Vladimir Potkin is European Chess Champion 2011

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Vladimir Potkin has become the European Chess Champion. He was followed by first runners-up Radoslaw Wojtaszek and second runners-up bronze for Judit Polgar.

The 12th European Individual Chess Championship was held in Aix‐les‐Bains, France, from March 21st (day of arrival) to April 3rd (day of departure).

A total of 393 players from 41 countries, also including five under ECU flag, took participation. Among them was an impressive number of Grandmasters, 167, and 63 International Masters.

Russian Grandmaster Vladimir Potkin began the tournament with five consecutive victories while he was seeded 43. He finished the tournament with 8,5 points, together with GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek (silver), Judit Polgar (bronze) and Alexander Moiseenko.

The Championship was a qualifier for the next World Chess Cup. Top 23 finishers book tickets for Khanty-Mansiysk. The prize fund amounted to 113.700 EUR for regular and 6.300 EUR for special prizes.

You can find all the games with computer analysis at this link.

Here are the top 25 standings

1 GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2653 8.5
2 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2711 8.5
3 GM Polgar Judit HUN 2686 8.5
4 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2673 8.5
5 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2707 8
6 GM Ragger Markus AUT 2614 8
7 GM Feller Sebastien FRA 2657 8
8 GM Svidler Peter RUS 2730 8
9 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2667 8
10 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2720 8
11 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2680 8
12 GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2718 8
13 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2647 8
14 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2674 8
15 GM Postny Evgeny ISR 2585 8
16 GM Azarov Sergei BLR 2615 7.5
17 GM Khairullin Ildar RUS 2634 7.5
18 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2672 7.5
19 GM Guliyev Namig AZE 2522 7.5
20 GM Zherebukh Yaroslav UKR 2560 7.5
21 GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2679 7.5
22 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2626 7.5
23 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2626 7.5
24 GM Mcshane Luke J ENG 2683 7.5
25 GM Fridman Daniel GER 2661 7.5

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