2018 European championships international draughts explained

The 2018 European championships of international draughts were held from 16 to 22 December in Moscow, Russia, over 9 rounds Swiss-system tournament. There were 55 participants from 14 countries, including 17 grandmasters, 9 international masters and 15 masters of the FMJD.^[1] Competitions was at classic format and at superblitz. 6 sportsmen qualified for WC 2019.

The winner was 18-years-old Michael Semyaniuk from Belarus, silver was for Alexander Georgiev from the Russia, third was Martijn van IJzendoorn from the Netherlands.

Classic tournament

Rules and regulations

Participants played Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds. To define the places with equal points used of Solkoff truncated coefficient. Time control was 1 hour 20 minutes plus a minute per move.

Final standings

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	Points	TSolk
1			MI	2148	13	90
2			GMI	2418	13	84
3			GMI	2397	12	89
4			GMI	2319	12	87
5			MI	2299	11	89 81(-1)
6			MI	2271	11	89 79(-1)
7			GMI	2374	11	88
8			GMI	2406	11	83
9			MI	2342	11	81 73(-1)
10			GMI	2412	11	81 72(-1)
11			MI	2376	11	80
12				2262	11	79
13			MI	B 2356	10	89
14			GMI	2379	10	84
15			GMI	2350	10	82 75(-1)
16			GMI	2355	10	82 73(-1)
16			GMI	2278	10	82
18			GMI	2304	10	80
19			GMI	2332	10	77 69(-1) 61(-2) 53(-3)
20			MI	2307	10	77 69(-1) 61(-2) 52(-3)
21			GMI	2273	10	76
22			MF	2218	10	72 65(-1)
23	Anatolyi Protodyakonov		MF	2137	10	72 64(-1)
24			GMI	2307	10	71
25			MI	2332	10	70
26			GMI	2316	9	80
27			GMI	2339	9	79 71(-1) 62(-2) 53(-3)
28	Sergei Kalinov		MF	B 2281	9	79 71(-1) 62(-2) 52(-3)
29	Alexander Verkhovykh		MI	2236	9	79 70(-1)
30	Alessio Scaggiante		MF	2174	9	78
31	Vasily Kytchkin		MF	2249	9	75 67(-1) 59(-2) 40(-3) 32(-4)
32	Kirill Chulkov		MF	2214	9	75 67(-1) 59(-2) 40(-3) 31(-4)
33	Koos van Amerongen		MF	2181	9	74
34			MF	2144	9	69
35	Aleksandr Surkov		MF	2153	9	68
36			MF	2078	9	67
37	Daniil Ilin		CMF	2120	8	81
38	Daniele Macali		MF	2156	8	77
39	Valery Kudriavcev		MF	2211	8	75 67(-1) 59(-2)
40	Piotr Paluch		MF	2080	8	75 67(-1) 58(-2)
41	Aleksei Bolshakov			B 1957	8	73
42	Oleksandr Zhygalin			2033	8	72
43			MI	2280	8	70 63(-1)
44	Tamerlan Akhmerov		CMF	2082	8	70 62(-1)
45	Patrick Casaril		MF	2135	8	67
46	Vaclav Marek			1941	8	65
47	Anatoli Tatarenko		MF	2179	7	74
48	Dmitry Valikov			B 1977	7	70
49	Vasiliy Markin			1923	7	68
50	Arslan Akhmetzyanov			B 1999	7	62
51	Anton Kucherenko		CMF	1953	7	59
52	Viacheslav Vasiliev			0	7	57
53	Jaroslav Novotny			1927	6	62
54	Denis Karataev			1928	6	61
55	Tikhon Matiashov			0	3	59

GMI — international grandmaster

MI — international master

MF — master FMJD

CMF — candidat master FMJD

Superblitz tournament

Rules and regulations

Participants played Swiss-system tournament with 7 rounds. To define the places with equal points used of Solkoff truncated coefficient. Time control was 5 minutes plus 2 seconds per move. There were 46 participants from 7 countries, including 8 grandmasters, 5 international masters and 12 masters of the FMJD.^[2]

Final standings

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	Points	TSolk
1			GMI	2370	14	58
2			GMI	2436	12	58
3			GMI	2381	10	62
4			MF	2269	10	58
5			MI	2277	10	58
6			GMI	2290	10	56
7			GMI	2394	10	56
8			GMI	2464	10	54
9				2345	10	54
10	Koos van Amerongen		MF	2211	10	48
11	Alessio Scaggiante		MF	2195	10	42
12	Vasily Kytchkin		MF	2295	8	54
13	Daniil Ilin		CMF	2202	8	54
14			MI	2363	8	52
15	Anatolyi Protodyakonov		MF	2202	8	52
16			MI	2143	8	50
17			MI	2299	8	48
18	Vladzislauр Splendzer		MF	2146	8	48
19			MI	2160	8	48
20			MI	2296	8	46
21	Sergei Kalinov		MF	2315	8	46
22	Aleksei Bolshakov			B 2035	8	42
23	Daniele Macali		MF	2124	6	54
24	Savva Zaika		CMF	2120	6	50
25			GMI	2249	6	46
26	Aleksandr Surkov		MF	2136	6	46
27	Grigoriy Pismenny			2239	6	46
28	Kiril Dublin			1947	6	44
29	Alexander Rastegaev			В 2079	6	44
30	Tamerlan Akhmerov		CMF	2108	6	42
31	Artem Vorobyev			С 2056	6	40
32			MF	2159	6	38
33	Ruslan Peshcherov			2122	6	36
34	Anatoli Tatarenko		MF	2220	6	36
35	Arslan Akhmetzyanov			1918	6	36
36	Dmitry Valikov			2100	6	34
37	Evgeni Viaznikov			В 2118	4	46
38	Patrick Casaril		MF	2142	4	38
39	Maxim Kozlovsky			0	4	36
40	Toumabouna Makela			0	4	34
41	Ilia Dashunin			1900	4	34
42	Viktor Egorov			0	4	34
43	Vasiliy Markin			1927	4	32
44	Mikhail Abramov			0	4	30
45	Andrey Gavrilov			0	2	32
46	Denis Karataev			1900	0	28

External links

• EDC. European Championship 2018
• Site European Championship in Moscow
• Rules and Regulations European Championship 2018

Notes and References

1. http://fmjd.org/results/tournaments/2018/f_1126/ XX European Championship. List of players
2. http://fmjd.org/results/tournaments/2018/f_1246/ EDC Super Blitz CUP