ECTC R7+8: Holland poised to take Gold
8/7/2005 – One round before the end of the European Team Championship Holland is in the lead, a match point ahead of Israel, Poland and Georgia, with the Russians no longer in medal contention. In the women's section Poland leads. The main sponsor is the Swedish car manufacturer Volvo. Thing is, the Swedes don't seem to use cars a lot. Pictorial report.
15th European Chess Team Championship
Remember round six? Israel was dominating the team championship and, after defeating the French team 3:1, had taken the lead by one match point and 2½ board points. But the Dutch team had scored a shock 3:1 victory over Russia and remained in striking position.
In round seven Poland held Israel to a 2:2 draw while the Netherlands defeated Azerbaijan 2½:1½. France defeated Armenia and Georgia beat Ukraine by the same score. Greece scored a 3:1 victory over Romania and, another shocker, Russia lost to Hungary 1½:3½. The result was that Israel and the Netherlands were tied for first, with 12/14 match points each. Israel had 19 board points, as opposed to 17½ for the Dutch team. You can find all individual results of the round here.
Round eight brought a switch in the lead. The Netherlands drew the astonishingly strong Greek team, while Israel suffered their first loss in this event, to Georgia, after Sutovsky went down to Levan in a furious tactical melee.
Pantsulaia,Levan (2510) - Sutovsky,Emil (2674) [D91]
15th European Team Championship (8.1), 06.08.2005
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6
8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Qb1 Qd5 10.Be2 Bf5 11.Qb4 c5 12.Qxc4 Qxc4 13.Bxc4 Nc6 14.0-0 Rc8
15.Rac1 Na5 16.Bb5+ Bd7 17.Be2 Be6 18.Nd2 b6 19.Bb5+ Kf8 20.Ba6 Rd8 21.Rc2
Bf6 22.Bg3 Kg7 23.dxc5.
25.Bc7 Bf5 26.f3 bxc5 27.a3 Bxe4 28.fxe4 Bd2 29.Rxd2 Rxd2 30.Bxa5 Rc2 31.Bd3 Ra2 32.Bc4 Rxa3 33.Rxf7+ Kh6 34.Bc7 Ra4 35.Be6 Rxe4 36.Bf4+ g5 37.Bf5 gxf4 38.Bxe4 fxe3 39.Kf1 c4 40.Rxe7 Rc8 41.Rxh7+ Kg5 42.Rxa7 c3 43.Ra2 Rc4 44.Bd3 Rh4 45.g3 Rh8 46.Rc2 Rf8+ 47.Ke2 1-0.
France lost to Poland, while both Russia and Ukraine won their matches against Lithuania and Estonia 3:1. This left the following situation before the final round: Holland is in the lead, a match point ahead of Israel, Poland and Georgia, with the former two having higher board points. France is at place eight, Ukraine at nine and Russia – but go look for yourself on the standings table below.
In the women's section the favourites Ukraine lost to Russia in round seven and to Poland in round eight to drop out of contention. Poland and Georgia won both their matches to take the lead for Gold and Silver. Poland is a match point ahead and has 21 board points to Georgia's 19½. Russia and Bulgaria have 20 and 19 board points but are two full match points behind Georgia.
Picture Gallery
The main sponsor of the event is the Swedish car manufacturer Volvo
... but the favourite mode of travel appears to be the electric tramcar
You can also travel in large flat-bottomed barges (in parks)
In contrast: a busy traffic intersection in Gothenburg
You don't believe it? Here's the town center on Saturday at 12:25 p.m.
"Ne'er a car to blight the Summer's proud and greenly spirit" (fake
poetry)
The players' hotel, tall and proud, easy to find from anywhere in Gothenburg
Chess champions and dinosaurs in the Svenska Mässan
The giant book stall of Ari Ziegler
Jacob Aagaard doing his Radio ChessBase broadcast
One of the heroes of the Dutch team: Jan Timman
Dutch player Erik van den Doel, who scored a fine win in round seven
Top Polish GM Robert Kempinski
French team captain Mikhail Gurevich
On the path to Gold? Sergei Tiviakov of the Dutch team
Things not going as planned: Alexey Dreev of Russia
What are we doing wrong? Alexander Motylev, Evgeny Bareev
Seeking divine intervention? Top Dane Peter Heine Nielsen
The bright face of Hungarian chess: WGM Anita Gara
Photos by Jacob Aagaard and Ari Ziegler
Round 8, Men – 06.08.2005
| 8.1 | 2 | Israel | 1½ - 2½ | 14 | Georgia | ||
| 1 | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2724 | ½ : ½ | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2621 |
| 2 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2674 | 0 : 1 | IM | Pantsulaia Levan | 2510 |
| 3 | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2652 | ½ : ½ | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2549 |
| 4 | GM | Avrukh Boris | 2652 | ½ : ½ | GM | Janjgava Lasha | 2472 |
| 8.2 | 6 | Netherlands | 2 - 2 | 17 | Greece | ||
| 1 | GM | Van Wely Loek | 2655 | 0 : 1 | GM | Kotronias Vasilios | 2587 |
| 2 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2691 | ½ : ½ | GM | Papaioannou Ioannis | 2578 |
| 3 | GM | Tiviakov Sergei | 2678 | 1 : 0 | GM | Banikas Hristos | 2548 |
| 4 | GM | Van Den Doel Erik | 2587 | ½ : ½ | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | 2563 |
| 8.3 | 5 | France | 1½ - 2½ | 12 | Poland | ||
| 1 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2729 | 0 : 1 | GM | Kempinski Robert | 2619 |
| 2 | GM | Lautier Joel | 2672 | ½ : ½ | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2591 |
| 3 | GM | Dorfman Josif | 2592 | ½ : ½ | IM | Bobras Piotr | 2525 |
| 4 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2627 | ½ : ½ | GM | Markowski Tomasz | 2564 |
| 8.4 | 7 | Azerbaijan | 2 - 2 | 10 | Germany | ||
| 1 | GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2682 | 1 : 0 | GM | Lutz Christopher | 2616 |
| 2 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2646 | ½ : ½ | GM | Gustafsson Jan | 2614 |
| 3 | GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2594 | 0 : 1 | GM | Graf Alexander | 2605 |
| 4 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | 2585 | ½ : ½ | GM | Dautov Rustem | 2595 |
| 8.5 | 11 | Hungary | 1½ - 2½ | 9 | Czech Republic | ||
| 1 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2619 | 0 : 1 | GM | Navara David | 2663 |
| 2 | GM | Gyimesi Zoltan | 2628 | ½ : ½ | GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2591 |
| 3 | GM | Ruck Robert | 2546 | 1 : 0 | GM | Babula Vlastimil | 2604 |
| 4 | GM | Balogh Csaba | 2537 | 0 : 1 | GM | Stocek Jiri | 2592 |
| 8.6 | 8 | Romania | 1½ - 2½ | 15 | Serbia and Montenegro | ||
| 1 | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | 2679 | 1 : 0 | GM | Damljanovic Branko | 2612 |
| 2 | GM | Istratescu Andrei | 2624 | ½ : ½ | GM | Markus Robert | 2591 |
| 3 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | 2583 | 0 : 1 | GM | Ivanisevic Ivan | 2577 |
| 4 | IM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2542 | 0 : 1 | GM | Solak Dragan | 2557 |
| 8.7 | 25 | Estonia | 1 - 3 | 3 | Ukraine | ||
| 1 | GM | Kulaots Kaido | 2570 | ½ : ½ | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2752 |
| 2 | IM | Kanep Meelis | 2491 | ½ : ½ | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2639 |
| 3 | IM | Sepp Olav | 2462 | 0 : 1 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2664 |
| 4 | IM | Seeman Tarvo | 2405 | 0 : 1 | IM | Kuzubov Yury | 2535 |
| 8.8 | 21 | Croatia | 2½ - 1½ | 4 | Armenia | ||
| 1 | GM | Kozul Zdenko | 2585 | ½ : ½ | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2705 |
| 2 | GM | Palac Mladen | 2566 | 1 : 0 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2724 |
| 3 | GM | Zelcic Robert | 2522 | ½ : ½ | GM | Lputian Smbat | 2629 |
| 4 | GM | Dizdar Goran | 2518 | ½ : ½ | GM | Anastasian Ashot | 2595 |
| 8.9 | 24 | Lithuania | 1 - 3 | 1 | Russia | ||
| 1 | GM | Rozentalis Eduardas | 2567 | ½ : ½ | GM | Svidler Peter | 2738 |
| 2 | GM | Sulskis Sarunas | 2535 | 0 : 1 | GM | Dreev Alexey | 2698 |
| 3 | GM | Kveinys Aloyzas | 2510 | ½ : ½ | GM | Motylev Alexander | 2675 |
| 4 | IM | Sakalauskas Vaidas | 2473 | 0 : 1 | GM | Timofeev Artyom | 2661 |
| 8.10 | 16 | Denmark | 1½ - 2½ | 22 | Slovenia | ||
| 1 | GM | Nielsen Peter Heine | 2668 | ½ : ½ | GM | Beliavsky Alexander | 2599 |
| 2 | GM | Schandorff Lars | 2519 | 0 : 1 | GM | Pavasovic Dusko | 2566 |
| 3 | IM | Palo Davor | 2519 | ½ : ½ | GM | Mikhalchishin Adrian | 2526 |
| 4 | GM | Hansen Sune Berg | 2568 | ½ : ½ | IM | Borisek Jure | 2509 |
| 8.11 | 26 | Macedonia | 2 - 2 | 18 | England | ||
| 1 | GM | Georgiev Vladimir | 2532 | 1 : 0 | GM | McShane Luke | 2625 |
| 2 | GM | Nedev Trajce | 2530 | ½ : ½ | GM | Speelman Jonathan | 2549 |
| 3 | GM | Jacimovic Dragoljub | 2438 | 0 : 1 | GM | Gormally Daniel | 2557 |
| 4 | IM | Kizov Atanas | 2418 | ½ : ½ | GM | Pert Nicholas | 2493 |
| 8.12 | 29 | Sweden 2 | 1 - 3 | 20 | Sweden 1 | ||
| 1 | GM | Karlsson Lars | 2472 | ½ : ½ | GM | Agrest Evgenij | 2592 |
| 2 | IM | Olsson Anders | 2416 | 0 : 1 | GM | Hellsten Johan | 2582 |
| 3 | FM | Carlsson Pontus | 2394 | ½ : ½ | GM | Berg Emanuel | 2539 |
| 4 | Lindberg Bosse | 2359 | 0 : 1 | GM | Hillarp Persson Tiger | 2511 | |
| 8.13 | 19 | Switzerland | 2½ - 1½ | 13 | Bulgaria | ||
| 1 | GM | Korchnoi Viktor | 2615 | ½ : ½ | GM | Georgiev Kiril | 2666 |
| 2 | GM | Pelletier Yannick | 2603 | ½ : ½ | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2634 |
| 3 | GM | Gallagher Joseph | 2544 | ½ : ½ | GM | Spasov Vasil | 2551 |
| 4 | GM | Jenni Florian | 2494 | 1 : 0 | Rusev Krasimir | 2426 | |
| 8.14 | 33 | Austria | 1½ - 2½ | 28 | Norway | ||
| 1 | IM | Neubauer Martin | 2468 | 0 : 1 | GM | Johannessen Leif | 2543 |
| 2 | IM | Pilaj Herwig | 2425 | 0 : 1 | GM | Lie Kjetil A. | 2472 |
| 3 | IM | Lehner Oliver | 2428 | ½ : ½ | IM | Elsness Frode | 2440 |
| 4 | IM | Lendwai Reinhard | 2416 | 1 : 0 | IM | Nordahl Helge | 2423 |
| 8.15 | 23 | Spain | 3 - 1 | 35 | Turkey | ||
| 1 | GM | Illescas Cordoba Miguel | 2624 | ½ : ½ | IM | Atakisi Umut | 2437 |
| 2 | IM | Lopez Martinez Josep | 2507 | 1 : 0 | IM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | 2430 |
| 3 | IM | Perez Candelario Manuel | 2504 | 1 : 0 | FM | Erturan Yakup | 2311 |
| 4 | GM | Del Rio Angelis Salvador | 2470 | ½ : ½ | Esen Baris | 2301 | |
| 8.16 | 38 | Luxemburg | ½ - 3½ | 27 | Iceland | ||
| 1 | IM | Bakalarz Mieczyslaw | 2423 | ½ : ½ | GM | Stefansson Hannes | 2579 |
| 2 | IM | Berend Fred | 2374 | 0 : 1 | IM | Kristjansson Stefan | 2459 |
| 3 | Wagener Claude | 2273 | 0 : 1 | IM | Thorfinnsson Bragi | 2448 | |
| 4 | Weber Jean-Marie | 2262 | 0 : 1 | IM | Gunnarsson Arnar | 2438 | |
| 8.17 | 34 | Sweden 3 | 1 - 3 | 30 | Finland | ||
| 1 | GM | Brynell Stellan | 2484 | 0 : 1 | GM | Nyback Tomi | 2571 |
| 2 | Ong Kezli | 2371 | ½ : ½ | IM | Sammalvuo Tapani | 2441 | |
| 3 | Tikkanen Hans | 2316 | ½ : ½ | IM | Karttunen Mika | 2409 | |
| 4 | FM | Olsson Linus | 2352 | 0 : 1 | IM | Nyysti Sampsa | 2344 |
| 8.18 | 32 | Ireland | 2½ - 1½ | 31 | Italy | ||
| 1 | GM | Baburin Alexander | 2523 | ½ : ½ | GM | Godena Michele | 2522 |
| 2 | IM | Kelly Brian | 2504 | 1 : 0 | IM | D'Amore Carlo | 2463 |
| 3 | IM | Collins Sam | 2413 | 0 : 1 | FM | Bruno Fabio | 2425 |
| 4 | IM | Orr Mark | 2305 | 1 : 0 | IM | Contin Daniel | 2393 |
| 8.19 | 39 | Wales | 2½ - 1½ | 36 | Scotland | ||
| 1 | FM | James David | 2213 | ½ : ½ | GM | McNab Colin | 2451 |
| 2 | Kett Tim | 2192 | ½ : ½ | IM | Shaw John | 2449 | |
| 3 | Trevelyan John | 2196 | 1 : 0 | Grant Jonathan | 2273 | ||
| 4 | Spice Alan | 2175 | ½ : ½ | FM | Upton Timothy | 2250 | |
| 8.20 | 40 | Cyprus | 1 - 3 | 37 | Belgium | ||
| 1 | Antoniou Antonis | 2198 | 0 : 1 | IM | Dutreeuw Marc | 2361 | |
| 2 | Kassinopoullos Doros | 2094 | 0 : 1 | IM | Van Der Stricht Geert | 2400 | |
| 3 | Kyriakidis Thrasos | 2144 | 1 : 0 | IM | Claesen Pieter | 2384 | |
| 4 | Klerides Paris | 2224 | 0 : 1 | FM | Docx Stefan | 2310 | |
Round 8, Women – 06.08.2005
| 8.1 | 3 | Ukraine | 1½ - 2½ | 4 | Poland | ||
| 1 | WGM | Zhukova Natalia | 2478 | 0 : 1 | IM | Radziewicz Iweta | 2447 |
| 2 | IM | Lahno Kateryna | 2498 | 1 : 0 | IM | Socko Monika | 2465 |
| 3 | IM | Gaponenko Inna | 2439 | 0 : 1 | WGM | Zawadzka Jolanta | 2402 |
| 4 | IM | Vasilevich Tatjana | 2393 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Zielinska Marta | 2410 |
| 8.2 | 1 | Russia | 1½ - 2½ | 2 | Georgia | ||
| 1 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2516 | 0 : 1 | GM | Chiburdanidze Maia | 2509 |
| 2 | IM | Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2471 | ½ : ½ | IM | Lomineishvili Maia | 2420 |
| 3 | IM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2477 | 1 : 0 | IM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2438 |
| 4 | IM | Galliamova Alisa | 2453 | 0 : 1 | IM | Arakhamia-Grant K. | 2423 |
| 8.3 | 11 | Bulgaria | 2½ - 1½ | 13 | Greece | ||
| 1 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2501 | ½ : ½ | IM | Dembo Yelena | 2428 |
| 2 | WGM | Voiska Margarita | 2328 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Botsari Anna-Maria | 2297 |
| 3 | WGM | Djingarova Emilia | 2277 | 1 : 0 | WGM | Makropoulou Marina | 2287 |
| 4 | WGM | Velcheva Maria | 2274 | ½ : ½ | WIM | Fakhiridou Ekaterini | 2272 |
| 8.4 | 14 | Slovenia | ½ - 3½ | 7 | Armenia | ||
| 1 | WGM | Muzychuk Anna | 2364 | 0 : 1 | IM | Danielian Elina | 2433 |
| 2 | WIM | Kaps Darja | 2319 | ½ : ½ | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2447 |
| 3 | WIM | Krivec Jana | 2270 | 0 : 1 | WIM | Aginian Nelly | 2324 |
| 4 | WFM | Rozic Vesna | 2192 | 0 : 1 | WIM | Galojan Lilit | 2223 |
| 8.5 | 10 | Romania | 3 - 1 | 15 | Israel | ||
| 1 | IM | Peptan Corina-Isabela | 2411 | 1 : 0 | IM | Klinova Masha | 2384 |
| 2 | WGM | Olarasu Gabriela | 2306 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Borsuk Angela | 2342 |
| 3 | WGM | Bogza Adina-Maria | 2325 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Igla Bella | 2299 |
| 4 | WIM | Calotescu Ana-Cristina | 2273 | 1 : 0 | WIM | Vasiliev Olga | 2202 |
| 8.6 | 12 | Netherlands | 1½ - 2½ | 6 | Serbia and Montenegro | ||
| 1 | GM | Peng Zhaoqin | 2405 | 0 : 1 | IM | Maric Alisa | 2415 |
| 2 | IM | Bosboom-Lanchava Tea | 2363 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Bojkovic Natasa | 2386 |
| 3 | FM | Schuurman Petra | 2266 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Prudnikova Svetlana | 2370 |
| 4 | WIM | Muhren Bianca | 2269 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Chelushkina Irina | 2330 |
| 8.7 | 19 | Spain | 1 - 3 | 21 | Lithuania | ||
| 1 | WGM | Calzetta Monica | 2282 | 0 : 1 | WGM | Ciuksyte Dagne | 2341 |
| 2 | WIM | Vega Gutierrez Sabrina | 2262 | 0 : 1 | WIM | Zaksaite Salomeja | 2237 |
| 3 | WIM | Hernandez Yudania | 2234 | 1 : 0 | Limontaite Simona | 2095 | |
| 4 | WIM | Llaneza Vega Patricia | 2180 | 0 : 1 | Daulyte Deimante | 2195 | |
| 8.8 | 9 | Germany | 3 - 1 | 16 | Sweden 1 | ||
| 1 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2421 | ½ : ½ | GM | Cramling Pia | 2494 |
| 2 | IM | Kachiani-Gersinska K. | 2416 | 1 : 0 | WIM | Johansson Victoria | 2218 |
| 3 | WIM | Nill Jessica | 2323 | 1 : 0 | WFM | Pavlovskaia Evgenia | 2174 |
| 4 | WGM | Trabert Bettina | 2291 | ½ : ½ | Andersson Christin | 2168 | |
| 8.9 | 22 | Switzerland | ½ - 3½ | 5 | Hungary | ||
| 1 | WGM | Lematschko Tatjana | 2205 | ½ : ½ | IM | Madl Ildiko | 2382 |
| 2 | WCM | Wilson Alexandra | 2056 | 0 : 1 | IM | Vajda Szidonia | 2392 |
| 3 | Roelli Corinne | 2001 | 0 : 1 | WGM | Gara Anita | 2372 | |
| 4 | Svendsen Hannelore | 1775 | 0 : 1 | WGM | Lakos Nikoletta | 2313 | |
| 8.10 | 17 | Czech Republic | 2½ - 1½ | 25 | Turkey | ||
| 1 | IM | Jackova Jana | 2386 | 1 : 0 | WIM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2155 |
| 2 | WIM | Cedikova Katerina | 2262 | 0 : 1 | WFM | Topel Zehra | 2081 |
| 3 | WIM | Sikorova Olga | 2232 | 1 : 0 | WIM | Cinar Corlulu Nilufer | 2038 |
| 4 | Kulovana Eva | 2137 | ½ : ½ | WFM | Bayrak Asli | 1967 | |
| 8.11 | 18 | England | 3 - 1 | 24 | Sweden 2 | ||
| 1 | IM | Houska Jovanka | 2342 | 1 : 0 | Jiretorn Eva | 2134 | |
| 2 | IM | Lalic Susan | 2362 | 1 : 0 | Hansson Susanne | 2110 | |
| 3 | WIM | Richards Heather | 2150 | 1 : 0 | Agrest Inna | 1984 | |
| 4 | WIM | Lauterbach Ingrid | 2156 | 0 : 1 | Frisk Ellinor | 1991 | |
| 8.12 | 23 | Iceland | 0 - 4 | 8 | France | ||
| 1 | WGM | Ptacnikova Lenka | 2204 | 0 : 1 | IM | Sebag Marie | 2438 |
| 2 | Thorsteinsdottir Gudlaug | 2132 | 0 : 1 | WGM | Milliet Sophie | 2321 | |
| 3 | WIM | Gretarsdottir Lilja | 2046 | 0 : 1 | WGM | Lallemand Roza | 2287 |
| 4 | Fridthjofsdottir Sigurl | 1963 | 0 : 1 | WIM | Muller Anne | 2169 | |
| 8.13 | 20 | Croatia | 4 - 0 | 26 | Austria | ||
| 1 | WGM | Medic Mirjana | 2268 | 1 : 0 | WFM | Kopinits Anna-Chr. | 2124 |
| 2 | WIM | Sargac Rajna | 2242 | 1 : 0 | WFM | Horvath Maria | 2039 |
| 3 | WIM | Macek Vlasta | 2211 | 1 : 0 | Sommer Sonja | 2053 | |
| 4 | WIM | Jelica Mara | 2191 | 1 : 0 | Nagy Laura | 1933 | |
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