European Individual Chess Championship 2019

[Wayne Komer]

European Individual Championship 2019

March 28, 2019

Round Ten

Results (first 25 boards)

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Artemiev Vladislav 2736 7 1 - 0 7 GM Esipenko Andrey 2603
2 GM Grandelius Nils 2694 7 ½ - ½ 7 GM Anton Guijarro David 2643
3 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2613 7 ½ - ½ 7 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2673
4 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2683 6½ ½ - ½ 7 GM Piorun Kacper 2631
5 GM Korobov Anton 2686 6½ 0 - 1 6½ GM Movsesian Sergei 2627
6 GM Bosiocic Marin 2614 6½ 0 - 1 6½ GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2670
7 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2667 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Lupulescu Constantin 2611
8 GM Berkes Ferenc 2666 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 2590
9 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim 2642 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2539
10 GM Can Emre 2586 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Lysyj Igor 2635
11 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2611 6½ 0 - 1 6½ GM Gledura Benjamin 2630
12 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2574 6½ ½ - ½ 6 GM Dubov Daniil 2703
13 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2705 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Martirosyan Haik M. 2616
14 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2698 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Chigaev Maksim 2613
15 GM Erdos Viktor 2612 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Ragger Markus 2696
16 GM Bindrich Falko 2610 6 0 - 1 6 GM Safarli Eltaj 2662
17 GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2609 6 0 - 1 6 GM Edouard Romain 2658
18 GM Gelfand Boris 2655 6 1 - 0 6 GM Moussard Jules 2601
19 GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2594 6 1 - 0 6 GM Alekseenko Kirill 2644
20 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2644 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Bartel Mateusz 2600
21 IM Sychev Klementy 2545 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2640
22 GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2636 6 0 - 1 6 GM Petrov Nikita 2591
23 GM Huzman Alexander 2582 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Hovhannisyan Robert 2634
24 GM Fridman Daniel 2633 6 1 - 0 6 GM Yuffa Daniil 2582
25 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2629 6 1 - 0 6 GM Hracek Zbynek 2578

Round Eleven Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts.Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2673 7½ - 8 GM Artemiev Vladislav 2736
2 GM Gledura Benjamin 2630 7½ - 7½ GM Grandelius Nils 2694
3 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2670 7½ - 7½ GM Piorun Kacper 2631
4 GM Movsesian Sergei 2627 7½ - 7½ GM Berkes Ferenc 2666
5 GM Anton Guijarro David 2643 7½ - 7½ GM Oparin Grigoriy 2613
6 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2629 7 - 7 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2683
7 GM Esipenko Andrey 2603 7 - 7 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2667
8 GM Safarli Eltaj 2662 7 - 7 GM Bluebaum Matthias 2616
9 GM Edouard Romain 2658 7 - 7 GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2594
10 GM Lupulescu Constantin 2611 7 - 7 GM Gelfand Boris 2655
11 GM Petrov Nikita 2591 7 - 7 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim 2642
12 GM Lysyj Igor 2635 7 - 7 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2574
13 GM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2539 7 - 7 GM Fridman Daniel 2633
14 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2698 6½ - 7 GM Can Emre 2586
15 GM Bosiocic Marin 2614 6½ - 6½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2705

Standings

1 Artemiev 8
2-10 Piorun, Rodshtein, Berkes, Grandelius, Anton, Gledura, Nisipeanu, Movsesian, Oparin 7.5
11-27 players with 7

Chat Room Comment

- Artemiev continues his perfect score with white
- Artemiev #13, ahead of Naka, behind Radjabov
- We are still waiting for a Carlsen challenger. By now best prospects Caruana, Giri, We Yi, Liren, Dubov, now Artemiev

Round 10, Mar. 28
Artemiev, Vladislav – Esipenko, Andrey
D77 Neo-Grunfeld

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 d5 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 c3 8.bxc3 c5 9.Re1 Nc6 10.e4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bg4 12.Bb2 Nd7 13.Rb1 Nb6 14.d5 Bxb2 15.Rxb2 Ne5 16.Qb3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Na4 18.Rc2 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Rc8 20.Rec1 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Qd7 22.Nc4 f6 23.Na5 Kg7 24.Qa3 b6 25.Nb3 Nc5 26.Nxc5 bxc5 27.Rxc5 Rb8 28.Rc6 Rb7 29.Kg2 Qg4 30.Re6 Kf7 31.Qa6 Rb6 32.Qxa7 Rxe6 33.dxe6+ Qxe6 34.Qa8 Kg7 35.a4 g5 36.a5 h5 37.h3 g4 38.h4 Qb3 39.Qd5 Qf3+ 40.Kg1 Qe2 41.Qc5 e5 42.Qe7+ Kg6 43.Qe8+ Kh6 44.Qa4 Qa6 45.Qb4 Kg6 46.Qb6 Qe2 47.a6 Qe1+ 48.Kh2 Qxe4 49.a7 Qf3 50.Qb2 Kg7 51.Qd2 Kg6 52.Qa2 Qa8 53.Qb1+ 1-0

Round 10, Mar. 28
Grandelius, Nils – Anton Guijarro, David
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a5 7.Re1 O-O 8.Nbd2 Be6 9.Bb5 Qb8 10.Nf1 Qa7 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 Ne7 13.a4 Ng6 14.Bc4 Bxc4 15.Nxc4 Rfe8 16.Qc2 Qa6 17.b3 Rad8 18.Rad1 c6 19.d4 exd4 20.Nxd4 d5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Nf5 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 b5 24.Ncd6 bxa4 25.bxa4 Qb6 26.h4 h5 27.Ne8 Qc5 28.Nexg7 Nf6 29.c4 Ne5 30.Rd1 Rxd1+ 31.Qxd1 Neg4 32.Qe2 Qe5 33.Qxe5 Nxe5 34.f3 c5 35.Kf2 Nxc4 36.Ke2 Nb2 37.g4 hxg4 38.fxg4 Nxg4 39.Ne8 Nxa4 40.Ned6 Ne5 41.Nb7 Kh7 42.h5 Nc3+ 43.Kd2 Ne4+ 44.Ke3 Nf6 45.Nxa5 Nxh5 46.Nb3 Kg6 47.Nd6 c4 48.Nd2 c3 49.N2e4 c2 50.Kd2 f5 51.Nxf5 Kxf5 52.Nc3 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Mar. 28
Cheparinov, Ivan – Piorun, Kacper
E09 Catalan, Closed, main line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2 b6 9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne8 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Qd1 a5 14.Nf1 Rc8 15.Ne3 Ba6 16.h4 h6 17.Bd2 Qd8 18.Bh3 Nb8 19.a3 Qd7 20.g4 Nc6 21.Ng2 Bd3 22.Bxh6 Bc2 23.Qxc2 Nxd4 24.Qd3 Nxf3+ 25.Qxf3 gxh6 26.g5 hxg5 27.hxg5 Qa4 28.b3 Qd4 29.Rad1 Qc3 30.Rd3 Qb2 31.Nf4 Rc1 32.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 33.Kg2 Bxg5 34.Nh5 Bh6 35.Rd4 Kh8 36.Rg4 Qc2 37.Ng3 Qh7 38.Rh4 Rg8 39.Kh2 Rg6 40.Bf1 f5 41.Bd3 Qe7 42.Rh3 Kg8 43.Qh5 Qg5 44.Qxg5 Bxg5 45.Ne2 Ng7 46.f4 Be7 47.a4 Kf7 48.Rg3 Rh6+ 49.Rh3 Rxh3+ 50.Kxh3 Bc5 51.Kg3 Be3 52.Kf3 Bd2 53.Nd4 Nh5 54.Ne2 Ke7 55.Bb5 d4 56.Nxd4 Nxf4 57.Nc6+ Kf8 58.Bc4 Ke8 59.Nd4 Kd7 60.Bb5+ Ke7 61.Nc6+ Kf8 62.Bc4 Bc1 63.Nd4 Ke7 64.Ne2 Nxe2 65.Bxe2 Bb2 66.Kf4 Bd4 67.Bc4 Bg1 68.Kg3 Bd4 69.Kf4 Bg1 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Mar. 28
Korobov, Anton – Movsesian, Sergei
D38 QGD, Ragozin, variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.Rd1 Rd8 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bd7 12.Qc2 Na5 13.Bd3 c5 14.O-O cxd4 15.Ne4 Qe7 16.a3 Rac8 17.Qe2 Bd6 18.b4 Nc6 19.exd4 Be8 20.Rfe1 Qc7 21.Nxd6 Rxd6 22.Qe4 f5 23.Qf4 Bh5 24.Bc4 Kh8 25.d5 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Qd8 27.Rc1 e5 28.Qxf5 Rf6 29.Qg4 Rf4 30.Qh3 Nd4 31.Bd3 Nxf3+ 32.Kh1 Rb8 33.Re2 Nxh2 34.Rec2 Ng4 35.Kg1 Qg5 36.Qg3 Rxf2 37.d6 Rd8 38.Rc8 Rff8 39.d7 h5 40.Be4 h4 0-1

Round 10, Mar. 28
Pantsulaia, Levan – Gledura, Benjamin
A39 Reti/English, symmetrical, main line Knight Exchange

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5 9.Nb3 Qh5 10.c5 d6 11.cxd6 Rd8 12.e4 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Rxd6 14.Rxd6 exd6 15.h3 a5 16.Na4 Be6 17.Be3 Nd7 18.Rd1 b5 19.Nc3 a4 20.Nd4 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 b4 22.Nb5 Bxa2 23.Be3 Nde5 24.Rxd6 Bc4 25.Nd4 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Nxd8 27.Bd2 a3 28.bxa3 bxa3 29.f4 a2 30.Bc3 Nd3 31.Nc2 Nb7 32.Na3 Be6 33.f5 Bd7 34.Nc2 Nbc5 35.fxg6 hxg6 36.Kh2 Nf2 37.Bd4 Nfxe4 38.Na1 f5 39.Bf3 Be6 40.Kg2 g5 41.Be3 Kg7 42.Bd4+ Kg6 43.Nc2 Nb3 44.Be5 Nbd2 45.Be2 Bd5 46.Kh2 Bc4 47.Bxc4 Nxc4 48.Ba1 Ncd2 49.Kg2 f4 50.gxf4 gxf4 51.Nd4 Kh5 52.Bb2 Ng5 53.Kf2 f3 54.Nxf3 Ngxf3 55.Ke2 Nc4 56.Ba1 Nfd2 57.Kd3 Kh4 58.Kc2 Kxh3 59.Kc3 Kg4 60.Kc2 Kf3 61.Bf6 Ke4 62.Bg7 Kd5 63.Bf6 Kc5 64.Be7+ Kb5 65.Bf6 Ka4 66.Bg7 Nb3 67.Bh8 Nb6 68.Be5 Kb4 69.Kd3 Nc5+ 70.Kc2 Nba4 71.Bf6 Kc4 72.Bg7 Nb3 0-1

Final position Draw? Black wins in 9 moves after 73.Be5

[Hugh Brodie]

After 73. Be5, doesn't the simple 73...Nd4+ win on the spot?

[Wayne Komer]

European Individual Championship 2019

March 29, 2019

73...Nd4+ 74.Kd2 a1=Q 75.Ke3 Qe1+ 76.Kf4 Qh4+ 77.Ke3 Nc3 78.Bxd4 Qg3+ 79.Kd2 Qd3+ 80.Kc1 Kb3 81.Bxc3 Qc2# 0-1

[Hans Jung]

The Ivan Saric - Neverov game is particularly a nice finish - in one line a double exchange sack, but the two knights and queen at the end instructive (rd 10)

[Wayne Komer]

European Individual Championship 2019

March 29, 2019

Round Eleven

Results (first 25 boards)

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2673 7½ ½ - ½ 8 GM Artemiev Vladislav 2736
2 GM Gledura Benjamin 2630 7½ 0 - 1 7½ GM Grandelius Nils 2694
3 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2670 7½ ½ - ½ 7½ GM Piorun Kacper 2631
4 GM Movsesian Sergei 2627 7½ ½ - ½ 7½ GM Berkes Ferenc 2666
5 GM Anton Guijarro David 2643 7½ ½ - ½ 7½ GM Oparin Grigoriy 2613
6 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2629 7 ½ - ½ 7 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2683
7 GM Esipenko Andrey 2603 7 ½ - ½ 7 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2667
8 GM Safarli Eltaj 2662 7 1 - 0 7 GM Bluebaum Matthias 2616
9 GM Edouard Romain 2658 7 0 - 1 7 GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2594
10 GM Lupulescu Constantin 2611 7 ½ - ½ 7 GM Gelfand Boris 2655
11 GM Petrov Nikita 2591 7 ½ - ½ 7 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim 2642
12 GM Lysyj Igor 2635 7 ½ - ½ 7 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2574
13 GM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2539 7 ½ - ½ 7 GM Fridman Daniel 2633
14 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2698 6½ 1 - 0 7 GM Can Emre 2586
15 GM Bosiocic Marin 2614 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2705
16 GM Dubov Daniil 2703 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Erdos Viktor 2612
17 GM Predke Alexandr 2611 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Kovalev Vladislav 2703
18 GM Ragger Markus 2696 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Pantsulaia Levan 2611
19 GM Chigaev Maksim 2613 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Korobov Anton 2686
20 GM Dreev Aleksey 2662 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Zhigalko Sergei 2604
21 GM Bartel Mateusz 2600 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Kovalenko Igor 2658
22 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2648 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Georgiev Kiril 2595
23 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. 2594 6½ 0 - 1 6½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2644
24 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2640 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Huzman Alexander 2582
25 GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 2590 6½ 0 - 1 6½ GM Volokitin Andrei 2635

Final Standings

It is assumed that the first 22 (on tiebreak) will be playing in the World Cup in


Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.

1 GM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2736 8.5
2 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2694 8.5
3 GM Piorun Kacper POL 2631 8
4 GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2673 8
5 GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2666 8
6 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2643 8
7 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter GER 2670 8
8 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2627 8
9 GM Huschenbeth Niclas GER 2594 8
10 GM Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2613 8
11 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2662 8
12 GM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian NOR 2539 7.5
13 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2574 7.5
14 GM Cheparinov Ivan GEO 2683 7.5
15 IM Pultinevicius Paulius LTU 2439 7.5
16 GM Esipenko Andrey RUS 2603 7.5
17 GM Petrov Nikita RUS 2591 7.5
18 GM Gelfand Boris ISR 2655 7.5
19 GM Gledura Benjamin HUN 2630 7.5
20 GM Predke Alexandr RUS 2611 7.5
21 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2629 7.5
22 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2600 7.5
23 GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2703 7.5

Artemiev won the Gibraltar Open in January and now this very strong Open as well. Congratulations!

Round 11, Mar. 29
Rodshtein, Maxim – Artemiev, Vladislav
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 Qb6 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Qe2 e6 10.Bb3 Be7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.O-O-O a5 13.g4 Ba6 14.Qg2 Nd7 15.f4 Nc5 16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.e5 O-O 18.Ba4 Rac8 19.Ne4 Rfd8 20.c3 Bc4 21.g5 Bd5 22.c4 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 Qb6 24.a3 Rd4 25.Rxd4 cxd4 26.Rd1 Bc5 27.Rd2 g6 28.h4 Kf8 29.h5 Ke7 30.Qd3 Rc7 31.Rh2 Kd7 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Kb1 Kc8 34.Ka2 Kb7 35.Rh3 Ka7 36.Rh2 Rd7 37.Bd1 Rb7 38.Ba4 Rd7 39.Rh3 Rb7 40.Qc2 Rb8 41.Qg2 Rc8 42.Qd2 Qa6 43.Qd3 Rb8 44.Rh2 Rb7 45.Kb1 Qb6 46.Kc1 Qa6 1/2-1/2

Round 11, Mar. 29
Gledura, Benjamin – Grandelius, Nils
A37 Reti/English, symmetrical variation

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O d6 7.a3 Nge7 8.d3 O-O 9.Rb1 a5 10.Ne1 Be6 11.Nc2 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Ne3 Nde7 14.Nc4 Rb8 15.Bg5 f6 16.Be3 b6 17.Qa4 Nd4 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Nb5 Nd5 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Nxb4 22.Rxb4 cxb4 23.Ncd6 Qe7 24.Rc1 Rfd8 25.Qxb4 Bf8 26.Qxd4 Rxd6 27.Qxd6 Qxd6 28.Nxd6 Bxd6 29.Rc6 Rc8 30.Rxd6 Rc1+ 0-1

Round 11, Mar. 29
Safarli, Eltaj – Bluebaum, Matthias
C07 French, Tarrasch, open variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Qc7 9.Qe2 Ne7 10.Nf3 Ng6 11.e5 f6 12.Bxg6+ hxg6 13.O-O Kf7 14.c4 Be7 15.Bf4 Qb6 16.h4 d4 17.b4 a5 18.Rad1 axb4 19.Rxd4 Rad8 20.exf6 gxf6 21.Be5 fxe5 22.Nxe5+ Kg7 23.Rxd7 Rxd7 24.Qg4 Rh6 25.Nxd7 Qc7 26.Qxe6 Bxh4 27.g3 Qd8 28.Re1 Qg5 29.Kf1 1-0

Round 11, Mar. 29
Edouard, Romain – Huschenbeth, Niclas
D05 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.b4 Be7 10.Bb2 a6 11.a4 Bd7 12.e4 Qc7 13.Re1 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bf6 16.Qb1 h6 17.c4 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 Rfd8 19.Rac1 Ne7 20.b5 Be8 21.Qb4 axb5 22.axb5 Rac8 23.Nd2 b6 24.Nb3 Qd6 25.Qa4 f5 26.Bb7 Rb8 27.c5 bxc5 28.Nxc5 e5 29.Ba6 e4 30.Nb7 Qd4 31.Qa3 Rd7 32.Nc5 Rd6 33.Qg3 Rbb6 34.Nb7 Rg6 35.Qb8 Rxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Rg6+ 37.Kh1 Qxf2 38.Qxe8+ Kh7 39.Qxg6+ Nxg6 40.Rf1 Qd2 41.Rcd1 Qc2 42.Rc1 Qd2 43.Rcd1 Qg5 44.Rd7 Ne5 45.Rg1 Ng4 46.Rg2 Qc1+ 47.Rg1 Nf2+ 48.Kg2 Qf4 0-1

Round 11, Mar. 29
Dubov, Daniil – Erdos, Viktor
A21 English, Kramnik-Shirov Counter-Attack

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.Nxe7 Qxe7 7.Bg5 Nc6 8.Qc3 Ne5 9.g3 d6 10.Bg2 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nh3 Bxh3 13.Bxh3 h5 14.Bg2 c6 15.h3 Rh6 16.Rd1 g5 17.h4 gxh4 18.Rxh4 O-O-O 19.Qd4 Kb8 20.b4 Qe7 21.Re4 Re6 22.Re3 Ng4 23.Rxe6 fxe6 24.Bf3 e5 25.Qe4 Nf6 26.Qh4 d5 27.cxd5 cxd5 28.Kf1 e4 29.Bg2 Qe5 30.f4 Qe7 31.Bh3 Rg8 32.e3 a6 33.a4 Ka7 34.Bf5 Rg7 35.Kg2 Qc7 36.Rd2 Qc3 37.Re2 Qd3 38.Kf2 Qc3 39.Kg2 Qa1 40.Rf2 Rc7 41.Qh1 Rc1 42.Rf1 Rc2+ 43.Kh3 Qc3 44.Rd1 Qxb4 45.Rb1 Qd2 46.Kh4 Ng4 47.Bxg4 hxg4 48.Kg5 Rc7 49.Qe1 Qh2 50.Qb4 Rg7+ 51.Kf6 Qh6+ 52.Ke5 Rd7 53.f5 Qxe3 54.Qd4+ Qxd4+ 55.Kxd4 Kb8 56.f6 Kc7 57.Rf1 Rf7 58.Kxd5 Kd7 59.Kxe4 b5 60.axb5 axb5 61.Kf5 Ke8 62.Kg6 Ra7 63.Re1+ Kf8 64.Rc1 Ra8 65.Rh1 1-0

From ChessBase: There was some drama in the last round thanks to Nils Grandelius who was the only player with 7½ points to win his game. That guaranteed the Swedish number one the Silver medal in Skopje, but it was up to the board one game between Israeli Maxim Rodshtein and tournament leader Vladislav Artemiev to determine the gold. In the end the top seed held on to finish first on tiebreak with 8½. Kacper Piorun took bronze.

https://en.chessbase.com/post/europe...onship-2019-11

[Wayne Komer]

European Individual Championship 2019

March 30, 2019

There is some confusion as to which top finishers will make it to the World Cup.

A Wikipedia article has just been updated which gives these as the first 66

1		Magnus Carlsen (NOR)
2		Levon Aronian (ARM)
3		Ding Liren (CHN)
4		Wesley So (USA)
5		Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
6		Ju Wenjun (CHN)
7		Aryan Tari (NOR)
8		Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI)
9		Ivan Šarić (CRO)
10		Radosław Wojtaszek (POL)
11		Sanan Sjugirov (RUS)
12		Gawain Jones (ENG)
13		Maxim Matlakov (RUS)
14		Luke McShane (ENG)
15		Anton Korobov (UKR)
16		Eltaj Safarli (AZE
17		Tamir Nabaty (ISR)
18		Evgeniy Najer (RUS)
19		Anton Demchenko (RUS)
20		Nils Grandelius (SWE)
21		Daniil Yuffa (RUS)
22		David Navara (CZE)
23		Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS)
24		Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM)
25		Ivan Cheparinov (BUL)
26		Benjamin Bok (NED)
27		Miguel Santos Ruiz IM (ESP)
28		Nijat Abasov (AZE)
29		Arman Pashikian (ARM)
30		Alexey Sarana (RUS)
31		David Antón Guijarro (ESP)
32		Mircea Parligras (ROU)
33		Sam Shankland (USA)
34		Diego Flores (ARG)
35		Jorge Cori (PER)
36		Emilio Cordova (PER)
37		Wei Yi (CHN)
38		Amin Tabatabaei (IRI)
39		Le Quang Liem (VIE)
40		Ganguly Surya Shekhar (IND)
41		Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE)
42		Vladislav Artemiev (RUS)
43		Kacper Piorun (POL)
44		Maxim Rodshtein (ISR)
45		Ferenc Berkes (HUN)
46		Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (GER)
47		Sergei Movsesian (ARM)
48		Niclas Huschenbeth (GER)
49		Grigoriy Oparin (RUS)
50		Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (NOR)
51		Aleksej Aleksandrov (BLR)
52		Paulius Pultinevicius (LTU)
53		Andrey Esipenko (RUS)
54		Nikita Petrov (RUS)
55		Boris Gelfand (ISR)
57		Alexandr Predke (RUS)
58		Aleksandr Rakhmanov (RUS)
59		Mateusz Bartel (POL)
60		Daniil Dubov (RUS)
61		Igor Lysyj (RUS)
62		Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR)
63		Constantin Lupulescu (ROU)
64		Aravindh Chithambaram (IND)
65		Max Illingworth (AUS)
66		Mohammad Fahad Rahman (BAN)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_World_Cup_2019