35 players, including some late entries, are competing in the 2013-2014 edition of the Europchess Rapid Championship. After 5 of the 9 rounds, only defending champion Tom and Georgi are still unbeaten and lead the tournament with 4.5/5. The first half of the championship has already seen several surprises, such as José María’s win against Ronny, Ventsislav’s wins against Georges and Johannes, Luis Carlos’ win against Mattias, or Iñaki’s victory over Frank!
With four rounds still to be played, however, there are still plenty of opportunities to take points. Round 6 was already partly played on 19 February, and the remaining rounds are scheduled for 26 March, 30 April and 21 May.
The complete standings after five rounds:
| Elo | Pts | Rds | Perf | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Thomas Wiley | 2256 | 4.5 | / 5 | 2422 | 13N + | 12B + | 3N + | 4B = | 8N + | 14.0 |
| 2 | Georgi Tomov | 2301 | 4.5 | / 5 | 2510 | 15N + | 7B + | 6N = | 10B + | 4N + | 13.5 |
| 3 | Pere Moles Palleja | 2117 | 4.0 | / 5 | 2159 | 18B + | 21N + | 1B - | 20N + | 9B + | 0.0 |
| 4 | Timothy Binham | 2288 | 3.5 | / 5 | 2276 | 17B + | 11N + | 5B + | 1N = | 2B - | 13.0 |
| 5 | Jeno Czuczai | 2087 | 3.5 | / 5 | 2164 | 23N + | 8B + | 4N - | 6B + | 7N = | 11.5 |
| 6 | Christophe Keller | 2134 | 3.5 | / 5 | 2135 | 9N + | 20B + | 2B = | 5N - | 16B + | 11.5 |
| 7 | Ismo Ulvila | 2044 | 3.5 | / 5 | 2126 | 16B + | 2N - | 19B + | 21N + | 5B = | 10.5 |
| 8 | Jose Maria Ramos Florido | 1828 | 3.0 | / 5 | 1930 | 24B + | 5N - | 28B + | 11N + | 1B - | 10.0 |
| 9 | Ventsislav Petrov | 1676 | 3.0 | / 5 | 1973 | 6B - | 26N + | 14N + | 12B + | 3N - | 9.0 |
| 10 | Frank Hoffmeister | 2222 | 3.0 | / 5 | 2051 | 22B + | 19N - | 17B + | 2N - | 21B + | 9.0 |
| 11 | Ronny Bonne | 2008 | 3.0 | / 5 | 1935 | 27N + | 4B - | 13N + | 8B - | 15N + | 9.0 |
| 12 | Johannes Bertram | 1980 | 3.0 | / 5 | 1859 | 31B + | 1N - | 22B + | 9N - | 23B + | 9.0 |
| 13 | Luis Carlos Busquets Perez | 1710 | 3.0 | / 5 | 1892 | 1B - | 31N + | 11B - | 28N + | 20B + | 7.0 |
| 14 | Georges Vassilakis | 1935 | 3.0 | / 5 | 1706 | 28B - | 27N + | 9B - | 26N + | 22B + | 7.0 |
| 15 | Jesper Abrahamsen | 1792 | 2.5 | / 5 | 1786 | 2B - | 28N + | 29B + | 17N = | 11B - | 8.0 |
| 16 | Vladymyr Dedobbeleer | 1624 | 2.5 | / 5 | 1685 | 7N - | 34B + | 18N = | 30B + | 6N - | 7.5 |
| 17 | Serge Le Gal | 1745 | 2.5 | / 5 | 1809 | 4N - | 35B + | 10N - | 15B = | 30N + | 6.0 |
| 18 | Paolo Garzotti | 1668 | 2.5 | / 5 | 1721 | 3N - | 29B f | 16B = | bye | 25N + | 4.5 |
| 19 | Inaki Arevalo | 1938 | 2.0 | / 3 | 2084 | 35N + | 10B + | 7N - | … | … | 9.0 |
| 20 | Mattias Johansson | 1931 | 2.0 | / 5 | 1773 | 29N + | 6N - | 23B + | 3B - | 13N - | 8.0 |
| 21 | Kristian Frederiksen | 1823 | 2.0 | / 5 | 1791 | 34N + | 3B - | 24N + | 7B - | 10N - | 8.0 |
| 22 | Piotr Rapacz | 1681 | 2.0 | / 5 | 1744 | 10N - | 25B + | 12N - | 27B + | 14N - | 6.0 |
| 23 | Jeremy Rand | 1652 | 2.0 | / 5 | 1694 | 5B - | 30N + | 20N - | 24B + | 12N - | 6.0 |
| 24 | Bruno Gatta | 1383 | 2.0 | / 5 | 1485 | 8N - | bye | 21B - | 23N - | 31B + | 5.0 |
| 25 | Dario Maiorani | 1500 | 2.0 | / 4 | 1609 | … | 22N - | 31B + | 29N + | 18B - | 5.0 |
| 26 | Zoltan Makai | 1500 | 2.0 | / 4 | 1558 | … | 9B - | 35N + | 14B - | 32N + | 4.0 |
| 27 | Sergio Serrano Samper | 1603 | 2.0 | / 5 | 1599 | 11B - | 14B - | 34N + | 22N - | 29B + | 4.0 |
| 28 | Nikolaos Zaimis | 1500 | 1.0 | / 5 | 1506 | 14N + | 15B - | 8N - | 13B - | 33N - | 5.0 |
| 29 | Alessandro D’Alfonso | 1500 | 1.0 | / 5 | 1009 | 20B - | 18N F | 15N - | 25B - | 27N - | 4.0 |
| 30 | Paris Sansoglou | 1500 | 1.0 | / 4 | 996 | … | 23B - | bye | 16N - | 17B - | 3.0 |
| 31 | Barend Verachtert | 1561 | 1.0 | / 5 | 1313 | 12N - | 13B - | 25N - | 34B + | 24N - | 2.0 |
| 32 | Lluis Madruga | 0 | 1.0 | / 2 | 1529 | … | … | … | 35N + | 26B - | 2.0 |
| 33 | Øyvind Bø | 1500 | 1.0 | / 1 | 2235 | … | … | … | … | 28B + | 1.0 |
| 34 | Nora Bednarski | 1200 | 1.0 | / 5 | 1316 | 21B - | 16N - | 27B - | 31N - | 35B + | 1.0 |
| 35 | Alex Amelotti | 1530 | 0.0 | / 5 | 824 | 19B - | 17N - | 26B - | 32B - | 34N - | 0.0 |