.5 (Alekseev, Romanov, Vallejo Pons, Lysyj, Beliavski, Lupulescu & Fedorchuk), and 35 players with 5 (this group includes MVL, Areshchenko & Wojtaszek - all the 8 remaining +2700 players [according to the 1st May list] have less than 5 points). http://chess-results.com/tnr95789.a... May-11-13    jamesmaskell: After checking out Efimenko's fifth round loss against Butkiewicz, I can understand why he withdrew. A tournament to forget for him with a 26 ELO drop. May-11-13    perfidious: Efimenko might as well fold up his tent and call it a career after this unfortunate event-if he were one of the very top players, there would be a bevy of kibitzers telling the world how terrible a player he is. Happens to even the finest players, and Efimenko will get back on the beam another day. May-12-13    Ezzy: <David Shengelia: "Now You Can't Defeat a 2700+ Player Without Being Accused of Cheating" Saturday, 11.05.2013 One of the EICC participants David Shengelia, who represents Austria, joined us live on Chess-News radio today. It turned out something else than a lost game against Moiseenko on the first board made him upset, “This is a very important thing to mention. Today’s lost game didn’t upset me as much as my opponent’s – I don’t even know how to call it – silly, stupid commentary after the game. My rival said that he suspected me of using the computer during the game. That’s just beyond all limits. […] I beat Areschenko yesterday, so my today’s rival suspected that I could be cheating. So, you can’t defeat a 2700+ player without being accused of cheating. That’s just not nice. Especially after winning a game – telling that your opponent could be cheating in the previous game… It’s really upsetting that such kind of, perhaps, narrow-minded people are in chess world…” This is how Shengelia found out he has been suspected of cheating, “I got to know that in the lobby after the game. He [Moiseenko] was talking to Areschenko as I remember. I approached them and asked something about the position. Well, just usual conversation between the players after the game. What I got in response was that another Austrian player Robert Kreisl (who beat Cheparinov) and I were suspected of cheating by Moiseenko. Well, that happens when a person plays well – he wins...”> http://chess-news.ru/en/node/12012 May-12-13    BUNA: <...I beat Areschenko yesterday, so my today’s rival suspected that I could be cheating. So, you can’t defeat a 2700+ player without being accused of cheating...> I don't know why Shengelia put it that way. I'm quite sure that Moiseenko became suspicious not because of one game, but because of Shengelia's (2546) unusually high performance. He had beaten Gajewski (2659), Postny (2637), Areshchenko (2709) and drawn against V-L (2719) with black. I'm certainly not saying that Shengelia has been cheating. But apparently the nervousness is growing as long as there are no serious anti-cheating measures implemented. May-12-13    PhilFeeley: I don't know why a 2500 player can't beat a 2700 player. Statistically, it should happen once in a while. Why not at an important event where the 2500 player is keen to show himself? May-13-13    Harvestman: <PhilFeeley: I don't know why a 2500 player can't beat a 2700 player. Statistically, it should happen once in a while. Why not at an important event where the 2500 player is keen to show himself?> Exactly. My best grade was a little over 1600, but I have beaten a player graded 2098 in a competitive game, and drawn with players graded higher still. Not often, and I usually lose against such players, but it does happen. May-13-13    virginmind: Lupulescu has won today against Fedorchuk and after 8 rounds he is clear second, half a point behind Moiseenko. May-13-13    Eyal: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was beaten by Maxim Rodshtein in the derby of the Maxim(e)s. May-13-13    Shams: <Eyal> Uncompromising fighting game. I guess you could say both players are maximalists. May-14-13    paavoh: It is going to be an exciting finish for those 23 World Cup spots, 8.5/11 should do it for sure and some 8/11 may make it. May-15-13    twinlark: I suspect that until the exact means by which Borislav Ivanov allegedly cheated is discovered and remedied, any and all unexpectedly high results will attract immediate suspicions of computer cheating. This is becoming a toxic issue across the world of chess and needs to be fixed as a matter of great urgency, otherwise the poison will contaminate all elite levels of chess very quickly. The PCA has written to FIDE about convening a committee to investigate and remedy the problem of computer cheating but it doesn't appear that FIDE has stirred. May-15-13    SugarDom: It's easy to cheat. All you need is a gizmo in your body that gives you signal. Signals like chess moves. Of course, he works with somebody that feeds the game to the computer. That somebody might be at home using a computer with a chess engine running, he could be watching the live game at chessbomb, then he's texting the best engine moves to Ivanov. And that gizmo, could be a modified cellphone, vibrates in his body. Of course, they got a code worked out for the chess move notation.. May-15-13    twinlark: Probably most cheating could be overcome by making delayed webcasts mandatory. May-16-13    PhilFeeley: <<Eyal: > <alexmagnus: <though actually the game lasted 33 moves, 6 more than Moiseenko's win against a 2574 player in the second round>>> That still doesn't explain why an almost 2700 player was paired against a 1500 player. I would never expect that to happen. May-16-13    paavoh: Now 22 players stand at 7/10 or better before the final round. I expect to see many draws on the upper boards and some desperate attempts to win among those with 6.5 points, to qualify for the World Cup. May-16-13    Eyal: As far as I understand, the first tiebreak is the average rating of the players' opponents (not including that of the lowest-rated); so, on the upper boards, at least the 7 points guys who have a relatively weak tiebreak should have an incentive to play for a win, otherwise some of the 6.5 guys could finish ahead of them. May-16-13    paavoh: Check out Melkumyan-Balogh in the last round, Black Queen trapped. May-16-13    waustad: Congrats to Kreisl on the GM norm. May-16-13    niemzo: There is a 4 queen endgame right now at the top board in the final round in Nepo-Moiseenko. May-16-13    mistreaver: Wow what a finish, Ian Nepomniatchi beat Moiseenko and now we have 7 players with 8 points. What is going to happen now? May-16-13    niemzo: It didn't last long. Black had some checks but with the extra knight defending there was really no way to reach a perpetual. Excellent game by Nepo which allowed him to tie for first in the tournament. There is a massive tie for first place, so we have to wait to learn who won on tiebreaks. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 3) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! 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