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European Championship (2004) The 5th European Championship was a 13-round Swiss tournament held in Antalya Province, Turkey, 15-30 May 2004, with rest days on 19 and 26 May and a day for playoffs on 30 May. The venue was supposed to be Nautilus Hotel in Beldibi (Kemer district), but after a power supply incident on the night before play began it was moved to Justiniano Hotel in Belek (Serik district) on the other side of Antalya City. Only 74 players (36 GMs & 17 IMs) took part, as for some time it had not been clear whether the event would collide with other events such as the World Championship tournament in Libya. The top 12 players (apparently excl. Ivanchuk) would qualify for the 2005/06 World Championship cycle. Time control: 90 minutes for the whole game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Prize fund: 45,000 euros. First prize 8,000, 2nd prize 5,000, 3rd prize 4,000 euros. Chief arbiter: Werner Stubenvoll. Play began each day at 3 pm. N games played: 480 Classical + 25 Rapid = 505. Vassily Ivanchuk won the event after beating Nikolic in two Rapid (15 min + 10 sec) playoff games (Ivanchuk vs P Nikolic, 2004 and P Nikolic vs Ivanchuk, 2004). Aronian won the playoff for 3rd place, and Naiditsch, Agrest, Milov and Asrian won their matches for WC qualification - in which Kempinski did not take part - see 5th EU-ch playoff (2004). Sources Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2004060... Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2020102... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr1704.as... Playoff results: https://web.archive.org/web/2004062... Mark Weeks: https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/zo... ChessBase 1: https://en.chessbase.com/post/explo... ChessBase 2: https://en.chessbase.com/post/ivanc... Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-eicc/e... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... Tidskrift för Schack, 2004/6, pp. 388-390: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2004... Previous: European Championship (2003). 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See also European Championship (Women) (2004)  page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 482  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Ivanchuk vs J Radulski 0-1 29 2004 European Championship C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 2. A Mastrovasilis vs Milov   0-1 44 2004 European Championship A13 English 3. M Gurevich vs R Akesson   ½-½ 14 2004 European Championship A15 English 4. A Pashikian vs Radjabov 0-1 44 2004 European Championship C07 French, Tarrasch 5. Mamedyarov vs L Drabke 1-0 30 2004 European Championship A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 6. G Van der Stricht vs P Nikolic 0-1 39 2004 European Championship D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. Aronian vs M Klinova   ½-½ 22 2004 European Championship A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 8. H Jonkman vs Macieja 0-1 20 2004 European Championship B03 Alekhine's Defense 9. Jobava vs M Neubauer   1-0 26 2004 European Championship A37 English, Symmetrical 10. L Mazi vs G Sargissian   0-1 31 2004 European Championship C77 Ruy Lopez 11. Krasenkow vs S Kristjansson   1-0 62 2004 European Championship A15 English 12. M Grunberg vs K Asrian   ½-½ 16 2004 European Championship A14 English 13. T Markowski vs K Haznedaroglu   1-0 39 2004 European Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 14. M Erdogdu vs Navara   0-1 35 2004 European Championship B41 Sicilian, Kan 15. E Agrest vs B Thorfinnsson   1-0 25 2004 European Championship D02 Queen's Pawn Game 16. U Atakisi vs Miroshnichenko   ½-½ 61 2004 European Championship B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 17. A Anastasian vs Z Mamedjarova   ½-½ 27 2004 European Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 18. V Iotov vs A Istratescu   1-0 64 2004 European Championship B06 Robatsch 19. R Kempinski vs M Bakalarz   1-0 30 2004 European Championship D72 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.cd, Main line 20. T Yilmaz vs Minasian   0-1 48 2004 European Championship B06 Robatsch 21. Z Izoria vs E Karadeniz   1-0 56 2004 European Championship D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 22. S Kose vs Naiditsch 1-0 33 2004 European Championship B22 Sicilian, Alapin 23. Andersson vs Y Bayram   1-0 54 2004 European Championship A15 English 24. Y Erturan vs H Stefansson   0-1 34 2004 European Championship B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 25. V Gashimov vs B Esen   1-0 32 2004 European Championship B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer  page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 482    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jun-11-04    chessgames.com: We now have the games from the 5th IECC. Nice showing by Ivanchuck; you can see his games here 5th Individual European Chess Championship (2004)/Vassily Ivanchuk. Jun-15-04    siggemannen: Good job chessgames... I wish you hadn't changed the opening explorer though... Apr-06-09    notyetagm: <chessgames.com: We now have the games from the 5th IECC. Nice showing by Ivanchuck; you can see his games here 5th Individual European Chess Championship (2004)/Vassily Ivanchuk.> Also a great showing by Aronian, =2nd (5th Individual European Chess Championship (2004)/Levon Aronian). Checkout 29 ♖g2-g5!! in Aronian vs Stefansson, 2004. 29 ♖g2-g5!! click for larger view Dec-01-19    Chesgambit: haznedaroglu kıvanc vs Iotov 9....b5 varition is more better 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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