Jakovenko Wins European Championship
FLASH REPORT
Dmitry Jakovenko (pictured) defeated leader Laurent Fressinet in the last round of the 2012 European Individual Chess Championships to take the title and €14,000 with a score of 8½/11.
Despite his last round loss, Laurent Fressinet finished in second place on 8/11, with superior tie-breaks to a dozen other players on that score.
Top seed Fabiano Caruana lost his last round game to finish well back in 38th place on 7/11. Anish Giri was a further half point behind on 6½/11 in 91st place!
The top standings (full standings here):
| Name | Nat | Elo | Pts | TB | |
| 1 | Jakovenko Dmitry | RUS | 2729 | 8.5 | 2832 |
| 2 | Fressinet Laurent | FRA | 2693 | 8.0 | 2800 |
| 3 | Malakhov Vladimir | RUS | 2705 | 8.0 | 2787 |
| 4 | Andreikin Dmitry | RUS | 2689 | 8.0 | 2786 |
| 5 | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2695 | 8.0 | 2784 |
| 6 | Matlakov Maxim | RUS | 2632 | 8.0 | 2778 |
| 7 | Bologan Viktor | MDA | 2687 | 8.0 | 2768 |
| 8 | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2693 | 8.0 | 2765 |
| 9 | Kryvoruchko Yuriy | UKR | 2666 | 8.0 | 2761 |
| 10 | Azarov Sergei | BLR | 2667 | 8.0 | 2759 |
| 11 | Najer Evgeniy | RUS | 2640 | 8.0 | 2756 |
| 12 | Akopian Vladimir | ARM | 2684 | 8.0 | 2754 |
| 13 | Volokitin Andrei | UKR | 2695 | 8.0 | 2745 |
| 14 | Smeets Jan | NED | 2610 | 8.0 | 2685 |
| 15 | Jones Gawain C B | ENG | 2635 | 7.5 | 2760 |
| 16 | Vitiugov Nikita | RUS | 2709 | 7.5 | 2751 |
| 17 | Bacrot Etienne | FRA | 2706 | 7.5 | 2748 |
| 18 | Dreev Aleksey | RUS | 2698 | 7.5 | 2736 |
| 19 | Khismatullin Denis | RUS | 2656 | 7.5 | 2734 |
| 20 | Kobalia Mikhail | RUS | 2666 | 7.5 | 2734 |
| 21 | Durarbeyli Vasif | AZE | 2543 | 7.5 | 2729 |
| 22 | Riazantsev Alexander | RUS | 2710 | 7.5 | 2728 |
| 23 | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2706 | 7.5 | 2725 |
| 24 | Berkes Ferenc | HUN | 2682 | 7.5 | 2716 |
| 25 | Ragger Markus | AUT | 2654 | 7.5 | 2714 |
| 26 | Balogh Csaba | HUN | 2664 | 7.5 | 2714 |
| 27 | Fridman Daniel | GER | 2653 | 7.5 | 2709 |
| 28 | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2643 | 7.5 | 2706 |
| 29 | Sokolov Ivan | NED | 2653 | 7.5 | 2705 |
| 30 | Georgiev Kiril | BUL | 2671 | 7.5 | 2703 |
