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Korobov, Ponomariov and Safarli in the lead at the European Individual Chess Championship 2023

Four rounds have already been played at the European Individual Chess Championship 2023 in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia, and only three players emerged on the top with 4/4 points: GM Anton Korobov (UKR, 2658), GM Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR, 2655), and GM Eltaj Safarli (AZE, 2608). The leading trio is followed by a group of 23 players with score of 3.5/4 points (each).

Youngsters watch: GM Daniel Dardha and Volodar Murzin, both U18, are just 1/2 points behind the leaders. GM Frederik Svane, U20, is with the same points
Top woman: Aleksandra Goryachkina continues with 3,0/4
Today: Korobov vs Ponomariov on board 1 (live here)

European Individual Chess Championship 2023 live games / European Individual Chess Championship participants

Playing the top board today (see the situation before the round), GM Anton Korobov was victorious against two-time Turkish Champion GM Sanal Vahap (TUR, 2590). After the sharp opening, Korobov got the edge which he converted into a pawn-up material advantage. Sanal fought, but did not get the chance to save the rooks’ endgame.

FIDE World Chess Champion (2002-2004), GM Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR, 2655) defeated GM Denis Kadric (MNE, 2583) with white pieces. Kadric held the position around the equality, but made a crucial mistake before the 40-move time control. His 38…Bd6? happened to be the turning point as Ponomariov got the decisive advantage, and eventually delivered a victory.

GM Eltaj Safarli (AZE, 2608) prevailed against the 19-year-old IM Nikolozi Kacharava (GEO, 2531) in a very engaging game. Kacharava didn’t see the only move that would have kept the position equal – 29.Qb3, but instead went for 29.Qd1? and blundered the rook sacrifice. Safarli forced his opponent to marsh the King all the way to the b7 square, and there was no defense for White afterwards.

Two Ukrainians will face each other tomorrow on the top board. GM Anton Korobov will have white pieces against his compatriot GM Ruslan Ponomariov, while GM Eltaj Safarli goes against GM Boris Gelfand. The top 10 pairings are:

The 5th round starts on March 7th at 15:00 CEST, and the live broadcast of the games can be followed with a 15-minute delay through the ECU YouTube channel.

European Individual Chess Championship standings after round 4

1GMSafarli EltajAZE26084
2GMKorobov AntonUKR26584
3GMPonomariov RuslanUKR26554
4IMKourkoulos-Arditis StamatisGRE25203.5
5GMSargissian GabrielARM26993.5
6GMNguyen Thai Dai VanCZE26513.5
7GMCheparinov IvanBUL26613.5
GMNasuta GrzegorzPOL25353.5
9GMSarana AlexeyFID26683.5
GMMastrovasilis DimitriosGRE25993.5
11GMQuparadze GigaGEO24833.5
12GMSvane RasmusGER26203.5
13GMPechac JergusSVK25983.5
GMSvane FrederikGER25773.5
GMLivaic LeonCRO25693.5
GMMurzin VolodarFID25543.5
17GMSantos Latasa JaimeESP26553.5
GMGledura BenjaminHUN26373.5
GMDardha DanielBEL26103.5
GMCan EmreTUR26003.5
21GMAbasov NijatAZE26253.5
GMAzarov SergeiFID25593.5
23GMGelfand BorisISR26743.5
GMBacrot EtienneFRA26593.5
25GMBrkic AnteCRO25963.5
26IMKukhmazov ArsenFID24953.5
27GMKadric DenisMNE25833
28GMNavara DavidCZE26853
29GMSanal VahapTUR25903
30GMSaric IvanCRO26743
31GMAnton Guijarro DavidESP26853
32IMKacharava NikoloziGEO25313
33GMYilmazyerli MertTUR25253
34GMShevchenko KirillROU26683
GMKozak AdamHUN25523
36GMPredke AlexandrSRB26843
GMGrandelius NilsSWE26583
GMBernadskiy VitaliyUKR26113
GMGoryachkina AleksandraFID25763
GMGumularz SzymonPOL25583
41GMSargsyan ShantARM26303
IMGorshtein IdoISR24983
43GMNajer EvgeniyFID26663
GMAsadli VugarAZE25863
45IMGokerkan Cem KaanTUR24863
46GMDvirnyy DanyyilITA25313
47GMVocaturo DanieleITA26193
GMMoroni Luca JrITA25783
IMSubelj JanSLO24963
FMIbadov DashgynFID23983
51GMParavyan DavidFID25843
GMFernandez Daniel HowardENG24983
GMSanikidze TornikeGEO24593
54GMSuleymanli AydinAZE25523
55GMSadikhov UlviAZE24853
IMKosakowski JakubPOL24763
57IMSamunenkov IhorUKR24883
58IMNigalidze GaiozGEO24483
FMFromm MariusGER24283
60GMKovalev VladislavFID26233
GMTer-Sahakyan SamvelARM26163
GMDragnev ValentinAUT25613
GMGuliyev NamigAZE25283
64IMStefansson Vignir VatnarISL24613
65GMEsipenko AndreyFID26803
GMIndjic AleksandarSRB26363
GMParligras Mircea-EmilianROU25543
GMSychev KlementyFID25493
GMPultinevicius PauliusLTU25463
70IMKraus TomasCZE24863
IMGurel EdizTUR24543
72IMSuarez Uriel AdrianESP23703
FMSecheres Adrian-SimionROU23693
74IMBeerdsen ThomasNED25103
75GMMoussard JulesFRA26843
76IMTeclaf PawelPOL25683
77GMRakhmanov AleksandrFID26353
GMKuzubov YuriyUKR26163
79GMRasulov VugarAZE25163
80IMRozen EytanISR24583
81GMIskandarov MisratdinAZE25983
82Ahmad KhaganAZE22203
83IMGavrilescu DavidROU25273
84GMPetrosyan ManuelARM26343
GMLupulescu ConstantinROU25803
GMBoruchovsky AvitalISR25363
87IMStoyanov TsvetanBUL24463
88IMBabazada KhazarAZE24813
89IMMakarian RudikFID25573
90GMLobanov SergeiFID25453
GMHalkias SteliosGRE25143
92GMJanik IgorPOL25273
FMSamadov ReadAZE24713
94GMBrunello SabinoITA25122.5
95GMStocek JiriCZE25342.5
96GMKobalia MikhailFID25772.5
97FMKilic ErayTUR24152.5
98GMMartirosyan Haik M.ARM26862.5
GMDonchenko AlexanderGER26532.5
GMStremavicius TitasLTU25442.5
GMMaurizzi Marc`andriaFRA25352.5
102GMWarmerdam MaxNED26142.5
IMOhanyan EminARM24052.5
104IMGharibyan MamikonARM24912.5
IMBronstein OrISR24652.5
IMStankovic MilosSRB24472.5
107GMAlsina Leal DanielESP25222.5
108FMKochavi OriISR24172.5
109GMRodshtein MaximISR26222.5
GMKobo OriISR25482.5
GMBlohberger FelixAUT24932.5
GMZanan EvgenyISR24852.5
FMSeemann JakubPOL24242.5
IMDanielyan VaheARM23072.5
FMPalczert MatyasHUN23042.5
116FMTekeyev ZaurFID24152.5
FMManafov VugarAZE23492.5
118IMParkhov YairISR24852.5
GMFirat BurakTUR24712.5
IMDavid Alexandru-VasileROU24102.5
FMDamjanovic VukSRB23612.5
122FMAverin NikolayFID22962.5
123GMMotylev AlexanderFID26212.5
GMGines Esteo Pedro AntonioESP25002.5
GMKovacevic AleksandarSRB24892.5
IMJanzelj TimSLO24722.5
IMBaenziger FabianSUI24132.5
FMTaspinar YankiTUR22622.5
129GMBjerre Jonas BuhlDEN26082.5
GMHovhannisyan RobertARM25972.5
131GMKulaots KaidoEST25252.5
IMGorodetzky DavidISR24882.5
IMClarke Brandon G IENG24752.5
IMGrieve HarryENG24552.5
IMLoiseau QuentinFRA24492.5
IMBaum JonaszPOL24262.5
IMTadic StefanSRB23532.5
IMMilosevic MilosSRB23472.5
FMAtakishiyev ElmarAZE23442.5
FMBurcu CagatayTUR23312.5
FMEren AtaberkTUR23082.5
FMPetrovic AleksaSRB22542.5
143GMBryakin MikhailFID24742.5
FMUskov ArtemFID23732.5
145IMTutisani NoeGEO24112.5
146IMSchekachikhin MaksimFID23672.5
FMBaglan EsatTUR23632.5
148GMWojtaszek RadoslawPOL26822.5
GMNevednichy VladislavROU24572.5
150IMDruska JurajSVK25052.5
151IMHorvath DominikAUT25212.5
IMReshef OmerISR24922.5
153GMIvanchuk VasylUKR26642.5
GMGrigoriants SergeyHUN25722.5
GMNesterov ArseniyFID25682.5
GMPetkov MomchilBUL25262.5
GMWieczorek OskarPOL25052.5
FMZverev LevFID22672.5
159GMMuradli MahammadAZE25392.5
IMKaasen Tor FredrikNOR24642.5
Mitsis GeorgiosGRE24072.5
FMPeyrer KonstantinAUT23952.5
WGMInjac TeodoraSRB23832.5
164IMLeisch LukasAUT23782.5
165IMSalimova NurgyulBUL23922.5
FMPasti AronHUN23782.5
167IMSaraci NderimKOS24692.5
168IMMaltsevskaya AleksandraPOL23882.5
FMStremavicius PijusLTU23832.5
CMGarsky VladyslavUKR22532.5
171GMDjukic NikolaMNE25142.5
172GMChigaev MaksimFID26322.5
GMLaurusas TomasLTU25712.5
Tregubenko NikolayFID20222.5
175IMAhmadzada AhmadAZE24872.5
IMBadelka OlgaFID24282.5
FMLevin GuyISR24192.5
WFMShvedova AlexandraFID20832.5
179GMDraskovic LukaMNE25102.5
GMGadimbayli AbdullaAZE25072.5
181FMBethke RichardGER23832.5
182IMShubin KirillFID24492.5
183FMOzdemir Serhan BeratTUR22002.5
184IMGaehwiler GabrielSUI24132.5
185GMVan Foreest LucasNED25702.5
186FMPasztor BalazsHUN23872.5
187GMSocko BartoszPOL26182.5
IMWillow Jonah BENG24592.5
189IMErdogmus Yagiz KaanTUR24452.5
IMMegalios KonstantinosGRE23822.5
191IMMilikow YoavISR24162.5
GMZajic MilanSRB23872.5
FMMakridis DimitriosGRE23872.5
194GMLagarde MaximeFRA25812.5
195GMKollars DmitrijGER26182.5
GMIvic VelimirSRB26062.5
197GMMchedlishvili MikheilGEO25692.5
198FMHagner BennetGER23612.5
FMMartic IvanSRB22742.5
200IMIoannidis EvgeniosGRE24732.5
CMYonal TimurTUR18592.5
202GMNeverov ValeriyUKR24142.5
203GMSebenik MatejSLO25362.5
204IMIsik AlparslanTUR24622.5
205IMFataliyeva UlviyyaAZE24272
206GMPacher MilanSVK23922
207GMAntic DejanSRB23882
208FMHan YichenNED24052
FMShohat YotamISR23022
Gallana MarcoITA22502
211FMCosta LeonardoGER23642
212IMVogel RovenGER24622
213FMKalogeris IoannisGRE24092
214IMGarrido Outon AlexESP23802
IMArsovic GoranSRB23792
216IMCabarkapa NovakSRB24582
217FMStalmach RichardCZE24362
IMRadovanovic NikolaSRB24072
IMCzerw DawidPOL24042
220FMAizenberg BennyISR23672
IMHnydiuk AleksanderPOL23642
IMYurtseven MelihTUR23272
FMPaszewski MateuszPOL22702
224Zlatkov AntonMKD21742
225IMKalezic BlazoMNE24152
226WIMGajcin MarinaSRB22152
227IMMaksimovic BranimirSRB21282
FMEfremov VladislavFID21202
229FMSzwed JacekPOL23612
Bjelanovic MileSRB20172
231GMSoffer RamISR24562
IMBraun ChristianGER24492
233IMWadsworth Matthew JENG24392
FMAkbas Umut AtaTUR24192
FMBazakutsa SvyatoslavUKR23352
Cox Tristan AENG19752
237FMSpasic PetarSRB22982
FMGoroshkov MaksymSLO22652
239FMTodorovic BojanSRB22492
240IMCastellanos Rodriguez RenierESP24842
IMArsovic ZoranSRB23902
242WFMPogorelskikh SofiaSRB21022
243GMBosiocic MarinCRO25552
FMSpyropoulos NikolaosGRE24422
IMFitzsimons DavidIRL23382
246IMVetokhin SavvaFID23882
IMNovkovic MilanAUT23562
Danov LyubomirBUL23492
FMYordanov LachezarBUL23352
FMGunduz Umut ErdemTUR22862
FMSahin OzgunTUR21772
CMStanojevic IlijaSRB20962
Orian NogaISR19572
254FMCelik Hasan HuseyinTUR24202
FMPatrelakis EvaggelosGRE23872
FMPiliposyan RobertARM23142
FMShoshin KirillFID22782
Savicevic VlatkoSRB22682
Shatil ShirISR22222
260FMRemolar Gallen JoseESP22902
261IMKurmann OliverSUI24642
FMPastar SlavenBIH24012
263GMPap MisaSRB24032
FMKanov NikolaBUL23922
265Poupalos NikolaosGRE19062
266GMVelten PaulFRA24782
FMCarbonell Sancho MarcESP23642
IMNyysti SampsaFIN23452
FMGombocz Ferenc Jr.HUN23112
FMMicic AleksaSRB22732
IMKojovic DraganSRB22722
Kochavi DanaISR19292
273GMValsecchi AlessioITA25052
FMPogorelskikh SergeyFID22032
275FMToktomushev TeimurUKR22552
276GMBartel MateuszPOL26092
277GMPetrov MartinBUL25052
278IMBen Ari YannayISR24112
FMAgdelen Huseyin CanTUR24112
FMVan Dael SiemNED23122
IMDobre Claudiu-CristianROU22712
GMDjuric StefanSRB22562
Vasilkov NikolayFID19312
284CMSkvortsov AndreiFID22982
285IMRoyal ShreyasENG24522
286FMRavic NenadSRB22382
287IMSokolovsky YahliISR24762
288IMRoebers ElineNED23622
WIMVelikic AdelaSRB23292
Cuzovic OgnjenSRB20092
291IMWachinger NikolasGER24402
Oliinyk SerafimSRB20422
Goriachkina OksanaFID17592
294Tudor Henry EdwardROU22012
295FMSelbes TarikTUR22552
296FMDjokic MihailoSRB22272
297Parligras CosminROU22602
Biyiksiz Ali BatuhanTUR19942
299FMAdan Bermudez SergioESP23382
300FMAngun BatuTUR22062
301IMBulmaga IrinaROU24382
302IMFilip Lucian-IoanROU23492
303WFMVujcic MilenaSRB20722
304IMSousa Andre VenturaPOR24641.5
305FMGhimpu Samuel-TimoteiROU24591.5
FMCiorgovean IustinROU23251.5
307GMGodena MicheleITA24461.5
IMFarkas TiborSRB22471.5
IMGlienke Manfred Dr.GER22011.5
310IMNadj Hedjesi BalindSRB22231.5
311FMGorodetzky MatanISR23191.5
312GMYuffa DaniilESP26051.5
WGMZawadzka JolantaPOL23911.5
FMTifferet ShakedISR22191.5
315FMFilip AndreiROU23251.5
FMJocev MilanSRB23151.5
317Andrijashkin DenissEST21641.5
318FMKisic BozidarMNE22831.5
FMVujic MihailoSRB22811.5
FMStankovic BorisSRB22081.5
Valiyev ShahinAZE22011.5
322Levitan TalISR22761.5
323FMVan Foreest MachteldNED23411.5
WIMGaal ZsokaHUN23201.5
CMSherman ReemISR21261.5
Pantovic Dragan MSRB20381.5
327FMKostov Deyan SamuilBUL21201.5
328IMAlexakis DimitrisGRE24721.5
329IMPanic NenadSRB22951.5
Rahmanidis PetrosGRE22781.5
IMSredojevic IvanSRB22551.5
CMKhandelwal AnkushENG22551.5
Miletic VukMNE22311.5
334FMVagman RoyISR22981.5
335GMKelires AndreasGRE25381.5
FMNemec JachymCZE23711.5
CMKorkmaz NecmettinTUR21061.5
338FMSahakyan AleksARM23431.5
Farkas Sandor ISRB20641.5
340GMMastrovasilis AthanasiosGRE25181.5
FMAleksic MilanSRB22021.5
Petrekanovic MiroslavSRB21791.5
CMSafar SandroCRO21731.5
Androutsopoulos-Agiotatos VasilGRE21611.5
345FMLeszko BenceHUN22831.5
346FMIliaguev NisimISR24121.5
IMBarseghyan Armen Ar.ARM23821.5
IMBashirli NailAZE23431.5
FMSukovic AndrejMNE23221.5
Pajcin LavSRB22211.5
351FMSamani YamacTUR23571.5
352CMButolo Alexandru-MirceaROU20271.5
Andreev StanislavBUL20161.5
Arsenie Cristian MarcSUI19711.5
355Sitbon ItayISR21441.5
356Velkoski StojanMKD18681.5
Shadyev DamirFID17121.5
358CMBauer ThomasAUT21511.5
359FMDenishev MaratFID23031.5
Ivanovic MarkoSRB23021.5
WFMLevitan RonitISR21851.5
Onslow AlfieENG21741.5
Gramb MariusGER21591.5
364FMPopovic Milan SSRB23931.5
IMBournel AntoineFRA23771.5
Zadravec MatijaCRO22481.5
CMKrzywda AndrzejPOL22351.5
368FMKrasteva BeloslavaBUL22921.5
Noy EyalISR21611.5
WFMNilssen Ellen FredericiaDEN21441.5
IMMedancic RikardCRO21391.5
Dimitrijevic DusanSRB21051.5
373WIMSgircea Silvia-RalucaROU22141.5
Giacomini HectorFRA21211.5
375IMAlonso Garcia AaronESP24371.5
IMTodorovic Goran NSRB22961.5
Horvat DamjanCRO20951.5
IMPeric SlavisaSRB19801.5
379Alfirevic DujeCRO19241.5
380FMKristoferitsch DanielAUT22821.5
381WGMStojanovic AndjelijaSRB22621.5
382IMPajeken Jakob LeonGER24651.5
383FMOzsac Samet HarunTUR22931.5
Mandryka VladislavFID14651.5
385IMBodiroga PredragSRB23141
386FMOzsakallioglu OkanTUR22641
FMManukyan Sargis A.ARM21631
388FMOmorjan DejanSRB22861
389Mitrovic MarjanSRB22081
Sekelja MarkoCRO20891
391WIMBlagojevic TijanaSRB22381
CMKrstic MilosSRB21981
393IMRabrenovic VladanSRB22231
Gikas Andreas BasiliusGER21571
FMJovanovic Sasa TSRB21301
396CMJandric DamjanSRB21041
397WGMEric JovanaSRB22301
Lorenz RogerGER21801
399Ciric PavleSRB20371
400Sertbay HuseyinTUR20161
401WFMManko MariiaSUI21591
FMVoiteanu GabrielROU21551
CMSimonovic MiroslavSRB21151
404Bouska JiriCZE22571
Bashirov KemalUKR21881
406Perkampus LaurinGER21891
WIMSrdanovic JovanaSRB21461
Petrovic Dragan RSRB21411
FMKorelskiy EgorFID21271
Kosovic MiroslavCRO21001
Senel Hayri BeyhunTUR19041
412CMBozinovic BobanAUT19311
413FMKostic Milutin BSRB20491
414Gkavardinas AntoniosGRE21211
Grozdanovic AnastasiaSRB20501
416IMMarcetic NikolaSRB23091
WFMBashylina LuisaGER21271
418Stoinev MetodiBUL21591
Kienboeck BenjaminAUT20661
420Lazic LjubisaSRB21381
421FMIrizanin RadojeSRB22881
CMTodev SimeonBUL21191
CMKotyk MichaelGER20181
Garifulin YurySRB19751
Tabakovski DinoMKD16921
426Lazic EmanuelBIH20411
427Bozanic JovanSRB19341
428FMMartinkus RolandasLTU19851
429Orlovic LucieFRA10041
430FMNikolaidis KonstantinosGRE21331
Pantic IvicaSRB20911
WFMNikanova EkaterinaROU20321
Stoychev OgnianBUL19521
Bleuzen ErwanFRA19371
Kamenov ValentinBUL17041
436Gusev MikhailSRB20391
Banov BoilBUL20161
438Starcevic Ante LeonCRO22021
FMRoebers JanNED21131
440Demir BaranTUR21221
FMVeleski RobertMKD21061
Dumbelovic NovakSRB19481
Popovic IgorSRB18311
Pirvulescu AdrianROU17381
445Lakusic ZoranMNE16411
446Simic JakovAUT01
447Alexandri DimitraGRE15861
448Leskovac NikolaSRB21031
449Lazovic EmilijaSRB15941
450Bozic SasaSRB18391
451FMJeremic MilanSRB20520.5
452FMHamiti GaniKOS21120.5
Antonioudakis GeorgiosGRE19530.5
Kanana ZiadSUI17570.5
455Mladenovic MilanSRB17870.5
456Alexakis DimitriosGRE20240.5
457CMDeveci Huseyin SaidTUR19130.5
Djordjevic NevenaSRB18890.5
459Krunic DusanSRB21160.5
Pousada Garcia DanielESP20500.5
461Labrovic JakovCRO18880.5
462Konstantinidis KonstantinosGRE20470.5
463Janjic StefanSRB21150.5
Lauda AlexandrMDA20840.5
465Sakovich LukaFID17990.5
466Arandjelovic Aleksandar ZSRB18280.5
467Celik Ali AlperTUR19610.5
468Tadic AnaSRB18170
469Plamenac AleksandarMNE18480
Bartoccioni Menconi LeoneENG13000
471Modric MilosSRB20020
Nikolovski DavidMKD18600
Kovac MihaelCRO17840
474WFMTadic KatarinaSRB19190
Hlebec DarkoSRB19000
Dakic MartaSRB18670
Mitrovic StefanSRB18590
Valitov IlshatSRB18540
Gogic AnastasijaSRB17720
480GMSedlak NikolaSRB24500
481FMLorscheid GerhardGER21400
Mitrovic VladanSRB18710
483WCMDimitrijevic AndjelaSRB18630
484Orlovic IsaFRA17520


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