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Eicc 2015
Evgeniy Najer is new European Chess Champion
Mar 9, 2015
Russian Grandmaster Evgeniy Najer has won the 2015 European Chess Championship in the competition of 250 players from 33 countries, including 115 Grandmasters.
In the final round Najer held his compatriot GM Denis Khismatullin with black pieces to emerge clear winner on 8,5/11 points.
Czech GM David Navara was also in contention for the title, but he couldn’t defeat Ivan Cheparinov and finally finished second to take the silver medal.
GM Mateusz Bartel of Poland beat GM Ian Nepomniachtchi to take the bronze. Khismatullin also scored 8 points but he landed 4th on tie-break.
The European Individual Championship 2015 was a qualification event for the next World Chess Cup.
According to FIDE regulations 23 players qualified.
Final standings:
1. GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2634 – 8.5
2. GM Navara David CZE 2735 – 8
3. GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2631 – 8
4. GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2653 – 8
5. GM Vovk Yuri UKR 2588 – 7.5
6. GM Korobov Anton UKR 2687 – 7.5
7. GM Ipatov Alexander TUR 2592 – 7.5
8. GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2727 – 7.5
9. GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2646 – 7.5
10. GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2695 – 7.5
11. GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2678 – 7.5
12. GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2695 – 7.5
13. GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2665 – 7.5
14. Iljiushenok Ilia RUS 2450 – 7.5
15. GM Kempinski Robert POL 2625 – 7.5
16. GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2650 – 7.5
17. GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2681 – 7.5
18. GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2668 – 7.5
19. GM Popov Ivan RUS 2639 – 7.5
20. GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2670 – 7.5
21. GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2660 – 7.5
22. GM Brkic Ante CRO 2586 – 7.5
23. GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter GER 2654 – 7.5
24. GM Grachev Boris RUS 2670 – 7.5
25. GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2585 – 7.5
26. GM Can Emre TUR 2555 – 7.5
54. GM Howell David W L ENG 2663 – 6.5
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Much gnashing of teeth and renting of garments in England because David Howell didn’t win his last round game with Alexander Huzman of Israel. It was not too long ago (Feb) he got second place at the Gibraltar Masters after Nakamura.
EICC 2015
Round 11, March 8, 2015
Howell, David – Huzman, Alexander
A15 English, Neo-Catalan
1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. O-O a6 9. Ne5 Qd4 10. Qc3 Qxc3 11. Nxc3 Nfd7 12. d4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. a4 Bb4 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Nxb5 O-O 18. Na7 Nxe5 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc6 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Rc8 23. Bf3 Bd2 24. e3 Rc1 25. Bd1 Rb1 26. b3 Rb2 27. h4 g6 28. h5 Kg7 29. Kh1 Kh6 30. Rg1 Kg7 31. Rf1 Kh6 32. Rg1 Kg7 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Rf1 Kf6 35. Rg1 Kg7 36. Bg4 Rxb3 37. f5 exf5 38. Bxf5 Rb5 39. Bh3 Rh5 40. Kh2 Rc5 41. Rd1 Bc3 42. Rd7 Rc7 43. Rd5 Re7 44. Kg3 Be5+ 45. Kf3 Bc7 46. Bf1 Be5 47. Bc4 Bc7 48. Ke2 Be5 49. Kd3 Bc7 50. Kc3 Be5+ 51. Kd3 Bc7 52. Rc5 Bd6 53. Rc6 Be5 54. Ra6 Rd7+ 55. Ke4 Re7 56. Kf3 Bc7 57. Rc6 Be5 58. Bd5 Bc7 59. Kg4 Be5 60. f4 Bf6 61. e4 Bd4 62. Kg5 Be3 63. Rc3 Bd4 64. Rc4 Be3 65. Kg4 Bb6 66. Ra4 Ra7 67. Rb4 Bc5 68. Rc4 Be7 69. Rc6 Kf8 70. Rc1 Kg7 71. Rf1 Bd8 72. f5 Bf6 73. Rb1 Re7 74. Rb6 gxf5+ 75. Kxf5 Re5+ 76. Kf4 Re7 77. Kf5 Re5+ 78. Kf4 Re7 79. Rb1 Re5 80. Rb7 Re7 81. Rb1 Re5 82. Bc6 Rh5 83. Bd7 Be5+ 84. Ke3 Rg5 85. Rb7 Rg3+ 86. Kf2 f6 87. Bf5+ Kf8 88. Be6 Rc3 89. Ke2 Ke8 90. Kd2 Rg3 91. Kc2 Rc3+ 92. Kb1 Rg3 93. Ka2 Re3 94. Bd5 Rg3 95. Bb3 Re3 96. Bd5 Rg3 97. Rb3 Rxb3 98. Kxb3 Ke7 99. Ka4 Kd6 100. Kb5 Bd4 101. e5+ Kxe5 ½-½
- David Howell is now back in 54th place and will clearly have to win in the last round to have any chance. If he does win he'll likely be close to one of the last of those 23 places but it'll depend on some of those 14 who were already pre-qualified and favourable tie-breaks. But first he's got to win, nothing else will do. He's White on Board 27 against Israeli GM Alexander Huzman (2582). Fingers crossed.
- As the EU web site puts it, the last battle of Jerusalem has begun. C'mon David. Currently we're 10 moves in and the queens are off, dare I say he has a small edge...
- He then got a bigger edge but just a couple of inaccurate moves and it had gone. A risk that one takes when playing c4 and g3 against a very experienced GM, but perhaps it was not meant to be anyway. It is a shame because on the basis of his results over the last seven months or so - not to mention the first seven rounds of this event - he certainly deserved to qualify for the World Cup.
Very tough at this level!
- You almost always talk good sense, but just how (a) does predestination come into it? (b) do David's previous results make him deserving of a qualification place if he couldn't do the business on the day?
- I was saying that he deserved to qualify on the basis of his results over the last seven months, this being a better measure of his strength and his place within the world top 100 than his results in the last four rounds of this event. Of course one sees the need for qualifying events and "doing the business when it counts". Thus my comment that it's a tough old life. If you get a unco-operative opponent who doesn't seem to want to play for a win himself "when it counts" ...
- I expect we're violently agreeing. Whatever the reasons, David failed to qualify. 'Deserved to' is not the same as 'was likely to', and the stars have nothing to do with it. I like your words about 'doing the business when it counts'.
- Final standings: The top 23 players qualified for the World Cup but as five of them had already qualified last year (Navara, Eljanov, Motylev, Smirin & Cheparinov) then the list extends to 28th place. As it turns out David Howell finished in 54th place on 6.5 but if he had won it is likely that his tie-break would have been superior to Goganov's. Pity. David seemed to be going quite well until he got demolished by Nepomniachtchi who similarly got battered the next day and barely qualified himself. Very tough tournament and David's performance rating of 2628 wasn't far off his current grade of 2663. He dropped 4 Elo in the end but a decent showing. Of course this tournament will be forever remembered for the utterly stunning finish in the round 10 game between Russian Denis Khismatullin and Ukrainian Pavel Eljanov.
Eicc 2015
Evgeniy Najer is new European Chess Champion
Mar 9, 2015
Russian Grandmaster Evgeniy Najer has won the 2015 European Chess Championship in the competition of 250 players from 33 countries, including 115 Grandmasters.
In the final round Najer held his compatriot GM Denis Khismatullin with black pieces to emerge clear winner on 8,5/11 points.
Czech GM David Navara was also in contention for the title, but he couldn’t defeat Ivan Cheparinov and finally finished second to take the silver medal.
GM Mateusz Bartel of Poland beat GM Ian Nepomniachtchi to take the bronze. Khismatullin also scored 8 points but he landed 4th on tie-break.
The European Individual Championship 2015 was a qualification event for the next World Chess Cup.
According to FIDE regulations 23 players qualified.
Final standings:
1. GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2634 – 8.5
2. GM Navara David CZE 2735 – 8
3. GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2631 – 8
4. GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2653 – 8
5. GM Vovk Yuri UKR 2588 – 7.5
6. GM Korobov Anton UKR 2687 – 7.5
7. GM Ipatov Alexander TUR 2592 – 7.5
8. GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2727 – 7.5
9. GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2646 – 7.5
10. GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2695 – 7.5
11. GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2678 – 7.5
12. GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2695 – 7.5
13. GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2665 – 7.5
14. Iljiushenok Ilia RUS 2450 – 7.5
15. GM Kempinski Robert POL 2625 – 7.5
16. GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2650 – 7.5
17. GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2681 – 7.5
18. GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2668 – 7.5
19. GM Popov Ivan RUS 2639 – 7.5
20. GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2670 – 7.5
21. GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2660 – 7.5
22. GM Brkic Ante CRO 2586 – 7.5
23. GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter GER 2654 – 7.5
24. GM Grachev Boris RUS 2670 – 7.5
25. GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2585 – 7.5
26. GM Can Emre TUR 2555 – 7.5
54. GM Howell David W L ENG 2663 – 6.5
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Much gnashing of teeth and renting of garments in England because David Howell didn’t win his last round game with Alexander Huzman of Israel. It was not too long ago (Feb) he got second place at the Gibraltar Masters after Nakamura.
EICC 2015
Round 11, March 8, 2015
Howell, David – Huzman, Alexander
A15 English, Neo-Catalan
1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. O-O a6 9. Ne5 Qd4 10. Qc3 Qxc3 11. Nxc3 Nfd7 12. d4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. a4 Bb4 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Nxb5 O-O 18. Na7 Nxe5 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc6 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Rc8 23. Bf3 Bd2 24. e3 Rc1 25. Bd1 Rb1 26. b3 Rb2 27. h4 g6 28. h5 Kg7 29. Kh1 Kh6 30. Rg1 Kg7 31. Rf1 Kh6 32. Rg1 Kg7 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Rf1 Kf6 35. Rg1 Kg7 36. Bg4 Rxb3 37. f5 exf5 38. Bxf5 Rb5 39. Bh3 Rh5 40. Kh2 Rc5 41. Rd1 Bc3 42. Rd7 Rc7 43. Rd5 Re7 44. Kg3 Be5+ 45. Kf3 Bc7 46. Bf1 Be5 47. Bc4 Bc7 48. Ke2 Be5 49. Kd3 Bc7 50. Kc3 Be5+ 51. Kd3 Bc7 52. Rc5 Bd6 53. Rc6 Be5 54. Ra6 Rd7+ 55. Ke4 Re7 56. Kf3 Bc7 57. Rc6 Be5 58. Bd5 Bc7 59. Kg4 Be5 60. f4 Bf6 61. e4 Bd4 62. Kg5 Be3 63. Rc3 Bd4 64. Rc4 Be3 65. Kg4 Bb6 66. Ra4 Ra7 67. Rb4 Bc5 68. Rc4 Be7 69. Rc6 Kf8 70. Rc1 Kg7 71. Rf1 Bd8 72. f5 Bf6 73. Rb1 Re7 74. Rb6 gxf5+ 75. Kxf5 Re5+ 76. Kf4 Re7 77. Kf5 Re5+ 78. Kf4 Re7 79. Rb1 Re5 80. Rb7 Re7 81. Rb1 Re5 82. Bc6 Rh5 83. Bd7 Be5+ 84. Ke3 Rg5 85. Rb7 Rg3+ 86. Kf2 f6 87. Bf5+ Kf8 88. Be6 Rc3 89. Ke2 Ke8 90. Kd2 Rg3 91. Kc2 Rc3+ 92. Kb1 Rg3 93. Ka2 Re3 94. Bd5 Rg3 95. Bb3 Re3 96. Bd5 Rg3 97. Rb3 Rxb3 98. Kxb3 Ke7 99. Ka4 Kd6 100. Kb5 Bd4 101. e5+ Kxe5 ½-½
- David Howell is now back in 54th place and will clearly have to win in the last round to have any chance. If he does win he'll likely be close to one of the last of those 23 places but it'll depend on some of those 14 who were already pre-qualified and favourable tie-breaks. But first he's got to win, nothing else will do. He's White on Board 27 against Israeli GM Alexander Huzman (2582). Fingers crossed.
- As the EU web site puts it, the last battle of Jerusalem has begun. C'mon David. Currently we're 10 moves in and the queens are off, dare I say he has a small edge...
- He then got a bigger edge but just a couple of inaccurate moves and it had gone. A risk that one takes when playing c4 and g3 against a very experienced GM, but perhaps it was not meant to be anyway. It is a shame because on the basis of his results over the last seven months or so - not to mention the first seven rounds of this event - he certainly deserved to qualify for the World Cup.
Very tough at this level!
- You almost always talk good sense, but just how (a) does predestination come into it? (b) do David's previous results make him deserving of a qualification place if he couldn't do the business on the day?
- I was saying that he deserved to qualify on the basis of his results over the last seven months, this being a better measure of his strength and his place within the world top 100 than his results in the last four rounds of this event. Of course one sees the need for qualifying events and "doing the business when it counts". Thus my comment that it's a tough old life. If you get a unco-operative opponent who doesn't seem to want to play for a win himself "when it counts" ...
- I expect we're violently agreeing. Whatever the reasons, David failed to qualify. 'Deserved to' is not the same as 'was likely to', and the stars have nothing to do with it. I like your words about 'doing the business when it counts'.
- Final standings: The top 23 players qualified for the World Cup but as five of them had already qualified last year (Navara, Eljanov, Motylev, Smirin & Cheparinov) then the list extends to 28th place. As it turns out David Howell finished in 54th place on 6.5 but if he had won it is likely that his tie-break would have been superior to Goganov's. Pity. David seemed to be going quite well until he got demolished by Nepomniachtchi who similarly got battered the next day and barely qualified himself. Very tough tournament and David's performance rating of 2628 wasn't far off his current grade of 2663. He dropped 4 Elo in the end but a decent showing. Of course this tournament will be forever remembered for the utterly stunning finish in the round 10 game between Russian Denis Khismatullin and Ukrainian Pavel Eljanov.
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