8 March 2015

Evgeny Najer is the European champion!

He scored 8.5 out of 11

The Russian Evgeny Najer became a new European champion, scoring 8.5 out of 11. Half a point behind are D. Navara (Czech Republic), M. Bartel (Poland) and D. Khismatullin (Russia). Unfortunately, inferior tie-break left Denis Khismatullin on the 4th place. Other Russian top finishers: M. Matlakov (10), S. Sjugirov (11), A. Motylev (13), I. Iljushenok (14), I. Popov (19), B. Grachev (24). The list of the 2015 World Cup participants will be announced later.

Russian Chess Federation congratulates Evgeny with his title!  

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