European Championship 2018

[Hans Jung]

Re: European Championship 2018

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2018...Draskovic_Luka Nice two rook attack by artist Emil Sutovsky!

[Hans Jung]

Re: European Championship 2018

After four rounds GM Hovhannisyan leads with a perfect 4-0, a remarkable result having beat two 2600's in a row. 13! GMs have 3.5 - .5 and 41 sit at 3 out of 4.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: European Championship 2018

European Championship 2018

March 21, 2018

Round Four

Round 4 Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Bosiocic Marin 2611 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Jones Gawain C B 2651
2 GM Hovhannisyan Robert 2601 3 1 - 0 3 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2623
3 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2620 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Skoberne Jure 2563
4 GM Bartel Mateusz 2609 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Navara David 2737
5 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2713 2.5 0 - 1 2.5 GM Alekseenko Kirill 2609
6 GM Andersen Mads 2605 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Dubov Daniil 2701
7 GM Nabaty Tamir 2690 2.5 1 - 0 2.5 GM Abasov Nijat 2608
8 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 2.5 1 - 0 2.5 GM Jojua Davit 2601
9 GM Kobalia Mikhail 2599 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Najer Evgeniy 2683
10 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2677 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2600
11 GM Predke Alexandr 2595 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Demchenko Anton 2672
12 GM Berkes Ferenc 2671 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Kovchan Alexander 2596
13 GM Martirosyan Haik M. 2586 2.5 1 - 0 2.5 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2664
14 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2593 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2659
15 GM Lopez Martinez Josep M. 2584 2.5 0 - 1 2.5 GM Saric Ivan 2657
16 GM Fedorov Alexei 2559 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Piorun Kacper 2653
17 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2652 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Smirin Ilia 2594
18 GM Grandelius Nils 2646 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2588
19 GM Volokitin Andrei 2639 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Sarana Alexey 2577
20 GM Erdos Viktor 2627 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Arutinian David 2536
21 GM Djukic Nikola 2523 2.5 1 - 0 2.5 GM Lupulescu Constantin 2627
22 GM Bok Benjamin 2622 2.5 1 - 0 2.5 IM Repka Christopher 2524
23 GM Kantans Toms 2508 2.5 0 - 1 2.5 GM Romanov Evgeny 2619
24 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2488 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2617
25 GM Paravyan David 2613 2.5 1 - 0 2.5 GM Yuffa Daniil 2521
26 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2746 2 1 - 0 2 GM Wagner Dennis 2566
27 GM Moroni Luca Jr 2559 2 0 - 1 2 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2738
28 IM Moiseenko Vadim 2552 2 .5 - .5 2 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2716
29 GM Savchenko Boris 2550 2 0 - 1 2 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2693
30 IM Santos Latasa Jaime 2549 2 .5 - .5 2 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2689
31 GM Jobava Baadur 2685 2 .5 - .5 2 GM Shevchenko Kirill 2545
32 GM Palac Mladen 2546 2 .5 - .5 2 GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2685
33 GM Korobov Anton 2664 2 1 - 0 2 GM Sanal Vahap 2543
34 GM Lenic Luka 2662 2 .5 - .5 2 GM Boruchovsky Avital 2542
35 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2655 2 1 - 0 2 IM Triapishko Alexandr 2530
36 GM Kovalev Vladislav 2650 2 .5 - .5 2 GM Ruck Robert 2529
37 GM Anton Guijarro David 2647 2 1 - 0 2 GM Kelires Andreas 2523
38 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2537 2 0 - 1 2 GM McShane Luke J 2647
39 GM Baron Tal 2529 2 0 - 1 2 GM Guseinov Gadir 2646
40 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian 2642 2 .5 - .5 2 IM Nguyen Thai Dai Van 2517
41 GM Maghalashvili Davit 2508 2 .5 - .5 2 GM Safarli Eltaj 2639
42 GM Movsesian Sergei 2632 2 .5 - .5 2 GM Godena Michele 2505
43 IM Golubka Petro 2503 2 0 - 1 2 GM Onischuk Vladimir 2632
44 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2625 2 1 - 0 2 GM Sanikidze Tornike 2501
45 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2501 2 .5 - .5 2 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2622

Round Five Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Nabaty Tamir 2690 3.5 - 4 GM Hovhannisyan Robert 2601
2 GM Paravyan David 2613 3.5 - 3.5 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2684
3 GM Saric Ivan 2657 3.5 - 3.5 GM Bosiocic Marin 2611
4 GM Jones Gawain C B 2651 3.5 - 3.5 GM Martirosyan Haik M. 2586
5 GM Skoberne Jure 2563 3.5 - 3.5 GM Bok Benjamin 2622
6 GM Alekseenko Kirill 2609 3.5 - 3.5 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2620
7 GM Romanov Evgeny 2619 3.5 - 3.5 GM Djukic Nikola 2523
8 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2617 3 - 3 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2746
9 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2738 3 - 3 GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2619
10 GM Ponkratov Pavel 2613 3 - 3 GM Navara David 2737
11 GM Dubov Daniil 2701 3 - 3 GM Bartel Mateusz 2609
12 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2693 3 - 3 GM Andersen Mads 2605
13 GM Najer Evgeniy 2683 3 - 3 GM Bologan Victor 2600
14 GM Bindrich Falko 2602 3 - 3 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2677
15 GM Demchenko Anton 2672 3 - 3 GM Kobalia Mikhail 2599
16 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2600 3 - 3 GM Berkes Ferenc 2671
17 GM Kovchan Alexander 2596 3 - 3 GM Korobov Anton 2664
18 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2659 3 - 3 GM Predke Alexandr 2595
19 GM Smirin Ilia 2594 3 - 3 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2655
20 GM Piorun Kacper 2653 3 - 3 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2593
21 GM Brkic Ante 2590 3 - 3 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2652
22 GM Bogner Sebastian 2588 3 - 3 GM Anton Guijarro David 2647
23 GM McShane Luke J 2647 3 - 3 GM Paichadze Luka 2581
24 GM Pashikian Arman 2585 3 - 3 GM Grandelius Nils 2646
25 GM Guseinov Gadir 2646 3 - 3 GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2572
26 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2588 3 - 3 GM Volokitin Andrei 2639
27 GM Onischuk Vladimir 2632 3 - 3 GM Fedorov Alexei 2559
28 IM Vavulin Maksim 2583 3 - 3 GM Erdos Viktor 2627
29 GM Sarana Alexey 2577 3 - 3 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2625
30 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2623 3 - 3 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2488
31 GM Arutinian David 2536 3 - 2.5 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2716
32 GM Shevchenko Kirill 2545 2.5 - 2.5 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2713
33 GM Boruchovsky Avital 2542 2.5 - 2.5 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2697

Round Four Games

Round 4, Mar. 20
Hovhannisyan, Robert - Indjic, Aleksandar
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qd2 Be7 11.Nd5 Nd7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.Ng5 Nf6 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Bd3 O-O 16.c3 d5 17.exd5 exd5 18.O-O-O b5 19.Kb1 Rab8 20.Rhe1 Kh8 21.f3 Qc7 22.g4 e4 23.fxe4 dxe4 24.Bxe4 Nxg4 25.Bc2 Rbd8 26.Qe2 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Nf6 28.Qe2 g6 29.Qf2 Kg7 30.a3 a5 31.Qd4 Rd8 32.Qe5 Qxe5 33.Rxe5 Rd5 34.Rxd5 Nxd5 35.Bd3 Nc7 36.Kc2 Kf6 37.Kb3 Ke5 38.a4 Kd5 39.Bxb5 Kc5 40.Bc4 Ne8 41.Bd3 Nf6 42.Ka3 g5 43.b4+ Kb6 44.c4 axb4+ 45.Kxb4 h5 46.a5+ Ka7 47.c5 g4 48.c6 h4 49.Bf1 g3 50.h3 Nd5+ 51.Kc5 Nc7 52.Kd6 Kb8 53.Kd7 Na8 54.Bg2 Nc7 55.Bh1 Na6 56.Bf3 Nc7 57.Bg2 Na6 58.Bh1 Nc7 59.Ke7 Ka7 60.Kf6 Ka6 61.Kg5 Kxa5 62.Kxh4 Kb6 63.Kxg3 Kc5 64.Kg4 Kd6 65.Kf5 Ke7 66.h4 Kf7 67.Ke5 Kg6 68.Bf3 Kh6 69.Be2 Ne8 70.Ke6 Nc7+ 71.Kd7 Nd5 72.Bf3 Nb6+ 73.Ke6 Na8 74.Kd6 Kg6 75.Be2 Nb6 76.Ba6 Kh5 77.c7 1-0

Round 4, Mar. 20
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Alekseenko, Kirill
C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Bogolyubov variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 Bh5 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.d5 Nd3 14.Rf1 Ng4 15.Bd4 Nge5 16.Bc2 Bf6 17.Kh1 Nf4 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.g3 Qf6 20.gxf4 Bxf4 21.Qe1 Rae8 22.Rg1 Qxb2 23.Bb3 f5 24.e5 dxe5 25.Rg5 Bxf3+ 26.Nxf3 e4 27.d6+ Kh8 28.d7 Rd8 29.Rd1 Qf6 30.Rh5 exf3 31.Rh3 Bd6 32.Be6 Qg6 33.Rxf3 Qh5 34.Kg2 Rf6 35.Rxd6 cxd6 36.Qa5 Rff8 37.Qc3 Qg5+ 38.Kf1 Qf6 39.Qb3 Qe5 40.h3 f4 41.h4 d5 42.Bg4 h5 43.Bh3 Rf7 44.Qa3 Qe4 45.Kg2 Rf6 46.Kh2 b4 47.Qb3 Rd6 48.a3 a5 49.axb4 axb4 50.Qd1 R8xd7 51.Bxd7 Rxd7 52.Rd3 Qe5 53.Qf3 Rd6 54.Rb3 Rb6 55.Rd3 d4 56.Kg2 Qf5 57.Rxd4 Qg4+ 58.Qxg4 hxg4 0-1

Round 4, Mar. 20
Nabaty, Tamir - Abasov, Nijat
D02 Queen's Bishop game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 d5 4.Nf3 c5 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bg3 O-O 8.Bb5 Ne7 9.Bd3 c4 10.Bc2 b5 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Rb8 14.Qe2 Nf5 15.a4 b4 16.Ne5 bxc3 17.Nc6 cxb2 18.Rb1 Qb6 19.Bxd6 Nxd6 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 21.Qh5 g6 22.Bxg6+ Kg7 23.Qh7+ Kf6 24.Be4 Nf5 25.g4 Bb7 26.g5+ Kxg5 27.Rg1+ Kf6 28.Bxf5 Bxc6 29.Qh4+ 1-0

[Hans Jung]

Re: European Championship 2018

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2018..._Bogdan_Daniel Dont forget your theory.

[Hans Jung]

Re: European Championship 2018

When you are the only perfect score you become a target for other GMs. GM Hovhannisyan lost in rd 5. So now there is a huge leaderboard.

[Hans Jung]

Re: European Championship 2018

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2018...atinian_Nikita Whites position looks beginner perfect at move 16. Four moves later collapse.
Blacks c5 and the position collapses. Both strategy and tactics failed.

[Hans Jung]

Re: European Championship 2018

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2018...chikhin_Maksim Pretty as a picture.

[Erik Malmsten]

Re: European Championship 2018

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2018...chikhin_Maksim Pretty as a picture.

Black missed 34...Rd1+ If 35 Kh2 Rh1+ gets per pet.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: European Championship 2018

European Championship 2018

March 21, 2018

Round Five

Round 5, Mar. 21
Kelires, Andreas (2523) - Schekachikhin, Maksim (2406)
D30 QGD (also Catalan and Dutch)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 b5 6.O-O Bb7 7.b3 cxb3 8.axb3 Nd7 9.Nc3 Ngf6 10.Ne5 Nd5 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Qd2 Nxe5 14.dxe5 c5 15.Rfc1 Qb6 16.Nf6+ Nxf6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Qd7 Bxg2 19.Qxe7 Bh3 20.Qxf6 e5 21.Qxe5 f6 22.Qh5 Qe6 23.Rxc5 Bg4 24.Qh6 Rf7 25.Rac1 Raf8 26.Qf4 Bxe2 27.Re1 Qxb3 28.Qd4 Qd3 29.Qf4 Qf3 30.Qg5+ Rg7 31.Qd2 Bc4 32.Re3 Qg4 33.Qc3 Rd7 34.h3 Qg6 35.Kh2 a5 36.Rf3 Be2 37.Rff5 h6 38.Qe3 Bc4 39.Rf4 Rg7 40.Rcf5 Qe8 41.Rxf6 Bf7 42.Qd4 1-0

Position in Kelires-Schek after 34.h3




Round 5, Mar. 21
Martynov, Roman - Matinian, Nikita
E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.h3 a6 9.e4 b5 10.cxb5 axb5 11.Re1 e6 12.Qc2 b4 13.Ne2 Qd7 14.b3 Bb7 15.Nd2 Na7 16.Bb2 Nb5 17.Nc4 Nxe4 18.Na5 d5 19.Rec1 Ba8 20.Qd3 c5 0-1

Round 5, Mar. 21
Shevchenko, Kirill - Ivanchuk, Vassily
D30 QGD

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.b3 f5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Qe7 8.Bb2 b6 9.Qc1 Bb7 10.Ba3 Nbd7 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Qa3 Qxa3 13.Nxa3 Ke7 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Nc4 c5 17.Rfd1 Rhd8 18.Kf1 N7f6 19.dxc5 Rxc5 20.Nce5 Rdc8 21.Rxc5 Rxc5 22.Nd3 Rc2 23.Rd2 Rxd2 24.Nxd2 Nc3 25.Nc1 e5 26.a3 Kd6 27.Bd3 g6 28.Ne2 Nfd5 29.g3 Bc6 30.Nxc3 Nxc3 31.Ke1 Bd5 32.b4 Kc6 33.Nb1 Nxb1 34.Bxb1 Kb5 35.Bc2 Kc4 36.Kd2 Bf3 37.h4 e4 38.Ba4 b5 39.Bc2 a6 40.Bb1 Kb3 41.Bc2+ Kxa3 42.Kc3 Be2 43.Bb3 a5 44.bxa5 b4+ 45.Kd2 Bb5 0-1

Round 5, Mar. 21
Nabaty, Tamir - Hovhannisyan, Robert
D02 Queen's Bishop game

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.Nh4 Be4 5.f3 Bg6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qd2 Bd6 8.O-O-O O-O 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.h4 c5 11.dxc5 Bxf4 12.Qxf4 Nc6 13.e3 Nd7 14.Qd6 Rc8 15.h5 g5 16.Bb5 a6 17.Ba4 Ncb8 18.Bxd7 Nxd7 19.e4 Rc6 20.Qg3 Rxc5 21.exd5 exd5 22.h6 g6 23.Nxd5 Re8 24.Rhe1 Rxe1 25.Qxe1 Kh7 26.Qb4 Qc8 27.Ne7 Qc7 28.Qd4 Qe5 29.Qxd7 Rc7 30.Nxg6 Qe3+ 31.Qd2 Qxd2+ 32.Rxd2 fxg6 33.Rd4 Kxh6 34.Kd2 Kg7 35.c4 Kf6 36.b4 Rh7 37.Rd6+ Kf5 38.Ke3 Re7+ 39.Kd3 Rg7 40.a4 Ke5 41.c5 Kf4 42.Rd4+ Ke5 43.Kc4 Rh7 44.Re4+ Kf6 45.b5 axb5+ 46.axb5 Rh2 47.c6 bxc6 48.bxc6 Rxg2 49.Kc5 Rc2+ 50.Rc4 1-0

Round 5, Mar. 21
Piorun, Kacper - Pantsulaia, Levan
B42 Sicilian, Kan, Polugaievsky variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qg4 Qf6 9.Nc3 Nge7 10.Qg3 Qg6 11.Qh3 Nb4 12.Be3 b6 13.f4 Nxd3 14.f5 exf5 15.exf5 Nxf5 16.Rxf5 d5 17.Raf1 Bxf5 18.Rxf5 Nc5 19.Nxc5 bxc5 20.Nxd5 Rd8 21.Qh4 Rd7 22.Qe4+ Kd8 23.Bg5+ f6 24.Nxf6 c4+ 25.Kf1 gxf6 26.Bxf6+ Kc8 27.Qa8+ Bb8 28.Rc5+ Rc7 29.Qxa6+ Kd7 30.Rd5+ 1-0

Round Five Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Nabaty Tamir 2690 3.5 1 - 0 4 GM Hovhannisyan Robert 2601
2 GM Paravyan David 2613 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2684
3 GM Saric Ivan 2657 3.5 1 - 0 3.5 GM Bosiocic Marin 2611
4 GM Jones Gawain C B 2651 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 GM Martirosyan Haik M. 2586
5 GM Skoberne Jure 2563 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 GM Bok Benjamin 2622
6 GM Alekseenko Kirill 2609 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2620
7 GM Romanov Evgeny 2619 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 GM Djukic Nikola 2523
8 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2617 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2746
9 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2738 3 1 - 0 3 GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2619
10 GM Ponkratov Pavel 2613 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Navara David 2737
11 GM Dubov Daniil 2701 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Bartel Mateusz 2609
12 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2693 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Andersen Mads 2605
13 GM Najer Evgeniy 2683 3 1 - 0 3 GM Bologan Victor 2600
14 GM Bindrich Falko 2602 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2677
15 GM Demchenko Anton 2672 3 1 - 0 3 GM Kobalia Mikhail 2599
16 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2600 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Berkes Ferenc 2671
17 GM Kovchan Alexander 2596 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Korobov Anton 2664
18 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2659 3 0 - 1 3 GM Predke Alexandr 2595
19 GM Smirin Ilia 2594 3 0 - 1 3 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2655
20 GM Piorun Kacper 2653 3 1 - 0 3 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2593
21 GM Brkic Ante 2590 3 0 - 1 3 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2652
22 GM Bogner Sebastian 2588 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Anton Guijarro David 2647
23 GM McShane Luke J 2647 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Paichadze Luka 2581
24 GM Pashikian Arman 2585 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Grandelius Nils 2646
25 GM Guseinov Gadir 2646 3 1 - 0 3 GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2572
26 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2588 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Volokitin Andrei 2639
27 GM Onischuk Vladimir 2632 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Fedorov Alexei 2559
28 IM Vavulin Maksim 2583 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Erdos Viktor 2627
29 GM Sarana Alexey 2577 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2625
30 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2623 3 .5 - .5 3 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2488
31 GM Arutinian David 2536 3 1 - 0 2.5 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2716
32 GM Shevchenko Kirill 2545 2.5 0 - 1 2.5 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2713
33 GM Boruchovsky Avital 2542 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2697

[Wayne Komer]

Re: European Championship 2018

European Championship 2018

March 21, 2018

Round Five (continued)

Standing after Round Five

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.

1 GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2690 4.5
2 GM Bok Benjamin NED 2622 4.5
3 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2657 4.5
4 GM Piorun Kacper POL 2653 4
5 GM Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2601 4
6 GM Predke Alexandr RUS 2595 4
7 GM Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2620 4
8 GM Demchenko Anton RUS 2672 4
GM Paravyan David RUS 2613 4
GM Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2609 4
11 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2683 4
12 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2684 4
13 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2651 4
14 GM Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2586 4
15 GM Djukic Nikola MNE 2523 4
16 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2619 4
17 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2652 4
18 GM Arutinian David GEO 2536 4
19 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2738 4
20 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2646 4
21 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2655 4
22 GM Skoberne Jure SLO 2563 3.5
23 GM Bosiocic Marin CRO 2611 3.5
24 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2677 3.5
25 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2713 3.5
26 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2646 3.5
27 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel ESP 2488 3.5
28 GM Yuffa Daniil RUS 2521 3.5
29 GM Huschenbeth Niclas GER 2549 3.5
30 GM Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2617 3.5
31 GM Lopez Martinez Josep M. ESP 2584 3.5
32 GM Abasov Nijat AZE 2608 3.5
33 GM Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2588 3.5
34 GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2746 3.5
35 GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2671 3.5
GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2647 3.5
GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2639 3.5
GM Erdos Viktor HUN 2627 3.5
39 GM Cheparinov Ivan FID 2693 3.5
GM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2623 3.5
41 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2664 3.5
GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2609 3.5
43 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2664 3.5
44 GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2701 3.5
45 GM Ponkratov Pavel RUS 2613 3.5
46 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2600 3.5
GM Sarana Alexey RUS 2577 3.5
48 GM McShane Luke J ENG 2647 3.5
49 GM Navara David CZE 2737 3.5
GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2625 3.5
GM Andersen Mads DEN 2605 3.5
52 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2639 3.5

Round Six Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Bok Benjamin 2622 4.5 - 4.5 GM Nabaty Tamir 2690
2 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2738 4 - 4.5 GM Saric Ivan 2657
3 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 4 - 4 GM Romanov Evgeny 2619
4 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2620 4 - 4 GM Najer Evgeniy 2683
5 GM Hovhannisyan Robert 2601 4 - 4 GM Demchenko Anton 2672
6 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2655 4 - 4 GM Paravyan David 2613
7 GM Predke Alexandr 2595 4 - 4 GM Piorun Kacper 2653
8 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2652 4 - 4 GM Arutinian David 2536
9 GM Djukic Nikola 2523 4 - 4 GM Jones Gawain C B 2651
10 GM Martirosyan Haik M. 2586 4 - 4 GM Guseinov Gadir 2646
11 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2746 3.5 - 4 GM Alekseenko Kirill 2609
12 GM Navara David 2737 3.5 - 3.5 GM Abasov Nijat 2608
13 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2713 3.5 - 3.5 GM Martinovic Sasa 2604
14 GM Bosiocic Marin 2611 3.5 - 3.5 GM Dubov Daniil 2701
15 GM Bartel Mateusz 2609 3.5 - 3.5 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2693
16 GM Andersen Mads 2605 3.5 - 3.5 GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2685
17 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2677 3.5 - 3.5 GM Kovchan Alexander 2596
18 GM Berkes Ferenc 2671 3.5 - 3.5 GM Bindrich Falko 2602
19 GM Korobov Anton 2664 3.5 - 3.5 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2600
20 GM Bogner Sebastian 2588 3.5 - 3.5 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2664
21 GM Anton Guijarro David 2647 3.5 - 3.5 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2588
22 GM Lopez Martinez Josep M. 2584 3.5 - 3.5 GM McShane Luke J 2647
23 GM Grandelius Nils 2646 3.5 - 3.5 GM Svane Rasmus 2587
24 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian 2642 3.5 - 3.5 GM Pashikian Arman 2585
25 GM Paichadze Luka 2581 3.5 - 3.5 GM Safarli Eltaj 2639
26 GM Volokitin Andrei 2639 3.5 - 3.5 IM Vavulin Maksim 2583
27 GM Skoberne Jure 2563 3.5 - 3.5 GM Onischuk Vladimir 2632
28 GM Erdos Viktor 2627 3.5 - 3.5 GM Sarana Alexey 2577
29 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2625 3.5 - 3.5 GM Yuffa Daniil 2521
30 GM Fedorov Alexei 2559 3.5 - 3.5 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2623
31 GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2549 3.5 - 3.5 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2617
32 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2488 3.5 - 3.5 GM Ponkratov Pavel 2613
33 GM Matlakov Maxim 2707 3 - 3.5 IM Diermair Andreas 2507
34 IM Santos Latasa Jaime 2549 3 - 3 GM Mamedov Rauf 2709
35 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2697 3 - 3 GM Stupak Kirill 2541
36 GM Boruchovsky Avital 2542 3 - 3 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2689
37 GM Jobava Baadur 2685 3 - 3 IM Repka Christopher 2524
38 GM Lenic Luka 2662 3 - 3 GM Kelires Andreas 2523
39 GM Palac Mladen 2546 3 - 3 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2659
40 GM Kovalev Vladislav 2650 3 - 3 GM Maghalashvili Davit 2508
41 GM Nevednichy Vladislav 2542 3 - 3 GM Meier Georg 2648
42 IM Nguyen Thai Dai Van 2517 3 - 3 GM Fridman Daniel 2637
43 GM Movsesian Sergei 2632 3 - 3 GM Sanikidze Tornike 2501
44 GM Kobo Ori 2500 3 - 3 GM Lupulescu Constantin 2627
45 IM Hakobyan Aram 2497 3 - 3 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2622
46 GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2619 3 - 3 IM Flom Gabriel 2493
47 GM Gabrielian Artur 2493 3 - 3 GM Khalifman Alexander 2614
48 IM Zanan Evgeny 2493 3 - 3 GM Jojua Davit 2601
49 GM Bologan Victor 2600 3 - 3 IM Pavlov Sergey 2485
50 GM Kobalia Mikhail 2599 3 - 3 GM Mikaelyan Arman 2486

[Wayne Komer]

Re: European Championship 2018

European Championship 2018

March 22, 2018

Round Six

Round Six Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 Bok Benjamin 2622 4.5 .5 - .5 4.5 Nabaty Tamir 2690
2 Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2738 4 1 - 0 4.5 Saric Ivan 2657
3 Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 4 1 - 0 4 Romanov Evgeny 2619
4 Vocaturo Daniele 2620 4 0 - 1 4 Najer Evgeniy 2683
5 Hovhannisyan Robert 2601 4 .5 - .5 4 Demchenko Anton 2672
6 Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2655 4 .5 - .5 4 Paravyan David 2613
7 Predke Alexandr 2595 4 .5 - .5 4 Piorun Kacper 2653
8 Sjugirov Sanan 2652 4 1 - 0 4 Arutinian David 2536
9 Djukic Nikola 2523 4 0 - 1 4 Jones Gawain C B 2651
10 Martirosyan Haik M. 2586 4 .5 - .5 4 Guseinov Gadir 2646
11 Jakovenko Dmitry 2746 3.5 1 - 0 4 Alekseenko Kirill 2609
12 Navara David 2737 3.5 1 - 0 3.5 Abasov Nijat 2608
13 Ivanchuk Vassily 2713 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Martinovic Sasa 2604
14 Bosiocic Marin 2611 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 Dubov Daniil 2701
15 Bartel Mateusz 2609 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 Cheparinov Ivan 2693
16 Andersen Mads 2605 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Kravtsiv Martyn 2685
17 Sargissian Gabriel 2677 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Kovchan Alexander 2596
18 Berkes Ferenc 2671 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Bindrich Falko 2602
19 Korobov Anton 2664 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2600
20 Bogner Sebastian 2588 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Melkumyan Hrant 2664
21 Anton Guijarro David 2647 3.5 1 - 0 3.5 Gajewski Grzegorz 2588
22 Lopez Martinez Josep M. 2584 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 McShane Luke J 2647
23 Grandelius Nils 2646 3.5 1 - 0 3.5 Svane Rasmus 2587
24 Parligras Mircea-Emilian 2642 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Pashikian Arman 2585
25 Paichadze Luka 2581 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Safarli Eltaj 2639
26 Volokitin Andrei 2639 3.5 1 - 0 3.5 Vavulin Maksim 2583
27 Skoberne Jure 2563 3.5 1 - 0 3.5 Onischuk Vladimir 2632
28 Erdos Viktor 2627 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Sarana Alexey 2577
29 Zhigalko Sergei 2625 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 Yuffa Daniil 2521
30 Fedorov Alexei 2559 3.5 1 - 0 3.5 Indjic Aleksandar 2623
31 Huschenbeth Niclas 2549 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Alekseev Evgeny 2617
32 Santos Ruiz Miguel 2488 3.5 1 - 0 3.5 Ponkratov Pavel 2613
33 Matlakov Maxim 2707 3 1 - 0 3.5 Diermair Andreas 2507
34 Santos Latasa Jaime 2549 3 0 - 1 3 Mamedov Rauf 2709
35 Ponomariov Ruslan 2697 3 .5 - .5 3 Stupak Kirill 2541
36 Boruchovsky Avital 2542 3 1 - 0 3 Kuzubov Yuriy 2689
37 Jobava Baadur 2685 3 1 - 0 3 Repka Christopher 2524
38 Lenic Luka 2662 3 0 - 1 3 Kelires Andreas 2523
39 Palac Mladen 2546 3 .5 - .5 3 Moiseenko Alexander 2659
40 Kovalev Vladislav 2650 3 .5 - .5 3 Maghalashvili Davit 2508


Rank after Round 6

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.

1 Nabaty Tamir ISR 2690 5
Najer Evgeniy RUS 2683 5
3 Jones Gawain C B ENG 2651 5
4 Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2684 5
5 Bok Benjamin NED 2622 5
6 Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2738 5
7 Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2652 5
8 Skoberne Jure SLO 2563 4.5
9 Piorun Kacper POL 2653 4.5
10 Predke Alexandr RUS 2595 4.5
11 Demchenko Anton RUS 2672 4.5
Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2586 4.5
13 Paravyan David RUS 2613 4.5
14 Grandelius Nils SWE 2646 4.5
15 Saric Ivan CRO 2657 4.5
16 Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2601 4.5
17 Yuffa Daniil RUS 2521 4.5
18 Santos Ruiz Miguel ESP 2488 4.5
19 Cheparinov Ivan FID 2693 4.5
20 Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2746 4.5
21 McShane Luke J ENG 2647 4.5
22 Anton Guijarro David ESP 2647 4.5
23 Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2655 4.5
24 Guseinov Gadir AZE 2646 4.5
Volokitin Andrei UKR 2639 4.5
26 Dubov Daniil RUS 2701 4.5
27 Fedorov Alexei BLR 2559 4.5
28 Navara David CZE 2737 4.5
29 Brkic Ante CRO 2590 4
30 Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2572 4
31 Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2617 4
32 Djukic Nikola MNE 2523 4
33 Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2620 4
Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2609 4
35 Arutinian David GEO 2536 4
36 Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2713 4

Round Seven Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Najer Evgeniy 2683 5 - 5 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2738
2 GM Nabaty Tamir 2690 5 - 5 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2652
3 GM Jones Gawain C B 2651 5 - 5 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2684
4 GM Navara David 2737 4.5 - 5 GM Bok Benjamin 2622
5 GM Guseinov Gadir 2646 4.5 - 4.5 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2746
6 GM Dubov Daniil 2701 4.5 - 4.5 GM Volokitin Andrei 2639
7 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2693 4.5 - 4.5 GM Hovhannisyan Robert 2601
8 GM Demchenko Anton 2672 4.5 - 4.5 GM Martirosyan Haik M. 2586
9 GM Saric Ivan 2657 4.5 - 4.5 GM Predke Alexandr 2595
10 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2655 4.5 - 4.5 GM Skoberne Jure 2563
11 GM Piorun Kacper 2653 4.5 - 4.5 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2488
12 GM Yuffa Daniil 2521 4.5 - 4.5 GM Anton Guijarro David 2647
13 GM McShane Luke J 2647 4.5 - 4.5 GM Fedorov Alexei 2559
14 GM Paravyan David 2613 4.5 - 4.5 GM Grandelius Nils 2646
15 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2600 4 - 4 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2713
16 GM Mamedov Rauf 2709 4 - 4 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2593
17 GM Kovchan Alexander 2596 4 - 4 GM Matlakov Maxim 2707
18 GM Brkic Ante 2590 4 - 4 GM Jobava Baadur 2685
19 GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2685 4 - 4 GM Hracek Zbynek 2589
20 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2677 4 - 4 GM Bogner Sebastian 2588

Round Six Games

Round 6, Mar. 22
Vocaturo, Daniele - Najer, Evgeniy
D06 QGD, Grau

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 h6 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nd2 Be7 9.Qb3 Qb6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Ndxe4 O-O 12.Bf4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 Qxd4 15.Rad1 Qxe4 16.Rxd7 Bc5 17.Qc3 Rad8 18.Rfd1 Qe2 19.Qd2 Bxf2+ 20.Kg2 Qxd2 21.R1xd2 Bb6 22.Rxb7 g5 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Be5 Rd2+ 25.Kf1 f6 26.Ke1 Rxh2 27.Bxf6 Bf2+ 28.Kd1 Bxg3 29.Rxa7 e5 30.b4 Rf2 31.Bg7 h5 32.Bh6 Bf4 33.Rg7+ Kh8 34.Re7 h4 35.Ke1 Bg3 36.Bxg5 h3 37.Bh4 Bxh4 38.Rxe5 Rf5+ 0-1

Round 6, Mar. 22
Djukic, Nikola - Jones, Gawain
C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence, Bronstein variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.O-O Bg7 8.d5 Nce7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.c4 h6 11.Nc3 f5 12.Ne1 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Nf6 14.Qd3 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Qf5 16.f3 c6 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Nd3 O-O 19.Bd2 d5 20.Qe2 g5 21.Bb4 Rf7 22.Bxe7 Rxe7 23.Nb4 Qe6 24.Rfd1 Qd6 25.Nc2 Qc5+ 26.Qf2 Qxc4 27.Ne3 Qf4 28.Rac1 Re6 29.g3 Qf6 30.g4 e4 31.Nf5 exf3 32.Qxf3 Rae8 33.Rc2 Re4 34.Rf1 Rf4 35.Qh3 Ree4 36.Rxf4 gxf4 37.Qb3 h5 38.Qb7 hxg4 39.Qxg7+ Qxg7 40.Nxg7 Kxg7 41.Rxc6 f3 42.Rc1 Re2 43.Rf1 Kf6 44.h3 Kg5 45.hxg4 Kxg4 46.Rd1 Kg3 0-1

Round 6, Mar. 22
Lenic, Luka - Kelires, Andreas
A61 Benoni Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qb3 Qc7 10.Nd2 Nh5 11.Be3 O-O 12.g3 Na6 13.Bg2 f5 14.Nf3 f4 15.Bc1 c4 16.Qd1 Qb6 17.Ne4 Rae8 18.Nfg5 Nc5 19.Nxc5 Qxc5 20.Ne4 Rxe4 21.Bxe4 fxg3 22.O-O Rxf2 23.e3 Rxf1+ 24.Qxf1 gxh2+ 25.Kxh2 Be5+ 26.Kg1 Ng3 27.Qf3 c3 28.b4 Qc4 29.Bc2 Qh4 0-1

My machine says that it is mate in 17 for Black.
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Francisco Vallejo Pons was the fourth seed in the tournament. After five rounds he had 2.5 points.

Chess24.com - The no. 1 Spanish chess player withdrew from the European Championship after 5 rounds. He explains his life has been a nightmare for the last 2 years after being hit for over half a million euros by the Spanish Treasury in relation to poker, although he lost money at that game

[Hans Jung]

Re: European Championship 2018

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2018...n-Dubov_Daniil After 21.Bxb7 and 22.Qf3 its happy hunting trails for Black.

[Hans Jung]

Re: European Championship 2018

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2018...an-Sanal_Vahap This game is hilarious. After White makes many pawn moves Black decides he has to catch up with pawn moves and maybe unknown to him his position drifts south. Suddenly 0-0-0 and Black is in trouble. His queen staggers around and the c6 pawn thrust finishes him.

[Hans Jung]

Re: European Championship 2018

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2018...Vavulin_Maksim 23...Bg7 is a natural challenge of the queen but 24.Nh5 is the nasty surprise. Oh those knight moves can make you sweat.

[Hans Jung]

Re: European Championship 2018

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2018...i-Yuffa_Daniil Nd1+ wins the game. After Rxd1 pawn promotes to knight check! Those deadly knight promotions!