European Chess Championship 2015

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The 16th European Chess Individual Championship was a tournament competition in chess and was held from February 23 to March 9, 2015 in Jerusalem , Israel .

The organizers were the European Chess Union (ECU) and the Israel Chess Federation (ICF). 250 players from 33 countries took part, 113 of them were holders of the title of Grandmaster . The mode of play was an 11-round tournament according to the Swiss system with 90 minutes for the first 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the chess game with a premium of 30 seconds per move. The tournament was held at the Ramada Hotel Jerusalem .

At this event, 23 places were awarded for the 2015 World Chess Cup in Baku , which counts as a qualification opportunity for the World Chess Championship cycle.

It won Jewgeni Najer ahead of David Navara and Mateusz Bartel .

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