Rounds 1-13 Results of the leading players

Chess Siberia

European Individual Men Championship 2002

Tie-break, June 27
For 2-5 places
Gagunashvili - Gurevich 1/2, 0-1
Volkov - Sargissian 1-0, 1/2
For 2-3 places
Gurevich - Volkov 1/2, 1-0
For 4-5 places
Sargissian - Gagunashvili 0-1, 0-1
Round 13, June 26
Milov - Macieja 1/2 (Trompovsky. White had some edge)
Volkov - Gurevich 1/2 (Slav. A quick draw)
Sulskis - Asrian 1/2 (Caro-Kann)
Round 12, June 24
Asrian - Gurevich 1/2 (French)
Macieja - Sturua 1-0 (Spanish. White obtained an edge in the complicated endgame and won a pawn)
Shengelia - Volkov 0-1 (Slav. Black sacrificed a piece and won the exchange. Better is 33.Bd2!).
Round 11, June 23
Gurevich - Macieja 1/2 (Nimzo-Indian. White had some edge)
Galkin - Shengelia 1/2 (Sicilian. A quick draw. Interesting is 1.d4)
Socko - Volkov 0-1 (English. Black sacrificed a pawn and seized the initiative).
Round 10, June 22
Jakovenko - Gurevich 0-1 (French. Mikhael grabbed a pawn and won in the endgame)
Volkov - Macieja 0-1 (Gruenfeld. Bartlomiej had an extra pawn in the knight ending)
Krasenkow - Galkin 1/2 (Alexander had an extra piece).
Round 9, June 21
Macieja - Galkin 1/2 (Caro-Kann)
Socko - Jakovenko 1/2 (Sicilian. Bartosz had an extra pawn in the endgame)
Gurevich - Marin 1-0 (Nimzo-Indian. Mikhail attacked with 28.Nxe6!).
Round 8, June 20
Macieja - Socko 1/2 (A quick draw)
Godena - Gurevich 1/2 (French. Michele grabbed a pawn)
Sturua - Kharlov 0-1 (Queen's Gambit Accepted).
Round 7, June 18
Jakovenko - Macieja 0-1 (Sicilian Paulsen. Black attacked Q+N)
Kharlov - Galkin 0-1 (Knight vs pawns)
Socko - Kotronias 1-0 (Sicilian. Bartosz won the exchange).
Round 6, June 17
Kotronias - Jakovenko 0-1 (Spanish. Dmitry won the exchange)
Marin - Kharlov 1/2 (Queen's Gambit Accepted. Andrei grabbed a pawn)
Galkin - Socko 1/2 (Spanish. Draw by repetition).
Round 5, June 16
Kotronias - Jobava 1-0 (Sicilian. Interesting is 23...Rc8)
Jakovenko - Sulskis 1-0 (Spanish. Dmitry outplayed the rival in the endgame)
Socko - Graf 1-0 (Spanish. Alexander had 3 extra pawns, maybe he lost on time).
Round 4, June 15
Jobava - Gurevich 1-0 (Queen's Gambit. Mikhail could make perpetual check)
Jakovenko - Baklan 1-0 (Sicilian. White had a strong passed pawn)
Sulskis - Gagunashvili 1-0 (Sicilian Sveshnikov. Double-edged game).
Round 3, June 14
Gurevich - Socko 1/2 (Kings Indian. After 18.bxc5 dxc5! Black shifted the knight to the good d6 square and levelled the game)
Kharlov - Jakovenko 1/2 (English)
Yagupov - Sulskis 1/2 (Spanish. White had some edge thanks to pair of bishops).
Round 2, June 13
Delchev - Gurevich 0-1 (French. Dangerous was 31.f5?)
Goloshchapov - Kharlov 0-1 (Sicilian. White had some edge. Better is 20.Nf5 or 23.Bb3)
Graf - Mchedlishvili 1/2 (Nimzo-Indian).
Round 1, June 12
Gurevich - Gashimov 1-0 (Ragozin Defence. White had an edge)
Volkov - Jirovsky 1-0 (Queen's Gambit. Checkmate on 96 move)
Zhukova - Ehlvest 1-0 (Slav. Natalia obtained an edge in the middlegame).

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