Spirit – is a serious business...
… And at this time the rival named the correct m,ove and passed further!
The grand master-expert is against …
…. the etude-player... The etude-player won.
In last quarterfinal there were two Vladimirs: Pogorelov (on the left) and Podinic. Vladimir on the right won.
The spectators searched for the correct decision too.
The match for the third place.
And the final!
And about who and what place has occupied, you’ll learn, having looked through a rewarding ceremony!
The original badge - «The Pawn on the chess honeycombs» - was given to all winners of the championship. For the first place, naturally, of a higher standard!
The awards are waiting for the heroes.
The spectators are waiting too …
The officials are greeting the participants.
The National team of Serbia – is the best team of the championship!
The awards to the winners!
Valery Kopyl shows the original medal of the Championship and …
… representsValery Baranovsky who has thought up the sketch of a badge «The Pawn on the chess honeycombs».
The applause to the author of the idea!
The national team of Poland is the silver prize-winner.
A hand shake from the main judge.
And from friends-contenders …
The Russian national team is the bronze prize-winner.
A collective portrait of the best teams.
Peter Murdzja is the champion of Europe in the personal offset!
Vladimir Podinic is the silver prize-winner!
Bojan Vuckovic is the bronze winner!
The Heroes of the European championship.
The best juniors of the championship (from the left to the right): Misratdin Iskandarov (silver), Kasper Piorun (gold) and Piotr Gorski (bronze).
The best seigneurs of the championship (from the left to the right): Vilimantas Satkus (bronze), Harri Hurme (gold) and Alexander Azhusin (silver).
The best solvers of the open-tournament: Alexander Bulavka (bronze), Valery Kopyl (gold) and Peter Murdzja (silver).
The triumphers of the etude show: (from the left to the right): Misratdin Iskandarov (the 2nd place), Kasper Piorun (the 1st place), Vladimir Podinic (the 3rd place) and Ilham Aliev (the 4th place).
The applause to the author of these lines for the idea and realisation of the original project.
The European championship pearls: Anna Bylinkina (on the left) and Elena Kozhukina.
A kiss from the President!
… and from Valery Baranovsky.
The hymn of Ukraine … sounds
The championship ended, long live a new Championship! This well-known phrase will never be banal and worn out. See you on new feasts of chess creativity!
Sergey N.Tkachenko
The Honoured Chess Master of Sports of Ukraine