Jobava and Efimenko lead EICC 2010

15 players half a point behind

GM Baadur Jobava and GM Zahar Efimenko are top of the table after round 4 of the European Individual Chess Championship. They have perfect 4,0/4 after today's game and are half a point ahead of the chasing pack.

In the group of 15 players with 3,5/4 points, there are 3 Romanian players - GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, GM Constantin Lupulescu, and GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula. They share the position at the standings with two of the 2700+ players - GM Vallejo and GM Michael Adams, as well as the untitled Nabaty Tamir (Israel, ELO 2485).

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The list of players within 1 point striking distance is quite long, and next to names of established grandmasters there are a few surprises. Evgeniy Podolchenko, the untitled 2502 rated player from Belarus, has achieved 2 victories (one against GM Eouard Romain) and two draws (GM Guseinov and GM Delchev) to head towards a possible GM norm. At the same time we find with the same points the 2700 club players GM Movsesian, GM Alekseev and GM Almasi.

The biggest rating gainers with 15 ELO points plus are FM Szamoskozi Gabor, FM Vladimir Hamitevici, Marin Mateta, FM Danny Raznikov, GM Nikita Maiorov, IM Jure Skoberne, Corrado Astengo, and GM Zahar Efimenko.

Standings

1 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2695 4
2 GM Efimenko Zahar UKR 2640 4
3 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter ROU 2661 3.5
4 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2667 3.5
5 GM Pelletier Yannick SUI 2611 3.5
6 GM Adams Michael ENG 2704 3.5
7 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2598 3.5
8 GM Timofeev Artyom RUS 2655 3.5
9 GM Maiorov Nikita BLR 2510 3.5
10 GM Sokolov Ivan BIH 2638 3.5
11 GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula ROU 2525 3.5
12 IM Skoberne Jure SLO 2509 3.5
13 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2639 3.5
14 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2656 3.5
15 Nabaty Tamir ISR 2485 3.5
16 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2708 3.5
17 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2621 3.5
18 IM Martinovic Sasa CRO 2509 3
19 GM Belov Vladimir RUS 2619 3
20 GM Erdos Viktor HUN 2593 3
21 GM Stocek Jiri CZE 2591 3
22 GM Delchev Aleksander BUL 2625 3
23 GM Ragger Markus AUT 2572 3
24 GM Gustafsson Jan GER 2646 3
25 GM Movsesian Sergei SVK 2709 3
26 GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2660 3
27 IM Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2498 3
28 GM Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2691 3
29 GM Krasenkow Michal POL 2652 3
30 GM Kurnosov Igor RUS 2674 3
31 GM Caruana Fabiano ITA 2680 3
32 GM Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2670 3
33 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2648 3
34 GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2606 3
35 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2601 3
36 GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2650 3
37 GM Fridman Daniel GER 2650 3
38 GM Grachev Boris RUS 2667 3
39 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2675 3
40 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2582 3
41 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GRE 2574 3
42 IM Nikolov Momchil BUL 2550 3
43 GM Zelcic Robert CRO 2547 3
44 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2525 3
45 GM Bosiocic Marin CRO 2577 3
46 GM Vorobiov Evgeny E RUS 2616 3
47 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2606 3
48 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2615 3
49 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2643 3
50 GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2588 3
51 GM Petrosian Tigran L ARM 2612 3
52 GM Predojevic Borki BIH 2639 3
53 GM Bareev Evgeny RUS 2667 3
54 GM Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2700 3
55 GM Gdanski Jacek POL 2527 3
56 GM Kovacevic Aleksandar SRB 2574 3
57 GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM 2513 3
58 GM Kotronias Vasilios GRE 2593 3
59 GM Reinderman Dimitri NED 2576 3
60 GM Hera Imre Jr HUN 2574 3
61 GM Markus Robert SRB 2618 3
62 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2657 3
63 GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2669 3
64 GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 2602 3
65 GM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2488 3
66 Podolchenko Evgeniy BLR 2502 3
67 GM Gelashvili Tamaz GEO 2621 3
68 GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2609 3
69 GM Lenic Luka SLO 2603 3
GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2580 3
71 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2663 3
72 GM Bologan Viktor MDA 2684 3
73 IM Durarbeyli Vasif AZE 2476 3
74 GM Berg Emanuel SWE 2594 3
75 GM Hracek Zbynek CZE 2615 3
76 GM Vuckovic Bojan SRB 2630 3
77 GM L'Ami Erwin NED 2628 3
78 GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2659 3
79 GM Popov Valerij RUS 2585 3
80 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2687 3
81 GM Roiz Michael ISR 2652 3
82 GM Zhigalko Andrey BLR 2587 3
83 GM Almasi Zoltan HUN 2720 3
84 GM Grigoryan Avetik ARM 2565 2.5
85 GM Navara David CZE 2708 2.5
86 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel ESP 2548 2.5
87 GM Iotov Valentin BUL 2568 2.5
88 GM Gyimesi Zoltan HUN 2586 2.5
89 GM Prohaszka Peter HUN 2501 2.5
90 IM Womacka Mathias GER 2452 2.5
91 GM Chirila Ioan-Cristian ROU 2487 2.5
92 IM Sulashvili Malkhaz GEO 2490 2.5
93 GM Saric Ante CRO 2483 2.5
94 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2668 2.5
GM Kokarev Dmitry RUS 2622 2.5
96 GM Howell David W L ENG 2612 2.5
97 IM Smirnov Artem RUS 2435 2.5
98 GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2714 2.5
GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2688 2.5
GM Landa Konstantin RUS 2635 2.5
GM Giri Anish NED 2624 2.5
102 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2701 2.5
103 GM Tregubov Pavel V RUS 2625 2.5
GM Parligras Mircea ROU 2551 2.5
IM Dvirnyy Daniyyl ITA 2450 2.5
106 GM Sedlak Nikola SRB 2570 2.5
107 GM Jovanovic Zoran CRO 2526 2.5
GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2511 2.5
109 GM Socko Bartosz POL 2637 2.5
110 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2652 2.5
GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2612 2.5
112 FM Pankov German RUS 2353 2.5
113 GM Azarov Sergei BLR 2621 2.5
114 IM Nanu Ciprian-Costica ROU 2505 2.5
115 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2665 2.5
GM Carlsson Pontus SWE 2478 2.5
117 GM Stevic Hrvoje CRO 2610 2.5
GM Golod Vitali ISR 2590 2.5
GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2562 2.5
IM Sebenik Matej SLO 2504 2.5
121 FM Hamitevici Vladimir MDA 2401 2.5
122 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2705 2.5
GM Petrosian Davit G ARM 2468 2.5
124 GM Minasian Artashes ARM 2568 2.5
IM Anisimov Pavel RUS 2519 2.5
126 Iakemov Vladimir UKR 2463 2.5
IM Morchiashvili Bachana GEO 2345 2.5
128 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2592 2.5
129 GM Berczes David HUN 2510 2.5
130 GM Khairullin Ildar RUS 2617 2.5
131 GM Pavasovic Dusko SLO 2579 2.5
132 GM Balogh Csaba HUN 2622 2.5
133 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2670 2.5
134 GM Medvegy Zoltan HUN 2556 2.5
135 FM Fucak Emilijo CRO 2280 2.5
136 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2584 2.5
137 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2600 2.5
GM Arutinian David GEO 2576 2.5
139 GM Postny Evgeny ISR 2641 2.5
GM Papaioannou Ioannis GRE 2630 2.5
141 GM Macieja Bartlomiej POL 2625 2.5
142 GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2572 2.5
IM Stern Rene GER 2501 2.5
144 IM Manea Alexandru ROU 2392 2.5
145 GM Horvath Adam HUN 2501 2.5
146 GM Mamedov Nidjat AZE 2623 2.5
GM Godena Michele ITA 2561 2.5
148 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2617 2.5
IM Ekstroem Roland SUI 2491 2.5
150 IM Caspi Israel ISR 2426 2.5
151 GM Brkic Ante CRO 2543 2.5
GM Mrva Martin SVK 2485 2.5
153 GM Guliyev Namig AZE 2516 2.5
154 GM Yemelin Vasily RUS 2576 2.5
155 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2602 2.5
IM Benidze Davit GEO 2499 2.5
157 GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2550 2.5
IM Llaneza Vega Marcos ESP 2514 2.5
159 GM Sakaev Konstantin RUS 2635 2.5
FM Kanarek Marcel POL 2388 2.5
161 GM Drozdovskij Yuri UKR 2627 2.5
162 GM Sulskis Sarunas LTU 2572 2.5
163 GM Meier Georg GER 2663 2.5
GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2582 2.5
GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2542 2.5
166 GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2659 2.5
167 GM Buhmann Rainer GER 2587 2.5
168 IM Szabo Krisztian HUN 2513 2.5
169 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2607 2
170 IM Potapov Pavel RUS 2427 2
FM Firat Burak TUR 2398 2
172 GM Makarov Marat RUS 2510 2
GM Gallagher Joseph G SUI 2486 2
174 GM Maslak Konstantin RUS 2560 2
175 IM Golubovic Boris CRO 2392 2
FM Szamoskozi Gabor HUN 2347 2
177 GM Arkell Keith C ENG 2474 2
Sahitaj Naim EUR 0 2
179 IM Kurmann Oliver SUI 2432 2
180 GM Banikas Hristos GRE 2617 2
GM Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 2530 2
182 GM Beliavsky Alexander G SLO 2657 2
183 GM Sanikidze Tornike GEO 2566 2
GM Evdokimov Alexander A RUS 2564 2
185 GM Babula Vlastimil CZE 2554 2
GM Jovanic Ognjen CRO 2538 2
187 IM Janssen Ruud NED 2516 2
188 GM Holzke Frank GER 2526 2
IM Erdogdu Mert TUR 2502 2
190 IM Onoprienko Vladimir RUS 2346 2
191 IM Levin Evgeny A RUS 2486 2
192 GM Solak Dragan SRB 2553 2
193 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2647 2
194 FM Raznikov Danny ISR 2331 2
195 IM Shytaj Luca ITA 2472 2
196 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2637 2
GM Stefansson Hannes ISL 2574 2
IM Jurcik Marian SVK 2510 2
199 GM Jankovic Alojzije CRO 2569 2
200 IM Bodiroga Predrag SRB 2422 2
FM Grimberg Boris GER 2352 2
IM Medancic Rikard CRO 2311 2
203 FM Wintzer Joachim Dr GER 2361 2
204 GM Gasanov Eldar UKR 2514 2
205 IM Doric Darko CRO 2464 2
IM Baumegger Siegfried AUT 2442 2
207 GM Maiwald Jens-Uwe GER 2474 2
208 GM Fercec Nenad CRO 2492 2
209 FM Djurovic Goran CRO 2276 2
210 GM Berescu Alin ROU 2486 2
211 IM Neubauer Martin AUT 2465 2
212 IM Reutsky Sergei RUS 2404 2
213 IM Papin Vasily RUS 2532 2
214 GM Pashikian Arman ARM 2652 2
215 FM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2492 2
216 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2657 2
IM Kalegin Evgenij RUS 2456 2
GM Potapov Alexander RUS 2446 2
IM Zufic Miroslav CRO 2445 2
220 IM Barle Janez SLO 2415 2
IM Jakovljevic Vlado BIH 2412 2
222 GM San Segundo Carrillo Pablo ESP 2534 2
223 GM Cvitan Ognjen CRO 2550 2
224 IM Schroll Gerhard AUT 2411 2
Pavlidis Antonios GRE 2376 2
226 IM Nigalidze Gaioz GEO 2486 2
227 GM Drazic Sinisa SRB 2545 2
228 GM Ruck Robert HUN 2570 2
229 IM Delorme Axel FRA 2429 2
FM Baron Tal ISR 2415 2
FM Kozlitin Roman RUS 2344 2
232 FM Mihok Oliver HUN 2403 2
233 IM Piscopo Pierluigi ITA 2418 2
234 GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2553 2
235 IM Vernay Clovis FRA 2440 2
FM Buss Ralph SUI 2416 2
Nedilko Vasily UKR 2400 2
FM Slavin Alexei RUS 2368 2
FM Pavlidis Anastasios GRE 2338 2
FM Plenca Julijan CRO 2323 2
FM Boehnisch Manfred GER 2316 2
IM Bakalarz Mietek LUX 2300 2
243 Spichkin Alexander RUS 2241 2
244 IM Banusz Tamas HUN 2517 2
IM Miron Lucian-Costin ROU 2482 2
246 IM Lekic Dusan MNE 2396 2
247 IM Kreisl Robert AUT 2389 2
Baghdasaryan Vahe ARM 2284 2
249 GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2609 2
FM Lorscheid Gerhard GER 2328 2
Bente Bjoern GER 2245 2
252 GM Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2567 2
253 CM Popilski Gil ISR 2441 2
Katzir Moshe ISR 2288 2
255 Tate Alan SCO 2215 2
256 GM Djukic Nikola MNE 2509 2
257 IM Mazi Leon SLO 2375 2
FM Zelic Mladen CRO 2306 2
259 Ernst Michael AUT 2166 2
260 FM Valsecchi Alessio ITA 2360 2
FM Sarbok Torsten GER 2319 2
IM Wittmann Walter AUT 2302 2
263 Sikanjic Bojan CRO 2170 2
264 IM Loncar Robert CRO 2424 2
265 GM Nyback Tomi FIN 2624 2
266 FM Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru ROU 2372 2
267 GM Todorovic Goran M SRB 2453 2
IM Rukavina Josip CRO 2409 2
269 Jacobsen Bo DEN 2375 2
270 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2609 1.5
271 IM Boskovic Drasko SRB 2434 1.5
272 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2554 1.5
273 IM Azaladze Shota GEO 2433 1.5
274 FM Bajarani Ulvi AZE 2395 1.5
FM Zaslavsky Mikhail ISR 2391 1.5
276 GM Butnorius Algimantas LTU 2437 1.5
277 IM Rasulov Vugar Ural Oglu AZE 2457 1.5
IM Zavgorodniy Sergiy UKR 2409 1.5
279 GM Danielsen Henrik ISL 2494 1.5
280 IM Sale Srdjan CRO 2396 1.5
281 FM Voiteanu Gabriel ROU 2254 1.5
282 IM Kargin Arseny RUS 2400 1.5
283 FM Schiendorfer Emanuel SUI 2340 1.5
284 FM Malakhov Igor RUS 2425 1.5
285 GM Gutov Andrey RUS 2437 1.5
286 IM Yilmaz Mustafa TUR 2468 1.5
FM Bentivegna Francesco ITA 2361 1.5
288 Feher Adam HUN 2260 1.5
289 FM Petre Nad-Titus ROU 2410 1.5
290 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2634 1.5
IM Chudinovskikh Alexander M RUS 2314 1.5
292 IM Lanzani Mario ITA 2371 1.5
293 Sandalakis Angelos GRE 2319 1.5
294 Neagos Raul-Alexandru ROU 2110 1.5
295 Beletic Daniel SLO 2232 1.5
296 IM Berkovich Mark A ISR 2401 1.5
297 Nakar Eylon ISR 2264 1.5
298 FM Bakin Alexander RUS 2232 1.5
299 IM Berbatov Kiprian BUL 2481 1.5
300 FM Kunze Carlo GER 2306 1.5
301 IM Ris Robert NED 2422 1.5
FM Ramesa Davor CRO 2339 1.5
303 IM Zueger Beat SUI 2425 1.5
FM Platzgummer Fabian AUT 2383 1.5
Astengo Corrado ITA 2136 1.5
Spika Ivica CRO 2086 1.5
307 Hamiti Gani EUR 0 1.5
308 FM Hoffmann Paul GER 2361 1.5
309 IM Brunello Sabino ITA 2476 1.5
310 GM Nijboer Friso NED 2562 1.5
GM Boros Denes HUN 2485 1.5
312 Kadric Denis BIH 2171 1.5
313 Mihalinec Damir CRO 2232 1.5
314 Kinez Ivo CRO 2138 1.5
315 Malachi Avraham ISR 2188 1.5
316 IM Plat Vojtech CZE 2395 1
317 FM Dimitrijevic Darko CRO 2272 1
318 GM Tosic Miroslav SRB 2439 1
IM Cioara Andrei-Nestor ROU 2430 1
320 Gebigke Martin GER 2232 1
321 Partys Petr CZE 1977 1
322 FM Martic Zlatko CRO 2404 1
323 IM Schmidt Raul ROU 2387 1
324 Maevsky Nikolay RUS 2275 1
325 IM Nedochetov Mikhail RUS 2299 1
326 IM Pesotskyi Vitalii UKR 2282 1
327 Papadakis Michalis GRE 2244 1
Guidi Maurizio ITA 2067 1
329 Gradiser Dragoljub CRO 1964 1
330 Hayes Peter J IRL 2046 1
331 Bar Aviv ISR 2022 1
332 FM Tassopoulos Marios GRE 2245 1
333 Elkin Leonid BLR 2189 1
334 Jadrijevic Ante CRO 2244 1
335 FM Bach Adrian-Kalman ROU 2251 1
Civric Zdravko SRB 2207 1
Sheskin Matan ISR 2207 1
Jelecevic Ivo CRO 2203 1
Hartung Jerry LUX 2191 1
340 Zivkovic Elvis CRO 0 1
341 Levine Yonatan ISR 2100 1
342 Cucancic Sinisa CRO 2271 1
343 Sgnaolin Davide ITA 2234 1
Demel Paul GER 2155 1
Milonakis Georgios GRE 2154 1
Faika Michael GER 2114 1
Burstein Almog ISR 2100 1
Schweitzer Werner AUT 2081 1
349 Veleski Robert MKD 2278 1
350 Juranic Bruno CRO 2220 1
Kostanjsek Zorko CRO 2204 1
Pantaleoni Claudio ITA 2179 1
IM Chubar Vladimir UKR 2124 1
354 Nakas Spyridon GRE 1949 1
355 Vdovenko Volodymyr UKR 0 1
356 Hetzer Volkhard GER 2091 1
Bozinovic Boban AUT 2086 1
358 Porfireanu Serban ROU 2034 1
359 FM Barlocco Carlo ITA 2173 1
360 Lazic Dusko CRO 2050 1
361 Monjac Mislav CRO 1882 1
362 Reinwald Patrick AUT 2096 1
363 Stefan Mario CRO 1973 1
Plenca Jadranko CRO 1718 1
365 Krauss Josef GER 2102 1
366 Pogosian Vladimir ARM 2204 1
367 Jambresic Jurica CRO 1898 1
368 Pejic Igor CRO 1912 1
Dubrovic Mihovil CRO 1876 1
370 Mateta Marin CRO 1718 1
371 IM Pancevski Filip MKD 2423 1
372 FM Valenti Giuseppe ITA 2130 1
373 Di Lazzaro Gabriele ITA 1911 1
374 Valkovic Kristian CRO 2027 1
Antoniacci Riccardo ITA 1934 1
376 FM Welz Peter Dr GER 2148 1
377 Von Mahren Bivoj CZE 0 1
378 Jokic Miljenko CRO 1949 1
379 Dubrovic Gabriel CRO 1687 1
380 GM Ortega Lexy ITA 2479 0.5
381 Nastic Milorad CRO 2009 0.5
382 Pfeifer Antun CRO 1900 0.5
383 Ofstad Per NOR 2197 0.5
Winkler Stefan GER 1877 0.5
385 Dinter Brian CRO 2124 0.5
386 Dujic Davor CRO 1606 0.5
387 Krsnik Cohar Ivan Vihor CRO 1780 0.5
388 Klasan Elvis CRO 1995 0.5
389 Piro Valerio ITA 2069 0.5
390 Cabrijan Ivan CRO 1811 0.5
391 Lanzani Giuliano ITA 1992 0.5
392 Mravic Filip CRO 1769 0.5
393 Tica Sven CRO 1562 0.5
394 GM Haznedaroglu Kivanc TUR 2501 0
Muskardin Mario CRO 2085 0
396 Durandeau Jean-Marie FRA 2040 0
Lekic Lazar MNE 1849 0
398 Russo Carmelo ITA 1739 0
Dubrovic Rafael CRO 1577 0
Dubrovic Romuald CRO 0 0
401 Zrilic Bozo CRO 1968 0
Samanic Patrik CRO 0 0
403 Srdoc Nenad FRA 1954 0
Gandolfi Gianfranco ITA 1855 0
405 Camber Ivan CRO 1921 0
406 Rafaelic Denis CRO 1714 0
Rakita Risto CRO 0 0
408 Tomulic Teo CRO 1598 0