Participants and details
The European Individual Chess Championship for men will take place in Budva, 4-19 March 2009. It will be an 11 rounds swiss tournament with 245 titled players of which 143 GMs and 78 IMs. The total number of participants is 316, which makes it the third biggest event, after Dresden (403), and Plovdiv (326).
Top seeded at the 2009 EICC will be Topalov's second GM Francisco Vallejo Pons, who is here with GM Ivan Cheparinov and Erwin L'Ami. Ine of Kamsky's seconds, GM Volokitin will be in Budva as well. The other 2700 club participant, besides Vallejo, will be GM Akopian, however, GM Naiditsch, GM Malakhov, GM Vitiugov, GM Bologan, and GM Nisipeanu will be striving to pass the mark at this championship.
The top junior of the EICC competition is GM Fabiano Caruana, followed by GM Nepomniachtchi, and GM Ivan Saric.
Surprisingly, several countries will not be represented at the championship, including Norway, Albania, Belgium, Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, and Monaco.
There will be very few women players, as this years Women Individual Chess Championship takes place in Sankt Petersburg.
Games
Games from both championships will be available at Chessdom after each round
Previous EICC champions
2000 Saint-Vincent, Italy Pavel Tregubov (RUS) 2001 Ohrid, Macedonia Emil Sutovsky (ISR) 2002 Batumi, Georgia Bartlomiej Macieja (POL) 2003 Istanbul, Turkey Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO) 2004 Antalya, Turkey Vasyl Ivanchuk (UKR) 2005 Zegrze, Poland Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROM) 2006 Kusadasi, Turkey Zdenko Kozul (CRO) 2007 Dresden, Germany Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA) 2008 Plovdiv, Bulgaria Sergei Tiviakov (NED)
Participants
1 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2702 2 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2700 3 GM Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2693 4 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2692 5 GM Dreev Alexey RUS 2688 6 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2687 7 GM Bologan Viktor MDA 2687 8 GM Tiviakov Sergei NED 2685 9 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2679 10 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2676 11 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter ROU 2675 12 GM Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2673 13 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2671 14 GM Timofeev Artyom RUS 2671 15 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2669 16 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2666 17 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2664 18 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2661 19 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2657 20 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2656 21 GM Grachev Boris RUS 2655 22 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2654 23 GM Postny Evgeny ISR 2652 24 GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2651 25 GM Predojevic Borki BIH 2650 26 GM Fridman Daniel GER 2650 27 GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2650 28 GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2647 29 GM Beliavsky Alexander G SLO 2646 30 GM Caruana Fabiano ITA 2646 31 GM Khenkin Igor GER 2644 32 GM Nyback Tomi FIN 2644 33 GM Lastin Alexander RUS 2643 34 GM Navara David CZE 2638 35 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2638 36 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2636 37 GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2634 38 GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2634 39 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2634 40 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A UKR 2633 41 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2628 42 GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2628 43 GM Belov Vladimir RUS 2627 44 GM Van Wely Loek NED 2625 45 GM Nikolic Predrag BIH 2623 46 GM Petrosian Tigran L ARM 2623 47 GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2622 48 GM Pashikian Arman ARM 2621 49 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2620 50 GM Fedorov Alexei BLR 2619 51 GM Sakaev Konstantin RUS 2619 52 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2619 53 GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2613 54 GM Papaioannou Ioannis GRE 2609 55 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2608 56 GM Meier Georg GER 2608 57 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2608 58 GM Mikhalevski Victor ISR 2608 59 GM Macieja Bartlomiej POL 2607 60 GM Berg Emanuel SWE 2606 61 GM Parligras Mircea ROU 2605 62 GM L'ami Erwin NED 2603 63 GM Kotronias Vasilios GRE 2603 64 GM Huzman Alexander ISR 2602 65 GM Kurnosov Igor RUS 2602 66 GM Azarov Sergei BLR 2599 67 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2594 68 GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 2594 69 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2593 70 GM Stevic Hrvoje CRO 2592 71 GM Sedlak Nikola SRB 2592 72 GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2587 73 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2587 74 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger SWE 2586 75 GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2585 76 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2584 77 GM Erdos Viktor HUN 2583 78 GM Banikas Hristos GRE 2582 79 GM Timman Jan H NED 2582 80 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GRE 2580 81 GM Smirnov Pavel RUS 2579 82 GM Bosiocic Marin CRO 2578 83 GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2578 84 GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2578 85 GM Yemelin Vasily RUS 2578 86 GM Vuckovic Bojan SRB 2576 87 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2576 88 GM Khairullin Ildar RUS 2574 89 GM Zhigalko Andrey BLR 2572 90 GM Jankovic Alojzije CRO 2571 91 GM Andersson Ulf SWE 2571 92 GM Pikula Dejan SRB 2570 93 GM Perunovic Milos SRB 2568 94 GM Kotanjian Tigran ARM 2568 95 IM Chadaev Nikolai RUS 2568 96 GM Shomoev Anton RUS 2567 97 GM Deviatkin Andrei RUS 2566 98 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2566 99 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2565 100 GM Iljushin Alexei RUS 2564 101 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2564 102 GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2564 103 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2562 104 GM Popov Valerij RUS 2561 105 GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2560 106 GM Nijboer Friso NED 2559 107 GM Ruck Robert HUN 2558 108 GM Jovanovic Zoran CRO 2558 109 GM Minasian Artashes ARM 2557 110 GM Maletin Pavel RUS 2557 111 GM Milanovic Danilo SRB 2552 112 GM Brkic Ante CRO 2550 113 GM Lenic Luka SLO 2547 114 GM Kunin Vitaly GER 2546 115 GM Evdokimov Alexander A RUS 2545 116 GM Kovacevic Aleksandar SRB 2543 117 GM Cvitan Ognjen CRO 2542 118 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2541 119 GM Maslak Konstantin RUS 2541 120 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel ESP 2540 121 GM Ragger Markus AUT 2540 122 GM Godena Michele ITA 2537 123 GM Drasko Milan MNE 2533 124 GM Hera Imre Jr HUN 2527 125 GM Jovanic Ognjen CRO 2527 126 GM Savic Miodrag R SRB 2525 127 GM Novikov Stanislav RUS 2523 128 GM Sanikidze Tornike GEO 2522 129 GM Saric Ante CRO 2514 130 GM Berczes David HUN 2513 131 GM Wells Peter K ENG 2513 132 IM Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos ESP 2513 133 IM Prohaszka Peter HUN 2512 134 GM Dobrov Vladimir RUS 2510 135 GM Cebalo Miso CRO 2509 136 IM Szabo Krisztian HUN 2508 137 IM Nanu Ciprian-Costica ROU 2506 138 IM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula ROU 2506 139 IM Nyzhnyk Illya UKR 2503 140 GM Lajthajm Borko SRB 2502 141 IM Banusz Tamas HUN 2501 142 GM Djukic Nikola MNE 2500 143 GM Antic Dejan SRB 2495 144 IM Ekstroem Roland SUI 2495 145 GM Stanojoski Zvonko MKD 2493 146 IM Simacek Pavel CZE 2493 147 IM Spoelman Wouter NED 2493 148 IM Larino Nieto David ESP 2489 149 IM Skoberne Jure SLO 2489 150 IM Vavrak Peter SVK 2489 151 IM Anisimov Pavel RUS 2488 152 GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2485 153 GM Badea Bela ROU 2485 154 IM Chirila Ioan-Cristian ROU 2485 155 IM Levin Evgeny A RUS 2484 156 IM Lintchevski Daniil RUS 2481 157 GM Gallagher Joseph G SUI 2480 158 IM Nikolov Momchil BUL 2478 159 IM Doric Darko CRO 2477 160 IM Arsovic Zoran SRB 2475 161 IM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2472 162 GM Todorovic Goran M SRB 2471 163 IM Can Emre TUR 2471 164 IM Sofronie Iulian ROU 2471 165 IM Stojanovic Dalibor BIH 2469 166 IM Pap Misa SRB 2469 167 IM Kalezic Blazo MNE 2460 168 IM Bruno Fabio ITA 2460 169 IM Bykhovsky Anatoly ISR 2459 170 IM Erdogdu Mert TUR 2459 171 IM Dembo Yelena GRE 2456 172 GM Papadopoulos Ioannis K GRE 2455 173 GM Pogorelov Ruslan UKR 2451 174 IM Haznedaroglu Kivanc TUR 2451 175 IM Smirnov Artem RUS 2450 176 IM D`Costa Lorin A R ENG 2445 177 IM Chibukhchian Artur ARM 2444 178 IM Kapnisis Spyridon GRE 2440 179 IM Durarbeyli Vasif AZE 2439 180 IM Devereaux Maxim L ENG 2437 181 Valeanu Eduard-Andrei ROU 2432 182 IM Schroll Gerhard AUT 2430 183 IM Matsenko Sergei RUS 2429 184 IM Savanovic Aleksandar BIH 2428 185 IM Martinovic Sasa CRO 2427 186 IM Arsovic Goran SRB 2426 187 IM Klenburg Mikhail UKR 2426 188 IM Maksimovic Branimir SRB 2423 189 IM Lubczynski Rafal POL 2423 190 GM Fernandes Antonio POR 2422 191 IM Jakovljevic Vlado BIH 2420 192 IM Rukavina Josip CRO 2417 193 IM Solomunovic Igor GER 2416 194 IM Nestorovic Nikola SRB 2415 195 IM Kurmann Oliver SUI 2415 196 IM Vedmediuc Serghei MDA 2414 197 IM Zueger Beat SUI 2408 198 Panic Nenad SRB 2408 199 IM Cvetkovic Srdjan SRB 2407 200 IM Talla Vladimir CZE 2407 201 IM Ferguson Mark ENG 2404 202 IM Golubovic Boris CRO 2403 203 IM Kojovic Dragan SRB 2403 204 FM Yilmaz Mustafa TUR 2399 205 IM Certic Branimir SRB 2398 206 Abasov Nijat Azad Oglu AZE 2397 207 Nikac Predrag MNE 2395 208 FM Kreisl Robert AUT 2394 209 IM Pilaj Herwig AUT 2393 210 IM Atakisi Umut TUR 2393 211 FM Pankov German RUS 2392 212 FM Berbatov Kiprian BUL 2392 213 IM Lekic Dusan MNE 2391 214 FM Rasulov Vugar AZE 2391 215 IM Todorovic Goran N SRB 2389 216 IM Marinkovic Slavisa SRB 2388 217 FM Tomic Bosko BIH 2384 218 IM Georgiadis Ioannis GRE 2383 219 Schmidt Raul ROU 2382 220 IM Reutsky Sergei RUS 2381 221 IM Chudinovskikh Alexander M RUS 2379 222 IM Lamoureux Charles FRA 2374 223 IM Onoprienko Vladimir RUS 2372 224 IM Erturan Yakup TUR 2372 225 IM Masic Predrag SRB 2371 226 Sidorenko Ilya ISR 2370 227 IM Kontic Djordjije MNE 2368 228 IM Ogloblin Nikolay RUS 2362 229 FM Leniart Arkadiusz POL 2360 230 FM Zolotukhin Valery RUS 2358 231 IM Krumpacnik Domen SLO 2356 232 FM Van Eijk Sander NED 2355 233 FM Porat Ido ISR 2354 234 FM Plenkovic Zdenko CRO 2354 235 Serov Maksim RUS 2352 236 IM Berend Fred LUX 2351 237 Anton Teodor ROU 2350 238 IM Pesotsky Vitaly UKR 2342 239 Aleskerov Faik AZE 2340 240 Bonte Andrei-Mihai ROU 2335 241 WIM Vojinovic Jovana MNE 2331 242 FM Vulevic Vjekoslav SUI 2325 243 FM Vujic Mihailo SRB 2321 244 FM Sekulic Dusan SRB 2316 245 Mrsevic Miroslav MNE 2315 246 Simeonidis Ioannis GRE 2303 247 Mijovic Stefan MNE 2300 248 IM Misailovic Nebojsa SRB 2293 249 Tassopoulos Marios GRE 2293 250 Djurovic Goran CRO 2279 251 Pavlidis Antonios GRE 2278 252 Sorgic Dragan SRB 2277 253 FM Brajovic Radovan MNE 2275 254 Andrejic Vladica SRB 2275 255 FM Petakov Uros SRB 2269 256 Veleski Robert MKD 2269 257 Wieczorek Oskar POL 2265 258 WIM Franciskovic Borka CRO 2261 259 FM Vucinic Pero MNE 2257 260 FM Spiric Igor SRB 2254 261 Chapman Terry P D ENG 2251 262 Plenca Julijan CRO 2248 263 WIM Drljevic Ljilja MNE 2244 264 Ketzetzis Georgios GRE 2243 265 IM Medancic Rikard CRO 2242 266 Ajvazi Ramadan EUR 2240 267 Susak Zeljko CRO 2229 268 Maevsky Nikolay RUS 2223 269 Pejovic Jovan MNE 2214 270 Anicic Vuko MNE 2212 271 Mikavica Mirko SRB 2211 272 Nestorovic Lazar SRB 2207 273 Civric Zdravko SRB 2206 274 WIM Solic Kristina CRO 2203 275 Schartz Alain LUX 2202 276 Pantic Ivica SRB 2193 277 Elkin Leonid BLR 2191 278 FM Valenti Giuseppe ITA 2183 279 Bajkovic Nikola MNE 2180 280 Rajcevic Stevan SRB 2161 281 Jakic Vidan MNE 2154 282 Ceranic Miodrag MNE 2147 283 Papp Petra HUN 2134 284 Becic Said NED 2131 285 Zdravkovic Dragan S SRB 2130 286 Durutovic Dragutin MNE 2123 287 Filipovic Miroslav CRO 2121 288 Todorovic Ranko MNE 2116 289 Bozinovic Boban AUT 2094 290 Rakocevic Zeljko MNE 2086 291 Scekic Veljko MNE 2084 292 WFM Berke Ana CRO 2081 293 Gazvoda Franc SLO 2065 294 Simic Vladica SRB 2064 295 Dinter Brian CRO 2055 296 Vukovic Krsto MNE 2055 297 Petovic Luka MNE 2052 298 Kruljac Petra CRO 2052 299 Mikavica Dragoljub SUI 2034 300 Karisik Nenad MNE 2023 301 Malureanu Costin-George ROU 2013 302 Draskovic Luka MNE 1983 303 Kadric Denis BIH 1981 304 Vrhovnik Damir CRO 1976 305 Ljubisa Mitar MNE 1976 306 Stamatovic Vladimir MNE 1974 307 Dedic Slavko MNE 1969 308 Pecurica Milos MNE 1934 309 Kanceljak Dalia CRO 1917 310 Kopischke Maik GER 1910 311 Gagic Miroljub SRB 1880 312 Cenic Dusan MNE 0 313 Bubanja Masan MNE 0 314 Mitrovic Stevan MNE 0 315 Trkulja Vojislav MNE 0 316 Jovicic Zoran MNE 0
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