The photo report about three days of the 8th European championship on the decision of chess compositions
(April, the 20th- the 22nd, 2012, Kiev)
With what words I wouldn’t tell about the sated program of the Championship and describe a struggle intrigue – we can’t manage with bright photos. Agree that the figurative picture works better than a verbal trick!.
Let's depart from the tradition to tell consistently about the competition and let’s at once plunge into its atmosphere. What for? So it is possible to present participants and visitors of a chess feast more brightly! And technical results of the competition, the tasks and answers you can easily find on our site in the corresponding column.
And more. Not to be mistaken with the translation into Russian of the surnames of foreign participants and the arrangement of word-stresses, I have left the English variant of their writing. The sequence of representation of the participants is arbitrary …
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Anatoli Piriverdiyev (Azerbaijan) takes pleasure in the process of a decision!
Andreas Rein from Germany (on the left) chooses … «Pepsi»!
The leader of the national team of Azerbaijan Araz Almammadov (on the right) in the open-tournament showed the seventh result among 72 participants.
Bojan Vuckovic (Serbia) tries to solve Ryabinin's etude from the open-tournament …
The Englishman Brian Stephenson is a big expert on chess poetry!
The meeting of the English team. The first on the right is Colin McNab.
The captain of the Romanian team Dinu-Ion Nicula was one of the heroes of a final tour. He solved all the problems on a return-mate correctly!
A short meeting of the national team of Romania. Daniel Baratosi (the first on the left) and Teodor Anton (in the center) report to the captain.
Darko Sitar from Slovenia prefers drinks of different colour scale!
The grand master from Netherlands Dolf Wissman is concentrated!
Finn Harri Hurme in a break between the tours.
Ian Watson was the best in the English team in a three-moves’ tour.
Croat Ivan Bender. A pleasant surname for the Odessa’s ear!
The grand master from Finland Jorma Paavilainen showed the second result in the team.
Well-known masters of a problem-solving genre (from the left to the right): Juraj Brabec (Slovakia) and Nikolay Viliky (Ukraine). They have a lot to talk and recollect about!
The operating world champion on the decision of chess compositions Pole Kacper Piorun (on the right) attentively studies a position.
The grand master from Finland Kari Valtonen was close to the solution of all problems on a return mate in the main tournament …
Klement Sivic (in the foreground) from the team of Slovenia always listens to the advice of skilled solvers.
The international master from Greece Kostas Prentos is quiet and accurate!
Lutfiyar Rustamov from Azerbaijan took an umbrella just to make sure. It can be useful!