11/14/2013 – France has kept the lead as they drew an important match against Hungary. The immediate suitors are now Azerbaijan, Greece and Georgia. In the women's section a solo leader has finally emerged. Muzychuk, Lagno and Ushenina are having a spectacular event and they helped the Ukrainian team annihilate Poland. Although there are many rounds left, it seems hard to stop them. Round five report.
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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
A solid match that ended in four draws allows France to retain its lead. Trailing by only half a match point are Azerbaijan and somewhat surprisingly Goergia and Greece. Greece took out Belarus 3-1 while Georgia smashed a weakened Israeli team 3.5-0.5 Hungary, Ukraine, England, Russian, Romania and Armenia all have seven points and are still in contention. The Russians convincingly beat Italy after Caruana and Svidler drew in the top board while all the other Russians won.
Silvio Danailov, ECU president, makes the opening move in the Erdos-Bacrot game that eventually finished in a draw
Howell beat Gdanski with White today as England took Poland 'Goldies' 3-1
Poland "Futures" was outrated and outplayed by Spain. Tomczak-Korneev ended in a win for the Spaniard
Gawain Jones has a fantastic 4.0/5 with a 2819 performance
Bo.
7
HUNGARY
Rtg
-
3
FRANCE
Rtg
2 : 2
1.1
GM
ERDOS, Viktor
2658
-
GM
BACROT, Etienne
2749
½ - ½
1.2
GM
BALOGH, Csaba
2630
-
GM
VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime
2742
½ - ½
1.3
GM
ALMASI, Zoltan
2710
-
GM
EDOUARD, Romain
2653
½ - ½
1.4
GM
POLGAR, Judit
2689
-
GM
TKACHIEV, Vladislav
2637
½ - ½
Bo.
19
ROMANIA
Rtg
-
4
UKRAINE
Rtg
2 : 2
2.1
GM
LUPULESCU, Constantin
2630
-
GM
ARESHCHENKO, Alexander
2720
1 - 0
2.2
GM
PARLIGRAS, Mircea-Emilian
2576
-
GM
VOLOKITIN, Andrei
2682
½ - ½
2.3
GM
NEVEDNICHY, Vladislav
2590
-
GM
MOISEENKO, Alexander
2709
0 - 1
2.4
GM
SZABO, Gergely-Andras-Gyula
2548
-
GM
FEDORCHUK, Sergey A.
2666
½ - ½
Bo.
9
CZECH REPUBLIC
Rtg
-
6
AZERBAIJAN
Rtg
1½:2½
3.1
GM
NAVARA, David
2705
-
GM
MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar
2757
½ - ½
3.2
GM
LAZNICKA, Viktor
2677
-
GM
RADJABOV, Teimour
2715
½ - ½
3.3
GM
BABULA, Vlastimil
2574
-
GM
SAFARLI, Eltaj
2653
½ - ½
3.4
GM
STOCEK, Jiri
2543
-
GM
GUSEINOV, Gadir
2607
0 - 1
Bo.
17
BELARUS
Rtg
-
15
GREECE
Rtg
1 : 3
4.1
GM
ZHIGALKO, Sergei
2694
-
GM
BANIKAS, Hristos
2633
½ - ½
4.2
GM
ZHIGALKO, Andrey
2619
-
GM
PAPAIOANNOU, Ioannis
2639
½ - ½
4.3
GM
KOVALEV, Vladislav
2583
-
GM
MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios
2589
0 - 1
4.4
GM
STUPAK, Kirill
2494
-
GM
KOTRONIAS, Vasilios
2564
0 - 1
Bo.
29
ISRAEL
Rtg
-
14
GEORGIA
Rtg
½ :3½
5.1
GM
POPILSKI, Gil
2483
-
GM
JOBAVA, Baadur
2695
0 - 1
5.2
IM
RAZNIKOV, Danny
2481
-
GM
MCHEDLISHVILI, Mikheil
2631
0 - 1
5.3
GM
BARON, Tal
2487
-
GM
PANTSULAIA, Levan
2595
½ - ½
5.4
IM
BORUCHOVSKY, Avital
2472
-
IM
NIGALIDZE, Gaioz
2494
0 - 1
Bo.
13
ITALY
Rtg
-
1
RUSSIA
Rtg
½ :3½
6.1
GM
CARUANA, Fabiano
2782
-
GM
GRISCHUK, Alexander
2785
½ - ½
6.2
GM
BRUNELLO, Sabino
2615
-
GM
SVIDLER, Peter
2752
0 - 1
6.3
GM
GODENA, Michele
2501
-
GM
MOROZEVICH, Alexander
2727
0 - 1
6.4
GM
ROMBALDONI, Axel
2530
-
GM
TOMASHEVSKY, Evgeny
2722
0 - 1
Bo.
22
SLOVENIA
Rtg
-
2
ARMENIA
Rtg
1 : 3
7.1
GM
PAVASOVIC, Dusko
2563
-
GM
ARONIAN, Levon
2801
0 - 1
7.2
GM
LENIC, Luka
2637
-
GM
MOVSESIAN, Sergei
2700
½ - ½
7.3
GM
SKOBERNE, Jure
2573
-
GM
AKOPIAN, Vladimir
2681
0 - 1
7.4
GM
BORISEK, Jure
2555
-
GM
SARGISSIAN, Gabriel
2676
½ - ½
Bo.
20
SERBIA
Rtg
-
16
CROATIA
Rtg
2 : 2
8.1
GM
IVANISEVIC, Ivan
2619
-
GM
SARIC, Ivan
2628
1 - 0
8.2
GM
PERUNOVIC, Milos
2613
-
GM
STEVIC, Hrvoje
2611
½ - ½
8.3
GM
DAMLJANOVIC, Branko
2569
-
GM
PALAC, Mladen
2571
0 - 1
8.4
GM
INDJIC, Aleksandar
2534
-
GM
KOZUL, Zdenko
2597
½ - ½
Bo.
10
GERMANY
Rtg
-
5
ENGLAND
Rtg
1½:2½
9.1
GM
NAIDITSCH, Arkadij
2727
-
GM
ADAMS, Michael
2752
½ - ½
9.2
GM
MEIER, Georg
2623
-
GM
SHORT, Nigel D
2680
½ - ½
9.3
GM
BARAMIDZE, David
2614
-
GM
JONES, Gawain C B
2648
½ - ½
9.4
GM
FRIDMAN, Daniel
2600
-
GM
HOWELL, David W L
2644
0 - 1
Bo.
8
NETHERLANDS
Rtg
-
24
POLAND GOLDIES
Rtg
3 : 1
10.1
GM
GIRI, Anish
2732
-
GM
TAZBIR, Marcin
2555
1 - 0
10.2
GM
SOKOLOV, Ivan
2625
-
GM
HEBERLA, Bartlomiej
2556
1 - 0
10.3
GM
SMEETS, Jan
2620
-
GM
BULSKI, Krzysztof
2538
½ - ½
10.4
GM
VAN KAMPEN, Robin
2618
-
GM
GDANSKI, Jacek
2518
½ - ½
Bo.
23
POLAND FUTURES
Rtg
-
11
SPAIN
Rtg
1 : 3
11.1
GM
DUDA, Jan-Krzysztof
2542
-
GM
SALGADO LOPEZ, Ivan
2610
½ - ½
11.2
GM
DRAGUN, Kamil
2543
-
GM
ILLESCAS CORDOBA, Miguel
2614
0 - 1
11.3
GM
TOMCZAK, Jacek
2581
-
GM
KORNEEV, Oleg
2637
0 - 1
11.4
GM
PIORUN, Kacper
2555
-
GM
VAZQUEZ IGARZA, Renier
2588
½ - ½
Bo.
31
SWITZERLAND
Rtg
-
18
TURKEY
Rtg
2 : 2
12.1
GM
PELLETIER, Yannick
2575
-
GM
SOLAK, Dragan
2618
½ - ½
12.2
GM
GALLAGHER, Joseph G.
2504
-
GM
IPATOV, Alexander
2630
0 - 1
12.3
IM
KURMANN, Oliver
2424
-
GM
YILMAZ, Mustafa
2577
½ - ½
12.4
FM
GEORGIADIS, Nico
2423
-
IM
FIRAT, Burak
2435
1 - 0
Bo.
28
ICELAND
Rtg
-
12
POLAND
Rtg
1 : 3
13.1
GM
STEINGRIMSSON, Hedinn
2543
-
GM
SOCKO, Bartosz
2661
0 - 1
13.2
GM
STEFANSSON, Hannes
2539
-
GM
SWIERCZ, Dariusz
2627
0 - 1
13.3
IM
GRETARSSON, Hjorvar Steinn
2511
-
GM
GAJEWSKI, Grzegorz
2634
1 - 0
13.4
IM
KJARTANSSON, Gudmundur
2455
-
GM
BARTEL, Mateusz
2626
0 - 1
Bo.
21
BULGARIA
Rtg
-
27
AUSTRIA
Rtg
3 : 1
14.1
GM
TOPALOV, Veselin
2774
-
GM
RAGGER, Markus
2672
1 - 0
14.2
GM
RUSEV, Krasimir
2539
-
GM
SHENGELIA, David
2543
1 - 0
14.3
GM
PETKOV, Vladimir
2570
-
IM
SCHREINER, Peter
2452
0 - 1
14.4
IM
DIMITROV, Radoslav
2445
-
IM
DIERMAIR, Andreas
2459
1 - 0
Bo.
30
MONTENEGRO
Rtg
-
32
FINLAND
Rtg
2½:1½
15.1
GM
DJUKIC, Nikola
2543
-
IM
SIPILA, Vilka
2463
½ - ½
15.2
GM
BLAGOJEVIC, Dragisa
2524
-
IM
KARTTUNEN, Mika
2440
1 - 0
15.3
GM
KOSIC, Dragan
2504
-
IM
AGOPOV, Mikael
2435
½ - ½
15.4
GM
NIKCEVIC, Nebojsa
2428
-
FM
EBELING, Daniel
2365
½ - ½
Bo.
26
DENMARK
Rtg
-
36
NORWAY
Rtg
4 : 0
16.1
GM
HANSEN, Sune Berg
2563
-
IM
TARI, Aryan
2420
1 - 0
16.2
IM
GLUD, Jakob Vang
2526
-
HAUGE, Lars Oskar
2301
1 - 0
16.3
GM
PALO, Davor
2553
-
FM
HOLM, Kristian Stuvik
2281
1 - 0
16.4
IM
ANDERSEN, Mads
2499
-
SALOMON, Johan
2246
1 - 0
Bo.
34
LITHUANIA
Rtg
-
33
BELGIUM
Rtg
3 : 1
17.1
GM
ZAGORSKIS, Darius
2480
-
IM
MICHIELS, Bart
2506
½ - ½
17.2
IM
BEINORAS, Mindaugas
2389
-
IM
RINGOIR, Tanguy
2514
½ - ½
17.3
LAURUSAS, Tomas
2409
-
IM
DOCX, Stefan
2488
1 - 0
17.4
FM
VEDRICKAS, Tautvydas
2305
-
IM
SOORS, Stef
2404
1 - 0
Bo.
35
FYR MACEDONIA
Rtg
-
25
SWEDEN
Rtg
1½:2½
18.1
IM
PANCEVSKI, Filip
2478
-
GM
GRANDELIUS, Nils
2557
½ - ½
18.2
GM
BOGDANOVSKI, Vlatko
2459
-
GM
TIKKANEN, Hans
2544
½ - ½
18.3
IM
KIZOV, Atanas
2413
-
GM
BERG, Emanuel
2547
0 - 1
18.4
GM
JACIMOVIC, Dragoljub
2422
-
GM
BLOMQVIST, Erik
2508
½ - ½
Bo.
38
WALES
Rtg
-
37
SCOTLAND
Rtg
0 : 4
19.1
IM
JONES, Richard S.
2435
-
FM
MORRISON, Graham
2351
0 - 1
19.2
FM
VARLEY, Peter
2251
-
IM
MUIR, Andrew J
2312
0 - 1
19.3
JAMESON, David
2147
-
GRANT, Jonathan I M
2257
0 - 1
19.4
PLEASANTS, Allan J
2027
-
MINNICAN, Alan
2135
0 - 1
Replay open games of round 5
Women's Section
Poland's shine faded a little today as Ukraine smacked them 3.5-0.5 However they are still tied for second with Georgia as Ukraine has a solid lead having won all their matches.
Armenia, Russia, Spain, Germany and Poland 3 are close to Poland and Georgia in the standings, leaving the room for medals still up for grabs to anyone, but the top prize is looking good for Ukraine, who not only has the lead but is playing excellent chess.
The Netherlands brought a secret weapon today to the game. The match ended in a 2-2 tie.
Somehow Danailov was there for both opening moves. We will leave the logistics to your imagination.
Ex World Champion Anna Ushenina (pictured) and her teammate Kateryna Lahno have an amazing 2670 and 2758 performance rating respectively, both having scored 4.5/5. Muzychuk's 3.5/4 and 2647 performance isn't too shabby either.
The Armenian team is doing quite well. Danielian has 3.0/4 and a performance rating closing in on 2600.
Despite Ukraine's success so far, Zhukova cannot be happy with her results in this tournament
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