The 8th Individual European Chess Championships (EURO 2007) took place from April 2nd to 15th, 2007 in Dresden, Germany in the International Congress Center. The event was an 11 round Swiss.
Men: Seven players tied for first. The top two on tiebreak, Vladislav Tkachiev of France and Emil Sutovsky of Israel, faced each other in a playoff, which Tkachiev won 2-0. He was duely crowned Eighth European Chess Champion. Second place is for Emil Sutovski, 3rd is Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS).
Women: A round before the end of the tournament it was clear that nobody could catch Russian IM Tatiana Kosintseva, who led the field by two full points. Second is Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL), 3rd is Tatiana's sister - Nadezhda. Text source: http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3792
Final standings MEN (top 20):
Rnk Title Name FED Elo Pts Perf 1 GM Tkachiev Vladislav FRA 2652 8.0 2724 2 GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2637 8.0 2734 3 GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2708 8.0 2763 4 GM Pavasovic Dusko SLO 2567 8.0 2765 5 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2646 8.0 2725 6 GM Sakaev Konstantin RUS 2633 8.0 2703 7 IM Iljin Artem RUS 2538 8.0 2708 8 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2654 7.5 2749 9 GM Gustafsson Jan GER 2588 7.5 2698 10 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2641 7.5 2722 11 GM Almasi Zoltan HUN 2675 7.5 2714 12 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2679 7.5 2713 13 GM Galkin Alexander RUS 2590 7.5 2715 14 GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2608 7.5 2704 15 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter ROM 2693 7.5 2695 16 GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROM 2528 7.5 2694 17 GM Landa Konstantin RUS 2608 7.5 2695 18 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2640 7.5 2695 19 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2592 7.5 2672 20 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2686 7.5 2709
Final standings WOMEN (top 15):
Rnk Title Name FED Elo Pts Perf 1 IM Kosintseva Tatiana RUS 2459 10.0 2774 2 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2496 8.0 2572 3 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda RUS 2475 8.0 2568 4 GM Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2472 8.0 2568 5 IM Atalik Ekaterina TUR 2374 7.5 2549 6 IM Rajlich Iweta POL 2408 7.5 2521 7 WGM Korbut Ekaterina RUS 2429 7.5 2502 8 IM Socko Monika POL 2481 7.5 2473 9 IM Khurtsidze Nino GEO 2469 7.5 2496 10 WGM Zakurdjaeva Irina RUS 2286 7.5 2480 11 IM Moser Eva AUT 2405 7.5 2462 12 WGM Khukhashvili Sopiko GEO 2334 7.5 2494 13 WGM Bojkovic Natasa SRB 2408 7.5 2505 14 IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2425 7.5 2490 15 IM Cmilyte Viktorija LTU 2462 7.5 2441
 Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS) (photo: ChessPro.ru)  Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA) (photo: ChessBase.com)
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