Aleksandar Indjic is now a full point ahead in the European Individual Chess Championship 2024

GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB, 2623) took the sole lead in round 6 of the European Individual Chess Championship and today in round 7 expanded it after defeating the top seeded GM Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO, 2712). Replay the game here

Playing with black pieces, Aleksandar Indjic reached an equal position straight after the opening. He improved it to gain a slight advantage and started repeating the moves. However, Fedoseev refused a three-fold repetition, and entered a worse position which Indjic used to create a beautiful mating motive on Fedoseev’s weakened kingside.

Round 7 games: David Gavrilescu – Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus / Maksim Chigaev – Yahli Sokolovsky / Aram Hakobyan – Jan Malek / Rasmus Svane – Misratdin Iskandarov / Evgeny Romanov – Jaime Santos Latasa / Daniil Yuffa – Valentin Dragnev / Gabriel Sargissian – Ihor Samunenkov / Rauf Mamedov – Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis / Max Warmerdam – Szymon Gumularz / Bogdan-Daniel Deac – Viktor Gazik / Daniel Dardha – Shant Sargsyan / Alexander Motylev – Alexander Donchenko Ivan Cheparinov – Manuel Petrosyan / Robert Hovhannisyan – Frederik Svane / Vladimir Fedoseev – Aleksandar Indjic

Taking a win today, Indjic secured a full point lead in the tournament ahead of 13 players who tie for second place scoring 5.5 points each: GM Frederik Svane (GER, 2654), GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU, 2687), GM Maksim Chigaev (ESP, 2605), GM Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM, 2613), GM Ivan Cheparinov (BUL, 2632), GM Daniel Dardha (BEL, 2606), GM Ihor Samunenkov (UKR, 2523), GM Rauf Mamedov (AZE, 2651), GM Alexander Donchenko (GER, 2617), GM Manuel Petrosyan (ARM, 2612), GM Aram Hakobyan (ARM, 2623), GM Alexander Motylev (ROU, 2577) and GM Daniele Vocaturo (ITA, 2597).

20-year-old WIM Sofia Pogorelskikh (SRB, 2252) is currently the best-ranked female player in the event with the impressive score of 5/7 points. Sofia Pogorelskikh today heroically drew against the 2023 World Junior Chess Champion GM Marc’Andria Maurizzi (FRA, 2585) to secure herself WGM and IM norms with two rounds to spare. Earning 63 rating points and performing with rating 2607, Sofia keeps her chances for a GM norm in the next rounds.

Many young chess players used the opportunity to show their talent at the European Individual Chess Championship 2024. One of them is 13-year-old FM Atilla Kuru (TUR, 2371) who today drew with black pieces against GM Jobava Baadur (GEO, 2587). Atilla Kuru scores 5/7 points and performs in the event with incredible 2750 rating, earning 68.4 ELO points.

After today’s game, Atilla Kuru joined the ECU TV studio to analyze his game with our host GM Alojzije Jankovic.

The 8th round starts tomorrow at 15:00 CET and the top-board pairings are:

1. GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB, 2623) – GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU, 2687)
2. GM Frederik Svane (GER, 2654) – GM Daniel Dardha (BEL, 2606)
3. GM Manuel Petrosyan (ARM, 2612) – GM Rauf Mamedov (AZE, 2651)
4. GM Ihor Samunenkov (UKR, 2523) – GM Ivan Cheparinov (BUL, 2632)
5. GM Daniele Vocaturo (ITA, 2597) – GM Aram Hakobyan (ARM, 2623)

Live games with video broadcast and commentaries by GM Alojzije Jankovic and WIMs Sandra Djukic and Lena Miladinovic can be followed through the ECU TV platform.

Photos by ECU

European Individual Chess 2024 results round 7

Bo.		White	Rtg	Result		Black	Rtg
1	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	2712	0 – 1	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	2623
2	GM	Hovhannisyan, Robert	2613	½ – ½	GM	Svane, Frederik	2654
3	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	2632	½ – ½	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2612
4	GM	Motylev, Alexander	2577	½ – ½	GM	Donchenko, Alexander	2617
5	GM	Dardha, Daniel	2606	½ – ½	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2655
6	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2687	1 – 0	GM	Gazik, Viktor	2579
7	GM	Warmerdam, Max	2653	½ – ½	GM	Gumularz, Szymon	2579
8	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	2651	1 – 0	GM	Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis	2575
9	GM	Sargissian, Gabriel	2640	0 – 1	GM	Samunenkov, Ihor	2523
10	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	2631	½ – ½	GM	Dragnev, Valentin	2566
11	GM	Romanov, Evgeny	2584	½ – ½	GM	Santos Latasa, Jaime	2630
12	GM	Svane, Rasmus	2628	½ – ½	GM	Iskandarov, Misratdin	2506
13	GM	Hakobyan, Aram	2623	1 – 0	IM	Malek, Jan	2499
14	GM	Chigaev, Maksim	2605	1 – 0	GM	Sokolovsky, Yahli	2516
15	GM	Gavrilescu, David	2545	½ – ½	GM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	2604
16	GM	Sedlak, Nikola	2444	0 – 1	GM	Vocaturo, Daniele	2597
17	GM	Jobava, Baadur	2587	½ – ½	FM	Kuru, Atilla	2371
18	WIM	Pogorelskikh, Sofia	2252	½ – ½	GM	Maurizzi, Marc`andria	2585
19	GM	Ahmadzada, Ahmad	2542	0 – 1	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2687
20	GM	Saric, Ivan	2668	1 – 0	GM	Blohberger, Felix	2536
21	GM	Quparadze, Giga	2533	½ – ½	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	2668
22	GM	Bluebaum, Matthias	2654	½ – ½	GM	Gorshtein, Ido	2528
23	GM	Bacrot, Etienne	2653	1 – 0	GM	Vetoshko, Volodymyr	2513
24	GM	Kovalev, Vladislav	2539	½ – ½	GM	Pichot, Alan	2649
25	GM	Sjugirov, Sanan	2649	1 – 0	GM	Dudin, Gleb	2510
26	GM	Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar	2530	½ – ½	GM	Grandelius, Nils	2645
27	GM	Kollars, Dmitrij	2641	0 – 1	GM	Ohanyan, Emin	2504
28	GM	Peng, Li Min	2516	½ – ½	GM	Korobov, Anton	2636
29	IM	Kosakowski, Jakub	2516	1 – 0	GM	Gurel, Ediz	2635
30	IM	Tarhan, Adar	2492	½ – ½	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	2632
31	IM	Kucuksari, Kaan	2473	0 – 1	GM	Durarbayli, Vasif	2626
32	GM	Ivic, Velimir	2622	0 – 1	GM	Fernandez, Daniel Howard	2503
33	IM	Kilic, Eray	2442	0 – 1	GM	Bartel, Mateusz	2613
34	GM	Lagarde, Maxime	2606	½ – ½	GM	Girel, Joseph	2486
35	GM	Safarli, Eltaj	2596	1 – 0	IM	Ilinca, Felix-Antonio	2470
36	GM	Lupulescu, Constantin	2591	½ – ½	IM	Rozen, Eytan	2482
37	IM	Babazada, Khazar	2459	½ – ½	GM	Petrov, Nikita	2590
38	GM	Godena, Michele	2419	½ – ½	GM	Laurent-Paoli, Pierre	2583
39	GM	Fridman, Daniel	2581	0 – 1	IM	Akbas, Umut Ata	2466
40	IM	Koelle, Tobias	2414	0 – 1	GM	Piorun, Kacper	2580
41	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	2575	½ – ½	IM	Patrelakis, Evaggelos	2437
42	IM	Defromont, Benjamin	2399	1 – 0	GM	Moroni, Luca Jr	2571
43	GM	Yilmaz, Mustafa	2568	1 – 0	IM	Fus, Jakub	2417
44	GM	Can, Emre	2559	1 – 0	FM	Culum, Sanjin	2432
45	GM	Livaic, Leon	2557	½ – ½	FM	Talibov, Shiroghlan	2415
46	GM	Socko, Bartosz	2554	½ – ½	FM	Ermitsch, Magnus	2399
47	FM	Magold, Filip	2405	1 – 0	GM	Parligras, Mircea-Emilian	2550
48	GM	Navara, David	2674	1 – 0	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike	2437
49	IM	Saraci, Nderim	2439	½ – ½	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2653
50	IM	Garcia Ramos, Daniel	2437	0 – 1	GM	Predke, Alexandr	2652
51	GM	Bryakin, Mikhail	2435	½ – ½	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	2640
52	GM	Rodshtein, Maxim	2636	½ – ½	IM	Injac, Teodora	2429
53	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2612	1 – 0	IM	Licznerski, Lukasz	2422
54	GM	Fressinet, Laurent	2605	½ – ½	FM	Pasztor, Balazs	2419
55	GM	Pultinevicius, Paulius	2599	½ – ½	IM	Zemach, Nadav	2414
56	IM	Druska, Juraj	2433	½ – ½	GM	Tomczak, Jacek	2593
57	IM	Celik, Hasan Huseyin	2431	½ – ½	GM	Vogel, Roven	2558
58	GM	Asadli, Vugar	2554	½ – ½	IM	Bournel, Antoine	2403
59	GM	Petkov, Momchil	2549	1 – 0	IM	Agdelen, Huseyin Can	2407
60	IM	Piliposyan, Robert	2418	½ – ½	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2546
61	FM	Dotzer, Lukas	2418	1 – 0	GM	Nasuta, Grzegorz	2543
62	IM	Keinanen, Toivo	2541	½ – ½	GM	Neverov, Valeriy	2401
63	GM	Grigoriants, Sergey	2531	1 – 0	FM	Barria Santos, Jose Guilherme	2398
64	IM	Tutisani, Noe	2411	1 – 0	IM	Alexakis, Dimitris	2520
65	GM	Brunello, Sabino	2518	0 – 1	FM	Gasparyan, Erik R.	2371
66	FM	Prokofiev, Valentyn	2411	½ – ½	IM	Lashkin, Jegor	2518
67	GM	Rasulov, Vugar	2511	1 – 0	IM	Ozenir, Ekin Baris	2392
68	GM	Socko, Monika	2403	0 – 1	IM	Boyer, Mahel	2506
69	IM	Seo, Jung Min	2505	1 – 0	FM	Citak, Selim	2366
70	IM	Maksimovic, Bojan	2504	1 – 0	FM	Nemsadze, Daviti	2366
71	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	2403	1 – 0	GM	Sivuk, Vitaly	2502
72	GM	Djukic, Nikola	2499	1 – 0	FM	Krallis, Christos	2390
73	GM	Ioannidis, Evgenios	2497	½ – ½	IM	Vestby-Ellingsen, Mads	2368
74	IM	Kalezic, Blazo	2394	0 – 1	GM	Gokerkan, Cem Kaan	2490
75	IM	Samadov, Read	2490	1 – 0	FM	Lavrencic, Matic	2366
76	IM	Niedbala, Bartlomiej	2389	0 – 1	IM	Deuer, Marius	2479
77	WGM	Sliwicka, Alicja	2380	0 – 1	IM	Feuerstack, Aljoscha	2471
78	IM	Stoyanov, Tsvetan	2465	½ – ½	FM	Bodrogi, Bendeguz	2358
79	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon	2462	1 – 0	FM	Hovakimyan, Vache	2319
80	FM	Kalavannan, Koby	2225	½ – ½	IM	Wadsworth, Matthew J	2461
81	FM	Hulka, Valentyn	2259	1 – 0	IM	Willow, Jonah B	2454
82	IM	Fromm, Marius	2452	0 – 1	CM	Lauda, Alexandr	2222
83	IM	Levin, Guy	2445	1 – 0		Goroshchenko, Dmitry	2141
84	WIM	Srdanovic, Jovana	2200	0 – 1	FM	Camlar, Arda	2445
85	IM	Gevorgyan, David Sh.	2247	½ – ½	GM	Gretarsson, Helgi Ass	2441
86	IM	Kochavi, Ori	2363	0 – 1	GM	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	2654
87	FM	Derakhshani, Borna	2355	0 – 1	GM	Ivanisevic, Ivan	2544
88	FM	Novosel, Lovro	2353	1 – 0	GM	Subelj, Jan	2535
89	GM	Kacharava, Nikolozi	2525	1 – 0	FM	Yarar, Bora	2361
90	GM	Sebenik, Matej	2524	½ – ½	IM	Yurtseven, Melih	2348
91	IM	Kramer, Julian	2503	1 – 0	FM	Sherman, Raem	2340
92	GM	Stefansson, Hannes	2485	½ – ½	FM	Yordanov, Lachezar	2332
93	IM	Zwirs, Nico	2480	1 – 0	FM	Fiedorek, Michal	2295
94	GM	Kjartansson, Gudmundur	2470	1 – 0	FM	Filip, Andrei	2283
95	IM	Manea, Alexandru	2273	½ – ½	GM	Zanan, Evgeny	2463
96	WIM	Aydin, Gulenay	2271	½ – ½	IM	Radovanovic, Nikola	2443
97	IM	Peyrer, Konstantin	2437	½ – ½	FM	Fishchuk, Vladyslav	2270
98	FM	Valiyev, Shahin	2260	1 – 0	IM	Petrovskyi, Vadym	2433
99	IM	Juhasz, Agoston	2432	½ – ½	FM	Dubnevych, Maksym	2264
100	IM	Kalogeris, Ioannis	2431	1 – 0	FM	Hamidov, Allahverdi	2247
101	IM	Aizenberg, Benny	2427	1 – 0	FM	Pegno, Mattia	2245
102	IM	Tadic, Stefan	2422	1 – 0		Lever, Erwan	2221
103	CM	Safar, Sandro	2242	1 – 0	IM	Travadon, Loic	2419
104	GM	Yankelevich, Lev	2417	½ – ½	CM	Rychagov, Nikita	2217
105	CM	Noy, Eyal	2226	½ – ½	FM	Yaniv, Yuval	2421
106	IM	Sieciechowicz, Marcin	2416	½ – ½	FM	Djokic, Mihailo	2204
107	CM	Aslanov, Umid	2222	½ – ½	IM	Shohat, Yotam	2412
108	FM	Agasarov, Benik	2410	0 – 1		Karaca, Yigit	2006
109	WFM	Shvedova, Alexandra	2206	0 – 1	IM	Ahmad, Khagan	2406
110	FM	Olcum, Ahmet	2180	1 – 0	IM	Domalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr	2399
111	WIM	Hryzlova, Sofiia	2177	½ – ½	IM	Mikac, Matjaz	2392
112	WIM	Allahverdiyeva, Ayan	2174	0 – 1	IM	Abdulov, Orkhan	2385
113	WFM	Kochavi, Dana	2166	½ – ½	IM	Baltag, Iulian	2383
114	IM	Wallace, John Paul	2368	0 – 1		Onem, Cem	1825
115		Yalcinkaya, Efe	2117	0 – 1	FM	Tudor, Henry Edward	2365
116		Odabasi, Ruzgar	2114	0 – 1	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	2364
117		Pycinski, Wladyslaw	2230	0 – 1	GM	Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio	2492
118	IM	Olsen, Filip Boe	2470	1 – 0	FM	Durucay, Uygar	2226
119	IM	Manafov, Vugar	2430	1 – 0	FM	Biliskov, Vjekoslav	2225
120	IM	Vanczak, Tamas	2413	½ – ½	FM	Bartel, Michal	2222
121	IM	Decuigniere, Tom	2385	½ – ½	CM	Prisacaru, Stefan-Emilian	2197
122	IM	Kanyamarala, Tarun	2371	1 – 0	WGM	Rudzinska, Michalina	2192
123	WIM	Orian, Noga	2221	0 – 1	FM	Goroshkov, Maksym	2368
124		Kawulok, Marek	2219	½ – ½	GM	Golubka, Petro	2365
125	IM	Damjanovic, Vuk	2364	1 – 0	CM	Yonal, Timur	2184
126	CM	Deveci, Huseyin Said	2211	½ – ½	FM	Akhvlediani, Irakli	2363
127	IM	Pastar, Slaven	2361	1 – 0		Parligras, Cosmin	2182
128	FM	Dalaud, Dorian	2348	1 – 0		Ramaj, Ergit	2180
129	IM	Filip, Lucian-Ioan	2341	½ – ½	FM	Pipiras, Filipa Fortuna	2166
130		Gov, Guy	2200	½ – ½	IM	Fruebing, Stefan	2336
131	FM	Gombocz, Ferenc Jr.	2333	½ – ½	FM	Lundin, Jan	2175
132	FM	Brzezina, Piotr	2307	1 – 0		Ceyhan, Mert	2114
133	FM	Stanojevic, Ilija	2197	1 – 0	FM	Sukovic, Andrej	2299
134	FM	Yilmaz, Baver	2196	½ – ½	FM	Leszko, Bence	2292
135	FM	Unat, Can Haktan	2290	½ – ½		Doraszelski, Alexander	2156
136		Markovic, Franjo-Josip	2181	½ – ½	IM	Lekic, Dusan	2288
137	IM	Vujosevic, Vladimir	2285	0 – 1	CM	Marie, Maxime	2154
138	FM	Perossa, Nicolas	2277	½ – ½		Giacomini, Hector	2095
139	FM	Yeritsyan, Hayk	2276	1 – 0	WFM	Bashylina, Luisa	2105
140		Sitbon, Itay	2170	½ – ½	FM	Mouhamad, Joachim	2273
141	FM	Zherebtsova, Alexandra	2268	½ – ½		Antonyan, Hamlet	2056
142		Guleryuz, Kuzey	2158	1 – 0	IM	Bodiroga, Predrag	2260
143	FM	Vasynda, Oleksandr	2257	0 – 1		Brzezina, Pawel	2064
144	GM	Drazic, Sinisa	2255	0 – 1		Tsanatsqenishvili, Alexandre	1987
145		Pousada Garcia, Victor Daniel	2053	0 – 1	FM	Gal, Andrej	2255
146		Sapocinic, Semion	2247	½ – ½		Alexakis, Dimitrios	1943
147	WIM	Kubicka, Anna	2235	1 – 0		Pirvulescu, Adrian	1929
148		Horvat, Damjan	2135	0 – 1	IM	Schneider, Ilja	2451
149	FM	Ljepic, Andrej	2365	1 – 0	FM	Voiteanu, Gabriel	2132
150		Dumbelovic, Novak	2123	½ – ½	FM	Hollan, Martin	2347
151		Sakmak, Kutay	2104	0 – 1	FM	Szwed, Jacek	2341
152	FM	Petrovic, Aleksa	2262	1 – 0	WFM	Pirvulescu, Ekaterina	2086
153	FM	Coursaget, Nicolas	2101	½ – ½	FM	Berin, Artem	2224
154		Nalbandyan, Vahan	2223	1 – 0	WFM	Blanquet, Camille	2079
155	CM	Mizzi, Jack	2214	0 – 1		Guretchii, Kirill	2058
156		Modric, Milos	2066	0 – 1	CM	Garsky, Vladyslav	2200
157	WFM	Szente Varga, Fruzsina	2059	1 – 0		Starcevic, Ante Leon	2200
158		Scekic, Veljko	2199	½ – ½	WCM	Akat, Elifnaz	2020
159		Yekeler, Kerem Sarp	2048	0 – 1	FM	Djurovic, Peko	2198
160		Tunge, Christian	2015	0 – 1	CM	Saraci, Korab	2193
161		Caruso, Augusto	2193	1 – 0		Pehar, Borna	2010
162		Abdulkarimli, Eljan	2190	1 – 0		Metin, Enis	2005
163		Maghakyan, Hayk	1958	½ – ½	CM	Gusev, Mikhail	2186
164		Lorenz, Roger	2184	– – +		Qorri, Fatmir	1993
165		Kyparissopoulos, Spyridon	1946	½ – ½	WIM	Kanyamarala, Trisha	2171
166		Valitov, Ilshat	1908	0 – 1		Tamas, Christian-Arrydan	2166
167		Asllani, Muhamet	2157	1 – 0		Zivkovic, Slaven	1919
168	FM	Ergazakis, Ioannis	2150	1 – 0		Kayan, Veli	1845
169		Khachatryan, Gagik B.	1858	0 – 1		Stoinev, Metodi	2138
170	FM	Vagman, Roy	2322	0 – 1		Nadanyan, Kiti	1725
171	CM	Arakelyan, Manvel	2140	1 – 0		Marchadour, Emilie	2034
172		Celenkovic, Bojan	2125	0 – 1		Eryigit, Yakup	2025
173	FM	Bognar, Csaba Dr.	2101	½ – ½	IM	Smolin, Sergey	1988
174	FM	Rama, Lorenc	2086	1 – 0		Stefan, Iulia-Cristiana	1964
175		Gur, Ali	2086	1 – 0		Milovic, Ilija	1891
176		Stoychev, Ognian	2071	1 – 0		Barbir, Petar	1902
177		Labrovic, Jakov	1931	½ – ½		Pantovic, Dragan M	2056
178		Uysal, Kerem	1884	1 – 0	WFM	Koljevic, Nikolina	2051
179		Shlaen, Rem	1947	1 – 0		Willim, Michael	2102
180		Baghirov, Orkhan	2097	1 – 0		Spanos, Nomikos	1882
181		Petrovic, Slavko	1919	0 – 1	FM	Zymberi, Astrit	2070
182		Franco, Alessandro P.	1893	0 – 1		Mandalinic, David	2058
183	FM	Minic, Milan	2052	½ – ½		Matei, Stefan-Razvan	1807
184		Iordache, Alexia-Andreea	2018	1 – 0		Milosevic, Vuk	1702
185		Basdar, Atakan	1962	1 – 0		Balent, Sara	1662
186		Henn, Jonathan	1534	0 – 1		Volcov, Igor	1954
187		Vukasovic, Vlado	0	0 – 1		Soldo, Dario	1949
188		De Winter, Roman	1778	0 – 1		Lakusic, Zoran	1749
189	GM	Kadric, Denis	2562	0 – 1	IM	Zhou, Yang-Fan	2418
190		Vukazic, Zlatko	0	0 – 1		Camas, Mustafa Arda	0