2018 European championships international draughts

The 2018 European championships of international draughts were held from 16 to 22 December in Moscow, Russia, over 9 rounds Swiss-system tournament. There were 55 participants from 14 countries, including 17 grandmasters, 9 international masters and 15 masters of the FMJD.^[1] Competitions was at classic format and at superblitz. 6 sportsmen qualified for WC 2019.

The winner was 18-years-old Michael Semyaniuk from Belarus, silver was for Alexander Georgiev from the Russia, third was Martijn van IJzendoorn from the Netherlands.

Classic tournament

Rules and regulations

Participants played Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds. To define the places with equal points used of Solkoff truncated coefficient. Time control was 1 hour 20 minutes plus a minute per move.

Final standings

  Qualified for WC 2019

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	Points	TSolk
1	Michael Semyaniuk	Belarus	MI	2148	13	90
2	Alexander Georgiev	Russia	GMI	2418	13	84
3	Martijn van IJzendoorn	Netherlands	GMI	2397	12	89
4	Evgeni Vatutin	Belarus	GMI	2319	12	87
5	Nicolay Germogenov	Russia	MI	2299	11	89 81(-1)
6	Jitse Slump	Netherlands	MI	2271	11	89 79(-1)
7	Alexander Getmanski	Russia	GMI	2374	11	88
8	Alexei Chizhov	Russia	GMI	2406	11	83
9	Ivan Trofimov	Russia	MI	2342	11	81 73(-1)
10	Alexander Baljakin	Netherlands	GMI	2412	11	81 72(-1)
11	Jan Groenendijk	Netherlands	MI	2376	11	80
12	Sergey Belosheev	Russia		2262	11	79
13	Vladimir Traitelovich	Israel	MI	B 2356	10	89
14	Guntis Valneris	Latvia	GMI	2379	10	84
15	Aynur Shaybakov	Russia	GMI	2350	10	82 75(-1)
16	Ron Heusdens	Netherlands	GMI	2355	10	82 73(-1)
16	Alexander Bulatov	Belarus	GMI	2278	10	82
18	Jos Stokkel	Netherlands	GMI	2304	10	80
19	Wouter Sipma	Netherlands	GMI	2332	10	77 69(-1) 61(-2) 53(-3)
20	Nikolai Gulyaev	Russia	MI	2307	10	77 69(-1) 61(-2) 52(-3)
21	Kevin Machtelinck	France	GMI	2273	10	76
22	Vladzislav Valjuk	Belarus	MF	2218	10	72 65(-1)
23	Anatolyi Protodyakonov	Russia	MF	2137	10	72 64(-1)
24	Edvardas Bužinskis	Lithuania	GMI	2307	10	71
25	Wouter Wolff	Netherlands	MI	2332	10	70
26	Aleksej Domchev	Lithuania	GMI	2316	9	80
27	Murodoullo Amrillaev	Russia	GMI	2339	9	79 71(-1) 62(-2) 53(-3)
28	Sergei Kalinov	Russia	MF	B 2281	9	79 71(-1) 62(-2) 52(-3)
29	Alexander Verkhovykh	Russia	MI	2236	9	79 70(-1)
30	Alessio Scaggiante	Italy	MF	2174	9	78
31	Vasily Kytchkin	Russia	MF	2249	9	75 67(-1) 59(-2) 40(-3) 32(-4)
32	Kirill Chulkov	Russia	MF	2214	9	75 67(-1) 59(-2) 40(-3) 31(-4)
33	Koos van Amerongen	Netherlands	MF	2181	9	74
34	Villem Lüüs	Estonia	MF	2144	9	69
35	Aleksandr Surkov	Russia	MF	2153	9	68
36	Raphael Zdoroviak	Germany	MF	2078	9	67
37	Daniil Ilin	Russia	CMF	2120	8	81
38	Daniele Macali	Italy	MF	2156	8	77
39	Valery Kudriavcev	Lithuania	MF	2211	8	75 67(-1) 59(-2)
40	Piotr Paluch	Poland	MF	2080	8	75 67(-1) 58(-2)
41	Aleksei Bolshakov	Russia		B 1957	8	73
42	Oleksandr Zhygalin	Ukraine		2033	8	72
43	Oscar Lognon	France	MI	2280	8	70 63(-1)
44	Tamerlan Akhmerov	Russia	CMF	2082	8	70 62(-1)
45	Patrick Casaril	Belgium	MF	2135	8	67
46	Vaclav Marek	Czech Republic		1941	8	65
47	Anatoli Tatarenko	Russia	MF	2179	7	74
48	Dmitry Valikov	Russia		B 1977	7	70
49	Vasiliy Markin	Russia		1923	7	68
50	Arslan Akhmetzyanov	Russia		B 1999	7	62
51	Anton Kucherenko	Russia	CMF	1953	7	59
52	Viacheslav Vasiliev	Russia		0	7	57
53	Jaroslav Novotny	Czech Republic		1927	6	62
54	Denis Karataev	Russia		1928	6	61
55	Tikhon Matiashov	Russia		0	3	59

GMI — international grandmaster

MI — international master

MF — master FMJD

CMF — candidat master FMJD

Superblitz tournament

Rules and regulations

Participants played Swiss-system tournament with 7 rounds. To define the places with equal points used of Solkoff truncated coefficient. Time control was 5 minutes plus 2 seconds per move. There were 46 participants from 7 countries, including 8 grandmasters, 5 international masters and 12 masters of the FMJD.^[2]

Final standings

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	Points	TSolk
1	Aynur Shaybakov	Russia	GMI	2370	14	58
2	Alexander Georgiev	Russia	GMI	2436	12	58
3	Murodoullo Amrillaev	Russia	GMI	2381	10	62
4	Vladzislav Valjuk	Belarus	MF	2269	10	58
5	Ivan Trofimov	Russia	MI	2277	10	58
6	Wouter Sipma	Netherlands	GMI	2290	10	56
7	Alexander Getmanski	Russia	GMI	2394	10	56
8	Alexei Chizhov	Russia	GMI	2464	10	54
9	Sergey Belosheev	Russia		2345	10	54
10	Koos van Amerongen	Netherlands	MF	2211	10	48
11	Alessio Scaggiante	Italy	MF	2195	10	42
12	Vasily Kytchkin	Russia	MF	2295	8	54
13	Daniil Ilin	Russia	CMF	2202	8	54
14	Nikolai Gulyaev	Russia	MI	2363	8	52
15	Anatolyi Protodyakonov	Russia	MF	2202	8	52
16	Kevin Machtelinck	France	MI	2143	8	50
17	Nicolay Germogenov	Russia	MI	2299	8	48
18	Vladzislauр Splendzer	Belarus	MF	2146	8	48
19	Michae Semyaniuk	Belarus	MI	2160	8	48
20	Oscar Lognon	France	MI	2296	8	46
21	Sergei Kalinov	Russia	MF	2315	8	46
22	Aleksei Bolshakov	Russia		B 2035	8	42
23	Daniele Macali	Italy	MF	2124	6	54
24	Savva Zaika	Russia	CMF	2120	6	50
25	Jos Stokkel	Netherlands	GMI	2249	6	46
26	Aleksandr Surkov	Russia	MF	2136	6	46
27	Grigoriy Pismenny	Russia		2239	6	46
28	Kiril Dublin	Russia		1947	6	44
29	Alexander Rastegaev	Russia		В 2079	6	44
30	Tamerlan Akhmerov	Russia	CMF	2108	6	42
31	Artem Vorobyev	Russia		С 2056	6	40
32	Villem Lüüs	Estonia	MF	2159	6	38
33	Ruslan Peshcherov	Russia		2122	6	36
34	Anatoli Tatarenko	Russia	MF	2220	6	36
35	Arslan Akhmetzyanov	Russia		1918	6	36
36	Dmitry Valikov	Russia		2100	6	34
37	Evgeni Viaznikov	Russia		В 2118	4	46
38	Patrick Casaril	Belgium	MF	2142	4	38
39	Maxim Kozlovsky	Russia		0	4	36
40	Toumabouna Makela	Russia		0	4	34
41	Ilia Dashunin	Russia		1900	4	34
42	Viktor Egorov	Russia		0	4	34
43	Vasiliy Markin	Russia		1927	4	32
44	Mikhail Abramov	Russia		0	4	30
45	Andrey Gavrilov	Russia		0	2	32
46	Denis Karataev	Russia		1900	0	28