European Individual Chess R3: Five in Joint Lead
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014
Three rounds have been played at the European Individual Chess championship 2014 in Yerevan, Armenia. Five players are in joint lead with a perfect score including IM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2621, GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2689, GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2644, GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2633 and GM Kovalenko Igor LAT 2626.
In joint second place with 2.5 points each is a group including GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2583, GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2569, GM Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2548, GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2507, GM Popilski Gil ISR 2503, GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2618 2.5 2604, GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2723, GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2709, GM Ipatov Alexander TUR 2614, GM Pashikian Arman ARM 2612, GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2706, GM Navara David CZE 2700, GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2716, GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2698, GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2713, GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2681, GM Polgar Judit HUN 2693, GM Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2692, GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2649 and GM Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2611.
The total prize fund is 1,60,000 Euros, with 20,000 for first place, 16,000 for second. The European Individual Championship 2014 is a qualification event for the next World Cup. According to FIDE regulations and the decision of the ECU Board, 23 players will qualify.
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European Individual Chess Championship 2014 begins in Yerevan
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014
Hello everyone,
An impressive opening ceremony marked the start of the European Individual Chess Championship 2014, in Yerevan, on Sunday. The first round games begin on Monday and you can watch live on the official website.
Yerevan, the Armenian capital, is hosting the tournament from March 3 to March 14. The first round kicks off at 15:00 local time (12:00 in CET, 6:00 AM EST). French Grandmaster Etienne Bacrot is top seed among 15 2700+ players, 72 2600+ and a total of 123 Grandmasters.
The opening ceremony took place at the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet. The president of the Republic of Armenia, who is also the president of the Armenian Chess Federation, Serzh Sargsyan, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the President of the European Chess Union Silvio Danailov, a number of state officials, and a large number of chess fans attended the ceremony along with the players.
The cultural program started with the performance of the Brass Band, after which a video dedicated to 9th World Chess Champion Tigran Petrosian was presented.
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Yerevan to Host European Chess Championship 2014
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014
Hello everyone,
The Armenian Chess Federation under the auspices of the European Chess Union is organizing the 2014 European Individual Chess Championship – Tigran Petrosian Memorial on 2-15th March 2014.
The Championship will be held at the Yerevan Business Centre in Armenian capitol.
The European Individual Chess Championship is open to all players representing Chess Federations which comprise the European Chess Union (FIDE zones 1.1 to 1.10) regardless of their title or rating. There is also no limit in the number of participants per federation; however applications have to be sent by the national federations only.
The European Individual Championship 2014 is a qualification event for the next World Cup. According to FIDE regulations and the decision of the ECU Board, 23 players will qualify.
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.
The ECU Rule related to dress code – Chapter B Article 13 – will be applied at this competition.
The prize fund of 160,000 EUR will be distributed to 25 regular and 15 special (performance minus rating) prizes. Top prizes are EUR 20 000, 16 000, 14 000, 12 000, 10 000 etc.
Entry form, sent by the organizers, should be filled in and resent to the e-mail or fax of the Armenian Chess Federation not later than January 15, 2014, only by the national federations. This date is the registration deadline. After that, federations will not be able to register or modify any registrations. After this date all the registrations have to be confirmed by the ECU.
In accordance with the ECU regulations, GM, IM, FM (as well as WGM, WIM, WFM) are required to pay a fee in the amount of 65 €/person, while other players are obliged to make the payment of 130 €/person for the fee.
Participants can obtain all necessary information through Armenian Chess Federation
E-mail: armchess@arminco.com
Fax: (374) 10570758
Address:50, Khandjian Str.,0025, Yerevan, Armenia
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