GM Anton Korobov (UKR, 2658) emerged as the sole leader of the event with 5/5 points, while four players tie for the second place scoring 4.5 points: IM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (GRE, 2520), GM Eltaj Safarli (AZE, 2608), GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE, 2651), and GM Giga Quparadze (GEO, 2483).
Youngsters watch: GM Daniel Dardha, Volodar Murzin, and Aydin Suleymanli (all are U18), are just 1 point behind the leader. GM Frederik Svane and Vignir Vatnar Stefansson, U20, is with the same points
Top woman: Aleksandra Goryachkina and Olga Badelka are with 3,5/5
Today: Live games round 6
European Individual Chess Championship 2023 live games / European Individual Chess Championship participants
GM Antov Korobov (UKR, 2658) remained perfect at the European Individual Chess Championship 2023 after winning a masterpiece against his fellow countryman GM Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR, 2655) in today’s fifth round. Korobov first squeezed Ponomariov’s pieces, continuing with the fantastic positional pawn sacrifice. It was game over for the former FIDE World Champion after 26…Qh2? as Korobov found the impressive tactical motive. Everything was hanging, but Ponomariov couldn’t defend the weakened back rank.

GM Eltaj Safarli (AZE, 2608) drew against GM Boris Gelfand (ISR, 2674) to join the runner-up group. The game finished after only 14 moves of play, even though Gelfand had a slightly better position according to the engines.

IM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (GRE, 2520) defeated GM Rasmus Svane (GER, 2620) in a very interesting but drawish endgame. The German grandmaster made a terrible mistake with 58…Bb5?? and Stamatis used the opportunity to score the full point.

GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE, 2651) was convincing against GM Leon Livaic (CRO, 2569). The former has been improving the advantage through the game, eventually winning the pawn-up endgame.

In the meantime, GM Giga Quparadze (GEO, 2483) scored against GM Emre Can (TUR, 2600) having Black pieces. Quparadze came out of the opening with two pawns up, and the rest was a perfect technique.

The 6th round starts tomorrow at 15:00 CEST, with the clash between Thai Dai Van Nguyen and Anton Korobov on the first board. The top 10 pairings are:
Pairings round 6
1 | GM | Nguyen Thai Dai Van | 2651 | 4½ | 5 | GM | Korobov Anton | 2658 | |
2 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | 2608 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Kourkoulos-Arditis Stamatis | 2520 | |
3 | GM | Quparadze Giga | 2483 | 4½ | 4 | GM | Navara David | 2685 | |
4 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2699 | 4 | 4 | GM | Pechac Jergus | 2598 | |
5 | GM | Moussard Jules | 2684 | 4 | 4 | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | 2599 | |
6 | GM | Brkic Ante | 2596 | 4 | 4 | GM | Predke Alexandr | 2684 | |
7 | GM | Asadli Vugar | 2586 | 4 | 4 | GM | Esipenko Andrey | 2680 | |
8 | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2674 | 4 | 4 | GM | Kadric Denis | 2583 | |
9 | GM | Svane Frederik | 2577 | 4 | 4 | GM | Saric Ivan | 2674 | |
10 | GM | Sarana Alexey | 2668 | 4 | 4 | GM | Dragnev Valentin | 2561 | |
11 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2661 | 4 | 4 | GM | Murzin Volodar | 2554 | |
12 | GM | Azarov Sergei | 2559 | 4 | 4 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2659 | |
13 | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2658 | 4 | 4 | GM | Gumularz Szymon | 2558 | |
14 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2655 | 4 | 4 | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | 2554 | |
15 | GM | Kozak Adam | 2552 | 4 | 4 | GM | Santos Latasa Jaime | 2655 | |
16 | GM | Gledura Benjamin | 2637 | 4 | 4 | GM | Suleymanli Aydin | 2552 | |
17 | GM | Petrosyan Manuel | 2634 | 4 | 4 | GM | Sychev Klementy | 2549 | |
18 | GM | Abasov Nijat | 2625 | 4 | 4 | GM | Janik Igor | 2527 | |
19 | GM | Nasuta Grzegorz | 2535 | 4 | 4 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2616 | |
20 | IM | Kukhmazov Arsen | 2495 | 4 | 4 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | 2611 | |
21 | GM | Dardha Daniel | 2610 | 4 | 4 | GM | Sadikhov Ulvi | 2485 | |
22 | GM | Shevchenko Kirill | 2668 | 3½ | 4 | IM | Stefansson Vignir Vatnar | 2461 | |
23 | GM | Halkias Stelios | 2514 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | 2686 | |
24 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2682 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Brunello Sabino | 2512 | |
25 | IM | Beerdsen Thomas | 2510 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Ivanchuk Vasyl | 2664 | |
26 | IM | Druska Juraj | 2505 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Indjic Aleksandar | 2636 | |
27 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | 2635 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Gorshtein Ido | 2498 | |
28 | GM | Fernandez Daniel Howard | 2498 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Sargsyan Shant | 2630 | |
29 | IM | Subelj Jan | 2496 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Kovalev Vladislav | 2623 | |
30 | GM | Svane Rasmus | 2620 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Gorodetzky David | 2488 | |
31 | IM | Gokerkan Cem Kaan | 2486 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Vocaturo Daniele | 2619 | |
32 | GM | Zanan Evgeny | 2485 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | 2616 | |
33 | GM | Bjerre Jonas Buhl | 2608 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Parkhov Yair | 2485 | |
34 | IM | Kosakowski Jakub | 2476 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Can Emre | 2600 | |
35 | GM | Iskandarov Misratdin | 2598 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Willow Jonah B | 2459 | |
36 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | 2597 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Saraci Nderim | 2469 | |
37 | IM | Clarke Brandon G I | 2475 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Paravyan David | 2584 | |
38 | IM | Ioannidis Evgenios | 2473 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2580 | |
39 | IM | Kaasen Tor Fredrik | 2464 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | 2577 | |
40 | GM | Sanikidze Tornike | 2459 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | 2576 | |
41 | IM | Rozen Eytan | 2458 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Laurusas Tomas | 2571 | |
42 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | 2457 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Livaic Leon | 2569 | |
43 | GM | Nesterov Arseniy | 2568 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Gurel Ediz | 2454 | |
44 | IM | Teclaf Pawel | 2568 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Stoyanov Tsvetan | 2446 | |
45 | IM | Makarian Rudik | 2557 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Badelka Olga | 2428 | |
46 | FM | Seemann Jakub | 2424 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Kobo Ori | 2548 | |
47 | GM | Stremavicius Titas | 2544 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Ohanyan Emin | 2405 | |
48 | GM | Zajic Milan | 2387 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Maurizzi Marc`andria | 2535 | |
49 | IM | Gavrilescu David | 2527 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Megalios Konstantinos | 2382 | |
50 | FM | Pasztor Balazs | 2387 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Petkov Momchil | 2526 | |
51 | IM | Tadic Stefan | 2353 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Yilmazyerli Mert | 2525 | |
52 | FM | Manafov Vugar | 2349 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Horvath Dominik | 2521 | |
53 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | 2685 | 3 | 3 | IM | Wachinger Nikolas | 2440 | |
54 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | 2666 | 3 | 3 | IM | Bulmaga Irina | 2438 | |
55 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | 2653 | 3 | 3 | IM | Fataliyeva Ulviyya | 2427 | |
56 | GM | Chigaev Maksim | 2632 | 3 | 3 | FM | Akbas Umut Ata | 2419 | |
57 | FM | Fromm Marius | 2428 | 3 | 3 | GM | Motylev Alexander | 2621 | |
58 | FM | Celik Hasan Huseyin | 2420 | 3 | 3 | GM | Socko Bartosz | 2618 | |
59 | GM | Warmerdam Max | 2614 | 3 | 3 | IM | Baenziger Fabian | 2413 | |
60 | IM | Baum Jonasz | 2426 | 3 | 3 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2609 | |
61 | GM | Ivic Velimir | 2606 | 3 | 3 | FM | Kochavi Ori | 2417 | |
62 | GM | Sanal Vahap | 2590 | 3 | 3 | IM | Tutisani Noe | 2411 | |
63 | GM | Lagarde Maxime | 2581 | 3 | 3 | IM | David Alexandru-Vasile | 2410 | |
64 | GM | Moroni Luca Jr | 2578 | 3 | 3 | FM | Peyrer Konstantin | 2395 | |
65 | GM | Grigoriants Sergey | 2572 | 3 | 3 | GM | Pacher Milan | 2392 | |
66 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2569 | 3 | 3 | WGM | Injac Teodora | 2383 | |
67 | GM | Pultinevicius Paulius | 2546 | 3 | 3 | FM | Stremavicius Pijus | 2383 | |
68 | FM | Agdelen Huseyin Can | 2411 | 3 | 3 | GM | Lobanov Sergei | 2545 | |
69 | FM | Kalogeris Ioannis | 2409 | 3 | 3 | GM | Muradli Mahammad | 2539 | |
70 | IM | Radovanovic Nikola | 2407 | 3 | 3 | GM | Boruchovsky Avital | 2536 | |
71 | GM | Dvirnyy Danyyil | 2531 | 3 | 3 | FM | Pasti Aron | 2378 | |
72 | Mitsis Georgios | 2407 | 3 | 3 | IM | Kacharava Nikolozi | 2531 | ||
73 | GM | Guliyev Namig | 2528 | 3 | 3 | FM | Uskov Artem | 2373 | |
74 | GM | Kulaots Kaido | 2525 | 3 | 3 | IM | Suarez Uriel Adrian | 2370 | |
75 | GM | Alsina Leal Daniel | 2522 | 3 | 3 | IM | Schekachikhin Maksim | 2367 | |
76 | GM | Rasulov Vugar | 2516 | 3 | 3 | IM | Hnydiuk Aleksander | 2364 | |
77 | FM | Ibadov Dashgyn | 2398 | 3 | 3 | GM | Djukic Nikola | 2514 | |
78 | GM | Gadimbayli Abdulla | 2507 | 3 | 3 | FM | Costa Leonardo | 2364 | |
79 | FM | Patrelakis Evaggelos | 2387 | 3 | 3 | GM | Petrov Martin | 2505 | |
80 | GM | Valsecchi Alessio | 2505 | 3 | 3 | IM | Roebers Eline | 2362 | |
81 | IM | Garrido Outon Alex | 2380 | 3 | 3 | GM | Wieczorek Oskar | 2505 | |
82 | GM | Blohberger Felix | 2493 | 3 | 3 | FM | Szwed Jacek | 2361 | |
83 | IM | Gharibyan Mamikon | 2491 | 3 | 3 | IM | Filip Lucian-Ioan | 2349 | |
84 | IM | Leisch Lukas | 2378 | 3 | 3 | GM | Kovacevic Aleksandar | 2489 | |
85 | FM | Secheres Adrian-Simion | 2369 | 3 | 3 | IM | Samunenkov Ihor | 2488 | |
86 | IM | Ahmadzada Ahmad | 2487 | 3 | 3 | FM | Paszewski Mateusz | 2270 | |
87 | IM | Kraus Tomas | 2486 | 3 | 3 | IM | Danielyan Vahe | 2307 | |
88 | IM | Babazada Khazar | 2481 | 3 | 3 | FM | Petrovic Aleksa | 2254 | |
89 | FM | Carbonell Sancho Marc | 2364 | 3 | 3 | GM | Velten Paul | 2478 | |
90 | FM | Hagner Bennet | 2361 | 3 | 3 | IM | Sokolovsky Yahli | 2476 | |
91 | IM | Milosevic Milos | 2347 | 3 | 3 | GM | Bryakin Mikhail | 2474 | |
92 | IM | Janzelj Tim | 2472 | 3 | 3 | Ahmad Khagan | 2220 | ||
93 | FM | Averin Nikolay | 2296 | 3 | 3 | GM | Firat Burak | 2471 | |
94 | FM | Samadov Read | 2471 | 3 | 3 | WIM | Gajcin Marina | 2215 | |
95 | IM | Bronstein Or | 2465 | 3 | 3 | FM | Angun Batu | 2206 | |
96 | FM | Eren Ataberk | 2308 | 3 | 3 | IM | Isik Alparslan | 2462 | |
97 | GM | Soffer Ram | 2456 | 3 | 3 | WFM | Shvedova Alexandra | 2083 | |
98 | FM | Palczert Matyas | 2304 | 3 | 3 | IM | Royal Shreyas | 2452 | |
99 | FM | Shoshin Kirill | 2278 | 3 | 3 | IM | Shubin Kirill | 2449 | |
100 | IM | Nigalidze Gaioz | 2448 | 3 | 3 | Cox Tristan A | 1975 |
