European Individual Chess Championship 2025 in Eforie Nord, Romania has crossed its midpoint. After six intense rounds, the participants are enjoying a well-deserved rest day.
The sixth round of the competition was opened by Consul General of Turkey in Romania Ozan Cakir, Vice President of the Romanian Chess Federation Alin-Mile Berescu and Secretary General of the Romanian Chess Federation Gabriel Grecescu.
GM Daniil Yuffa (ESP, 2654; pictured below, left) retained the sole lead with 5.5/6, after drawing with GM Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM, 2630) in Round 6. Daniil achieved a highly promising position on the white side of the Reversed Benoni but was unable to capitalize and conceded his first half-point of the event.
A large group of eleven GMs trails by just a half-point sharing the second place with 5/6: Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM, 2630), Baadur Jobava (GEo, 2578), Benjamin Gledura (HUN, 2658), Aryan Tari (NOR, 2621), Gabriel Sargissian (ARM, 2628), Lorenzo Lodici (ITA, 2559), Matthias Bluebaum (GER, 2643), Gleb Dudin (HUN, 2544), Maxime Lagarde (FRA, 2615), Yuriy Kuzubov (UKR, 2603) and Paul Velten (FRA, 2515).
With five rounds to play, the competition remains wide open.
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Photos: Federația Română de Șah and David Llada