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
edit| 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 |