European Individual Chess Championship

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File:European Chess Championship Warsaw 2005.jpg
View of the tournament hall from the Open (Zegrze) 2005 event

The European Individual Chess Championship is a chess tournament organised by the European Chess Union. It was established in 2000 and has since then taken place on a yearly basis. Apart from determining the European champions (open and women's), another objective of this tournament is to determine a number of players who qualify for the FIDE World Cup and the FIDE Women's World Cup (formerly the knockout Women's World Championship).

Mode of play

The European Individual Championship consists of two separate tournaments, an open event and a women's event, held at different times of the year and hosted in different cities. Both are Swiss system tournaments, with a varying number of rounds. Historically, the only exception to this was the first Women's Championship tournament in 2000, which was held as a knockout tournament. Apart from the first edition in 2000, where in case of a tie the Buchholz rating was used as a tie-breaker, rapid play playoff matches are used to determine the medal winners as well as the world championship qualifiers.

Controversy

There have been a number of controversies associated with the tournament:

  • At most venues, participants and accompanying persons have been obliged to stay at the "official hotel", appointed by the local organizers. The room rates for participants, however, have been significantly higher than for other hotel guests.[1][2] This in large part contributed to the founding of the ACP in 2003. Also the standard of the hotels as well as of the food has been a focus of complaints by players and journalists.
  • As the European Championships are part of the FIDE World Championship cycle, starting with the 2001 edition, the new, faster FIDE time control was used. This led to many complaints by the participants about increased stress, incessant time trouble and a steep deterioration of the quality of the games.[3][4]

Results (open)

Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze Players/rounds
2000 Italy Saint-Vincent, Italy File:Flag of Russia.svg Pavel Tregubov (RUS) File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg Aleksej Aleksandrov (BLR) File:Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Markowski (POL) 120 / 11
2001 North Macedonia Ohrid, Macedonia File:Flag of Israel.svg Emil Sutovsky (ISR) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) File:Flag of Georgia (1990–2004).svg Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO) 203 / 13
2002 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia File:Flag of Poland.svg Bartłomiej Macieja (POL) File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mikhail Gurevich (BEL) File:Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Volkov (RUS) 101 / 13
2003 Turkey Silivri, Turkey File:Flag of Georgia (1990–2004).svg Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO) File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Malakhov (RUS) File:Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Graf (GER) 207 / 13
2004 Turkey Antalya, Turkey File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Predrag Nikolić (BIH) File:Flag of Germany.svg Levon Aronian (GER) 74 / 13
2005 Poland Zegrze, Poland File:Flag of Romania.svg Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROU) File:Flag of Azerbaijan 1918.svg Teimour Radjabov (AZE) File:Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian (ARM) 229 / 13
2006 Turkey Kuşadası, Turkey File:Flag of Croatia.svg Zdenko Kožul (CRO) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Kiril Georgiev (BUL) 138 / 11
2007 Germany Dresden, Germany File:Flag of France.svg Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA) File:Flag of Israel.svg Emil Sutovsky (ISR) File:Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) 403 / 11
2008 Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sergei Tiviakov (NED) File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Sergei Movsesian (SVK) File:Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Volkov (RUS) 323 / 11
2009 Montenegro Budva, Montenegro File:Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Malakhov (RUS) File:Flag of Georgia.svg Baadur Jobava (GEO) 306 / 11
2010 Croatia Rijeka, Croatia File:Flag of Russia.svg Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) File:Flag of Georgia.svg Baadur Jobava (GEO) File:Flag of Russia.svg Artyom Timofeev (RUS) 408 / 11
2011 France Aix-les-Bains, France File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Potkin (RUS) File:Flag of Poland.svg Radosław Wojtaszek (POL) File:Flag of Hungary.svg Judit Polgár (HUN) 393 / 11
2012 Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria File:Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) File:Flag of France.svg Laurent Fressinet (FRA) File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Malakhov (RUS) 348 / 11
2013 Poland Legnica, Poland File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Alexander Moiseenko (UKR) File:Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Alekseev (RUS) File:Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Romanov (RUS) 286 / 11
2014 Armenia Yerevan, Armenia File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Motylev (RUS) File:Flag of Spain.svg David Antón Guijarro (ESP) File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS) 257 / 11
2015 Israel Jerusalem, Israel File:Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniy Najer (RUS) File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Navara (CZE) File:Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Bartel (POL) 250 / 11
2016 Kosovo Gjakova, Kosovo File:Flag of Russia.svg Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS) File:Flag of Latvia.svg Igor Kovalenko (LAT) File:Flag of Georgia.svg Baadur Jobava (GEO) 245 / 11
2017 Belarus Minsk, Belarus File:Flag of Russia.svg Maxim Matlakov (RUS) File:Flag of Georgia.svg Baadur Jobava (GEO) File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS) 397 / 11
2018 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia File:Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Šarić (CRO) File:Flag of Poland.svg Radosław Wojtaszek (POL) File:Flag of Russia.svg Sanan Sjugirov (RUS) 302 / 11
2019 North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladislav Artemiev (RUS) File:Flag of Sweden.svg Nils Grandelius (SWE) File:Flag of Poland.svg Kacper Piorun (POL) 361 / 11
2021 Iceland Reykjavík, Iceland File:Flag of Russia.svg Anton Demchenko (RUS) File:Flag of Germany.svg Vincent Keymer (GER) File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexey Sarana (RUS) 180 / 11
2022 Slovenia Brežice, Slovenia File:Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Blübaum (GER) File:Flag of Armenia.svg Gabriel Sargissian (ARM) File:Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Šarić (CRO) 317 / 11
2023 Serbia Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia File:FIDE flag icon.png Alexey Sarana (FIDE) File:Flag of Romania.svg Kirill Shevchenko (ROU) File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Daniel Dardha (BEL) 484 / 11
2024 Montenegro Petrovac, Montenegro File:Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Inđić (SRB) File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Daniel Dardha (BEL) File:Flag of Germany.svg Frederik Svane (GER) 388 / 11
2025 Romania TBD, Romania[5]
2026 Israel TBD, Israel[lower-alpha 1]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 European Championship in Podčetrtek, Slovenia was postponed to 2022.[6]

Results (women)

Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze Players/rounds
2000 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Natalia Zhukova (UKR) File:Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (RUS) File:Flag of Georgia (1990–2004).svg Maia Chiburdanidze (GEO)
File:Flag of Russia.svg Tatiana Stepovaya-Dianchenko (RUS)
32 / K.O.
2001 Poland Warsaw, Poland File:Flag of Moldova.svg Almira Skripchenko (MDA) File:Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (RUS) File:Flag of Georgia (1990–2004).svg Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (GEO) 157 / 11
2002 Bulgaria Varna, Bulgaria File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) File:Flag of Armenia.svg Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM) File:Flag of Russia.svg Alisa Galliamova (RUS) 114 / 11
2003 Turkey Silivri, Turkey File:Flag of Sweden.svg Pia Cramling (SWE) File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Viktorija Čmilytė (LTU) File:Flag of Russia.svg Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS) 113 / 11
2004 Germany Dresden, Germany File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Peng Zhaoqin (NED) File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) 108 / 12
2005 Moldova Chișinău, Moldova File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Kateryna Lahno (UKR) File:Flag of Russia.svg Nadezhda Kosintseva (RUS) File:Flag of Greece.svg Yelena Dembo (GRE) 164 / 12
2006 Turkey Kuşadası, Turkey File:Flag of Turkey.svg Ekaterina Atalik (TUR) File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tea Bosboom-Lanchava (NED) File:Flag of Armenia.svg Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM) 96 / 11
2007 Germany Dresden, Germany File:Flag of Russia.svg Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS) File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) File:Flag of Russia.svg Nadezhda Kosintseva (RUS) 150 / 11
2008 Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Kateryna Lahno (UKR) File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Viktorija Čmilytė (LTU) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Anna Ushenina (UKR) 157 / 11
2009 Russia Saint Petersburg, Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS) File:Flag of Armenia.svg Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM) File:Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Pogonina (RUS) 168 / 11
2010 Croatia Rijeka, Croatia File:Flag of Sweden.svg Pia Cramling (SWE) File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Viktorija Čmilytė (LTU) File:Flag of Poland.svg Monika Soćko (POL) 158 / 11
2011 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Viktorija Čmilytė (LTU) File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) File:Flag of Armenia.svg Elina Danielian (ARM) 158 / 11
2012 Turkey Gaziantep, Turkey File:Flag of Russia.svg Valentina Gunina (RUS) File:Flag of Russia.svg Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS) File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Anna Muzychuk (SLO) 103 / 11
2013 Serbia Belgrade, Serbia File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hoang Thanh Trang (HUN) File:Flag of Georgia.svg Salome Melia (GEO) File:Flag of Armenia.svg Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM) 169 / 11
2014 Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria File:Flag of Russia.svg Valentina Gunina (RUS) File:Flag of Russia.svg Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS) File:Flag of Georgia.svg Salome Melia (GEO) 116 / 11
2015 Georgia (country) Chakvi, Georgia File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Natalia Zhukova (UKR) File:Flag of Georgia.svg Nino Batsiashvili (GEO) File:Flag of Russia.svg Alina Kashlinskaya (RUS) 98 / 11
2016 Romania Mamaia, Romania File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Anna Ushenina (UKR) File:Flag of Spain.svg Sabrina Vega (ESP) File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) 112 / 11
2017 Latvia Riga, Latvia File:Flag of Georgia.svg Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) File:Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS) File:Flag of Russia.svg Alisa Galliamova (RUS) 144 / 11
2018 Slovakia Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia File:Flag of Russia.svg Valentina Gunina (RUS) File:Flag of Georgia.svg Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Anna Ushenina (UKR) 144 / 11
2019 Turkey Antalya, Turkey File:Flag of Russia.svg Alina Kashlinskaya (RUS) File:Flag of France.svg Marie Sebag (FRA) File:Flag of Germany.svg Elisabeth Pähtz (GER) 130 / 11
2021 Romania Iași, Romania File:Flag of Armenia.svg Elina Danielian (ARM) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuliia Osmak (UKR) File:Flag of Poland.svg Oliwia Kiołbasa (POL) 117 / 11
2022 Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic File:Flag of Poland.svg Monika Soćko (POL) File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Gunay Mammadzada (AZE) File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Ulviyya Fataliyeva (AZE) 123 / 11
2023 Montenegro Petrovac, Montenegro File:Flag of Georgia.svg Meri Arabidze (GEO) File:Flag of Poland.svg Oliwia Kiołbasa (POL) File:Flag of Poland.svg Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (POL) 136 / 11
2024 Greece Rhodes, Greece File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Ulviyya Fataliyeva (AZE) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Nataliya Buksa (UKR) File:Flag of Georgia.svg Lela Javakhishvili (GEO) 182 / 10

See also

Notes

  1. Israel was awarded the 2024 Championship, but it was moved due to the Israel-Hamas war. Israel was instead offered to host the 2026 edition.

References

  1. Krasenkow, Michal, "Youth on top in Batumi", New in Chess Magazine, vol. 2002, no. 6, pp. 69–79, OCLC 20735159
  2. Geuzendam, Ten; Jan, Dirk, ""Azmai" fourth European Champion", New in Chess Magazine, vol. 2003, no. 5, pp. 26–45, OCLC 20735159
  3. Tischbierek, Raj, "Himmelhoch jauchzend, zu Tode betrübt", Schach, vol. 2001, no. 7, pp. 4–31, ISSN 0048-9328
  4. Van Wely, Loek, "Sometimes the King Wore no Clothes", New in Chess Magazine, vol. 2001, no. 5, pp. 52–57, OCLC 20735159
  5. ECU (25 September 2024). "Communique of the ECU Board Meeting and ECU General Assembly 2024 – CL No3/2024". European Chess Union. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  6. "EICC 2020 – European Individual Chess Championship 2020". Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

External links

For complete tables / results, refer to The Week in Chess website: