European Men Chess Championship 2003
Round 13, June 13, Friday
Azmaiparashvili - Graf 1/2. Queen's Indian. A quick draw.
Sakaev - Malakhov 1/2. Slav. A quick draw.
Ivanchuk - Alekseev 1-0. Spanish. Vassily outplayed the rival in the middlegame.
Round 12, June 12
Van Wely - Azmaiparashvili 0-1. Slav. A very long game.
Graf - Grischuk 1-0. Slav. White had some edge.
Malakhov - Nielsen 1-0. Nimzo-Indian. Vladimir seized the initiative and won with elegance 25.Nb5! cxb5 26.Qf4.
Round 11, June 11
Nielsen - Van Wely 1/2. Gruenfeld. Peter Heine grabbed a pawn.
Georgiev Kir - Aronian 1/2. Spanish. Levon had some advantage.
Ivanchuk - Dautov 1/2. Caro-Kann. Rustem obtained a small edge.
Round 10, June 10
Van Wely - Aleksandrov 1-0. Nimzo-Indian. Aleksej obtained a small but lasting edge and won a pawn. He could make perpetual check, but made a terrible error 67...d3.
Malakhov - Nisipeanu 1-0. English. Liviu-Dieter hazardously sacrificed a piece.
Kobalia - Chuchelov 1-0. Queen's Indian. Mikhail outplayed the rival in the endgame.
Round 9, June 8
Sakaev - Aleksandrov 1/2. Ragozin. Double-edged game. Perpetual check.
McShane - Grischuk 0-1. Sicilian. Alexander sacrificed a pawn, then Luke grabbed another pawn. White made a mistake 41.Ka3 and Black seized the initiative.
Malakhov - Azmaiparashvili 0-1. Black had slightly better chances in the endgame.
Round 8, June 7
Aleksandrov - Malakhov 1/2. Dutch Defence. Vladimir courageously sacrificed a pawn.
Van Wely - Kharlov 1/2. Queen's Gambit Accepted. Complicated ending.
Ftacnik - Azmaiparashvili 0-1. Slav. Zurab grabbed a pawn.
Round 7, June 6
Azmaiparashvili - Aleksandrov 1/2. Reti. Aleksej grabbed a pawn in the opening, but lost a pawn in the ending.
Malakhov - Dautov 1-0. Reti. Vladimir seized the initiative, then Rustem blundered the exchange.
Sakaev - Najer 1-0. Slav. Konstantin outplayed the rival in the rook endgame.
Round 6, June 5
Aleksandrov - Kotronias 1-0. Trompovsky. Aleksej obtained an edge in the endgame.
Kozul - Grischuk 1/2. Queen's Indian. Alexander attacked on the kingside. Perpetual check.
Najer - Malakhov 1/2. Slav. Evgeniy sacrificed a pawn in the opening.
Round 5, June 3
Bologan - Neverov 1/2. Sicilian. Black won only a pawn.
Grischuk - Nisipeanu 1/2. Caro-Kann. Alexander had some initiative.
Kotronias - Graf 1/2. Spanish. Vasilios obtained a small edge.
Round 4, June 2
Nisipeanu - Kotronias 1/2. Sicilian.
Kacheishvili - Sakaev 0-1. Gruenfeld. Black sacrificed the exchange.
Azmaiparashvili - Agrest 1/2. Queen's Gambit. Perpetual check.
Round 3, June 1
Kotronias - Beliavsky 1-0. Spanish. White grabbed a pawn.
Grischuk - Socko 1-0. Spanish. White won two pawns in the ending.
Agrest - Graf 1/2. English. Black had a good counterplay in the opening, then White obtained an advantage in the endgame.
Round 2, May 31
Timofeev - Malakhov 1/2. Queen's Gambit Accepted. A sharp fight. White won a pawn.
Smirin - Ivanisevic 0-1. Four Knights. White had some edge, but then made a mistake 27.f3.
Neverov - Atakisi 1-0. Gruenfeld. White grabbed a pawn in the endgame.
Round 1, May 30
Grischuk - Iljushin 1-0. French. Good knight vs bad bishop.
Glek - Rublevsky 1-0. Sicilian. Rook and bishop vs queen.
Malakhov - Dvoirys 1-0. English. White pushed a-pawn.
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