European Chess Championship 2010
The 11th European individual chess championship for women and men was held from March 5th to 19th, 2010 in the Croatian city of Rijeka .
overview
408 men and 158 women took part in the competitions, which were held in eleven rounds in the Swiss system . The organizers were the European Chess Union and the Rijekas Chess Club.
The men's tournament was won by the then 19-year-old Russian grandmaster Jan Nepomnjaschtschi . From eleven games he got 9.0 points and was thus European champion ahead of Baadur Dschobawa from Georgia, who scored 8.5 points.
In the women’s category, Pia Cramling from Sweden won ahead of Viktorija Čmilytė and Monika Soćko .
| space | player | Elo | Points |
| 1 |
 Jan Nepomnyashchi (GM)
|
2656 | 9.0 |
| 2 |
 Baadur Dschobawa (GM)
|
2695 | 8.5 |
| 3 |
Artyom Timofeev (GM)
|
2655 | 8.5 |
| 4th |
 Sachar Jefymenko (GM)
|
2640 | 8.0 |
| 5 |
Igor Lyssy (GM)
|
2615 | 8.0 |
| 6th |
 Zoltán Almási (GM)
|
2720 | 8.0 |
| 7th |
Yevgeny Tomaschewski (GM)
|
2701 | 8.0 |
| 8th |
 Maxim Rodshtein (GM)
|
2609 | 8.0 |
| 9 |
 Iván Salgado López (GM)
|
2592 | 8.0 |
| 10 |
 Arman Paschikjan (GM)
|
2652 | 8.0 |
| 41 |
 Arkadij Naiditsch (GM)
|
2691 | 7.0 |
| 46 |
 Markus Ragger (GM)
|
2572 | 7.0 |
| 67 |
Rainer Buhmann (GM)
|
2587 | 7.0 |
| 132 |
Jan Gustafsson (GM)
|
2646 | 6.0 |
| 154 |
 Roland Ekström (GM)
|
2491 | 6.0 |
| 155 |
Joseph Gallagher (GM)
|
2486 | 6.0 |
Final score men
408 chess players took part in the men's tournament. 67 of them came from the host country Croatia. There were 56 players at the start for Russia. Germany had the third largest line-up with 23 players.
306 of the 408 players had a FIDE title, including 187 grandmasters and 75 international champions .
During the tournament there were 2,212 games spread over eleven rounds. The game was played in the Swiss system . White won 850 times, Black 606 times. There were also 735 draws and 21 forfaits .
The Hungarian Zoltán Almási was the participant with the highest Elo rating before the tournament. The later tournament winner Jan Nepomnjaschtschi from Russia was to be found in this list in 35th place.
Baadur Dschobawa won the playoff for the silver medal against Artyom Timofejew with 1.5: 0.5.
Tackle fights were played among the players with 7.5 points to determine a total of 23 places for the 2011 World Chess Cup. It qualified Jan. Nepomnjaschtschi, baadur jobava, Artyom Timofeev, Zahar Efimenko, Igor Lysyj, Zoltán Almási, Yevgeny Tomaschewski, Maxim Rodshtein, Iván Salgado López, Arman Pashikian, Rauf Mamedov , Sergei Movsesian , Yuri Drosdowskyj , Vlastimil Babula , Yevgeny Worobew , Vladimir Hakobjan , Ferenc Berkes , Wladimir Potkin , Stelios Halkias , Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu , Evgeni Alexejew , Boris Gratschow and Bartosz Soćko .
Final result women
| space | player | Elo | Points |
| 1 |
 Pia Cramling (GM)
|
2523 | 9.0 |
| 2 |
 Viktorija Čmilytė (IM)
|
2485 | 8.5 |
| 3 |
 Monika Soćko (GM)
|
2465 | 8.0 |
| 4th |
 Marie Sebag (GM)
|
2506 | 8.0 |
| 5 |
Tatjana Kossinzewa (GM)
|
2524 | 8.0 |
| 6th |
Natalja Schukowa (WGM)
|
2492 | 8.0 |
| 7th |
 Jelena Dembo (IM)
|
2457 | 8.0 |
| 28 |
Elisabeth Pähtz (IM)
|
2486 | 7.0 |
158 women took part in the 2010 European Championship.
Pia Cramling became the new European champion. Viktorija Čmilytė came second.
Monika Soćko won the playoff for the bronze medal.
In the women's category, 14 players qualified for the upcoming World Cup. These were Pia Cramling, Viktorija Cmilyte, Monika Soćko, Marie Sebag, Tatjana Kossinzewa, Natalia Zhukova, Yelena Dembo, Antoaneta Stefanova , Anna Muzychuk , Nadezhda Kossinzewa , Mariya Muzychuk , Ekaterina Kovalevskaya , Nastassia Ziaziulkina and iweta rajlich .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Homepage of the European Championship 2010
- Results and games on the homepage
- Pictures of the award ceremony on the homepage
- Results of the European Chess Championship 2010 on Chess-Results.com