EICC 2009 Final Standings and Playoff Results GM Tomashevsky wins

With 11 players finishing with 8.0/11.0, there were tiebreak games played to determine Champion, Medals and Prize money. Here are those results. First round got the field down to an even 8 with seeds 6-11 playing to get to round 2, GM Guseinov pulling off the only upset in this round.

Round 1: Tiebreaks for the title of European Champion and medals (two games at 15 min+5 sec, followed by 5/4 armaggedon

15 min + 5 sec 5/4 min Final Result
11 GM Nyback Tomi 0 ½ ½
6 GM Malakhov Vladimir 1 ½ 1½

15 min + 5 sec 5/4 min Final Result
7 GM Grachev Boris 0 1 0 1
10 GM Guseinov Gadir 1 0 1 2

15 min + 5 sec 5/4 min Final Result
9 GM Kobalia Mikhail 1 0 0 1
8 GM Jobava Baadur 0 1 1 2

Round 2

15 min + 5 sec 5/4 min Final Result
8 GM Jobava Baadur 1 1 2
1 GM Sokolov Ivan 0 0 0

15 min + 5 sec 5/4 min Final Result
2 GM Inarkiev Ernesto ½ ½ 1 2
10 GM Guseinov Gadir ½ ½ 0 1

15 min + 5 sec 5/4 min Final Result
6 GM Malakhov Vladimir ½ ½ ½ 1½ (Black Draw odds in 5/4)
3 GM Naiditsch Arkadij ½ ½ ½ 1½

15 min + 5 sec 5/4 min Final Result
4 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny ½ 1 1½
5 GM Navara David ½ 0 ½

Round 3 of Elimination Tie Breaks:

15 min + 5 sec 5/4 min Final Result
H 8 GM Jobava Baadur 1 0 0 1
4 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 0 1 1 2

15 min + 5 sec 5/4 min Final Result
I 6 GM Malakhov Vladimir 1 ½ 1½
2 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 0 ½ ½

Championship Round


Final Match 15 min + 5 sec 5/4 min Final Result
6 GM Malakhov Vladimir 0 1 0 1
4 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 1 0 1 2



3rd Place 15 min + 5 sec 5/4 min Final Result
8 GM Jobava Baadur 1 ½ 1½
2 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 0 ½ ½





Final Standings from 7.5 points out of 11 possible upwards:


1 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2664 8,0
2 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2692 8,0
3 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2669 8,0
4 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2656 8,0
5 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2657 8,0
6 GM Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2693 8,0
7 GM Navara David CZE 2638 8,0
8 GM Grachev Boris RUS 2655 8,0
9 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2634 8,0
10 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2661 8,0
11 GM Nyback Tomi FIN 2644 8,0
12 GM Meier Georg GER 2608 7,5
13 GM Nijboer Friso NED 2559 7,5
14 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A UKR 2633 7,5
15 GM Timofeev Artyom RUS 2671 7,5
16 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2562 7,5
17 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2594 7,5
18 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2638 7,5
19 GM Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2673 7,5
20 GM Stevic Hrvoje CRO 2592 7,5
21 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2687 7,5
22 GM Dreev Alexey RUS 2688 7,5
23 GM Bologan Viktor MDA 2687 7,5
24 GM Kurnosov Igor RUS 2602 7,5
25 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2608 7,5
26 GM Papaioannou Ioannis GRE 2609 7,5
27 GM Mikhalevski Victor ISR 2608 7,5
28 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2676 7,5
29 GM Pashikian Arman ARM 2621 7,5
30 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter ROU 2675 7,5
31 GM Petrosian Tigran L ARM 2623 7,5
32 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2593 7,5 0
33 GM Sakaev Konstantin RUS 2619 7,5 0
34 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2654 7,5