Vladislav Artemiev wins European Hybrid Swiss Tiebreaks

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European Hybrid Swiss tiebreak took place yesterday as a 9 rounds Swiss tournament, deciding the distribution of 32.000 EUR prize pool.

36 qualifiers for the FIDE World Cup 2021 participated the Finals. After 9 played rounds, two players tied for the top scoring 6.5 points each: Vladislav Artemiev (RUS, 2709) and Aleksandar Indjic (SRB, 2607).

Additional tiebreak criteria decided that European Chess Champion 2019 – Vladislav Artemiev – takes the 1st prize, while Indjic came second.

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Pavel Ponkratov (RUS, 2624) earned the third prize as he had better additional criteria than Haik Martirosyan (ARM, 2637). Both players scored 6 points to tie for the third place.

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Final standings:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Artemiev Vladislav	RUS	2709	6.5
2	GM	Indjic Aleksandar	SRB	2607	6.5
3	GM	Ponkratov Pavel	RUS	2624	6
4	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	ARM	2637	6
5	GM	Esipenko Andrey	RUS	2701	5.5
6	GM	Matlakov Maxim	RUS	2688	5.5
7	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	RUS	2687	5.5
8	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	RUS	2706	5.5
9	GM	Kozak Adam	HUN	2518	5.5
10	GM	Jobava Baadur	GEO	2603	5
11	GM	Alekseev Evgeny	RUS	2617	5
12	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2627	5
13	GM	Nguyen Thai Dai Van	CZE	2577	5
14	GM	Sargsyan Shant	ARM	2618	5
15	GM	Oparin Grigoriy	RUS	2652	5
16	GM	Predke Alexandr	RUS	2690	5
17	GM	Motylev Alexander	RUS	2641	5
18	GM	Brkic Ante	CRO	2592	5
19	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	RUS	2663	4.5
20	GM	Ivanisevic Ivan	SRB	2606	4.5
21	GM	Svane Rasmus	GER	2615	4.5
22	GM	Zvjaginsev Vadim	RUS	2614	4.5
	GM	Savchenko Boris	RUS	2538	4.5
24	GM	Gabuzyan Hovhannes	ARM	2590	4
25	GM	Yilmaz Mustafa	TUR	2630	3.5
26	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	ROU	2656	3.5
27	IM	Teclaf Pawel	POL	2502	3.5
28	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	BUL	2667	3.5
29	GM	Krasenkow Michal	POL	2597	3.5
30	GM	Can Emre	TUR	2569	3.5
31	GM	Anton Guijarro David	ESP	2673	3.5
32	GM	Martinovic Sasa	CRO	2548	3.5
33	GM	Laznicka Viktor	CZE	2647	2.5
34	GM	Afanasiev Nikita	RUS	2522	2.5
35	GM	Braun Arik	GER	2609	2.5
36	GM	Paichadze Luka	GEO	2565	2.5

In accordance with the ECU Board decision made in February, ECU announced names of 10 additional qualifiers for the FIDE World Cup 2021.

In accordance with the ECU Board's decision in February, in addition to the 36 qualifiers from European Qualification Tournament, 10 ECU places have been awarded to the highest ranked European players who have no direct qualifying place under @FIDE_chess World Cup regulations. pic.twitter.com/LcAnT0sXwS

— European Chess Union (@ECUonline) May 31, 2021

During the final day of the Hybrid Qualification Tournament, ECU Live studio with WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili and GM Marcin Tazbir hosted special guests.

Reelected President of the Icelandic Chess Federation and ECU Deputy President Mr. Gunnar Bjornsson joined the studio and spoke about the details and preparations for the upcoming European Chess Championship 2021 in Reykjavik. The invitation will be published this week.

Shortly after, FIDE General Director Mr. Emil Sutovsky joined the live studio of the European Hybrid Qualification ChessTournament giving valuable information for the World Cup qualifiers.

European Qualification Tournament is over and European Chess Union is thankful to the Arbiters team led by Takis Nikolopoulos.

“Besides the central Panel Arbiters and ECU Arbiter Council , who actively participated in the preparations, a total of 82 Arbiters achieved a special condition event with 0 Appeals and no cheating case to be reported. We would like to sincerely thank the Arbiters team, Tornelo Team, the Broadcasting team and ECU officers and National Chess Federations who supported daily the competition.
A total team of 100 persons made the European Hybrid Qualification Tournament possible.”

European Hybrid Qualification Tournament details:

European Hybrid Qualification Chess Tournament 2021 – information and participants / European Hybrid Qualification Chess Tournament 2021 – pairings / European Hybrid Qualification Chess Tournament – Photo gallery of the venues / 36 European players qualified for FIDE World Chess Cup 2021 / Fair play at its best #TweetOftheDay / European Hybrid Qualification Tournament with Over-the-Board games /