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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