# 2012 European championships of international draughts

The 2012 European championships of international draughts were held from 16 to 22 September in Emmen, Netherlands over 9 rounds Swiss-system tournament. There were 68 participants from 25 countries, including, 24 grandmasters, 9 international masters and 12 masters of the FMJD.
The winner was Alexei Chizhov from Russia, silver was for Guntis Valneris from Latvia, third was Pim Meurs from the Netherlands.

## Results

| Place | Player | Country | Rank | Rating | Points | Wins | Draw | Losses |
| 1 | Alexei Chizhov | Russia | GMI | 2375 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Guntis Valneris | Latvia | GMI | 2406 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Pim Meurs | Netherlands | GMI | 2372 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Aynur Shaybakov | Russia | MI | 2323 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | Murodoullo Amrillaev | Russia | GMI | 2339 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | Kees Thijssen | Netherlands | GMI | 2341 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | Anatoli Gantvarg | Belarus | GMI | 2370 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Alexander Georgiev | Russia | GMI | 2445 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | Ron Heusdens | Netherlands | GMI | 2316 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | Edvardas Bužinskis | Lithuania | GMI | 2316 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | Roel Boomstra | Netherlands | GMI | 2402 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 12 | Artem Ivanov | Ukraine | MI | 2346 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | Andrei Tolchykau | Belarus | MI | 2333 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 14 | Anton Permyakov | Russia | | 2118 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 15 | Vadim Virny | Germany | GMI | 2386 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 16 | Martin Dolfing | Netherlands | GMI | 2366 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | Alexander Bulatov | Belarus | GMI | 2284 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 18 | Wouter Sipma | Netherlands | MF | 2215 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 19 | Igor Kirzner | Ukraine | GMI | 2271 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | Cor van Dusseldorp | Netherlands | MI | 2280 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 21 | Alexander Getmanski | Russia | GMI | 2365 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | Frerik Andriessen | Netherlands | MI | 2292 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 23 | Yuri Anikeev | Ukraine | GMI | 2327 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 24 | Michiel Kroesbergen | Netherlands | MF | 2306 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 25 | Jakob Okken | Netherlands | MF | 2264 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 26 | Jan Groenendijk | Netherlands | | 2154 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 27 | Alexander Baljakin | Netherlands | GMI | 2390 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 28 | Sven Winkel | Netherlands | MI | 2308 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 29 | Hans Vermin | Switzerland | GMI | 2359 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 | Auke Scholma | Netherlands | GMI | 2317 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 31 | Evgeni Vatutin | Belarus | GMI | 2326 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 32 | Raimonds Vipulis | Latvia | GMI | 2285 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 33 | Nicolai Shliahovsky | Moldova | | 2219 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 34 | Valery Kudriavcev | Lithuania | MF | 2227 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 35 | Jos Stokkel | Netherlands | GMI | 2259 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 36 | Ivan Trofimov | Russia | MF | 2277 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 37 | Martijn van IJzendoorn | Netherlands | MF | 2222 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 38 | Ronald Schalley | Belgium | MF | 2223 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 39 | Oscar Lognon | France | MI | 2268 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 40 | Wouter Ludwig | Netherlands | MI | 2279 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 41 | Nshan Alaverdyan | Armenia | | | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 42 | Oskar Budis | Poland | | 2054 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 43 | Yuriy Lagoda | Ukraine | MI | 2234 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 44 | Villem Lüüs | Estonia | MF | 2229 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 45 | Andrei Kalmakov | Russia | GMI | 2146 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 46 | Aisen Andreev | Russia | | | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 47 | Aleksej Domchev | Lithuania | GMI | | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 48 | Bart Stegeman | Slovenia | | 2141 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 49 | Juri Geisenblas | Germany | | 2076 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 50 | Daniele Berté | Italy | MF | 2183 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 51 | Oleg Kitta | Cyprus | | | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 52 | Ilgar Ibrahimov | Azerbaijan | MF | 2102 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 53 | Marius Slezak | Poland | | 2048 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 54 | Alexander Caraulnii | Romania | | | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 55 | Anri Plaksij | Lithuania | | 2058 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 56 | Anthon Hanssens | Belgium | | 2101 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 57 | Jimmy Depaepe | Belgium | MF | 2128 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 58 | Karol Dudkiewicz | Poland | | 2043 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 59 | Grigori Moldavski | Israel | | 2097 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 60 | Feike Castein | Spain | | 2022 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 61 | Vaclav Marek | Czech Republic | | 1936 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 62 | Theo Dijkstra | Portugal | MF | 2133 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 63 | Jaroslav Tichy | Czech Republic | | 1925 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 64 | Pascal Stil | Ireland | | | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 65 | Bogdan Yanev | Bulgaria | | 1997 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 66 | David Harwood | United Kingdom | | 2019 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 67 | Odon Kollner | Hungary | | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 68 | Barnabas Kollner | Hungary | | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |