2014 European Individual Chess Championship

The 2014 European Individual Chess Championship took place from 2 to 15 March in Yerevan.

263 players took part. Although sometimes described as the men's championship, several women took part, including Judit Polgár and Antoaneta Stefanova. The top 23 players qualified for the Chess World Cup 2015, which took place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 10 September to 5 October 2015 and was won by Sergey Karjakin.

It was won by Alexander Motylev.[1]

The equivalent women's event took place from 6 to 17 July 2014 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and was won by Valentina Gunina.[2]

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Place Player Title Country Result
1 Alexander Motylev GM   Russia 9/11
2 David Antón Guijarro GM   Spain 8/11
3 Vladimir Fedoseev GM   Russia 8/11
4 Dragan Šolak GM   Turkey 8/11
5 Pavel Eljanov GM   Ukraine 8/11
6 Constantin Lupulescu GM   Romania 8/11
7 David Navara GM   Czech Republic 8/11
8 Ivan Šarić GM   Croatia 8/11
9 Igor Lysyj GM   Russia 8/11
10 Hrant Melkumyan GM   Armenia 7½/11
11 Radosław Wojtaszek GM   Poland 7½/11
12 Dmitry Jakovenko GM   Russia 7½/11
13 Vladislav Artemiev IM   Russia 7½/11
14 Ilya Smirin GM   Israel 7½/11
15 Laurent Fressinet GM   France 7½/11
16 Gabriel Sargissian GM   Armenia 7½/11
17 Alexander Areshchenko GM   Ukraine 7½/11
18 Miloš Perunović GM   Serbia 7½/11
19 Ivan Cheparinov GM   Bulgaria 7½/11
20 Viorel Iordăchescu GM   Moldova 7½/11
21 Sergei Zhigalko GM   Belarus 7½/11
22 Samvel Ter-Sahakyan GM   Armenia 7½/11
23 Csaba Balogh GM   Hungary 7½/11

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