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European Championship | Games (86)
Sweden, Stockholm, December 1996 (12-26 - 12-29), RIF rule

Pl Participant Country
1 Ando Meritee Estonia
2 Aldis Reims Latvia
3 Igor Sinyov Russia
4 Oleg Fedorkin Russia
5 Stepan Peskov Russia
6 Ants Soosõrv Russia
7 Dmitry Kabanov Russia
8 Nizami Eybatov Azerbaijan
9 Arnis Veidemanis Latvia
10 Albert Poghosyan Armenia
11 Stefan Karlsson Sweden
12 Vladimir Semyonov Russia
13 Rickard Johannesson Sweden
14 Sergey Melnikov Russia
15 Tord Andersson Sweden
16 Lauri Naber Estonia
17 Göran Holgersson Sweden
18 Martin Carlsson Sweden
19 Kirill Moiseyev Russia
20 Aram Karapetyan Armenia

The 3rd European Championship took place in Stockholm, Sweden, December 26-29, 1996. The tournament was well-organized. The new trend was the focus of organizers on discipline and good values of players. As a result, the tournament had a good atmosphere and everything was smooth.

This time there were more players in the tournament, among them several top players, which made the outcome hard to predict again. The Team World Championship was played half a year ago, and it was expected that the participants of that tournament were "warmed up" for this tournament. The expectations became true - most of the Team World Championship players were successful and proved that frequent practice of renju pays off. The rise of Oleg Fedorkin in the European Championship 1996 was rather unexpected, but as it usually happens, it takes one successful tournament to change the future of a player.

Fedorkin has played very well since that tournament, and later on even reached the title of e-mail world champion. Peskov proved that he is always a serious and strong player, and gets the stable result. Meritee and Reims finally got the compensation for the 1st European Championship failure, and got the two top places.
Igor Sinyov got the 3rd place, it was well done - each time in top 3 whenever he participated!

The Champion of 1994, Arnis Veidemanis could not not repeat the success from 2 years ago and ended up with 9th place. It was a pity that the Champion of 1995, Alexander Klimashin did not participate.

This was the last time the European Championship was held every year. RIF had decided that from now on, the tournament will only be held once in two years.

About the tournament rules: There were 20 players from 6 countries in this tournament. The players were divided into 4 groups, 5 players in each. 3 players from each group were qualified to final groups. There were two A-final groups, 6 players in each. The best two players from both groups played semifinals. The winners of semifinals met in final match.

Ando Meritee

A-group

Pl Participant Country 1 2 3 4 5 Pts
1 Ando Meritee Estonia ½ 1 1 1 3½
2 Ants Soosõrv Estonia ½ ½ 1 1 3
3 Albert Poghsyan Armenia 0 ½ 0 1 1½
4 Lauri Naber Estonia 0 0 1 0 1
5 Rickard Johannesson Sweden 0 0 0 1 1

B-group

Pl Participant Country 1 2 3 4 5 Pts
1 Igor Sinyov Russia 1 1 1 1 4
2 Dmitry Kabanov Russia 0 1 1 1 3
3 Arnis Veidemanis Latvia 0 0 1 1 2
4 Kirill Moiseyev Russia 0 0 0 0 1
5 Aram Karapetyan Armenia 0 0 0 0 0

C-group

Pl Participant Country 1 2 3 4 5 Pts
1 Stefan Karlsson Sweden 1 0 1 1 3
2 Aldis Reims Latvia 0 1 1 1 3
3 Nizami Eybatov Azerbaijan 1 0 0 1 2
4 Göran Holgersson Sweden 0 0 1 0 1
5 Sergey Melnikov Russia 0 0 0 1 1

D-group

Pl Participant Country 1 2 3 4 5 Pts
1 Stepan Peskov Russia 0 1 1 1 3
2 Oleg Fedorkin Russia 1 ½ 0 1 2½
3 Vladimir Semyonov Russia 0 ½ 1 1 2½
4 Tord Andersson Sweden 0 1 0 1 2
5 Martin Carlsson Sweden 0 0 0 0 0

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A-final 1

Pl Participant Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts
1 Ando Meritee Estonia 1 ½ 1 1 1 4½
2 Igor Sinyov Russia 0 1 1 1 1 4
3 Ants Soosõrv Estonia ½ 0 1 1 ½ 3
4 Dmitry Kabanov Russia 0 0 0 1 1 2
5 Arnis Veidemanis Latvia 0 0 0 0 1 1
6 Albert Poghosyan Armenia 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½

A-final 2

Pl Participant Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts
1 Aldis Reims Latvia ½ 1 1 1 0 3½
2 Oleg Fedorkin Russia ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 3½
3 Stepan Peskov Russia 0 0 1 1 ½ 2½
4 Nizami Eybatov Azerbaijan 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 2
5 Vladimir Semyonov Russia 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 2
6 Stefan Karlsson Sweden 1 0 ½ 0 0 1½

B-final 1

Pl Participant Country 1 2 3 4 Pts
1 Rickard Johannesson Sweden 1 1 1 3
2 Lauri Naber Estonia 0 1 1 2
3 Kirill Moiseyev Russia 0 0 1 1
4 Aram Karapetyan Armenia 0 0 0 0

B-final 2

Pl Participant Country 1 2 3 4 Pts
1 Sergey Melnikov Russia 1 1 1 3
2 Tord Andersson Sweden 0 1 1 2
3 Göran Holgersson Sweden 0 0 1 1
4 Martin Carlsson Sweden 0 0 0 0

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The results of semifinals:

Places 1-4

Pl Participant Country 1
1 Ando Meritee Estonia 1
2 Oleg Fedorkin Russia 0

Pl Participant Country 1 Extra
1 Aldis Reims Latvia ½ 1
2 Igor Sinyov Russia ½ 0

Places 5-8

Pl Participant Country 1
1 Ants Soosõrv Estonia 1
2 Nizami Eybatov Azerbaijan 0

Pl Participant Country 1
1 Stepan Peskov Russia 1
2 Dmitry Kabanov Russia 0

Places 9-12

Pl Participant Country 1
1 Arnis Veidemanis Latvia 1
2 Stefan Karlsson Sweden 0

Pl Participant Country 1
1 Albert Poghosyan Armenia 1
2 Vladimir Semyonov Russia 0

Places 13-16

Pl Participant Country 1
1 Rickard Johannesson Sweden 1
2 Tord Andersson Sweden 0

Pl Participant Country 1 Extra
1 Sergey Melnikov Russia ½ 1
2 Lauri Naber Estonia ½ 0

Places 17-20

Pl Participant Country 1
1 Martin Carlsson Sweden 1
2 Kirill Moiseyev Russia 0

Pl Participant Country 1
1 Göran Holgersson Sweden 1
2 Aram Karapetyan Armenia 0

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The final games:

Places 1-2

Pl Participant Country 1
1 Ando Meritee Estonia 1
2 Aldis Reims Latvia 0

Places 3-4

Pl Participant Country 1
1 Igor Sinyov Russia 1
2 Oleg Fedorkin Russia 0

Places 5-6

Pl Participant Country 1
1 Stepan Peskov Russia 1
2 Ants Soosõrv Estonia 0

Places 7-8

Pl Participant Country 1
1 Dmitry Kabanov Russia 1
2 Nizami Eybatov Azerbaijan 0

Places 9-10

Pl Participant Country 1
1 Arnis Veidemanis Latvia 1
2 Albert Pghosyan Armenia 0

Places 11-12

Pl Participant Country 1
1 Stefan Karlsson Sweden 1
2 Vladimir Semyonov Russia 0

Places 13-14

Pl Participant Country 1 Extra
1 Rickard Johannesson Sweden ½ 1
2 Sergey Melnikov Russia ½ 0

Places 15-16

Pl Participant Country 1
1 Tord Andersson Sweden 1
2 Lauri Naber Estonia 0

Places 17-18

Pl Participant Country 1
1 Göran Holgersson Sweden 1
2 Martin Carlsson Sweden 0

Places 19-20

Pl Participant Country 1
1 Kirill Moiseyev Russia 1
2 Aram Karapetyan Armenia 0

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The final statistics:


  Player     win/loss/draw

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1. MERITEE	+8 -0 =1

2. REIMS	+5 -2 =2

3. SINJOV	+7 -1 =1

4. FEDORKIN	+3 -3 =3

5. PESKOV	+6 -2 =1

6. SOOSÕRV	+5 -2 =2

7. KABANOV	+5 -4 =0

8. EIBATOV	+2 -5 =2

9. VEIDEMANIS	+5 -4 =0

10.POGOSJAN	+2 -6 =1

11.KARLSSON	+4 -4 =1

12.SEMJONOV	+3 -4 =1

13.JOHANNESSON	+4 -3 =1	

14.MELNIKOV	+3 -3 =2

15.ANDERSSON	+4 -4 =0

16.NABER	+3 -4 =1

17.HOLGERSSON	+4 -4 =0

18.CARLSSON	+1 -7 =0

19.MOISEEV	+2 -6 =0

20.KARAPETJAN	+0 -8 =0