ETCC 03: Leaders Emerge
11/11/2013 – After three rounds of play Czech Republic and France are the only teams with all of their matches won as they vanquished Ukraine and Turkey respectively. In the women's section Armenia swept Poland 3 and now shares the lead with Ukraine and Poland 1. The Russian women took vengeance from yesterday and won 4-0 The Russian men's team did not fare so well.
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You might remember that there was a similar sounding event that happened only recently, the European Club Championship, but the events are certainly different as the Club Championship allows players from outside Europe to compete while the European Team Championship is a battle between different nations. The ETCC will be held in Warsaw, Poland from November 7th - November 18th. The event is a team swiss played in 11 rounds.
Open Section
The open section finally has two clear leaders. France beat Ukraine when its top two boards produced important wins. Tkachiev's game was 79 moves long but eventually he forced a pawn through and won a very pretty endgame. The Czech Republic brought Turkey back down from the clouds and inflicted an easy 3.5-0.5 defeat on the Russian vanquishers. This puts France and Czech Republic at the top of the leaderboard as no other team has been able to win all of their matches.
The list of teams with 5/6 points (matches count for two points a piece) is rather formidable. Georgia, Greece, Armenia and Azerbaijana are all lurking just half a match point away from the leaders. The obvious team missing is Russia who keeps having dismal results. They drew the admittedly strong team of England and Russia only has 3 points out of 6.
Despite the fact that the following game was not played in round three, it is quite instructive and it is from one of the players themselves! The following is Kotronias' win over Howell from yesterday:
[Event "ETCC ( Open section )"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.11.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Howell, David"] [Black "Kotronias, Vassilios"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2564"] [Annotator "Kotronias Vassilios"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2013.11.10"] [SourceDate "2013.11.10"] {Playing the young generation has become a very complicated task nowadays; With computer preparation at its heights and positional knowledge being part and parcel of almost every professional's arsenal the prospects of us "old hands" outplaying the ambitious newcomers border on the miraculous. The following game is an exception, and obviously I dont expect David to repeat such an inaccurate opening play anytime soon as he is a serious GM with many trophies under his belt. And actually, the variation he chose is not at all bad, it was probably one or two lapses of concentration that prevented white from displaying this line's full potential. Moving on to team atmosphere, statistics and tradition, I must admit that the positive outcome of my game against David may have been influenced to a certain extent by the good results we have managed to achieve as a team against England in the past few years. A positive factor for us, contriving to repeating success, was undoubtedly the absence of Nigel Short from their line-up, who, in spite of having a rather negative score against Greek players, could have made the difference in such a close match.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {David plays the Rossolimo quite often, and has scored an impressive string of victories with it.} d6 {I usually play 3...g6, so I guess he was well prepared for that.} 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4 $5 {Not one of the main lines, but it certainly contains a great deal of poison for the uninitiated.} cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 (9... e5 $5 {is the other main move, with complex play.}) 10. e5 Nd7 11. h3 $5 {An interesting continuation.} (11. Be3 e6 {is hardly inspiring for White.}) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxd4 $5 {An attempt to mix thing up.} ({Safe and solid is} 12... e6 $1 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Nd2 Rc8 15. Nb3 Bb4 16. Rec1 O-O 17. Qg4 Rfe8 { with just a tiny edge for White. This is my recommendation to Black players actually, as the game should have been a laborious issue for me.}) 13. Qxd5 { Principled.} ({Better, however was} 13. Qd1 $1 {after which I intended} Nc6 ( 13... Ne6 $2 14. Qxd5 Ndc5 15. Nc3 $16 {is better for White in view of his two bishops and lead in development.}) 14. e6 fxe6 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. Rxe6 Kf7 {, thinking I had a good position. The truth is that White keeps some initiative by an inspired exchange sacrifice:} {After} 17. Rxf6+ $1 exf6 18. Nxd5 b5 $1 19. Bd3 $1 {( I had underestimated this move )} ({Simply losing are both} 19. Qb3 $4 Nd4 $19) ({and} 19. a4 $2 Nb4 $19) 19... Bd6 20. Bc2 Re8 {Black should be able to hold the resulting position but White has various tries and over the board the situation is a bit unpleasant. For example,} 21. Be3 (21. Qh5+ Kf8 22. Bh6 $1 Ra7 $1 23. Be3 Rxe3 24. Nxe3 g6 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. h4 Bf8 28. Rxd7 Bxh6 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Nd5 Kf7 31. Nc7 Bc1 32. b3 Ba3 33. Nxa6 Bd6 {looks equal}) 21... g6 22. Bb6 Qb8 23. Bb3 Kg7 24. Rc1 Re6 25. Nxf6 $1 Rxf6 26. Rxc6 Bh2+ 27. Kh1 Be5 28. Qd7+ Kh8 29. Bc7 Rxc6 30. Qxc6 Qxc7 31. Qxa8+ Kg7 32. g3 Qe7 $14) 13... Nc2 {Black of course plunges in at the offered opportunity; you dont have often the chance to win a rook nowadays!} 14. e6 $1 fxe6 15. Qxe6 $2 {After this White will be pushed back with gain of time.} (15. Rxe6 $1 Nf6 (15... Qc7 16. Qe4 {(intending Bf4)} Nc5 17. Qxc2 Nxe6 18. Nc3 $44 {is complicated}) 16. Qxb7 Qc8 17. Qb3 $3 Nd4 $1 (17... Nxa1 18. Qa4+ Qd7 19. Rc6 $3 $16 {produces an incredible position that is actually better for White.} ) 18. Qa4+ Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Nxd7 20. Re2 Nxe2+ 21. Bxe2 e5 {would have been an approximately balanced ending.}) 15... Qb6 $1 {Now White has to retreat and Black gradually takes over.} 16. Qe4 $6 ({The more reserved} 16. Qe2 $15 {was better.}) 16... Qc6 $1 $17 {White obviously missed this. Now Black's advantage is serious and I didnt let go in the remainder of the game.} 17. Qe2 Nxe1 $1 { The right rook, in spite of the fact it's not a whole rook! I didnt want to leave White with many pieces pointing at my King.} 18. Qxe1 e5 19. Nc3 Bc5 20. Ne4 Bd4 {Here I felt quite safe with my bishop anchored on the nice square d4.} 21. Bg5 O-O 22. Rc1 Nc5 $1 {This is why it is instrumental to have the Queen on c6 as now the pressure on e4 and f2 forces exchanges favourable for Black.} 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 (23... Bxf2+ $5 24. Qxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qb6 26. b3 Qg6 27. Be3 Rf8+ $1 28. Ke1 $1 (28. Kg1 $4 Qg3 $19) 28... h6 $17 {was also good, but less human.}) 24. Bh4 (24. b4 $4 Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Rxf2 26. Rxc6 Rxf1+ $19 {is out of the question.}) (24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 (25. Rxc6 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Rxf2 $19) 25... Qd6 $19 {would have been hopeless.}) 24... Qb6 25. Rc2 Bd4 26. b3 $2 {White drifts to a hopeless position. The last thing to consider in such cases is a defence of a worthless pawn.} (26. Bd3 $8 {was the only move to offer some practical chances, although after} g6 27. Bc4+ Kg7 $17 {Black should gradually prevail.}) 26... Qg6 $1 $19 {I was very pleased to control e4, as that practically guaranteed pushing my pawn to that square next move, cutting the White defences in two.} 27. Qc1 e4 28. Rc4 Bb6 29. Be2 Qf5 30. Qe1 Rae8 31. Bg3 h5 32. a4 Re6 $1 {Black has raging pressure on f2; The game has been decided.} 33. Rb4 Rg6 34. Bc4+ Kh8 35. Rxb6 Rxb6 36. Qe3 Rg6 37. Kh2 Rxg3 $1 {The best practical choice; The resulting ending holds no chances of salvation for White. } 38. fxg3 h4 $1 39. gxh4 Qf4+ 40. Qxf4 Rxf4 41. Kg3 Rf5 42. h5 {Trying to stop ...g6 followed by ...Kg7 but Black does not necessarily need his King in this ending.} b5 $1 43. axb5 axb5 44. Be2 b4 45. Bc4 Rc5 $1 46. Be2 (46. Be6 e3 47. Bg4 Rc3 48. Be6 e2+ 49. Kf2 Re3 $19) 46... Rc3+ 47. Kf4 e3 48. Bd1 Rxb3 { White resigned.} 0-1
Giri was unable to win today against Israel's top board, and the Israeli team surprisingly beat the Netherlands 2.5-1.5. This is mainly surprising because Israel has none of their top players.
Aronian's 2788 performance is "not bad". Armenia is in the follower pack with 5 out of 6 points.
L'Ami, rated 2648 from the Netherlands
Vallejo Pons' Spanish team had a tough round and they fell to Hungary's power 3-1
| Bo. | 3 | FRANCE | Rtg | - | 4 | UKRAINE | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 1.1 | GM | BACROT, Etienne | 2749 | - | GM | ARESHCHENKO, Alexander | 2720 | ½ - ½ |
| 1.2 | GM | VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime | 2742 | - | GM | VOLOKITIN, Andrei | 2682 | ½ - ½ |
| 1.3 | GM | EDOUARD, Romain | 2653 | - | GM | EFIMENKO, Zahar | 2657 | 1 - 0 |
| 1.4 | GM | TKACHIEV, Vladislav | 2637 | - | GM | MOISEENKO, Alexander | 2709 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 9 | CZECH REPUBLIC | Rtg | - | 18 | TURKEY | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 2.1 | GM | NAVARA, David | 2705 | - | GM | SOLAK, Dragan | 2618 | 1 - 0 |
| 2.2 | GM | LAZNICKA, Viktor | 2677 | - | GM | IPATOV, Alexander | 2630 | ½ - ½ |
| 2.3 | GM | HRACEK, Zbynek | 2638 | - | GM | ESEN, Baris | 2565 | 1 - 0 |
| 2.4 | GM | BABULA, Vlastimil | 2574 | - | GM | YILMAZ, Mustafa | 2577 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 19 | ROMANIA | Rtg | - | 15 | GREECE | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 3.1 | GM | LUPULESCU, Constantin | 2630 | - | GM | BANIKAS, Hristos | 2633 | ½ - ½ |
| 3.2 | GM | JIANU, Vlad-Cristian | 2565 | - | GM | PAPAIOANNOU, Ioannis | 2639 | 0 - 1 |
| 3.3 | GM | PARLIGRAS, Mircea-Emilian | 2576 | - | GM | MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios | 2589 | ½ - ½ |
| 3.4 | GM | NEVEDNICHY, Vladislav | 2590 | - | GM | HALKIAS, Stelios | 2555 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 2 | ARMENIA | Rtg | - | 27 | AUSTRIA | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 4.1 | GM | ARONIAN, Levon | 2801 | - | GM | RAGGER, Markus | 2672 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.2 | GM | MOVSESIAN, Sergei | 2700 | - | GM | SHENGELIA, David | 2543 | ½ - ½ |
| 4.3 | GM | SARGISSIAN, Gabriel | 2676 | - | IM | KREISL, Robert | 2410 | 1 - 0 |
| 4.4 | GM | PETROSIAN, Tigran L. | 2660 | - | IM | SCHREINER, Peter | 2452 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 12 | POLAND | Rtg | - | 6 | AZERBAIJAN | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 5.1 | GM | SOCKO, Bartosz | 2661 | - | GM | MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar | 2757 | 0 - 1 |
| 5.2 | GM | SWIERCZ, Dariusz | 2627 | - | GM | RADJABOV, Teimour | 2715 | 0 - 1 |
| 5.3 | GM | BARTEL, Mateusz | 2626 | - | GM | MAMEDOV, Rauf | 2647 | 1 - 0 |
| 5.4 | GM | MITON, Kamil | 2597 | - | GM | GUSEINOV, Gadir | 2607 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 7 | HUNGARY | Rtg | - | 11 | SPAIN | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 6.1 | GM | ERDOS, Viktor | 2658 | - | GM | VALLEJO PONS, Francisco | 2705 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.2 | GM | BALOGH, Csaba | 2630 | - | GM | SALGADO LOPEZ, Ivan | 2610 | 1 - 0 |
| 6.3 | GM | ALMASI, Zoltan | 2710 | - | GM | KORNEEV, Oleg | 2637 | 1 - 0 |
| 6.4 | GM | POLGAR, Judit | 2689 | - | GM | VAZQUEZ IGARZA, Renier | 2588 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 14 | GEORGIA | Rtg | - | 10 | GERMANY | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 7.1 | GM | JOBAVA, Baadur | 2695 | - | GM | MEIER, Georg | 2623 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.2 | GM | MCHEDLISHVILI, Mikheil | 2631 | - | GM | KHENKIN, Igor | 2612 | ½ - ½ |
| 7.3 | GM | PANTSULAIA, Levan | 2595 | - | GM | BARAMIDZE, David | 2614 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.4 | IM | NIGALIDZE, Gaioz | 2494 | - | GM | FRIDMAN, Daniel | 2600 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 1 | RUSSIA | Rtg | - | 5 | ENGLAND | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 8.1 | GM | GRISCHUK, Alexander | 2785 | - | GM | ADAMS, Michael | 2752 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.2 | GM | SVIDLER, Peter | 2752 | - | GM | MCSHANE, Luke J | 2696 | 1 - 0 |
| 8.3 | GM | ANDREIKIN, Dmitry | 2710 | - | GM | SHORT, Nigel D | 2680 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.4 | GM | MOROZEVICH, Alexander | 2727 | - | GM | JONES, Gawain C B | 2648 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 29 | ISRAEL | Rtg | - | 8 | NETHERLANDS | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 9.1 | GM | POPILSKI, Gil | 2483 | - | GM | GIRI, Anish | 2732 | ½ - ½ |
| 9.2 | IM | RAZNIKOV, Danny | 2481 | - | GM | SOKOLOV, Ivan | 2625 | ½ - ½ |
| 9.3 | GM | BARON, Tal | 2487 | - | GM | L'AMI, Erwin | 2648 | ½ - ½ |
| 9.4 | IM | BORUCHOVSKY, Avital | 2472 | - | GM | SMEETS, Jan | 2620 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 22 | SLOVENIA | Rtg | - | 13 | ITALY | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 10.1 | GM | LENIC, Luka | 2637 | - | GM | CARUANA, Fabiano | 2782 | 1 - 0 |
| 10.2 | GM | SKOBERNE, Jure | 2573 | - | GM | BRUNELLO, Sabino | 2615 | ½ - ½ |
| 10.3 | GM | BORISEK, Jure | 2555 | - | GM | GODENA, Michele | 2501 | ½ - ½ |
| 10.4 | GM | TRATAR, Marko | 2494 | - | GM | ROMBALDONI, Axel | 2530 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 16 | CROATIA | Rtg | - | 23 | POLAND FUTURES | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 11.1 | GM | SARIC, Ivan | 2628 | - | GM | DUDA, Jan-Krzysztof | 2542 | ½ - ½ |
| 11.2 | GM | STEVIC, Hrvoje | 2611 | - | GM | DRAGUN, Kamil | 2543 | 1 - 0 |
| 11.3 | GM | PALAC, Mladen | 2571 | - | GM | TOMCZAK, Jacek | 2581 | 1 - 0 |
| 11.4 | GM | BRKIC, Ante | 2580 | - | GM | PIORUN, Kacper | 2555 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 26 | DENMARK | Rtg | - | 17 | BELARUS | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 12.1 | GM | HANSEN, Sune Berg | 2563 | - | GM | ZHIGALKO, Sergei | 2694 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.2 | GM | PALO, Davor | 2553 | - | GM | ZHIGALKO, Andrey | 2619 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.3 | GM | RASMUSSEN, Allan Stig | 2486 | - | GM | TETEREV, Vitaly | 2501 | 0 - 1 |
| 12.4 | IM | ANDERSEN, Mads | 2499 | - | GM | STUPAK, Kirill | 2494 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 28 | ICELAND | Rtg | - | 24 | POLAND GOLDIES | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 13.1 | GM | STEFANSSON, Hannes | 2539 | - | GM | TAZBIR, Marcin | 2555 | ½ - ½ |
| 13.2 | IM | GRETARSSON, Hjorvar Steinn | 2511 | - | GM | BULSKI, Krzysztof | 2538 | 0 - 1 |
| 13.3 | GM | DANIELSEN, Henrik | 2502 | - | GM | GDANSKI, Jacek | 2518 | 0 - 1 |
| 13.4 | IM | KJARTANSSON, Gudmundur | 2455 | - | IM | MASTERNAK, Grzegorz | 2333 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 20 | SERBIA | Rtg | - | 25 | SWEDEN | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 14.1 | GM | IVANISEVIC, Ivan | 2619 | - | GM | GRANDELIUS, Nils | 2557 | ½ - ½ |
| 14.2 | GM | PERUNOVIC, Milos | 2613 | - | GM | TIKKANEN, Hans | 2544 | 1 - 0 |
| 14.3 | GM | DAMLJANOVIC, Branko | 2569 | - | GM | BERG, Emanuel | 2547 | 1 - 0 |
| 14.4 | GM | INDJIC, Aleksandar | 2534 | - | GM | BLOMQVIST, Erik | 2508 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 32 | FINLAND | Rtg | - | 21 | BULGARIA | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 15.1 | GM | NYBACK, Tomi | 2586 | - | GM | RUSEV, Krasimir | 2539 | 0 - 1 |
| 15.2 | IM | KARTTUNEN, Mika | 2440 | - | GM | PETKOV, Vladimir | 2570 | 0 - 1 |
| 15.3 | IM | AGOPOV, Mikael | 2435 | - | GM | ARNAUDOV, G. Petar | 2448 | 0 - 1 |
| 15.4 | FM | EBELING, Daniel | 2365 | - | IM | DIMITROV, Radoslav | 2445 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 30 | MONTENEGRO | Rtg | - | 37 | SCOTLAND | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 16.1 | GM | DJUKIC, Nikola | 2543 | - | FM | MORRISON, Graham | 2351 | 1 - 0 |
| 16.2 | GM | BLAGOJEVIC, Dragisa | 2524 | - | FM | TATE, Alan | 2299 | 0 - 1 |
| 16.3 | GM | DRASKO, Milan | 2447 | - | GRANT, Jonathan I M | 2257 | 1 - 0 | |
| 16.4 | GM | KOSIC, Dragan | 2504 | - | MINNICAN, Alan | 2135 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 36 | NORWAY | Rtg | - | 31 | SWITZERLAND | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 17.1 | IM | TARI, Aryan | 2420 | - | GM | PELLETIER, Yannick | 2575 | ½ - ½ |
| 17.2 | HAUGE, Lars Oskar | 2301 | - | GM | GALLAGHER, Joseph G. | 2504 | 0 - 1 | |
| 17.3 | FM | HOLM, Kristian Stuvik | 2281 | - | IM | KURMANN, Oliver | 2424 | ½ - ½ |
| 17.4 | SALOMON, Johan | 2246 | - | IM | FORSTER, Richard | 2452 | ½ - ½ | |
| Bo. | 38 | WALES | Rtg | - | 33 | BELGIUM | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 18.1 | IM | JONES, Richard S. | 2435 | - | IM | MICHIELS, Bart | 2506 | 0 - 1 |
| 18.2 | FM | VARLEY, Peter | 2251 | - | IM | RINGOIR, Tanguy | 2514 | 0 - 1 |
| 18.3 | HEWITT, William | 2061 | - | IM | DOCX, Stefan | 2488 | 0 - 1 | |
| 18.4 | PLEASANTS, Allan J | 2027 | - | IM | SOORS, Stef | 2404 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bo. | 34 | LITHUANIA | Rtg | - | 35 | FYR MACEDONIA | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 19.1 | GM | ZAGORSKIS, Darius | 2480 | - | IM | PANCEVSKI, Filip | 2478 | 1 - 0 |
| 19.2 | IM | BEINORAS, Mindaugas | 2389 | - | GM | BOGDANOVSKI, Vlatko | 2459 | 1 - 0 |
| 19.3 | LAURUSAS, Tomas | 2409 | - | IM | KIZOV, Atanas | 2413 | 1 - 0 | |
| 19.4 | FM | VEDRICKAS, Tautvydas | 2305 | - | GM | STANOJOSKI, Zvonko | 2417 | 1 - 0 |
Replay open games of round 3
Women's Section
The Russian team: crying or laughing, you can decide
Russia was at least able to take some vengeance from yesterday's game as they annihilated a weak Austrain team who besides their first board, IM Eva Moser, is not really a threat to Russia. On the top boards Ukraine showed their strength by beating France as Ushenina and Muzychuk took out Milliet and Maisuradze. Armenia smashed Poland 3, which is strong in its own right. Poland (Poland 1?) barely beat Romania but it is enough for them to share first place. Israel continues surprising as they held Georgia to a draw.
In a somewhat strange pairing Ukraine, despite having won all their matches and being the highest rated team will move down to board two to face Israel, while Poland and Armenia will battle out on who stays on top of the leaderboard.
A sad but necessary mention is team England's showing, which despite being a decent enough team for the competition has not managed to score a single half or full point in any of its games. This has caused a little bit of a stir in the English online chess forums...
Kosteniuk has played two games and won them both
Eva Moser is by far and away Austria's best woman, but she wasn't quite high enough to challenge Gunina today
L'Ami, rated 2361 from Romania
Danielian helped her team smash Poland 3 and they are one of the leaders
| Bo. | 7 | France | Rtg | - | 1 | Ukraine | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 1.1 | GM | Sebag, Marie | 2510 | - | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | 2542 | ½ - ½ |
| 1.2 | IM | Milliet, Sophie | 2383 | - | GM | Ushenina, Anna | 2492 | 0 - 1 |
| 1.3 | WGM | Maisuradze, Nino | 2302 | - | IM | Muzychuk, Mariya | 2491 | 0 - 1 |
| 1.4 | IM | Collas, Silvia | 2292 | - | IM | Gaponenko, Inna | 2402 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 15 | Israel | Rtg | - | 3 | Georgia | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 2.1 | WIM | Efroimski, Marsel | 2313 | - | GM | Dzagnidze, Nana | 2556 | 0 - 1 |
| 2.2 | WIM | Vasiliev, Olga | 2282 | - | WGM | Arabidze, Meri | 2374 | 1 - 0 |
| 2.3 | WIM | Shvayger, Yuliya | 2294 | - | IM | Khurtsidze, Nino | 2462 | 1 - 0 |
| 2.4 | IM | Borsuk, Angela | 2186 | - | IM | Khotenashvili, Bela | 2524 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 6 | Armenia | Rtg | - | 13 | Poland III | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 3.1 | GM | Danielian, Elina | 2457 | - | WIM | Worek, Joanna | 2336 | 1 - 0 |
| 3.2 | IM | Mkrtchian, Lilit | 2447 | - | IM | Dworakowska, Joanna | 2326 | 1 - 0 |
| 3.3 | IM | Galojan, Lilit | 2301 | - | WGM | Bartel, Marta | 2308 | 1 - 0 |
| 3.4 | WGM | Kursova, Maria | 2339 | - | WGM | Toma, Katarzyna | 2282 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 4 | Poland | Rtg | - | 10 | Romania | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 4.1 | GM | Socko, Monika | 2431 | - | WGM | Bulmaga, Irina | 2399 | 1 - 0 |
| 4.2 | WGM | Zawadzka, Jolanta | 2383 | - | WGM | L'ami, Alina | 2361 | 0 - 1 |
| 4.3 | WGM | Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna | 2420 | - | IM | Foisor, Cristina-Adela | 2347 | 1 - 0 |
| 4.4 | WGM | Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina | 2382 | - | WGM | Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen | 2275 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 8 | Hungary | Rtg | - | 12 | Serbia | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 5.1 | GM | Hoang, Thanh Trang | 2511 | - | IM | Bojkovic, Natasa | 2405 | ½ - ½ |
| 5.2 | IM | Gara, Anita | 2311 | - | WGM | Vojinovic, Jovana | 2352 | 0 - 1 |
| 5.3 | WGM | Papp, Petra | 2300 | - | WGM | Stojanovic, Andjelija | 2293 | ½ - ½ |
| 5.4 | WGM | Rudolf, Anna | 2281 | - | WIM | Rakic, Marija | 2291 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 2 | Russia | Rtg | - | 19 | Austria | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 6.1 | GM | Gunina, Valentina | 2509 | - | IM | Moser, Eva | 2434 | 1 - 0 |
| 6.2 | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 2510 | - | WFM | Newrkla, Katharina | 2173 | 1 - 0 |
| 6.3 | WGM | Pogonina, Natalija | 2499 | - | WFM | Exler, Veronika | 2147 | 1 - 0 |
| 6.4 | WGM | Girya, Olga | 2447 | - | WCM | Schnegg, Anna-Lena | 2076 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 5 | Germany | Rtg | - | 28 | Turkey | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 7.1 | IM | Paehtz, Elisabeth | 2449 | - | WGM | Yildiz, Betul Cemre | 2291 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.2 | IM | Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino | 2365 | - | WGM | Ozturk, Kubra | 2281 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.3 | WGM | Melamed, Tatjana | 2367 | - | WCM | Cemhan, Kardelen | 1993 | ½ - ½ |
| 7.4 | WGM | Michna, Marta | 2357 | - | Gurcan, Aytolun | 1745 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 17 | Azerbaijan | Rtg | - | 9 | Spain | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 8.1 | WGM | Mammadova, Gulnar | 2354 | - | IM | Alexandrova, Olga | 2427 | 0 - 1 |
| 8.2 | WGM | Mamedjarova, Zeinab | 2236 | - | IM | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | 2385 | 0 - 1 |
| 8.3 | WIM | Abdulla, Khayala | 2255 | - | IM | Matnadze, Ana | 2373 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.4 | WGM | Mamedjarova, Turkan | 2250 | - | WIM | Hernandez Estevez, Yudania | 2284 | ½ - ½ |
| Bo. | 11 | Bulgaria | Rtg | - | 25 | Poland Futures | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 9.1 | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | 2494 | - | WIM | Kulon, Klaudia | 2276 | ½ - ½ |
| 9.2 | WIM | Raeva, Elitsa | 2361 | - | WIM | Iwanow, Anna | 2206 | 0 - 1 |
| 9.3 | WGM | Videnova, Iva | 2272 | - | WFM | Wisniowska, Klaudia | 2153 | ½ - ½ |
| 9.4 | Ivanova, Simoneta | 2046 | - | WFM | Kiolbasa, Oliwia | 1982 | ½ - ½ | |
| Bo. | 21 | Greece | Rtg | - | 14 | Netherlands | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 10.1 | WGM | Botsari, Anna-Maria | 2338 | - | WIM | Schut, Lisa | 2333 | 1 - 0 |
| 10.2 | WIM | Pavlidou, Ekaterini | 2199 | - | GM | Peng, Zhaoqin | 2378 | 0 - 1 |
| 10.3 | WIM | Fakhiridou, Ekaterini | 2168 | - | IM | Lanchava, Tea | 2289 | 0 - 1 |
| 10.4 | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | 2117 | - | WIM | Van Weersel, Arlette | 2180 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 16 | Lithuania | Rtg | - | 30 | Belgium | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 11.1 | GM | Cmilyte, Viktorija | 2506 | - | IM | Zozulia, Anna | 2334 | 1 - 0 |
| 11.2 | WGM | Daulyte, Deimante | 2336 | - | Goossens, Hanne | 2069 | 1 - 0 | |
| 11.3 | WIM | Zaksaite, Salomeja | 2200 | - | Degrande, Marigje | 1867 | 1 - 0 | |
| 11.4 | Batkovskyte, Dominyka | 2111 | - | Dierckens, Sarah | 1872 | 1 - 0 | ||
| Bo. | 24 | Belarus | Rtg | - | 27 | Slovenia | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 12.1 | WGM | Ziaziulkina, Nastassia | 2350 | - | WGM | Srebrnic, Ana | 2198 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.2 | FM | Stetsko, Lanita | 2226 | - | WFM | Novak, Ksenija | 2082 | ½ - ½ |
| 12.3 | Revo, Tatiana | 2075 | - | Unuk, Laura | 1991 | ½ - ½ | ||
| 12.4 | WFM | Beinenson, Katsiaryna | 1964 | - | Orehek, Spela | 2026 | ½ - ½ | |
| Bo. | 22 | Croatia | Rtg | - | 31 | Finland | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 13.1 | WIM | Franciskovic, Borka | 2263 | - | WIM | Tuominen, Tanja | 2105 | 1 - 0 |
| 13.2 | WIM | Jelica, Mara | 2252 | - | WFM | Savola, Laura | 2076 | ½ - ½ |
| 13.3 | WIM | Saric, Kristina | 2250 | - | Rautanen, Sari | 1956 | 1 - 0 | |
| 13.4 | WIM | Berke, Ana | 2139 | - | WCM | Nazarova, Anastasia | 1727 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 23 | England | Rtg | - | 18 | Czech Republic | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 14.1 | WFM | Chevannes, Sabrina L | 2200 | - | WIM | Havlikova, Kristyna | 2237 | 0 - 1 |
| 14.2 | WGM | Corke, Anya S | 2276 | - | WIM | Olsarova, Karolina | 2275 | 0 - 1 |
| 14.3 | WFM | Grigoryan, Meri | 2039 | - | WIM | Olsarova, Tereza | 2248 | 0 - 1 |
| 14.4 | WFM | Bhatia, Kanwal K | 2039 | - | WIM | Sikorova, Olga | 2278 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 29 | Norway | Rtg | - | 20 | Italy | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 15.1 | WGM | Dolzhikova, Olga | 2198 | - | IM | Sedina, Elena | 2302 | 1 - 0 |
| 15.2 | WIM | Sahl, Sheila Barth | 2233 | - | IM | Zimina, Olga | 2338 | 0 - 1 |
| 15.3 | Gronnestad, Anita | 1958 | - | WIM | Brunello, Marina | 2248 | 1 - 0 | |
| 15.4 | Reppen, Ellisiv | 2008 | - | WFM | Messina, Roberta | 2064 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 26 | Switzerland | Rtg | - | 32 | Iceland | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
| 16.1 | WIM | Seps, Monika | 2260 | - | WGM | Ptacnikova, Lenka | 2238 | ½ - ½ |
| 16.2 | WIM | Heinatz, Dr. Gundula | 2169 | - | Thorsteinsdottir, Hallgerdur | 1951 | ½ - ½ | |
| 16.3 | WFM | Stoeri, Laura | 2102 | - | Johannsdottir, Johanna Bjorg | 1901 | 1 - 0 | |
| 16.4 | WFM | De Seroux, Camille | 2066 | - | Finnbogadottir, Tinna Kristin | 1882 | 0 - 1 |
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