Jakovenko Declared European Individual Champion 2012!

1 April 2012, Kuala Lumpur – GM Dmitry Jakovenko defeated GM Fressinet Laurent in the last and final round of the 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012 giving him the winner’s rostrum and an unassailable 8.5 points. The other top boards drew their games and Jakovenko stood out alone on 8.5 points.

 

Full results: http://chess-results.com/tnr66864.aspx?

Final Standings:

(Picture and results from Susan Polgar’s Daily Chess News blog)

Fressinet Sole Leader Before Last Round, Euro Individual

31 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Plovdiv Bulgaria, Fressinet Laurent is leading after winning his third board game of round 10 in the 13th EICC 2012. Fressinet has scored 8.0 points and is the current leader. Just behind him is Jakovenko Dmitry with 7.5 points. In the last round 11 today, Fressinet will meet Jakovenko on top board.

 

Below is a copy of round 10 game against Akopian Vladimir during the 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012. Fressinet played white.

Round 10 Results:

 

Ranking After Round 10:

Here is Jakovenko’s 10th round win against Kobalia Mikhail of the 13th EICC, Plovdiv Bulgaria. Jakovenko played with the white pieces and won with a piece ahead.

Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu

Also available on Susan Polgar’s Daily Chess News.

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Malakhov-Matlakov-Akopian Jointly Leads Euro Individual

29 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – After the completion of round 8 of the 13th EICC 2012 in Plovdiv Bulgaria, three players comprising of GM Malakhov Vladimir (Russia), GM Matlakov Maxim (Russia) and GM Akopian Vladimir (Armenia) are leading jointly. They have scored 6.5 points. The tournament is still so close and anyone in the top 50 can still win this tournament depending how the rivals perform.

Trailing behind in a big bunch of 17 players with 6.0 points are Jones, Kuzubov, Vitiugov, Bacrot, Fressinet, Inarkiev, Andreikin, Kobalia, Vachier-Lagrave, Jobava, Vallejo, Azarov, Sokolov, Korobov, Volokitin, Khenkin, dan Istratescu.

Results of Round 8:

Azarov’s Game Of Round 7, Euro Individual

28 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the round 7 game that made Azarov Sergei of Bulgaria stand out during the 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012. He won his game against the then leader Naiditsch Arkadij of Germany.

The official website of 13th EICC reported that Sergei Azarov 2667  (BLR),  ranked  32 in the starting  list, is  the  sole leader with 6.0/7.0 after beating  Arkadij Naiditsch 2702 (GER). The leader of the German national team played inaccurately in the middle game and his position was already lost on  move 30.  Azarov  chose a slower but secure continuation and won the game in 73 moves. The rest of the top board games were drawn. The struggles of the seventh round have become more intense, which is evidenced by the fact that not a single game ended in less than two hours while most of the draws were made after more than four hours of play.Top Bulgarian GMs  Ivan Cheparinov 2664  (BUL) and Kiril  Georgiev  2671  (BUL) drew as White against Dmitry Jakovenko 2729 (RUS) and  Tamas Banusz  2583  (HUN)accordingly.Talented hope of Bosnia and Herzegovina  Dalibor Stojanovic 2471  (BIH) made his seventh consecutive draw against significantly higher rated Aleksander Delchev 2622 (BUL).

Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu/

(Photo from tournament website)

Azarov Leads In European Individual

28 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, GM Azarov Sergei of Bulgaria is leading the European Individual after the seventh round of play. He scored 6.0 points. He beat Naiditsch on top board of round 7.

Meanwhile 12 players are bunched just behind him at 5.5 points. The players in this bunch comprise of Kuzubov, Jones, Fressinet, Inarkiev, Khismatullin, Malakhov, Vachier-Lagrave, Bologan, Matlakov, Korobov, Akopian and Istratescu.

Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu/

Naiditsch’s game of Round 6, Euro Individual

26 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the round 6 game between Naiditsch, Arkadij and Sokolov Ivan during the 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Naiditsch won with the white pieces. Naiditsch is currently among the leaders after round 6 with 5.0 points.

 

Game courtesy of Internet Chess Club.

Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu

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Ten Players Jointly Leads 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012

26 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ten players are jointly leading the 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012. Each scoring 5.0 points from six rounds of play. The leaders comprised of Naiditsch Arkadij, Fressinet Laurent, Kuzubov Yuriy, Jones Gawain, Inarkiev Ernestor, Khismatullin Denis, Vachier-Lagrave Maxime, Matlakov Maxim, Korobov Anton, and Azarov Sergei.

On third board, Khismatullin Denis beat Vtiugov Nikita, Naiditsch beat Sokolov on sixth board and Inarkiev Ernestor beat Rodshtein Maxim on seventh board.

Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu

Fressinet vs Gawain, Round 6, Euro Individual 2012

25 March 2012,Kuala Lumpur – Here is a live chess game of round 6 between GM Gawain Jones of England and GM Laurent Fressinet of France on top board of the 13th European Individual 2012 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

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Fressinet New Leader At Euro Individual 2012

25 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – At the 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Fressinet Laurent of France is the new leader. Bunched up at 4.5 points after round 5 are Fressinet, Kuzubov Yuriy of Ukraine and Gawain Jones of England.

Jones drew his game with Vitiugov Nikita on top board, while Fressinet Laurent won against Timofeev Artyom on third board and Kuzobov Yuriy won against Viktor Bologan on fifth board.

Here is the fifth round game between Laurent Fressinet of France and Artyom Timofeev of Russia during the 13th EICC, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Fressinet won it with white pieces. With this win, it significantly pushed Fressinet to the top of the leader’s board at Plovdiv.

Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu

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Gawain Jones Takes Leadership In Euro Individual 2012

25 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Gawain Jones of England has taken sole lead after round 4 in the 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012. He beat Boris Savchenko of Russia on fifth board.

The official website of the European Individual Chess Championship 2012 reported that Gawain Jones 2635 (ENG) defeated Boris Savchenko 2580 (RUS) on board five and has become a sole leader with a perfect score after today’s fourth round achieving the fantastic rating performance of 3317. All other games on the first twelve boards were drawn, however not without lots of interesting collisions lasting for more than five hours.

 
In the Plovdiv hall of Novotel Plovdiv there was not a single game to finish before the first two hours. The first score was registered in the "Moscow" Hall  on  board 117 between Romain Edouard (FRA) and Nicolas Grandadam (SUI), which ended in less than 1.5 hours.

The game that  focused the attention of the  local fans was  played on board  six between Bulgarian champion Julian Radulski  and  top seed Fabiano Caruana  from  Italy. In  a worse position, playing black, the Bulgarian  GM  defended  cleverly  and drew the game in 72 moves.
Most of the  top  Bulgarian GMs also had a successful day today.

Aleksander Delchev 2622 (BUL)performed active play with the black pieces and drew his game against Etienne Bacrot  2706 (FRA).  Ivan Cheparinov 2664  (BUL)  won convincingly against Aleksandr Shimanov  2591 (RUS). Also Kiril Georgiev 2671  (BUL) defeated  with the black pieces Alexander Ipatov 2561 (TUR).

 
Boris Chatalbashev  2570 lost against Vladimir Malakhov  2705 (RUS) while  Petar Drenchev 2499 (BUL) drew against Viktor Erdos 2631 (HUN). Julian Radulski and Ivan Cheparinov have 3.5/4.0 points  followed by Kiril Georgiev and Alexander Delchev with 3 etc.

Romanian WGM  Irina Bulmaga 2307  continued her  successful race by winning this  time against Hungarian  Robert Ruck 2579. Bulmaga  has  now 3.0/4.0 points and is the best performing woman so far.

Antoaneta Stefanova  2531 (BUL) has 2.5/4.0 after defeating with  the  black pieces Asaf Givon  2340 (ISR) in only 18 moves.

Bartosz Socko 2647 from Poland played unconvincingly and lost against Hovhannes Gabuzyan 2441  (ARM).  Also  Vladimir Onischuk  2516 (UKR) suffered defeat against  14-year-old youngster Alexander Donchenko 2309 (GER) while Dragan Solak 2602 (TUR) lost against Kirill Alekseenko 2367 (RUS).

Gawain Jones  2635  (ENG)  takes sole  lead after the fourth round  with 4.0/4.0 followed by  nineteen  players with 3.5/4.0 etc.

In the fifth round Gawain Jones will play against Nikita Vitiugov. Some other pairings:
Kiril Georgiev 2671 - Illya Nyzhnyk 2585
Julian Radulski 2552 - Ivan Cheparinov 2664
Alexander Delchev 2622 - Francisco Vallejo Pons 2693
Momchil Nikolov 2550 - Eltaj Safarli 2645
Antoaneta Stefanova 2531 - Andrei Istratescu 2633

Here is the fourth round game between Savchenko and Jones which gave Jones an unassailable 4.0 points from four games of play. Jones plays black.

Official website: http://www.eicc2012.eu

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European Individual Chess Championship 2012

 

20 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, chessdom.com reports that 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 we see a total of 300 titled players, 175 of which GMs and 70 IMs. Top seeded is GM Fabiano Caruana, who was also one of the main participants at the same venue during the 2008 edition of the competition (photo here). Scroll down for the full list of participants.

Expect live games daily with analysis by Houdini and special photo reports, as well as the most interesting news from the championship on the pages of Chessdom.com.

Note: See photo galleries of EICC 2008 in Plovdiv here and the ECC 2010 here, while detailed view of the venue is at this gallery.

The championship will be organized in 11-round Swiss system in accordance with the ECU Tournament Rules and FIDE Laws of Chess. The rate of play will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.

Here is a live round 1 game involving GM Anish Giri of the Netherlands.

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Official website : http://www.eicc2012.eu