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European Individual Chess Championships 2011

European Individual Chess Championships 2011

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12th Euro Indiv Champs logo.jpgThe 12th European Individual Chess Championships run from 21 March - 3 April in Aix-les-Bains, France.

The competition format is an 11-round Swiss event, with over 400 players taking part including top seed Peter Svidler, reigning champion Ian Nepomniachtchi, and the world's #1 woman player Judit Polgar.

The prize fund is a very respectable €120,000, with the lucky winner pocketing €20,000. The top 23 finishers will also qualify to take part in the 2011 Chess World Cup.

The action starts each day at 3pm local time, with the first round on Tuesday 22 March. 29 March is a rest day, and the final round is on 2 April.

Live games and results will be available at the official website.

The top 100 entrants:


Name  Nat Elo 
1 Svidler, Peter  RUS  2730
2 Nepomniachtchi, Ian  RUS  2729
3 Navara, David  CZE  2722
4 Vitiugov, Nikita  RUS  2720
5 Jakovenko, Dmitry  RUS  2718
6 Caruana, Fabiano  ITA  2716
7 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw  POL  2711
8 Vallejo Pons, Francisco  ESP  2707
9 Jobava, Baadur  GEO  2707
10 Dreev, Aleksey  RUS  2697
11 Fressinet, Laurent  FRA  2693
12 Sutovsky, Emil  ISR  2692
13 Laznicka, Viktor  CZE  2688
14 Polgar, Judit  HUN  2686
15 Naiditsch, Arkadij  GER  2684
16 McShane, Luke J  ENG  2683
17 Zhigalko, Sergei  BLR  2680
18 Riazantsev, Alexander  RUS  2679
19 Rublevsky, Sergei  RUS  2678
20 Volokitin, Andrei  UKR  2677
21 Motylev, Alexander  RUS  2677
22 Sargissian, Gabriel  ARM  2676
23 Grachev, Boris  RUS  2675
24 Akopian, Vladimir  ARM  2675
25 Inarkiev, Ernesto  RUS  2674
26 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  ROU  2673
27 Moiseenko, Alexander  UKR  2673
28 Kobalia, Mikhail  RUS  2672
29 Bologan, Viktor  MDA  2671
30 Nielsen, Peter Heine  DEN  2670
31 Mamedov, Rauf  AZE  2667
32 Georgiev, Kiril  BUL  2666
33 Cheparinov, Ivan  BUL  2664
34 Zvjaginsev, Vadim  RUS  2663
35 Khismatullin, Denis  RUS  2662
36 Fedorchuk, Sergey A.  UKR  2662
37 Fridman, Daniel  GER  2661
38 Smeets, Jan  NED  2660
39 Smirin, Ilia  ISR  2658
40 Feller, Sebastien  FRA  2657
41 Nyback, Tomi  FIN  2656
42 Potkin, Vladimir  RUS  2653
43 Kurnosov, Igor  RUS  2653
44 Gharamian, Tigran  FRA  2650
45 Korobov, Anton  UKR  2647
46 Gustafsson, Jan  GER  2647
47 Tkachiev, Vladislav  FRA  2646
48 Andriasian, Zaven  ARM  2645
49 Sokolov, Ivan  NED  2643
50 Sjugirov, Sanan  RUS  2643
51 Pashikian, Arman  ARM  2642
52 Bartel, Mateusz  POL  2638
53 Aleksandrov, Aleksej  BLR  2638
54 Khalifman, Alexander  RUS  2637
55 Khairullin, Ildar  RUS  2634
56 Hracek, Zbynek  CZE  2631
57 Salgado Lopez, Ivan  ESP  2630
58 Safarli, Eltaj  AZE  2628
59 Vuckovic, Bojan  SRB  2626
60 Saric, Ivan  CRO  2626
61 Lupulescu, Constantin  ROU  2626
62 Iordachescu, Viorel  MDA  2626
63 Matlakov, Maxim  RUS  2625
64 Romanov, Evgeny  RUS  2624
65 Lenic, Luka  SLO  2623
66 L'Ami, Erwin  NED  2623
67 Volkov, Sergey  RUS  2621
68 Macieja, Bartlomiej  POL  2619
69 Beliavsky, Alexander G  SLO  2619
70 Ivanisevic, Ivan  SRB  2617
71 Savchenko, Boris  RUS  2616
72 Azarov, Sergei  BLR  2615
73 Ragger, Markus  AUT  2614
74 Popov, Ivan  RUS  2613
75 Stevic, Hrvoje  CRO  2611
76 Sumets, Andrey  UKR  2610
77 Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V.  RUS  2608
78 Grigoryan, Avetik  ARM  2608
79 Hammer, Jon Ludvig  NOR  2606
80 Papaioannou, Ioannis  GRE  2605
81 Chatalbashev, Boris  BUL  2602
82 Reinderman, Dimitri  NED  2601
83 Kulaots, Kaido  EST  2601
84 Balogh, Csaba  HUN  2601
85 Edouard, Romain  FRA  2600
86 Tregubov, Pavel V.  RUS  2598
87 Parligras, Mircea-Emilian  ROU  2598
88 Kovacevic, Aleksandar  SRB  2598
89 Nikolic, Predrag  BIH  2596
90 Pantsulaia, Levan  GEO  2595
91 Pelletier, Yannick  SUI  2593
92 Melkumyan, Hrant  ARM  2593
93 Brkic, Ante  CRO  2592
94 Buhmann, Rainer  GER  2590
95 Solak, Dragan  SRB  2588
96 Palac, Mladen  CRO  2586
97 Postny, Evgeny  ISR  2585
98 Mikhalevski, Victor  ISR  2584
99 Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios  GRE  2584
100 Guseinov, Gadir  AZE  2584
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