ETCC R08: Highlights

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11/22/2015 – Russia leads after the 8th round of the ETCC two points ahead of their nearest rival Hungary. With one round to go, Russsia only needs a draw to be the clear winner. English Grandmaster Daniel King takes a look at interesting games from round 8. Click here for more...
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Team pairings and results of round eight

No. Sd Team
Pts.
MP
Res.
:
Res.
MP
Pts.
 Team Sd
1 1 Russia 18½ 13
2
:
2
 10 17½ Armenia 6
2 4 France 16½ 10
2
:
2
 10 17½ Georgia 17
3 3 Azerbaijan 18 10
½
:
3½
 10 17 Hungary 7
4 9 Netherlands 16 9
3
:
1
 9 17 Latvia 13
5 10 Germany 15 9
2½
:
1½
 8 15½ Norway 11
6 2 Ukraine 15 8
2½
:
1½
 8 14½ Poland 8
7 15 Serbia 15 8
2
:
2
 8 15½ Spain 14
8 23 Italy 15½ 8
1
:
3
 8 15 Moldova 25
9 19 Turkey 14½ 7
1½
:
2½
 7 14 England 5
10 12 Czech Republic 15 7
3½
:
½
 7 14½ Switzerland 28
11 22 Sweden 14 7
1
:
3
 6 15 Romania 20
12 31 Finland 12 6
1
:
3
 6 12½ Croatia 16
13 18 Greece 12½ 6
1
:
3
 6 12 Lithuania 33
14 21 Slovenia 13 5
2½
:
1½
 5 11½ Belgium 32
15 27 Iceland Legends 11 5
1½
:
2½
 5 12 Iceland 24
16 29 Montenegro 12 5
3
:
1
 5 15½ Austria 26
17 34 Faroe Islands 9½ 4
2
:
2
 4 12½ Denmark 30
18 35 Scotland 3 1
2½
:
1½
 2 9 Kosovo* 36

Full pairings and board results

Rankings after round eight

Rk. SNo FED Team
  + 
  = 
  - 
 TB1 
  TB2   TB3 
1 1 RUS Russia
6
2
0
14
 170,5 20,5
2 7 HUN Hungary
5
2
1
12
 154,5 20,5
3 4 FRA France
4
3
1
11
 164,5 18,5
4 6 ARM Armenia
4
3
1
11
 150,0 19,5
5 17 GEO Georgia
4
3
1
11
 149,0 19,5
6 10 GER Germany
5
1
2
11
 130,0 17,5
7 9 NED Netherlands
5
1
2
11
 126,5 19,0
8 2 UKR Ukraine
5
0
3
10
 146,0 17,5
9 3 AZE Azerbaijan
4
2
2
10
 140,0 18,5
10 25 MDA Moldova
4
2
2
10
 124,5 18,0
11 14 ESP Spain
4
1
3
9
 136,5 17,5
12 15 SRB Serbia
3
3
2
9
 136,5 17,0
13 5 ENG England
3
3
2
9
 129,0 16,5
14 12 CZE Czech Republic
3
3
2
9
 124,0 18,5
15 13 LAT Latvia
4
1
3
9
 110,5 18,0
16 8 POL Poland
3
2
3
8
 128,5 16,0
17 23 ITA Italy
3
2
3
8
 117,5 16,5
18 11 NOR Norway
4
0
4
8
 117,0 17,0
19 20 ROU Romania
3
2
3
8
 106,5 18,0
20 16 CRO Croatia
3
2
3
8
 105,5 15,5
21 33 LTU Lithuania
3
2
3
8
 83,5 15,0
22 29 MNE Montenegro
2
3
3
7
 103,0 15,0
23 22 SWE Sweden
3
1
4
7
 100,5 15,0
24 19 TUR Turkey
3
1
4
7
 97,0 16,0
25 21 SLO Slovenia
3
1
4
7
 92,0 15,5
26 28 SUI Switzerland
3
1
4
7
 92,0 15,0
27 24 ISL Iceland
3
1
4
7
 87,5 14,5
28 18 GRE Greece
2
2
4
6
 94,0 13,5
29 31 FIN Finland
3
0
5
6
 87,5 13,0
30 26 AUT Austria
2
1
5
5
 74,0 16,5
31 30 DEN Denmark
2
1
5
5
 74,0 14,5
32 27 ISL Iceland Legends
2
1
5
5
 70,5 12,5
33 32 BEL Belgium
2
1
5
5
 64,0 13,0
34 34 FAI Faroe Islands
2
1
5
5
 44,0 11,5
35 35 SCO Scotland
1
1
6
3
 15,0 5,5
36 36 KOS Kosovo*
1
0
7
2
 54,0 10,5

Tie Break1: Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for draws, 0 for losses)
Tie Break2: Olympiad-Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break without lowest result (Khanty-Mansiysk)
Tie Break3: points (game-points)

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