Alexander Moiseenko first on tiebreaks at the European Championship

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The European Individual Chess Championship 2013 was held in Legnica, Poland from May 4 (day of arrival) until May 17 (day of departure) 2013. It took place at the Qubus Hotel 4*.

No less than 286 players registered to participate, even though some left early as they had no chance to get one of the coveted 23 spots for the upcoming World Cup in Norway. 143 GMs and 63 IMs were among these players.

Ukrainian GM Alexander Moiseenko stood out from the very strong field from the “early middlegame” of the event. Already after 6 rounds, he was the sole leader with 5.5 points. It seemed unlikely that he would be able to keep this level throughout the event, but he almost did. He arrived as the sole leader to the last round, where he lost to Ian Nepomniachtchi. This allowed other nine players to join the leader on 8/11, however, Moiseenko took first place on tiebreaks.

Francisco Vallejo Pons and Aleksey Dreev both finished among the 23rd first qualified, but already had tickets for the World Cup, so the list of players that got a spot in the prestigious event goes down to the 25th place, thus including Russian GM Vadim Zvjaginsev and French GM Andrei Istratescu.

It is worth noting that none of the three highest rated players finished among the 23: Dmitry Jakovenko, Evgeny Tomashevsky and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

The special prize given to the player that achieved the biggest difference between his Rating Performance and his Elo rating was won by Polish Jakub Szostko, who performed 364 points above his rating.

Full standings below.

Final Standings:

1	GM	MOISEENKO Alexander	UKR	8
2	GM	ALEKSEEV Evgeny	RUS	8
3	GM	ROMANOV Evgeny	RUS	8
4	GM	BELIAVSKY Alexander G	SLO	8
5	GM	LUPULESCU Constantin	ROU	8
6	GM	VALLEJO PONS Francisco	ESP	8
7	GM	MOVSESIAN Sergei	ARM	8
8	GM	NEPOMNIACHTCHI Ian	RUS	8
9	GM	DREEV Aleksey	RUS	8
10	GM	MELKUMYAN Hrant	ARM	8
11	GM	KOROBOV Anton	UKR	7.5
12	GM	LYSYJ Igor	RUS	7.5
13	GM	SHIMANOV Aleksandr	RUS	7.5
14	GM	ARESHCHENKO Alexander	UKR	7.5
15	GM	ELJANOV Pavel	UKR	7.5
16	GM	KRAVTSIV Martyn	UKR	7.5
17	GM	DUBOV Daniil	RUS	7.5
18	GM	RAGGER Markus	AUT	7.5
19	GM	HRACEK Zbynek	CZE	7.5
20	GM	POPOV Ivan	RUS	7.5
21	GM	BRUNELLO Sabino	ITA	7.5
22	GM	FEDORCHUK Sergey A.	UKR	7.5
23	GM	POSTNY Evgeny	ISR	7.5
24	GM	ZVJAGINSEV Vadim	RUS	7.5
25	GM	ISTRATESCU Andrei	FRA	7.5
26	GM	SAFARLI Eltaj	AZE	7.5
27	GM	TKACHIEV Vladislav	FRA	7
28	GM	YILMAZ Mustafa	TUR	7
29	GM	SARIC Ivan	CRO	7
30	GM	LENIC Luka	SLO	7
31	GM	SARGISSIAN Gabriel	ARM	7
32	GM	BALOGH Csaba	HUN	7
33	GM	MAMEDOV Rauf	AZE	7
34	GM	BERKES Ferenc	HUN	7
35	GM	NAVARA David	CZE	7
36	IM	KOVALEV Vladislav	BLR	7
37	GM	ZHIGALKO Sergei	BLR	7
38	GM	L’AMI Erwin	NED	7
39	GM	PETROSIAN Tigran L.	ARM	7
40	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	ISR	7
41	GM	MASTROVASILIS Dimitrios	GRE	7
42	GM	LAZNICKA Viktor	CZE	7
43	GM	WOJTASZEK Radoslaw	POL	7
44	GM	TOMASHEVSKY Evgeny	RUS	7
45	GM	MITON Kamil	POL	7
46	GM	RUCK Robert	HUN	7
47	GM	MAMEDOV Nidjat	AZE	7
48	GM	MISTA Aleksander	POL	7
49	GM	SHOMOEV Anton	RUS	7
50	GM	ESEN Baris	TUR	7
51	GM	MASTROVASILIS Athanasios	GRE	7
52	GM	ALMASI Zoltan	HUN	6.5
53	GM	KHALIFMAN Alexander	RUS	6.5
54	GM	GAGUNASHVILI Merab	GEO	6.5
55	GM	PAPP Gabor	HUN	6.5
56	GM	VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime	FRA	6.5
57	GM	GRACHEV Boris	RUS	6.5
58	GM	PASHIKIAN Arman	ARM	6.5
59	GM	GRIGORIANTS Sergey	RUS	6.5
60	GM	SALGADO LOPEZ Ivan	ESP	6.5
61	GM	ZHIGALKO Andrey	BLR	6.5
62	IM	GOGANOV Aleksey	RUS	6.5
63	FM	AGHASARYAN Robert	ARM	6.5
64	GM	VOLKOV Sergey	RUS	6.5
65	GM	HOVHANNISYAN Robert	ARM	6.5
66	GM	IVANISEVIC Ivan	SRB	6.5
67	GM	BRKIC Ante	CRO	6.5
68	GM	ANDRIASIAN Zaven	ARM	6.5
69	GM	SVETUSHKIN Dmitry	MDA	6.5
70	IM	DUDA Jan-Krzysztof	POL	6.5
71	GM	POTKIN Vladimir	RUS	6.5
72	GM	GUSEINOV Gadir	AZE	6.5
73	GM	SOCKO Bartosz	POL	6.5
74	GM	JAKOVENKO Dmitry	RUS	6.5
75	GM	ZONTAKH Andrey	UKR	6.5
76	GM	AKOPIAN Vladimir	ARM	6.5
77	GM	GAJEWSKI Grzegorz	POL	6.5
78	GM	RAKHMANOV Aleksandr	RUS	6.5
79	IM	BLUEBAUM Matthias	GER	6.5
80	GM	MORANDA Wojciech	POL	6.5
81	GM	ZOLER Dan	ISR	6.5
82	GM	SUTOVSKY Emil	ISR	6.5
83	GM	NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter	ROU	6.5
84	IM	DRAGUN Kamil	POL	6.5
85	GM	KEMPINSKI Robert	POL	6.5
86	GM	CHEPARINOV Ivan	BUL	6.5
87	GM	GODENA Michele	ITA	6.5
88	GM	ROMANISHIN Oleg M	UKR	6.5
89	GM	SHENGELIA David	AUT	6
90	GM	HALKIAS Stelios	GRE	6
91	GM	ARIZMENDI MARTINEZ Julen Luis	ESP	6
92	GM	NYBACK Tomi	FIN	6
93	IM	KREISL Robert	AUT	6
94	GM	BABULA Vlastimil	CZE	6
95	GM	KHAIRULLIN Ildar	RUS	6
96	FM	MERIBANOV Vitaly	BLR	6
97	GM	CYBOROWSKI Lukasz	POL	6
98	GM	JIANU Vlad-Cristian	ROU	6
99	GM	SJUGIROV Sanan	RUS	6
100	GM	GALLAGHER Joseph G.	SUI	6
101	GM	JOBAVA Baadur	GEO	6
102	GM	JARACZ Pawel	POL	6
103	GM	SOLAK Dragan	TUR	6
104	GM	MOTYLEV Alexander	RUS	6
105	GM	BARTEL Mateusz	POL	6
106	GM	KULAOTS Kaido	EST	6
107	GM	TIMOFEEV Artyom	RUS	6
108	GM	KRAEMER Martin	GER	6
109	GM	GRIGORYAN Avetik	ARM	6
110	GM	PARLIGRAS Mircea-Emilian	ROU	6
111	GM	AJRAPETJAN Yuriy	UKR	6
112	GM	NYZHNYK Illya	UKR	6
113	GM	KURNOSOV Igor	RUS	6
114	GM	KULJASEVIC Davorin	CRO	6
115	GM	HANDKE Florian	GER	6
116	GM	GEORGIEV Kiril	BUL	6
117	GM	CAN Emre	TUR	6
118	GM	BUKAVSHIN Ivan	RUS	6
119	IM	MUZYCHUK Mariya	UKR	6
120	IM	PETENYI Tamas	SVK	6
121	GM	PAP Gyula	HUN	6
122	GM	SEBENIK Matej	SLO	6
123	GM	KOZUL Zdenko	CRO	6
124	GM	DJUKIC Nikola	MNE	6
125	IM	PAVLIDIS Antonios	GRE	6
126	GM	IPATOV Alexander	TUR	5.5
127	GM	MIRZOEV Azer	AZE	5.5
128	GM	TRATAR Marko	SLO	5.5
129	IM	ANTIPOV Mikhail Al.	RUS	5.5
130	GM	GORDON Stephen J	ENG	5.5
131		NASUTA Grzegorz	POL	5.5
132	GM	NEVEROV Valeriy	UKR	5.5
133	GM	IORDACHESCU Viorel	MDA	5.5
134	GM	STOCEK Jiri	CZE	5.5
135	GM	STEVIC Hrvoje	CRO	5.5
136	GM	GABUZYAN Hovhannes	ARM	5.5
137	GM	MARKOWSKI Tomasz	POL	5.5
138	IM	STACHOWIAK Kamil	POL	5.5
139	GM	SANIKIDZE Tornike	GEO	5.5
140	IM	KANAREK Marcel	POL	5.5
141	GM	GRITSAK Orest	UKR	5.5
142	GM	FODOR Tamas Jr.	HUN	5.5
143	IM	PACHER Milan	SVK	5.5
144	IM	RZAYEV Bahruz	AZE	5.5
145	GM	KISLINSKY Alexey	CZE	5.5
146	IM	HAGEN Andreas Skytte	DEN	5.5
147	IM	KJARTANSSON Gudmundur	ISL	5.5
148	IM	MICHIELS Bart	BEL	5.5
149	IM	BUTKIEWICZ Lukasz	POL	5.5
150	IM	GRIGORYAN Karen H.	ARM	5.5
151		GOLUB Dan	MDA	5.5
152	IM	DVIRNYY Danyyil	ITA	5.5
153	GM	MEIER Georg	GER	5.5
154	IM	ARDELEAN George-Catalin	ROU	5.5
155		PREDKE Alexandr	RUS	5.5
156	IM	KANTER Eduard	RUS	5.5
157	GM	DANIELIAN Elina	ARM	5.5
158	GM	PETR Martin	CZE	5.5
159	GM	MACIEJA Bartlomiej	POL	5.5
160	IM	ANTON Teodor	ROU	5.5
161	GM	DURARBAYLI Vasif	AZE	5.5
162	IM	CAPRIO Guido	ITA	5.5
163	IM	PRIZANT Jaroslav	RUS	5.5
164	IM	PEDERSEN Nicolai Vesterbaek	DEN	5.5
165	IM	PERUNOVIC Miodrag	SRB	5.5
166	IM	DIERMAIR Andreas	AUT	5.5
167	IM	DROZDOWSKI Kacper	POL	5
168	GM	ROIZ Michael	ISR	5
169	GM	KOTRONIAS Vasilios	GRE	5
170	IM	DONCHENKO Alexander	GER	5
171	GM	OLEKSIENKO Mikhailo	UKR	5
172	GM	GRANDELIUS Nils	SWE	5
173	IM	SKYTTE Rasmus	DEN	5
174	WGM	BULMAGA Irina	ROU	5
175	IM	CHUDINOVSKIKH Alexander M	RUS	5
176	FM	IZZAT Kanan	AZE	5
177	WGM	ZAWADZKA Jolanta	POL	5
178	WIM	WOREK Joanna	POL	5
179	IM	NEDILKO Vasily	UKR	5
180	IM	FAULAND Alexander	AUT	5
181	GM	ERNST Thomas	SWE	5
182	IM	KHAETSKY Roman	UKR	5
183	IM	VEDDER Henk	NED	5
184	IM	HNYDIUK Aleksander	POL	5
185		STANCIU Alexandru-Ovidiu	ROU	5
186		DEAC Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	5
187	IM	MAMMADOV Zaur	AZE	5
188	IM	FIRAT Burak	TUR	5
189	GM	MAIOROV Nikita	BLR	5
190	FM	MAEVSKY Nikolay	RUS	5
191	IM	CERNOUSEK Lukas	CZE	5
192		GOUMAS Georgios	GRE	5
193		GOLUCH Piotr	POL	5
194	WIM	IWANOW Anna	POL	5
195	GM	HOLZKE Frank	GER	5
196	FM	IVIC Mateo	CRO	5
197	FM	SZWED Jacek	POL	5
198	IM	MATSENKO Sergei	RUS	5
199	FM	SCHACHINGER Mario	AUT	5
200	IM	KOLOSOWSKI Mateusz	POL	4.5
201	IM	ARNGRIMSSON Dagur	ISL	4.5
202	IM	PASIEV Rakhim	RUS	4.5
203	IM	MANEA Alexandru	ROU	4.5
204	FM	KRIEBEL Tadeas	CZE	4.5
205	FM	MINKO Vladimir	RUS	4.5
206		SVANE Rasmus	GER	4.5
207	IM	LUBCZYNSKI Rafal	POL	4.5
208	FM	SELBES Tarik	TUR	4.5
209	FM	PAVLIDIS Anastasios	GRE	4.5
210	IM	SCHROLL Gerhard	AUT	4.5
211	IM	KANOVSKY David	CZE	4.5
212	IM	PETRISOR Adrian-Marian	ROU	4.5
213	IM	MATINIAN Nikita	RUS	4.5
214		DUBINSKI Mateusz	POL	4.5
215	IM	VUILLEUMIER Alexandre	SUI	4.5
216	FM	RINDLISBACHER Lars	SUI	4.5
217		HUBER Martin Christian	AUT	4.5
218		MUSIALKIEWICZ Pawel	POL	4.5
219	IM	MAZUR Stefan	SVK	4.5
220		MATSENKO Andrei	RUS	4.5
221	IM	SIMACEK Pavel	CZE	4.5
222	FM	TOMAZINI Zan	SLO	4.5
223		TARI Aryan	NOR	4.5
224	IM	KANTORIK Marian	SVK	4.5
225	WGM	CHEREDNICHENKO Svetlana	UKR	4
226	IM	ZUDE Erik Dr.	GER	4
227	FM	TATE Alan	SCO	4
228	GM	FRIDMAN Daniel	GER	4
229		MUSIALKIEWICZ Jan	POL	4
230	IM	ERTURAN Yakup	TUR	4
231	WGM	PRZEZDZIECKA Marta	POL	4
232	IM	WAGNER Dennis	GER	4
233		MARJANOVIC Dejan	BIH	4
234		SABUK Piotr	POL	4
235		KRNIC Ivan	CRO	4
236	FM	BUCHAL Stephan	GER	4
237		POGOSIAN Vladimir	ARM	4
238		DUMAN Aydin	TUR	4
239		SZUMILAS Piotr	POL	4
240	IM	SIPILA Vilka	FIN	4
241		PAPASIMAKOPOULOS Alexandros	GRE	4
242		SZOSTKO Jakub	POL	4
243		GAEHWILER Gabriel	SUI	4
244		SAHITAJ Naim	EUR	4
245		MACHAN Jan	CZE	4
246		GEBIGKE Martin	GER	4
247		LOMSADZE Davit	GEO	4
248	IM	EKSTROEM Roland	SUI	4
249	FM	POSEDARU Bogdan	ROU	4
250		SVANA Peter	SVK	4
251		LEWTAK Damian	POL	3.5
252		HRISTODOULOU Panagiotis	GRE	3.5
253	WIM	PAVLIDOU Ekaterini	GRE	3.5
254	WFM	CHEREDNICHENKO Elena	UKR	3.5
255		HENSELER Jorgen	NED	3.5
256		TOMCZAK Mikolaj	POL	3.5
257		CURIC Drazen	CRO	3.5
258	WGM	YILDIZ Betul Cemre	TUR	3.5
259		SKYTTE Torill	NOR	3.5
260		GUZEWICZ Rafal	POL	3.5
261	FM	SIMEONIDIS Ioannis	GRE	3
262		RINDLISBACHER Jan	SUI	3
263		LEIBER Bernard	GER	3
264		PAPPELIS Dimitrios	GRE	3
265		XYLOGIANNOPOULOS Antonios	GRE	3
266		MAKOLLI Perparim	EUR	3
267	IM	CHUBAR Vladimir	UKR	3
268		WOLFF Peter	GER	3
269		ZEMLICKA Vit	CZE	3
270		ZAHARIEV Ognyan	BUL	3
271	GM	PELLETIER Yannick	SUI	2.5
272	FM	ANTAL Tibor Kende	HUN	2.5
273	FM	NIKOLAIDIS Konstantinos	GRE	2.5
274		WENZEL Birger	GER	2.5
275		PAVLICEK Miroslav	CZE	2.5
276		SZONYI Bence	HUN	2.5
277		ULANOWSKI Karol	POL	2
278		KORCZ Daniel	POL	2
279	GM	EFIMENKO Zahar	UKR	1.5
280		D`ASTE Federico	ITA	1
281	IM	TAZBIR Marcin	POL	0
	IM	GERBER Richard	SUI	0
	IM	ZUEGER Beat	SUI	0
		TWORZYDLO Piotr	POL	0
		KULAS Szymon	POL	0
		VDOVENKO Volodymyr	UKR	0