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Sunday, 05 May 2013

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In 2013 the European Chess Championship is hosted by Legnica, Poland from May 4 to 17. Strong GMs are coming there to qualify for the World Cup (23 open spots) and try to win a prestigious title. For amateurs it is a great opportunity to face famous opponents and experience the tournament of a lifetime. The playing system is a 11 round Swiss.

Russian players managed to win four European Chess Championships in a row (2009-2012). Will the tradition hold this year?

European champions taking part in the event:

Dmitry Jakovenko (2731), Russia, seeded #1, defending champion
Evgeny Tomashevsky (2719), Russia, #2, won ECC in 2009
Ian Nepomniatchi (2710), Russia, #4, 2010
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (2679), Romania, #21, 2005
Emil Sutovsky (2673), Israel, #23, 2001
Vladimir Potkin (2666), Russia, #26, 2011
Vladislav Tkachiev (2632), France, #55, 2007
Zdenko Kozul (2624), Croatia, #58, 2006
Bartolomiej Macieja (2600), Poland, #80, 2002

143 players have the GM title, 5 - WGM.

The highest-rated female players taking part in ECC-2013 are: Mariya Muzychuk (2483), Elina Danielian (2478), Irina Bulmaga (2393).

Top-20 by rating:

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	JAKOVENKO Dmitry	RUS	2731
2	GM	TOMASHEVSKY Evgeny	RUS	2719
3	GM	VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime	FRA	2718
4	GM	NEPOMNIACHTCHI Ian	RUS	2710
5	GM	ARESHCHENKO Alexander	UKR	2709
6	GM	AKOPIAN Vladimir	ARM	2705
7	GM	KOROBOV Anton	UKR	2705
8	GM	ELJANOV Pavel	UKR	2702
9	GM	JOBAVA Baadur	GEO	2702
10	GM	WOJTASZEK Radoslaw	POL	2701
11	GM	ALEKSEEV Evgeny	RUS	2700
12	GM	CHEPARINOV Ivan	BUL	2700
13	GM	MOISEENKO Alexander	UKR	2698
14	GM	NAVARA David	CZE	2697
15	GM	ALMASI Zoltan	HUN	2695
16	GM	VALLEJO PONS Francisco	ESP	2695
17	GM	MOVSESIAN Sergei	ARM	2693
18	GM	BERKES Ferenc	HUN	2688
19	GM	GRACHEV Boris	RUS	2687
20	GM	LAZNICKA Viktor	CZE	2679

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