Here is a picture of the legendary GM Oleg Romanishin versus the young star GM Cheparinov, Topalov’s second. This was taken during the 2007 European Championship. Many more pictures can be viewed at www.chessvibes.com. Special thanks to Peter Doggers...
8th European Championship
8th EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2007 Rank after Round 7Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. 1 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2654 6.02 GM Tkachiev Vladislav FRA 2652 5.53 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2641 5.54 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2686 5.55...
6 rounds completed in Dresden
Here are the standings after 6 rounds at the European Chess Championship: Men1-5 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2654 5.01-5 IM Jianu Vlad-Cristian ROM 2506 5.01-5 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2640 5.01-5 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2630 5.01-5 GM Tkachiev...
12 perfect score remaining after 3 rounds in Dresden
After 3 rounds, here are the leaders at the 2007 European Championship:1-5 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2654, GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2630, GM Galkin Alexander RUS 2590, GM Berelovich Aleksandar UKR 2556, IM Jianu Vlad-Cristian ROM 2506 3.0 Here...
Big upsets in Dresden
There were some big upsets at the 2007 European Championship. Here are some of the biggest ones: GM Georgiev Kiril 0 – 1 IM Holzke FrankIM Urban Klaudiusz 1 – 0 GM Naiditsch ArkadijGM Gashimov Vugar 0 – 1...
Image is everything!
This is the impressive list of sponsors for the 2007 European Chess Championship. I know the organizer in Dresden for many years and they have done a fantastic job. I am sure the 2008 Olympiad in Dresden will be...
European Championship 2007
With the successful application for the Chess Olympiad 2008 at the FIDE world congress in October 2004 the city of Dresden started preparations for this great sporting events right away. On April 7, 2005 the city council unanimously agreed...