The 15th European Individual Chess championship that takes place 3-15 March, 2014, in Yerevan, was officially opened with a beautiful opening ceremony (photos here).
More than 250 participants, including 130 GMs and more than 200 players with international titles from 27 different countries, started playing round 1 today. With 23 World Cup places at stake, all players entered the long battle with high desire for decisive games. Exactly this desire, combined with the high rating of the opponents, led to multiple surprises on the boards. Among the stunning results in round 1, we find the two ex European Champions – GM Moiseenko and GM Jakovenko – which were featured in Issue 1 of Chess Insider.
Here are all results of the round, replay the top games with analysis.
EICC 2014, round 1 results
| 1 | IM | Petenyi Tamas | 2468 | 0 – 1 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2739 |
| 2 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2723 | 1 – 0 | GM | Danielian Elina | 2467 |
| 3 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2465 | ½ – ½ | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2723 |
| 4 | GM | Korobov Anton | 2719 | 0 – 1 | FM | Alekseenko Kirill | 2461 |
| 5 | GM | Hayrapetyan Hovik | 2458 | 0 – 1 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | 2717 |
| 6 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2716 | 1 – 0 | IM | Sipila Vilka | 2457 |
| 7 | IM | Schreiner Peter | 2455 | 0 – 1 | GM | Khismatullin Denis | 2714 |
| 8 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2713 | 1 – 0 | IM | Melia Salome | 2453 |
| 9 | IM | Givon Asaf | 2449 | ½ – ½ | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2712 |
| 10 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | 2711 | 1 – 0 | GM | Chibukhchian Artur | 2446 |
| 11 | IM | Kreisl Robert | 2437 | 0 – 1 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2709 |
| 12 | GM | Kryvoruchko Yuriy | 2706 | 1 – 0 | GM | Minasian Ara | 2432 |
| 13 | GM | Petrosian Davit G. | 2431 | 0 – 1 | GM | Areshchenko Alexander | 2705 |
| 14 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2704 | 1 – 0 | FM | Grishchenko Sergey | 2431 |
| 15 | IM | Simonian Tigran | 2425 | 0 – 1 | GM | Navara David | 2700 |
| 16 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | 2698 | 1 – 0 | FM | Petrosyan Tigran S. | 2425 |
| 17 | IM | Tari Aryan | 2424 | ½ – ½ | GM | Matlakov Maxim | 2695 |
| 18 | GM | Polgar Judit | 2693 | 1 – 0 | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | 2424 |
| 19 | IM | Paravyan David | 2423 | 0 – 1 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2692 |
| 20 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2691 | 1 – 0 | FM | Harutyunian Tigran K. | 2422 |
| 21 | IM | Berchtenbreiter Maximilian | 2421 | 0 – 1 | GM | Riazantsev Alexander | 2689 |
| 22 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2682 | ½ – ½ | IM | Dastan Muhammed Batuhan | 2416 |
| 23 | IM | Kanter Eduard | 2410 | 0 – 1 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2681 |
| 24 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | 2681 | ½ – ½ | IM | Meribanov Vitaly | 2410 |
| 25 | IM | Nakar Eylon | 2409 | 0 – 1 | GM | Dreev Aleksey | 2679 |
| 26 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2676 | ½ – ½ | GM | Bagaturov Giorgi | 2408 |
| 27 | IM | Nadanian Ashot | 2399 | 1 – 0 | GM | Grachev Boris | 2675 |
| 28 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | 2674 | ½ – ½ | IM | Schachinger Mario | 2398 |
| 29 | IM | Lugovskoy Maxim | 2397 | 0 – 1 | GM | Zhigalko Sergei | 2671 |
| 30 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2662 | ½ – ½ | IM | Sanal Vahap | 2390 |
| 31 | WGM | Arabidze Meri | 2388 | 1 – 0 | GM | Saric Ivan | 2661 |
| 32 | GM | Khairullin Ildar | 2657 | ½ – ½ | Gevorgyan David | 2388 | |
| 33 | IM | Ali Marandi Cemil Can | 2380 | ½ – ½ | GM | Motylev Alexander | 2656 |
| 34 | GM | Lysyj Igor | 2655 | ½ – ½ | IM | Kalashian David | 2380 |
| 35 | IM | Qashashvili Alexandre | 2378 | ½ – ½ | GM | Socko Bartosz | 2654 |
| 36 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | 2653 | ½ – ½ | FM | Oganian Miran | 2376 |
| 37 | IM | Bulmaga Irina | 2375 | ½ – ½ | GM | Zvjaginsev Vadim | 2653 |
| 38 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2652 | 1 – 0 | WGM | Charochkina Daria | 2374 |
| 39 | FM | Ben Artzi Ido | 2370 | ½ – ½ | GM | Balogh Csaba | 2651 |
| 40 | GM | Popov Ivan | 2650 | 1 – 0 | IM | Baghdasaryan Vahe | 2368 |
| 41 | IM | Hayrapetian Arman | 2367 | 0 – 1 | GM | Shimanov Aleksandr | 2649 |
| 42 | GM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | 2647 | 1 – 0 | IM | Chighladze Iveri | 2365 |
| 43 | FM | Kozlitin Roman | 2365 | 1 – 0 | GM | Ragger Markus | 2644 |
| 44 | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2644 | 1 – 0 | Beradze Irakli | 2364 | |
| 45 | IM | Codenotti Marco | 2362 | ½ – ½ | GM | Beliavsky Alexander G | 2643 |
| 46 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2643 | 1 – 0 | FM | Nuber Blasius | 2359 |
| 47 | FM | Shahinyan David | 2356 | 0 – 1 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2642 |
| 48 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | 2641 | 1 – 0 | IM | Birnboim Nathan | 2353 |
| 49 | FM | Pavlidis Anastasios | 2340 | ½ – ½ | GM | Oleksienko Mikhailo | 2640 |
| 50 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L. | 2639 | 1 – 0 | Musalov Ruslan | 2340 | |
| 51 | Salomon Johan | 2340 | ½ – ½ | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2635 | |
| 52 | GM | Ivanisevic Ivan | 2633 | ½ – ½ | FM | Ramazian Arshak | 2336 |
| 53 | CM | Petrosyan Manuel | 2336 | 0 – 1 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | 2633 |
| 54 | GM | Swiercz Dariusz | 2631 | 1 – 0 | IM | Morchiashvili Bachana | 2335 |
| 55 | FM | Rozhko Dmitry | 2335 | 0 – 1 | GM | Kovalenko Igor | 2626 |
| 56 | GM | Potkin Vladimir | 2625 | 1 – 0 | FM | Vardanian Haik G. | 2327 |
| 57 | WGM | Kursova Maria | 2326 | 0 – 1 | IM | Artemiev Vladislav | 2621 |
| 58 | GM | Dubov Daniil | 2618 | 1 – 0 | Deac Bogdan-Daniel | 2322 | |
| 59 | IM | Galojan Lilit | 2317 | 0 – 1 | GM | Perunovic Milos | 2617 |
| 60 | GM | Ipatov Alexander | 2614 | 1 – 0 | FM | Aharon Ofir | 2316 |
| 61 | FM | Alaverdyan Gevorg | 2311 | ½ – ½ | GM | Tregubov Pavel V. | 2614 |
| 62 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | 2613 | 1 – 0 | Mikaelyan Arman | 2291 | |
| 63 | IM | Chudinovskikh Alexander M | 2280 | 0 – 1 | GM | Pashikian Arman | 2612 |
| 64 | GM | Schlosser Philipp | 2612 | 1 – 0 | IM | Khachatryan Vahagn | 2278 |
| 65 | WGM | Cherednichenko Svetlana | 2270 | 0 – 1 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | 2611 |
| 66 | GM | Solak Dragan | 2610 | ½ – ½ | Vardanian Hakob | 2270 | |
| 67 | FM | Manukyan Sargis V. | 2268 | ½ – ½ | GM | Volkov Sergey | 2610 |
| 68 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | 2606 | 1 – 0 | FM | Dilanyan Grigor | 2266 |
| 69 | IM | Karatorossian David | 2262 | 0 – 1 | GM | Salgado Lopez Ivan | 2605 |
| 70 | GM | Fridman Daniel | 2604 | 1 – 0 | Poghosyan Suren | 2257 | |
| 71 | FM | Galoyan Levon | 2251 | 0 – 1 | GM | Zhigalko Andrey | 2603 |
| 72 | GM | Andriasian Zaven | 2600 | 1 – 0 | FM | Oganisian Roman | 2243 |
| 73 | Sargissyan Sargis | 2242 | 0 – 1 | GM | Brunello Sabino | 2593 | |
| 74 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | 2591 | ½ – ½ | Sibashvili Giorgi | 2239 | |
| 75 | FM | Zanan Evgeny | 2236 | 0 – 1 | GM | Roiz Michael | 2591 |
| 76 | GM | Grigoryan Avetik | 2583 | ½ – ½ | FM | Martirosyan Haik M. | 2234 |
| 77 | FM | Pogosian Georgy | 2234 | 0 – 1 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | 2583 |
| 78 | GM | Onischuk Vladimir | 2583 | 1 – 0 | Gharagyozyan Artur | 2216 | |
| 79 | Torosyan Norayr | 2216 | 1 – 0 | GM | Svetushkin Dmitry | 2582 | |
| 80 | GM | Shomoev Anton | 2581 | ½ – ½ | Matevosyan Sedrak | 2213 | |
| 81 | Tiraturyan David | 2201 | + – – | GM | Michalik Peter | 2579 | |
| 82 | IM | Bok Benjamin | 2575 | ½ – ½ | WIM | Hairapetian Anna | 2188 |
| 83 | WIM | Pavlidou Ekaterini | 2188 | ½ – ½ | IM | Dvirnyy Danyyil | 2575 |
| 84 | GM | Grigoriants Sergey | 2574 | 1 – 0 | Hovhannisyan Karen | 2188 | |
| 85 | FM | Nikolaidis Konstantinos | 2186 | 0 – 1 | GM | Jianu Vlad-Cristian | 2574 |
| 86 | GM | Golod Vitali | 2573 | 1 – 0 | Basencyan Mark | 2186 | |
| 87 | WFM | Gevorgyan Maria | 2180 | 0 – 1 | GM | Grigoryan Karen H. | 2572 |
| 88 | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | 2572 | 1 – 0 | Vatinyan Gor | 2176 | |
| 89 | Gasparian Tigran | 2165 | ½ – ½ | GM | Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | 2572 | |
| 90 | GM | Vaganian Rafael A | 2570 | 1 – 0 | Cerbulenco Liviu | 2160 | |
| 91 | Antinyan Armen | 2155 | 0 – 1 | GM | Goganov Aleksey | 2569 | |
| 92 | GM | Huzman Alexander | 2569 | 1 – 0 | IM | Mnatsakanian Eduard A | 2144 |
| 93 | Vardanian Hamazasp | 2138 | ½ – ½ | GM | Kuljasevic Davorin | 2567 | |
| 94 | GM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | 2563 | 1 – 0 | Tutisani Noe | 2137 | |
| 95 | Apresyan Zohrak | 2136 | ½ – ½ | GM | Esen Baris | 2563 | |
| 96 | GM | Palac Mladen | 2561 | 1 – 0 | Ghvamberia Nika | 2133 | |
| 97 | Bykova Anastasia | 2132 | 0 – 1 | GM | Gabrielian Artur | 2560 | |
| 98 | GM | Savchenko Boris | 2560 | ½ – ½ | Manukyan Sargis A. | 2123 | |
| 99 | Avetisyan Ashot | 2121 | 0 – 1 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | 2559 | |
| 100 | GM | Yilmaz Mustafa | 2557 | 1 – 0 | Hudyakov Sergey | 2107 | |
| 101 | Hakobyan Aram | 2103 | 1 – 0 | GM | Mastrovasilis Athanasios | 2554 | |
| 102 | GM | Halkias Stelios | 2551 | 1 – 0 | Imnadze Nato | 2100 | |
| 103 | Sargsyan Shushanna | 2093 | 0 – 1 | GM | Kovalev Vladislav | 2548 | |
| 104 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2546 | 1 – 0 | Erenberg Ariel | 2092 | |
| 105 | Bykov Egor | 2089 | ½ – ½ | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2544 | |
| 106 | IM | Stukopin Andrey | 2544 | 1 – 0 | Babayan Armine | 2085 | |
| 107 | Henseler Jorgen | 2075 | 0 – 1 | GM | Gabuzyan Hovhannes | 2537 | |
| 108 | IM | Prizant Jaroslav | 2534 | + – – | IM | Chubar Vladimir | 2072 |
| 109 | Barseghyan Harutyun | 2067 | 0 – 1 | GM | Kotanjian Tigran | 2531 | |
| 110 | GM | Paichadze Luka | 2529 | 1 – 0 | Kanjaryan Vladimir | 2067 | |
| 111 | Nersisyan Garnik | 2063 | ½ – ½ | GM | Oral Tomas | 2528 | |
| 112 | IM | Nigalidze Gaioz | 2527 | 1 – 0 | Gaboyan Susanna | 2043 | |
| 113 | CM | Sargsyan Shant | 2027 | ½ – ½ | GM | Oparin Grigoriy | 2526 |
| 114 | GM | Can Emre | 2524 | 1 – 0 | Sayadyan Edvard | 2010 | |
| 115 | Aleksanyan Hrant | 2003 | 0 – 1 | GM | Lie Kjetil A. | 2509 | |
| 116 | GM | Neverov Valeriy | 2508 | 1 – 0 | Kleinert Juergen | 2000 | |
| 117 | Karapetyan Lusine | 1985 | 0 – 1 | GM | Antipov Mikhail Al. | 2507 | |
| 118 | IM | Quparadze Giga | 2507 | ½ – ½ | Yayloyan Konstantin | 1963 | |
| 119 | Kuehn Matthias | 1957 | 0 – 1 | IM | Rozum Ivan | 2505 | |
| 120 | GM | Zoler Dan | 2504 | 1 – 0 | Danielyan Vahe | 1919 | |
| 121 | Mkrtchyan Sargis R. | 1909 | 0 – 1 | GM | Popilski Gil | 2503 | |
| 122 | FM | Aghasaryan Robert | 2503 | 1 – 0 | Porfireanu Serban | 1903 | |
| 123 | Hoghmrtsyan Artur | 1878 | 0 – 1 | GM | Stupak Kirill | 2498 | |
| 124 | GM | Babujian Levon | 2491 | 1 – 0 | Machkalyan Haik | 1874 | |
| 125 | Hakobyan Hovhannes H. | 1869 | 0 – 1 | IM | Raznikov Danny | 2490 | |
| 126 | GM | Minasian Artashes | 2482 | 1 – 0 | Davtyan Artur | 1843 | |
| 127 | Parvanyan Ashot | 1804 | 0 – 1 | IM | Jurcik Marian | 2481 | |
| 128 | IM | Firat Burak | 2480 | 1 – 0 | Simonyan Latush | 1799 | |
| 129 | Rusek Walter | 1794 | 0 – 1 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2476 |
