European Individual (11)

Posted in Events, People on 31st March 2012 One Comments

Dmitry Jakovenko, courtesy of chessdom.com

The 2012 European Champion is Dmitry Jakovenko. The Russian Grandmaster registered a 2832 performance, a massive 103 points above his Elo rating. He is twenty-eight and finished outright first in a field of 344 players, mostly professionals. England’s Gawain Jones, having led in the early rounds, finished 15th= with a creditable 7.5/11. Other English scores were: DWL Howell 7, AC Hunt 5 & AJ Ledger 4.5.

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March 31, 2012 at 9:54 pm

Bulgaria. Plovdiv, 20th-31st March, European Individual Championship. 1st D Jakovenko (RUS) 8.5/11; 2nd= L Fressinet (FRA), V Malakhov (RUS), D Andreikin (RUS), E Inarkiev (RUS), M Matlakov (RUS), V Bologan (MDA), F Vallejo-Pons (ESP), Y Kryvoruchko (UKR), S Azarov (BLR), E Najer (RUS), V Akopian (ARM), A Volokitin (UKR) & J Smeets (NED) all 8; 15th= GCB Jones (ENG) 7.5; also DWL Howell 7; AC Hunt 5 & AJ Ledger (all ENG) 4.5. 344 finished. Jones qualifies for the FIDE World Cup along with 22 others.

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