The European Individual Chess Championship 2012 takes place in Plovdiv (Bulgaria), March 19 – April 1, 2012. It is part of the World Chess Championship cycle as the top 23 players qualify for the World Cup.
For that reason we see a total of 300 titled players, 175 of which GMs and 70 IMs. Top seeded is GM Fabiano Caruana, who was also one of the main participants at the same venue during the 2008 edition of the competition (photo here). Scroll down for the full list of participants.
Expect live games daily with analysis by Houdini and special photo reports, as well as the most interesting news from the championship on the pages of Chessdom.com.
Note: See photo galleries of EICC 2008 in Plovdiv here and the ECC 2010 here, while detailed view of the venue is at this gallery.
The championship will be organized in 11-round Swiss system in accordance with the ECU Tournament Rules and FIDE Laws of Chess. The rate of play will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
A kind of Sofia rules have been implemented as communication between players (the offer of draw) is forbidden until the 40th move has been played.
The prize fund is comparable to the EIWCC women prizes in Turkey, and amounts to 100 000 eur.
Tiebreak
The order of players that finish with the same number of points shall be determined by application of the following tie-breaking procedures in sequence, proceeding from (a) to (b) to (c) to (d) the extent required:
(a) Performance Rating, the highest number wins;
(b) Buchholz cut-1, the highest number wins;
(c) Buchholz, the highest number wins;
(d) Number of wins, the highest number wins.
In the case of unplayed games for the calculation of (a), (b) and (c) the current FIDE Tournament Rules shall be applied.
In the case there are less than 75% rated players, the following criteria will be applied:
(a) Buchholz cut-1, the highest number wins;
(b) Buchholz, the highest number wins;
(c) Number of wins, the highest number wins.
Participants
1 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | ITA | 2767 |
2 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2752 |
3 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | RUS | 2729 |
4 | GM | Giri Anish | NED | 2717 |
5 | GM | Riazantsev Alexander | RUS | 2710 |
6 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | RUS | 2709 |
7 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | FRA | 2706 |
8 | GM | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2706 |
9 | GM | Grachev Boris | RUS | 2705 |
10 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | RUS | 2705 |
11 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | CZE | 2702 |
12 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | ARM | 2702 |
13 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | GER | 2702 |
14 | GM | Navara David | CZE | 2700 |
15 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | ISR | 2700 |
16 | GM | Dreev Aleksey | RUS | 2698 |
17 | GM | Efimenko Zahar | UKR | 2695 |
18 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2695 |
19 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | UKR | 2695 |
20 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | FRA | 2693 |
21 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2693 |
22 | GM | Andreikin Dmitry | RUS | 2689 |
23 | GM | Areshchenko Alexander | UKR | 2688 |
24 | GM | Bologan Viktor | MDA | 2687 |
25 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | ARM | 2684 |
26 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | HUN | 2682 |
27 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2682 |
28 | GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2679 |
29 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | ARM | 2674 |
30 | GM | Georgiev Kiril | BUL | 2671 |
31 | GM | Potkin Vladimir | RUS | 2669 |
32 | GM | Azarov Sergei | BLR | 2667 |
33 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | RUS | 2666 |
34 | GM | Kryvoruchko Yuriy | UKR | 2666 |
35 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | POL | 2665 |
36 | GM | Balogh Csaba | HUN | 2664 |
37 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2664 |
38 | GM | Postny Evgeny | ISR | 2662 |
39 | GM | Smirin Ilia | ISR | 2657 |
40 | GM | Khismatullin Denis | RUS | 2656 |
41 | GM | Lysyj Igor | RUS | 2656 |
42 | GM | Ragger Markus | AUT | 2654 |
43 | GM | Fridman Daniel | GER | 2653 |
44 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | NED | 2653 |
45 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | ISR | 2652 |
46 | GM | Roiz Michael | ISR | 2652 |
47 | GM | Timofeev Artyom | RUS | 2650 |
48 | GM | Khalifman Alexander | RUS | 2649 |
49 | GM | Saric Ivan | CRO | 2649 |
50 | GM | Zhigalko Sergei | BLR | 2649 |
51 | GM | Socko Bartosz | POL | 2647 |
52 | GM | Ivanisevic Ivan | SRB | 2645 |
53 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2645 |
54 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | MDA | 2644 |
55 | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2643 |
56 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L | ARM | 2643 |
57 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | RUS | 2640 |
58 | GM | Lenic Luka | SLO | 2637 |
59 | GM | Nyback Tomi | FIN | 2636 |
60 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | ENG | 2635 |
61 | GM | Istratescu Andrei | FRA | 2633 |
62 | GM | Khenkin Igor | GER | 2632 |
63 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | RUS | 2632 |
64 | GM | Erdos Viktor | HUN | 2631 |
65 | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | GRE | 2631 |
66 | GM | Beliavsky Alexander G | SLO | 2630 |
67 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | ARM | 2628 |
68 | GM | Vuckovic Bojan | SRB | 2628 |
69 | GM | Hracek Zbynek | CZE | 2627 |
70 | GM | Khairullin Ildar | RUS | 2626 |
71 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | GEO | 2626 |
72 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2624 |
73 | GM | Volkov Sergey | RUS | 2623 |
74 | GM | Delchev Aleksander | BUL | 2622 |
75 | GM | Salgado Lopez Ivan | ESP | 2621 |
76 | GM | Pashikian Arman | ARM | 2618 |
77 | GM | Andriasian Zaven | ARM | 2616 |
78 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2616 |
79 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | ROU | 2616 |
80 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR | 2615 |
81 | GM | Buhmann Rainer | GER | 2614 |
82 | GM | Howell David W L | ENG | 2614 |
83 | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | ROU | 2614 |
84 | GM | Markowski Tomasz | POL | 2612 |
85 | GM | L’ami Erwin | NED | 2611 |
86 | GM | Kempinski Robert | POL | 2610 |
87 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | RUS | 2610 |
88 | GM | Smeets Jan | NED | 2610 |
89 | GM | Edouard Romain | FRA | 2607 |
90 | GM | Ponkratov Pavel | RUS | 2607 |
91 | GM | Stocek Jiri | CZE | 2606 |
92 | GM | Macieja Bartlomiej | POL | 2605 |
93 | GM | Popov Ivan | RUS | 2605 |
94 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | BLR | 2604 |
95 | GM | Kozul Zdenko | CRO | 2602 |
96 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2602 |
97 | GM | Solak Dragan | TUR | 2602 |
98 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | ARM | 2600 |
99 | GM | Kotronias Vasilios | GRE | 2597 |
100 | GM | Vajda Levente | ROU | 2597 |
101 | GM | Sulskis Sarunas | LTU | 2596 |
102 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | GEO | 2595 |
103 | GM | Sedlak Nikola | SRB | 2593 |
104 | GM | Shimanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2591 |
105 | GM | Zhigalko Andrey | BLR | 2590 |
106 | GM | Halkias Stelios | GRE | 2588 |
107 | GM | Brkic Ante | CRO | 2587 |
108 | GM | Brunello Sabino | ITA | 2587 |
109 | GM | Mista Aleksander | POL | 2587 |
110 | GM | Kulaots Kaido | EST | 2585 |
111 | GM | Nyzhnyk Illya | UKR | 2585 |
112 | GM | Banusz Tamas | HUN | 2583 |
113 | GM | Damljanovic Branko | SRB | 2582 |
114 | GM | Kuljasevic Davorin | CRO | 2580 |
115 | GM | Savchenko Boris | RUS | 2580 |
116 | GM | Ruck Robert | HUN | 2579 |
117 | GM | Ernst Sipke | NED | 2578 |
118 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | ARM | 2578 |
119 | GM | Maze Sebastien | FRA | 2577 |
120 | GM | Papin Vasily | RUS | 2575 |
121 | GM | Chatalbashev Boris | BUL | 2570 |
122 | GM | Swiercz Dariusz | POL | 2565 |
123 | GM | Lintchevski Daniil | RUS | 2564 |
124 | GM | Bosiocic Marin | CRO | 2562 |
125 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | ROU | 2562 |
126 | GM | Grigoriants Sergey | RUS | 2561 |
127 | GM | Ipatov Alexander | TUR | 2561 |
128 | GM | Manolache Marius | ROU | 2561 |
129 | GM | Popovic Dusan | SRB | 2561 |
130 | GM | Nabaty Tamir | ISR | 2559 |
131 | GM | Rapport Richard | HUN | 2559 |
132 | GM | Steingrimsson Hedinn | ISL | 2556 |
133 | GM | Zontakh Andrey | UKR | 2556 |
134 | GM | Esen Baris | TUR | 2555 |
135 | GM | Gabrielian Artur | RUS | 2554 |
136 | GM | Jankovic Alojzije | CRO | 2553 |
137 | GM | Prohaszka Peter | HUN | 2553 |
138 | GM | Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula | ROU | 2553 |
139 | GM | Maiorov Nikita | BLR | 2552 |
140 | GM | Radulski Julian | BUL | 2552 |
141 | GM | Papp Gabor | HUN | 2551 |
142 | GM | Nikolov Momchil | BUL | 2550 |
143 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | RUS | 2548 |
144 | GM | Popov Valerij | RUS | 2546 |
145 | GM | Cornette Matthieu | FRA | 2545 |
146 | GM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2545 |
147 | GM | Neverov Valeriy | UKR | 2544 |
148 | GM | Durarbeyli Vasif | AZE | 2543 |
149 | GM | Zoler Dan | ISR | 2541 |
150 | GM | Marin Mihail | ROU | 2539 |
151 | GM | Pap Gyula | HUN | 2538 |
152 | GM | Rogozenco Dorian | ROU | 2536 |
153 | GM | Guliyev Namig | AZE | 2532 |
154 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2531 |
155 | GM | Stefansson Hannes | ISL | 2531 |
156 | IM | Benidze Davit | GEO | 2530 |
157 | IM | Yilmaz Mustafa | TUR | 2530 |
158 | GM | Michalik Peter | SVK | 2529 |
159 | IM | Sebenik Matej | SLO | 2529 |
160 | GM | Rasulov Vugar | AZE | 2526 |
161 | GM | Heberla Bartlomiej | POL | 2525 |
162 | GM | Pridorozhni Aleksei | RUS | 2524 |
163 | GM | Khmelniker Ilya | ISR | 2523 |
164 | IM | Miron Lucian-Costin | ROU | 2518 |
165 | IM | Goganov Aleksey | RUS | 2517 |
166 | GM | Onischuk Vladimir | UKR | 2516 |
167 | GM | Djukic Nikola | MNE | 2513 |
168 | IM | Alonso Rosell Alvar | ESP | 2513 |
169 | GM | Mastrovasilis Athanasios | GRE | 2510 |
170 | GM | Huschenbeth Niclas | GER | 2509 |
171 | GM | Godena Michele | ITA | 2508 |
172 | GM | Holzke Frank | GER | 2508 |
173 | IM | Dvirnyy Daniyyl | ITA | 2507 |
174 | GM | Gallagher Joseph G | SUI | 2502 |
175 | GM | Kabanov Nikolai | RUS | 2502 |
176 | GM | Drenchev Petar | BUL | 2499 |
177 | GM | Baron Tal | ISR | 2497 |
178 | GM | Jianu Vlad-Cristian | ROU | 2497 |
179 | GM | Berescu Alin-Mile | ROU | 2494 |
180 | GM | Nedev Trajko | MKD | 2492 |
181 | GM | Soffer Ram | ISR | 2492 |
182 | IM | Paichadze Luka | GEO | 2491 |
183 | GM | Grigorov Grigor | BUL | 2489 |
184 | IM | Filip Lucian | ROU | 2483 |
185 | FM | Fodor Tamas Jr | HUN | 2482 |
186 | IM | Perunovic Miodrag | SRB | 2481 |
187 | IM | Cioara Andrei-Nestor | ROU | 2477 |
188 | IM | Kovalev Vladislav | BLR | 2477 |
189 | GM | Can Emre | TUR | 2476 |
190 | IM | Arnaudov G Petar | BUL | 2476 |
191 | IM | Nigalidze Gaioz | GEO | 2472 |
192 | IM | Stojanovic Dalibor | BIH | 2471 |
193 | IM | Pancevski Filip | MKD | 2470 |
194 | IM | Jurcik Marian | SVK | 2467 |
195 | IM | Rombaldoni Axel | ITA | 2464 |
196 | IM | Nestorovic Nikola | SRB | 2462 |
197 | IM | Dias Paulo | POR | 2454 |
198 | IM | Hunt Adam C | ENG | 2454 |
199 | IM | Hagen Andreas Skytte | DEN | 2453 |
200 | IM | Zaslavsky Mikhail | ISR | 2450 |
201 | IM | Simacek Pavel | CZE | 2447 |
202 | IM | Bukal Vladimir Jr | CRO | 2441 |
203 | FM | Gabuzyan Hovhannes | ARM | 2441 |
204 | IM | Stella Andrea | ITA | 2439 |
205 | IM | Colovic Aleksandar | MKD | 2436 |
206 | IM | Raznikov Danny | ISR | 2436 |
207 | IM | Smirnov Artem | RUS | 2436 |
208 | IM | Arsovic Zoran | SRB | 2435 |
209 | IM | Georgiadis Ioannis | GRE | 2435 |
210 | IM | Sharafiev Azat | RUS | 2433 |
211 | IM | Enchev Ivajlo | BUL | 2432 |
212 | IM | Poetsch Hagen | GER | 2432 |
213 | IM | Pavlidis Antonios | GRE | 2431 |
214 | Galopoulos Nikolaos | GRE | 2430 | |
215 | Indjic Aleksandar | SRB | 2430 | |
216 | FM | Valsecchi Alessio | ITA | 2429 |
217 | IM | Zueger Beat | SUI | 2425 |
218 | IM | Ivanov Alexey | RUS | 2424 |
219 | IM | Ledger Andrew J | ENG | 2424 |
220 | IM | Dimitrov Radoslav | BUL | 2423 |
221 | IM | Baltag Iulian | MDA | 2420 |
222 | IM | Azaladze Shota | GEO | 2419 |
223 | FM | Klein David | NED | 2418 |
224 | IM | Diermair Andreas | AUT | 2416 |
225 | IM | Kadric Denis | BIH | 2414 |
226 | IM | Neubauer Martin | AUT | 2413 |
227 | IM | Ovod Evgenija | RUS | 2408 |
228 | IM | Baratosi Daniel | ROU | 2407 |
229 | IM | Froewis Georg | AUT | 2407 |
230 | IM | Firat Burak | TUR | 2405 |
231 | IM | Tomic Bosko | BIH | 2404 |
232 | IM | Bejtovic Jasmin | BIH | 2403 |
233 | IM | Pacher Milan | SVK | 2402 |
234 | IM | Kreisl Robert | AUT | 2400 |
235 | Goumas Georgios | GRE | 2398 | |
236 | IM | Fedorovsky Michael | GER | 2395 |
237 | IM | Kanter Eduard | RUS | 2394 |
238 | IM | Nedilko Vasily | UKR | 2392 |
239 | FM | Schachinger Mario | AUT | 2391 |
240 | IM | Kanmazalp Ogulcan | TUR | 2389 |
241 | IM | Popilski Gil | ISR | 2389 |
242 | IM | Schroll Gerhard | AUT | 2388 |
243 | IM | Abdulov Orkhan | AZE | 2387 |
244 | FM | Petrisor Adrian-Marian | ROU | 2383 |
245 | FM | Janev Tihomir | BUL | 2382 |
246 | IM | Manea Alexandru | ROU | 2381 |
247 | IM | Novkovic Milan | AUT | 2381 |
248 | FM | Pantev Veselin | BUL | 2379 |
249 | IM | Nestorovic Lazar | SRB | 2374 |
250 | FM | Braun Christian | GER | 2372 |
251 | FM | Filev Georgi | BUL | 2372 |
252 | IM | Erturan Yakup | TUR | 2370 |
253 | Nenezic Marko | SRB | 2370 | |
254 | FM | Balla Tamas-Kristof | ROU | 2369 |
255 | FM | Alekseenko Kirill | RUS | 2367 |
256 | FM | Pavlidis Anastasios | GRE | 2363 |
257 | FM | Grandadam Nicolas | SUI | 2361 |
258 | Laurusas Tomas | LTU | 2360 | |
259 | FM | Petenyi Tamas | SVK | 2359 |
260 | IM | Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru | ROU | 2358 |
261 | FM | Antal Tibor Kende | HUN | 2352 |
262 | FM | Tate Alan | SCO | 2350 |
263 | FM | Sarbok Torsten | GER | 2349 |
264 | FM | Schiendorfer Emanuel | SUI | 2349 |
265 | Panteleev Petar | BUL | 2347 | |
266 | FM | Nakar Eylon | ISR | 2344 |
267 | FM | Badev Kiril | BUL | 2343 |
268 | FM | Agaragimov Djakhangir | AZE | 2342 |
269 | FM | Givon Asaf | ISR | 2340 |
270 | IM | Atakisi Umut | TUR | 2338 |
271 | Lomsadze Davit | GEO | 2338 | |
272 | FM | Dobre Claudiu-Cristian | ROU | 2334 |
273 | FM | Boruchovsky Avital | ISR | 2333 |
274 | FM | Codenotti Marco | ITA | 2328 |
275 | IM | Dimitrov Pavel | BUL | 2323 |
276 | FM | Izzat Kanan | AZE | 2319 |
277 | IM | Dimitrov Atanas | GRE | 2318 |
278 | FM | Duzhakov Ilya | RUS | 2316 |
279 | FM | Ali Marandi Cemil Can | TUR | 2315 |
280 | FM | Cabarkapa Novak | SRB | 2314 |
281 | WGM | Schneider Veronika | HUN | 2312 |
282 | FM | Donchenko Alexander | GER | 2309 |
283 | Ivanov Stojan Lubomirov | BUL | 2309 | |
284 | FM | Malikentzos Sotirios | GRE | 2307 |
285 | WIM | Bulmaga Irina | ROU | 2307 |
286 | WGM | Videnova Iva | BUL | 2301 |
287 | IM | Lederman Leon | ISR | 2296 |
288 | WGM | Nikolova Adriana | BUL | 2293 |
289 | FM | Boehnisch Manfred | GER | 2291 |
290 | FM | Aharon Ofir | ISR | 2288 |
291 | CM | Sanal Vahap | TUR | 2286 |
292 | Kourousis Epaminondas | GRE | 2284 | |
293 | WGM | Cherednichenko Svetlana | UKR | 2279 |
294 | IM | Chudinovskikh Alexander M | RUS | 2278 |
295 | FM | Voiteanu Gabriel | ROU | 2275 |
296 | Pop Alexandru | ROU | 2272 | |
297 | Ben Artzi Ido | ISR | 2271 | |
298 | Kjurkchiiski Georgi | BUL | 2266 | |
299 | FM | Bach Adrian-Kalman | ROU | 2264 |
300 | Gaehwiler Gabriel | SUI | 2260 | |
301 | Vlashki Nino | BUL | 2258 | |
302 | IM | Medancic Rikard | CRO | 2252 |
303 | Kumic Filip | SRB | 2247 | |
304 | Pantic Ivica | SRB | 2242 | |
305 | FM | Kigel Dmytro | UKR | 2235 |
306 | WIM | Pavlidou Ekaterini | GRE | 2231 |
307 | Prodileanu Adrian | ROU | 2226 | |
308 | Yakimenko Alexander A | RUS | 2223 | |
309 | FM | Hristodorescu Daniel | ROU | 2212 |
310 | Hristodoulou Panagiotis | GRE | 2203 | |
311 | Sofranov Velizar | BUL | 2198 | |
312 | Senetia Teodor | ROU | 2188 | |
313 | Mindlin Alon | ISR | 2186 | |
314 | Scekic Veljko | MNE | 2186 | |
315 | FM | Stamnov Aleksander | MKD | 2184 |
316 | Ilic Slobodan S | SRB | 2160 | |
317 | Pogosian Vladimir | ARM | 2153 | |
318 | WIM | Makka Ioulia | GRE | 2152 |
319 | Arnaudov Petar | BUL | 2149 | |
320 | Barta Jozsef | HUN | 2148 | |
321 | Mogilarov Dimitar | BUL | 2147 | |
322 | Marjanovic Dejan | BIH | 2132 | |
323 | WFM | Cherednichenko Elena | UKR | 2130 |
324 | Berman Mark | ISR | 2129 | |
325 | Andok Claus Michael | GER | 2116 | |
326 | CM | Bozinovic Boban | AUT | 2105 |
327 | Blaushtain Boris | ISR | 2105 | |
328 | Xylogiannopoulos Antonios | GRE | 2104 | |
329 | Rigopoulos-Tsigkos Alexandros | GRE | 2095 | |
330 | Ljangov Petar | BUL | 2089 | |
331 | Balokas Dimitrios | GRE | 2080 | |
332 | Khelaia Giorgi | GEO | 2080 | |
333 | Henseler Jorgen | NED | 2071 | |
334 | Manelidou Maria | GRE | 2067 | |
335 | Ojagverdiyev Zaur | AZE | 2050 | |
336 | Todorov Yavor | BUL | 2029 | |
337 | Safronov Kirill | RUS | 2017 | |
338 | Levine Yonatan | ISR | 2016 | |
339 | Petrov Vladimir Sergeev | BUL | 1980 | |
340 | Mihopoulos Konstantinos | GRE | 1951 | |
341 | Porfireanu Serban | ROU | 1892 | |
342 | Slavov Hristo | BUL | 1812 | |
343 | Meyes Richard | GER | 1786 | |
344 | Vdovenko Volodymyr | UKR | 1784 | |
345 | Katsarov Hristo | BUL | 1495 | |
346 | Halili Sabri | EUR | 0 | |
347 | Misini Burhanudin | EUR | 0 | |
348 | Pein Milan | HUN | 0 | |
349 | Sahitaj Naim | EUR | 0 | |
350 | Zahariev Ognyan | BUL | 0 |
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