EICC round 2

The surprising results continue

The first round of the EICC was full of unexpected results, however, it cannot be even compared to the number of surprises in round 2. This time the rating favorites Vallejo and Akopian won, but this was blurred by the underdogs success in many other games.

GM Sanan Sjugirov, who recently received personally his title from the FIDE President Kirsan Ilymzhinov, defeated the second of Veselin Topalov - GM Ivan Cheparinov. GM Naiditsch and GM Dreev were effectively stopped by GM Grigoriants and GM Andriasian, while the European champion GM Tiviakov was held to a draw by GM Valerij Popov. Here is a list of some of the surprises of the day.

GM Maletin Pavel RUS 2557 1 - 0 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2669
GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2565 ½ - ½ GM Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2693
GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2564 ½ - ½ GM Dreev Alexey RUS 2688
GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2676 0 - 1 GM Nijboer Friso NED 2559
GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2560 ½ - ½ GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter ROU 2675
GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2628 ½ - ½ GM Sanikidze Tornike GEO 2522
GM Iljushin Alexei RUS 2564 ½ - ½ GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2687
GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2654 0 - 1 GM Kovacevic Aleksandar SRB 2543
GM Cvitan Ognjen CRO 2542 ½ - ½ GM Caruana Fabiano ITA 2646
GM L'Ami Erwin NED 2603 0 - 1 IM Nanu Ciprian-Costica ROU 2506
GM Beliavsky Alexander G SLO 2646 0 - 1 IM Lubczynski Rafal POL
GM Petrosian Tigran L ARM 2623 ½ - ½ FM Yilmaz Mustafa TUR 2399

Of course the list of surprises at the European Individual Chess Championship could continue for much longer, scroll down to view all results of the round.

Currently, there are 39 players with full 2,0/2, the highest rated being GM Akopian, GM Sokolov, GM Inarkiev, and GM Predojevic. Tomorrow the top table pairings include Banikas - Akopian, Bosiocic - Bologan, Yemelin - Volokitin, Tomashevsky - Romanov, Sokolov - Deviatkin, Vuckovic - Inarkiev, and Predojevic - Sjugirov.

David Navara lost with Black to GM Markus Ragger

GM Nikolic was held to a draw by GM Novikov

Tiviakov surely did not expect such a resistance by Popov,
while Sanan Sjugirov caught Cheparinov off guard

1 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2700 1 - 0 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2566
2 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2565 ½ - ½ GM Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2693
3 GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2564 ½ - ½ GM Dreev Alexey RUS 2688
4 GM Bologan Viktor MDA 2687 1 - 0 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2564
5 GM Iljushin Alexei RUS 2564 ½ - ½ GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2687
6 GM Tiviakov Sergei NED 2685 ½ - ½ GM Popov Valerij RUS 2561
7 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2562 1 - 0 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2679
8 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2676 0 - 1 GM Nijboer Friso NED 2559
9 GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2560 ½ - ½ GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter ROU 2675
10 GM Jovanovic Zoran CRO 2558 ½ - ½ GM Timofeev Artyom RUS 2671
11 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2671 1 - 0 GM Ruck Robert HUN 2558
12 GM Maletin Pavel RUS 2557 1 - 0 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2669
13 GM Minasian Artashes ARM 2557 0 - 1 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2664
14 GM Milanovic Danilo SRB 2552 0 - 1 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2657
15 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2656 1 - 0 GM Brkic Ante CRO 2550
16 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2654 0 - 1 GM Kovacevic Aleksandar SRB 2543
17 GM Lenic Luka SLO 2547 ½ - ½ GM Postny Evgeny ISR 2652
18 GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2651 ½ - ½ GM Maslak Konstantin RUS 2541
19 GM Evdokimov Alexander A RUS 2545 0 - 1 GM Predojevic Borki BIH 2650
20 GM Cvitan Ognjen CRO 2542 ½ - ½ GM Caruana Fabiano ITA 2646
21 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2541 1 - 0 GM Nyback Tomi FIN 2644
22 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2638 ½ - ½ GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel ESP 2540
23 GM Ragger Markus AUT 2540 1 - 0 GM Navara David CZE 2638
24 GM Drasko Milan MNE 2533 ½ - ½ GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2634
25 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2634 1 - 0 GM Hera Imre Jr HUN 2527
26 GM Jovanic Ognjen CRO 2527 ½ - ½ GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2634
27 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A UKR 2633 1 - 0 GM Savic Miodrag R SRB 2525
28 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2628 ½ - ½ GM Sanikidze Tornike GEO 2522
29 GM Van Wely Loek NED 2625 1 - 0 GM Berczes David HUN 2513
30 GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2613 1 - 0 Nikac Predrag MNE 2395
31 GM Novikov Stanislav RUS 2523 ½ - ½ GM Nikolic Predrag BIH 2623
32 GM Saric Ante CRO 2514 ½ - ½ GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2622
33 GM Drazic Sinisa SRB 2513 1 - 0 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2620
34 IM Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos ESP 2513 ½ - ½ GM Papaioannou Ioannis GRE 2609
35 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2608 1 - 0 IM Prohaszka Peter HUN 2512
36 GM Dobrov Vladimir RUS 2510 0 - 1 GM Meier Georg GER 2608
37 GM Mikhalevski Victor ISR 2608 1 - 0 GM Cebalo Miso CRO 2509
38 GM L'Ami Erwin NED 2603 0 - 1 IM Nanu Ciprian-Costica ROU 2506
39 IM Szabo Krisztian HUN 2508 1 - 0 GM Huzman Alexander ISR 2602
40 GM Kurnosov Igor RUS 2602 1 - 0 IM Nyzhnyk Illya UKR 2503
41 GM Lajthajm Borko SRB 2502 ½ - ½ GM Azarov Sergei BLR 2599
42 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2594 1 - 0 IM Banusz Tamas HUN 2501
43 GM Antic Dejan SRB 2495 0 - 1 GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 2594
44 IM Simacek Pavel CZE 2493 ½ - ½ GM Sedlak Nikola SRB 2592
45 GM Stevic Hrvoje CRO 2592 0 - 1 IM Spoelman Wouter NED 2493
46 IM Larino Nieto David ESP 2489 0 - 1 GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2587
47 IM Vavrak Peter SVK 2489 0 - 1 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger SWE 2586
48 GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2585 1 - 0 IM Skoberne Jure SLO 2489
49 GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2485 ½ - ½ GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2584
50 IM Levin Evgeny A RUS 2484 0 - 1 GM Banikas Hristos GRE 2582
51 GM Timman Jan H NED 2582 0 - 1 IM Anisimov Pavel RUS 2488
52 GM Bosiocic Marin CRO 2578 1 - 0 IM Chirila Ioan-Cristian ROU 2485
53 GM Gallagher Joseph G SUI 2480 ½ - ½ GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2578
54 GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2578 ½ - ½ IM Lintchevski Daniil RUS 2481
55 IM Durarbeyli Vasif AZE 2439 0 - 1 GM Yemelin Vasily RUS 2578
56 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2576 1 - 0 IM Nikolov Momchil BUL 2478
57 IM Zueger Beat SUI 2408 0 - 1 GM Vuckovic Bojan SRB 2576
58 FM Rasulov Vugar AZE 2391 ½ - ½ GM Andersson Ulf SWE 2571
59 GM Jankovic Alojzije CRO 2571 ½ - ½ IM Erdogdu Mert TUR 2459
60 IM Marinkovic Slavisa SRB 2388 ½ - ½ GM Pikula Dejan SRB 2570
61 GM Kotanjian Tigran ARM 2568 0 - 1 IM Rukavina Josip CRO 2417
62 IM Georgiadis Ioannis GRE 2383 ½ - ½ GM Perunovic Milos SRB 2568
63 Anton Teodor ROU 2350 0 - 1 GM Shomoev Anton RUS 2567
64 GM Deviatkin Andrei RUS 2566 1 - 0 Kadric Denis BIH 1981
65 IM Martinovic Sasa CRO 2427 0 - 1 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2702
66 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2692 ½ - ½ IM Haznedaroglu Kivanc TUR 2451
67 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2666 1 - 0 GM Todorovic Goran M SRB 2471
68 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2661 1 - 0 IM Savanovic Aleksandar BIH 2428
69 GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2650 ½ - ½ IM D`Costa Lorin A R ENG 2445
70 IM Doric Darko CRO 2477 0 - 1 GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2647
71 GM Beliavsky Alexander G SLO 2646 0 - 1 IM Lubczynski Rafal POL 2423
72 GM Khenkin Igor GER 2644 1 - 0 IM Arsovic Goran SRB 2426
73 FM Kreisl Robert AUT 2394 0 - 1 GM Belov Vladimir RUS 2627
74 GM Petrosian Tigran L ARM 2623 ½ - ½ FM Yilmaz Mustafa TUR 2399
75 GM Pashikian Arman ARM 2621 1 - 0 IM Golubovic Boris CRO 2403
76 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2619 1 - 0 IM Atakisi Umut TUR 2393
77 IM Cvetkovic Srdjan SRB 2407 ½ - ½ GM Sakaev Konstantin RUS 2619
78 GM Macieja Bartlomiej POL 2607 1 - 0 FM Tomic Bosko BIH 2384
79 GM Parligras Mircea ROU 2605 1 - 0 IM Todorovic Goran N SRB 2389
80 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2593 0 - 1 FM Leniart Arkadiusz POL 2360
81 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2587 1 - 0 IM Masic Predrag SRB 2371
82 GM Erdos Viktor HUN 2583 1 - 0 FM Sekulic Dusan SRB 2316
83 GM Khairullin Ildar RUS 2574 1 - 0 FM Porat Ido ISR 2354
84 IM Chadaev Nikolai RUS 2568 1 - 0 Kruljac Petra CRO 2052
85 FM Valenti Giuseppe ITA 2183 0 - 1 GM Kunin Vitaly GER 2546
86 Anicic Vuko MNE 2212 0 - 1 GM Godena Michele ITA 2537
87 Fugulyan Grigore ROU 1978 0 - 1 GM Wells Peter K ENG 2513
88 IM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula ROU 2506 1 - 0 Malureanu Costin-George ROU 2013
89 GM Djukic Nikola MNE 2500 1 - 0 Pavlidis Antonios GRE 2278
90 Scekic Veljko MNE 2084 0 - 1 GM Stanojoski Zvonko MKD 2493
91 GM Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2673 1 - 0 WIM Vojinovic Jovana MNE 2331
92 FM Vujic Mihailo SRB 2321 0 - 1 GM Grachev Boris RUS 2655
93 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2636 1 - 0 FM Vulevic Vjekoslav SUI 2325
94 Simeonidis Ioannis GRE 2303 0 - 1 GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2628
95 IM Misailovic Nebojsa SRB 2293 0 - 1 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2608
96 Djurovic Goran CRO 2279 0 - 1 GM Berg Emanuel SWE 2606
97 Sorgic Dragan SRB 2277 0 - 1 GM Kotronias Vasilios GRE 2603
98 FM Brajovic Radovan MNE 2275 0 - 1 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GRE 2580
99 IM Ekstroem Roland SUI 2495 1 - 0 Mijovic Stefan MNE 2300
100 Veleski Robert MKD 2269 0 - 1 IM Arsovic Zoran SRB 2475
101 IM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2472 1 - 0 Tassopoulos Marios GRE 2293
102 IM Can Emre TUR 2471 1 - 0 IM Stanojevic Branko SRB 2276
103 WIM Franciskovic Borka CRO 2261 ½ - ½ IM Sofronie Iulian ROU 2471
104 IM Pap Misa SRB 2469 1 - 0 Andrejic Vladica SRB 2275
105 FM Vucinic Pero MNE 2257 ½ - ½ IM Stojanovic Dalibor BIH 2469
106 IM Bruno Fabio ITA 2460 0 - 1 Wieczorek Oskar POL 2265
107 Chapman Terry P D ENG 2251 0 - 1 IM Kalezic Blazo MNE 2460
108 IM Bykhovsky Anatoly ISR 2459 1 - 0 FM Rabrenovic Milinko MNE 2257
109 IM Dembo Yelena GRE 2456 1 - 0 FM Spiric Igor SRB 2254
110 WIM Drljevic Ljilja MNE 2244 ½ - ½ GM Papadopoulos Ioannis K GRE 2455
111 GM Pogorelov Ruslan UKR 2451 1 - 0 Plenca Julijan CRO 2248
112 IM Smirnov Artem RUS 2450 ½ - ½ Ketzetzis Georgios GRE 2243
113 IM Chibukhchian Artur ARM 2444 1 - 0 IM Medancic Rikard CRO 2242
114 Maevsky Nikolay RUS 2223 0 - 1 IM Kapnisis Spyridon GRE 2440
115 Nestorovic Lazar SRB 2207 0 - 1 IM Devereaux Maxim L ENG 2437
116 Valeanu Eduard-Andrei ROU 2432 1 - 0 Susak Zeljko CRO 2229
117 WIM Solic Kristina CRO 2203 0 - 1 IM Schroll Gerhard AUT 2430
118 IM Matsenko Sergei RUS 2429 1 - 0 Pejovic Jovan MNE 2214
119 IM Klenburg Mikhail UKR 2426 1 - 0 Mikavica Mirko SRB 2211
120 IM Maksimovic Branimir SRB 2423 1 - 0 Civric Zdravko SRB 2206
121 Pantic Ivica SRB 2193 1 - 0 GM Fernandes Antonio POR 2422
122 IM Jakovljevic Vlado BIH 2420 ½ - ½ Schartz Alain LUX 2202
123 IM Solomunovic Igor GER 2416 1 - 0 Elkin Leonid BLR 2191
124 Rajcevic Stevan SRB 2161 0 - 1 IM Kurmann Oliver SUI 2415
125 IM Nestorovic Nikola SRB 2415 1 - 0 Bajkovic Nikola MNE 2180
126 Ceranic Miodrag MNE 2147 0 - 1 IM Vedmediuc Serghei MDA 2414
127 Becic Said NED 2131 0 - 1 Panic Nenad SRB 2408
128 Filipovic Miroslav CRO 2121 0 - 1 IM Talla Vladimir CZE 2407
129 IM Ferguson Mark ENG 2404 1 - 0 Jakic Vidan MNE 2154
130 IM Kojovic Dragan SRB 2403 1 - 0 Papp Petra HUN 2134
131 IM Certic Branimir SRB 2398 1 - 0 Zdravkovic Dragan S SRB 2130
132 IM Pilaj Herwig AUT 2393 ½ - ½ Bozinovic Boban AUT 2094
133 Kandic Milojko MNE 2075 0 - 1 FM Berbatov Kiprian BUL 2392
134 FM Pankov German RUS 2392 1 - 0 WFM Berke Ana CRO 2081
135 Simic Vladica SRB 2064 1 - 0 IM Lekic Dusan MNE 2391
136 Vukovic Krsto MNE 2055 0 - 1 Schmidt Raul ROU 2382
137 IM Reutsky Sergei RUS 2381 1 - 0 Gazvoda Franc SLO 2065
138 Petovic Luka MNE 2052 0 - 1 IM Chudinovskikh Alexander M RUS 2379
139 IM Lamoureux Charles FRA 2374 1 - 0 Dinter Brian CRO 2055
140 Karisik Nenad MNE 2023 0 - 1 IM Erturan Yakup TUR 2372
141 IM Onoprienko Vladimir RUS 2372 1 - 0 Mikavica Dragoljub SUI 2034
142 Sidorenko Ilya ISR 2370 ½ - ½ Draskovic Luka MNE 1983
143 Vrhovnik Damir CRO 1976 0 - 1 IM Kontic Djordjije MNE 2368
144 IM Ogloblin Nikolay RUS 2362 1 - 0 Stamatovic Vladimir MNE 1974
145 FM Zolotukhin Valery RUS 2358 1 - 0 Pecurica Milos MNE 1934
146 Dedic Slavko MNE 1969 0 - 1 FM Van Eijk Sander NED 2355
147 FM Plenkovic Zdenko CRO 2354 1 - 0 Kopischke Maik GER 1910
148 Serov Maksim RUS 2352 1 - 0 Bubanja Masan MNE 0
149 Kanceljak Dalia CRO 1917 0 - 1 IM Berend Fred LUX 2351
150 Gagic Miroljub SRB 1880 0 - 1 IM Pesotsky Vitaly UKR 2342
151 Aleskerov Faik AZE 2340 1 - 0 Mitrovic Stevan MNE 0
152 Loncar Milenko MNE 0 0 - 1 Bonte Andrei-Mihai ROU 2335