11/2/2019 – The Ukrainian team was unable to fend off the Russians as they regained 1st place in the final round at the European Teams in Batumi. Russia led the Women's tournament from start to finish and thus took double-gold. Games and live commentary of Round 9.
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Round 9
The European Team Championships runs from October 24th to November 2nd with an open and a women's competition. In the Open tournament 40 federations are represented, while 32 teams are signed on to the Women's tournament.
Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
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Commentary by Valeriane Gaprindashvili & Keti Tsatsalashvili
The host is the Georgian Chess Federation and the tournament is staged at the Sheraton Hotel in Batumi — the same venue that hosted FIDE officials during the 2018 General Assembly.
The Sheraton Hotel in Batumi | Photo: Marriott
Although the Russian team will start without their top four active players — Ian Nepomniachtchi, Sergey Karjakin, Alexander Grischuk and Vladislav Artemiev are missing — they still occupy the top spot in the team ranking list, with an average of 2722 Elo. Azerbaijan follows in second place ahead of England, Poland and Armenia.
The Russian women's team (left): Lagno, Girya, Goryachkina
The Russian team is also leading in the women's tournament and features World Championship challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina. Other stars, Alexandra Kosteniuk and Natalia Pogonina, are absent. Georgia and the Ukraine follow in team rank, but Ukraine will play without the Muzychuk sisters.
The German women's national team plays for the first time in many, many years without Elisabeth Paehtz and without her is currently ranked 18th in the seedling list, with Sarah Hoolt on board one.
The tournaments are played over nine rounds according to Swiss system. The first round will take place on Thursday, October 24th, with the last round on Saturday, November 2nd. The 29th of October is a rest day. All rounds start at 11:00 AM UTC (15:00 local time (13:00 CEST, 7:00 AM EDT), and one hour earlier for the last round.
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