The European Individual Chess Championship is a chess tournament organised by the European Chess Union. It was established in 2000 and has since then taken place on a yearly basis. Apart from determining the European champions (open and women's), another objective of this tournament is to determine a number of players who qualify for the FIDE World Cup and the FIDE Women's World Cup (formerly the knockout Women's World Championship). The most recent winner of the open section, as of 2026, is Ukrainian Roman Dehtiarov, becoming the first International Master to win said section. In the women's section, the most recent winner, also from Ukraine, is Anastasiia Hnatyshyn, a Women's FIDE Master who automatically became a WGM by winning the section.
Mode of play The European Individual Championship consists of two separate tournaments, an open event and a women's event, held at different times of the year and hosted in different cities. Both are Swiss system tournaments, with a varying number of rounds. Historically, the only exception to this was the first Women's Championship tournament in 2000, which was held as a knockout tournament.
Controversy
There have been a number of controversies associated with the tournament:
At most venues, participants and accompanying persons have been obliged to stay at the "official hotel", appointed by the local organizers. The room rates for participants, however, have been significantly higher than for other hotel guests. This in large part contributed to the founding of the ACP in 2003. Also the standard of the hotels as well as of the food has been a focus of complaints by players and journalists. As the European Championships are part of the FIDE World Championship cycle, starting with the 2001 edition, the new, faster FIDE time control was used. This led to many complaints by the participants about increased stress, incessant time trouble and a steep deterioration of the quality of the games.
Results (open)
Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze Players/rounds2000 Saint-Vincent, Italy 120 / 112001 Ohrid, Macedonia 203 / 132002 Batumi, Georgia 101 / 132003 Silivri, Turkey 207 / 132004 Antalya, Turkey 74 / 132005 Zegrze, Poland 229 / 132006 Kuşadası, Turkey 138 / 112007 Dresden, Germany 403 / 112008 Plovdiv, Bulgaria 323 / 112009 Budva, Montenegro 306 / 112010 Rijeka, Croatia 408 / 112011 Aix-les-Bains, France 393 / 112012 Plovdiv, Bulgaria 348 / 112013 Legnica, Poland 286 / 112014 Yerevan, Armenia 257 / 112015 Jerusalem, Israel 250 / 112016 Gjakova, Kosovo 245 / 112017 Minsk, Belarus 397 / 112018 Batumi, Georgia 302 / 112019 Skopje, North Macedonia 361 / 112021 Reykjavík, Iceland 180 / 112022 Brežice, Slovenia 317 / 112023 Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia 484 / 112024 Petrovac, Montenegro 388 / 112025 Eforie, Romania (2) 375 / 112026 Katowice, Poland 501 / 11
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 European Championship in Podčetrtek, Slovenia was postponed to 2022.
Results (women)
Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze Players/rounds2000 Batumi, Georgia 32 / K.O.2001 Warsaw, Poland 157 / 112002 Varna, Bulgaria 114 / 112003 Silivri, Turkey 113 / 112004 Dresden, Germany 108 / 122005 Chișinău, Moldova 164 / 122006 Kuşadası, Turkey 96 / 112007 Dresden, Germany 150 / 112008 Plovdiv, Bulgaria (2) 157 / 112009 Saint Petersburg, Russia (2) 168 / 112010 Rijeka, Croatia (2) 158 / 112011 Tbilisi, Georgia 158 / 112012 Gaziantep, Turkey 103 / 11 2013 Belgrade, Serbia 169 / 112014 Plovdiv, Bulgaria 116 / 112015 Chakvi, Georgia (2)98 / 112016 Mamaia, Romania112 / 112017 Riga, Latvia144 / 112018 Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia (3)144 / 112019 Antalya, Turkey130 / 112021 Iași, Romania117 / 112022 Prague, Czech Republic 123 / 112023 Petrovac, Montenegro136 / 112024 Rhodes, Greece182 / 102025 Rhodes, Greece136 / 112026 Batumi, Georgia (2) (2)165 / 11
European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship https://chess-results.com/tnr1079386.aspx?lan=1 - European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2024 - Fischer
https://chess-results.com/tnr1076295.aspx?lan=1 - European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2024 - Rapid
https://chess-results.com/tnr1076303.aspx?lan=1 - European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2024 - Blitz
See also 1942 European Individual Chess Championship EU Individual Open Chess Championship European Senior Chess Championship European Junior Chess Championship European Youth Chess Championship European Team Chess Championship
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References
External links For complete tables / results, refer to The Week in Chess website: 2000: Men's results (1–60 places only) Women's results Women's final match 2000: Men's complete results Russchess.com 2001: Men's results Women's results 2002: Men's results Women's results 2003: Men's and Women´s results 2004: Men's results Women's results 2005: Men's results Women's results 2006: Men's and Women's results 2007: Men's results 2008: Men's and Women's results