Live comments by IM Stanisław Zawadzki

Runda 13

17:49: MC: You are welcome to send us your opinions about our comments: st.zawadzki@gmail.com and maciej.cajbel@gmail.com
17:46: MC: See you at the next tournament!
Stanislaw Zawadzki & Maciej Cajbel
17:34: MC: Classification of juniors under 14 years old is the same as under 18 years old :) The best female junior under 18 years old: Aleksandra Dadełło, Kinga Pastuszko and Ewa Harazińska.
17:28: MC: 12-year-old Jan Krzysztof Duda (FIDE rating 2247) was the best in the classification under 2500. Congratulations!
17:25: MC: Female best juniors under 18 years old: Katarzyna Adamowicz (Poland), Klaudia Kulon (Poland), Viktoria Korchagina (Russia).
17:24: MC: Best juniors under 18 years old: Ilya Nyzhnyk (Ukraine, 14 years old), Jan Krzysztof Duda (Poland, 12 years old), Tomas Laurusas (Lithuania, 14 years old).
17:21: MC: Best senior above 60 years old: Vladimir Okhotnik of France.
17:20: MC: Best women: Polgar (Hungary), Soćko (Poland), Kochetkova (Slovakia).
17:17: SZ: We thank all supporters in Poland and all over the World. It was long three days and we're glad we could be with you the entire time. We hope you enjoyed our work!
17:17: MC: The biggest European chess tournament is done. In 723 players from 276 countries took part in n rapid tournament.
17:15: MC: Closing ceremony is started.
17:13: MC: Polish players' results: 7. Mateusz Bartel 21. Radek Wojtaszek 22. Grzegorz Gajewski 31. Michał Krasenkow 32. Jan Krzysztof Duda!!! (12 years old, 2247) 33. Wojciech Moranda 37. Bartosz Soćko 40. Robert Kempiński 42. Bartłomiej Macieja 46. Kacper Piorun 47. Marcin Tazbir 50. Monika Soćko
17:09: MC: The closing ceremony will be held in a moment.
17:04: MC: Final standing: 1. Zoltan Almasi (Hungary) 2. Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan) 3. Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 4. Alexei Shirov (Spain)
17:01: MC: The endgame was under the control of Almasi. He is the European champion.
17:00: SZ: The end. Almasi is European Champion!!!!!!!
17:00: SZ: Exchange of queens. Only devil knows..
16:59: SZ: Almasi's position is falling apart. Very weird
16:58: SZ: Time has balanced
16:57: SZ: Thee only chance for Gashimov i 'c' pawn
16:56: SZ: Almasi has one minute more.
16:56: SZ: Got complicated, but black is still better.
16:55: MC: Almasi has better time and position.
16:54: SZ: Now Almasi has a pawn up
16:54: MC: Ivanchuk got two medals as a only one player. On Friday he got silver and today bronze.
16:53: MC: Shirov in troubles.
16:52: SZ: Almasi has active pieces. If it weren't blitz he could be pretty confident.
16:51: MC: Shirov has 1,5 minute less.
16:51: SZ: I guess Almasi is already slightly better.
16:50: SZ: Look like Gashimov would want a draw. But it ain't true
16:50: MC: Will Shirov play g5?
16:49: SZ: This time calmer. 1.c4
16:49: SZ: Final. Gachimov again with white.
16:48: MC: Final: Gashimov-Almasi 3rd place match: Ivanchuk-Shirov
16:48: SZ: Ten minutes and we know the European Champion
16:47: MC: Almasi and Gashimov will play for a gold.
16:46: SZ: Gashimov mated!
16:45: SZ: Complications in favour of Gashimov. He wins!
16:45: MC: Shirov lost very unpredictably.
16:44: MC: Shirov is in troubles.
16:44: SZ: In the meantime Iwanchuk's pieces gained much activity.
16:43: SZ: Gashimov moved his 'f' pawn and weakend an opponent king
16:42: SZ: Change of pawn structure, still lot of fight
16:41: MC: Almasi will have big problems in winning this game.
16:41: SZ: Gashimov has to win. Slight edge isn't enough
16:40: MC: Almasi has weak black squares.
16:39: SZ: Now it transfered into slight positional edge
16:39: MC: Almasi got a pair of bishops, and Shirov got domination in the centre.
16:39: SZ: Fight in the center. Both surely know this type of position.
16:38: MC: Almasi chose a queit variation.
16:38: SZ: This time Gashimov chose more active oppening. Position in this variation are highly unclear
16:37: MC: Gashimov-Ivanchuk and Almasi-Shirov.
16:34: MC: Ivanchuk-Gashimov and Almasi-Shirov.
16:33: SZ: Second round of tie-breaks
16:33: MC: Shirov won and got a promotion to the semifinal.
16:32: SZ: Shirov has 'g' pawn. So... :)
16:32: SZ: The end, Naiditsch loses
16:31: MC: Shirov is winning on the board and on the clock.
16:31: SZ: Gashimov is piece up. It's over
16:30: SZ: His position seem to fall apart
16:30: MC: Shirov will hide his king on a6.
16:30: SZ: Longer think of Naiditsch
16:29: MC: Korobov is thiniking how to win the game.
16:29: SZ: Problems for black. The knight on c5 is hanging.
16:28: SZ: Naiditsch has equal time.
16:28: MC: The position is much better for Shirov.
16:28: SZ: Gashimov strikes forward. In the center and in the queen side
16:26: SZ: Looks like Naiditsch is good. But he'll have to play to the end.
16:26: MC: Shirov has already gained 30 seconds.
16:26: SZ: White is losing time advantage

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