European Individual 2018

[LawrenceCooper]

Early start today, 08:15 our time.

[LawrenceCooper]

Korobov-Jones an early draw after a repetition in the opening.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

McShane-Matlakov drawn by repetition after 27 moves. The other two top board games are going the distance, with the White players clearly trying to win the tournament and take the title.

[Mick Norris]

Safarli beats Ivanchuk to reach 8 points too

[LawrenceCooper]

Safarli beats Ivanchuk to reach 8 points too

[Roger de Coverly]

The other two top board games are going the distance, with the White players clearly trying to win the tournament and take the title.

Savic looks to be winning against Navara with the other game a likely draw. Savic has R+B v R but both players have a passed pawn remaining.

[Mick Norris]

Top board drawn so looks like Saric will take the title

[Chris Goddard]

That's a very decent pay day for Gawain and Luke.

Both gaining lots of rating points too with respective rating performances of 2787 and 2768.

[Mick Norris]

Final Ranking after 11 Rounds
Rk. SNo Name Typ sex Gr FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rp K rtg+/-
1 26 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2657 8,5 0,0 67,0 72,5 2796 10 19,6
2 2 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw ACP POL 2738 8,0 0,0 72,0 77,0 2776 10 5,7
3 29 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2652 8,0 0,0 69,5 74,0 2795 10 20,4
4 30 GM Jones Gawain C B ACP ENG 2651 8,0 0,0 69,0 74,0 2787 10 19,4
5 7 GM Matlakov Maxim ACP RUS 2707 8,0 0,0 67,0 72,0 2737 10 4,5
6 34 GM McShane Luke J ACP ENG 2647 8,0 0,0 67,0 71,5 2768 10 17,2
7 21 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2664 8,0 0,0 66,5 71,0 2766 10 14,4
8 40 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2639 8,0 0,0 63,5 69,0 2742 10 14,4
9 11 GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2690 7,5 0,0 73,5 78,5 2736 10 7,4
10= 16 GM Najer Evgeniy ACP RUS 2683 7,5 0,0 70,5 75,0 2729 10 7,2
10= 18 GM Demchenko Anton RUS 2672 7,5 0,0 70,5 75,0 2714 10 6,5
12 35 GM Grandelius Nils ACP SWE 2646 7,5 0,0 69,0 74,5 2685 10 6,1
13 123 GM Yuffa Daniil RUS 2521 7,5 0,0 69,0 71,5 2721 10 31,6
14 3 GM Navara David ACP CZE 2737 7,5 0,0 68,5 73,5 2715 10 -1,2
15 15 GM Inarkiev Ernesto ACP RUS 2684 7,5 0,0 68,0 74,0 2719 10 5,5
16 69 GM Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2601 7,5 0,0 68,0 73,0 2759 10 24,1
17 10 GM Cheparinov Ivan FID 2693 7,5 0,0 68,0 72,5 2707 10 2,5
18 51 GM Bok Benjamin NED 2622 7,5 0,0 67,0 71,5 2736 10 17,5
19 146 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel ESP 2488 7,5 0,0 67,0 70,5 2678 10 34,2
20 64 GM Abasov Nijat AZE 2608 7,5 0,0 66,5 71,0 2700 10 14,2
21 86 GM Pashikian Arman ARM 2585 7,5 0,0 66,5 71,0 2730 10 22,6
22 92 GM Sarana Alexey U18 RUS 2577 7,5 0,0 66,0 70,5 2717 10 22,3
23= 33 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2647 7,5 0,0 65,5 70,5 2683 10 5,7
23= 39 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ACP ROU 2642 7,5 0,0 65,5 70,5 2635 10 -0,2

Very good result from Gawain & Luke, who are among the 23 qualifiers for the world cup

It would appear from wiki that Anton Guijarro has qualified for the 2019 world cup, but Parligras has not