Tkachiev wins European Championship

[Javier]

"L'enfant terrible" of modern chess has just won the European Championship.

11 rounds Swiss, 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move.

Vladislav Tkachiev had to play a tie break against Ivan Cheparinov (1.5-0.5), then Dmitry Jakovenko (1.5-0.5) and Emil Sutovsky 2-0 in the final.

Here's a sample os his style. (Personally, I can't understand why Potkin would play this variation against an such a dangerous attacking player)

 

Tkachiev,V (2652) - Potkin,V (2593) [b14]

8th ch-Euro Dresden GER (6), 08.04.2007

 

 

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