European Individual Chess Championship

Vladislav Artemiev moved above Vladimir Kramnik to no. 13 on the live rating list after a beautiful victory over Zbynek Hracek in Round 8 of the European Individual Chess Championship in Skopje. It also took him into the joint lead on 6.5/8, with three rounds to go, level with Maxim Rodshtein, Kacper Piorun, Nils Grandelius and 17-year-old Andrey Esipenko. Esipenko’s victims have included Igor Kovalenko and Boris Gelfand.

See also:

• Official website
• All the games with computer analysis here on chess24
• European Championships 1-5: Four leaders