
3rd – 11th November in Halkidiki, Greece
The ETCC is a nine-round Swiss, with one open section and one section for the
women’s teams. The time control is 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the
rest of the game + 30 sec increment for every move played starting from the
first move. The member countries of the European Chess Union (ECU) have the
right to enter one team of four players plus one reserve in the open competition,
and one team of four female players and one reserve in the women’s competition.
There are 38 teams in the former and 28 in the latter. The games are being played
in the Olympic Hall Congress Center (1500 sq.m.), within the five-star Porto
Carras Grand Resort, which is located in an enchantingly verdant landscape in
Halkidiki, Greece.
Top results of round four
Bo. |
3 |
Azerbaijan |
Rtg |
2:2 |
13 |
Spain |
Rtg |
1.1 |
GM |
Radjabov Teimour |
2781 |
½-½ |
GM |
Vallejo Pons Francisco |
2705 |
1.2 |
GM |
Gashimov Vugar |
2757 |
½-½ |
GM |
Shirov Alexei |
2705 |
1.3 |
GM |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2733 |
1-0 |
GM |
Salgado Lopez Ivan |
2621 |
1.4 |
GM |
Guseinov Gadir |
2636 |
0-1 |
GM |
Illescas Cordoba Miguel |
2609 |
Bo. |
7 |
Bulgaria |
Rtg |
3:1 |
1 |
Russia |
Rtg |
2.1 |
GM |
Topalov Veselin |
2768 |
1-0 |
GM |
Svidler Peter |
2755 |
2.2 |
GM |
Cheparinov Ivan |
2650 |
1-0 |
GM |
Karjakin Sergey |
2763 |
2.3 |
GM |
Delchev Aleksander |
2629 |
1-0 |
GM |
Morozevich Alexander |
2762 |
2.4 |
GM |
Georgiev Kiril |
2666 |
0-1 |
GM |
Nepomniachtchi Ian |
2730 |
Bo. |
2 |
Ukraine |
Rtg |
½:3½ |
10 |
Germany |
Rtg |
3.1 |
GM |
Ponomariov Ruslan |
2723 |
0-1 |
GM |
Naiditsch Arkadij |
2712 |
3.2 |
GM |
Eljanov Pavel |
2691 |
0-1 |
GM |
Meier Georg |
2659 |
3.3 |
GM |
Moiseenko Alexander |
2715 |
½-½ |
GM |
Fridman Daniel |
2661 |
3.4 |
GM |
Efimenko Zahar |
2702 |
0-1 |
GM |
Gustafsson Jan |
2633 |
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results of round four in the window below
Full results
Click on "Women section" to get their results
Bulgaria vs Russia
In an Anti-Marshall Veselin Topalov played a novelts on move 13 and went on
to get a slightly inferior position at move 28. But then Peter Svidler went
astray, probably missing a knight move, and Topalov had a comfortable position.
At some stage, seeing that his colleagues were winning in two games, he considered
repeating moves, but then went on applying pressure and eventually won the rook
ending – although he admitted that Svidler had missed some drawing chances.

Bulgaria vs Russia in round four (in the front on board one: Topalov vs
Svidler)

On board two Ivan Cheparinov won the black side of a Scheveningen against Sergey
Karjakin
Note that in the Javascript board below you can replay all four games, with
display of the evaluations on the bottom left (click to jump to the critical
postions).
Interview with Veselin Topalov

Indian TV journalist Vijay Kumar who is recording the video interviews
Ukraine vs Germany
The Ukrainians decided to rest their top player, Vassily Ivanchuk, against
the "weak" German team – as it turned out a decision that "backfired
horribly as the Ukrainian team was demolished by 0.5-3.5" (tournament bulletin).
German GM Arkadij Naiditsch played a Sicilian Najdorf against former FIDE world
champion Ruslan Ponomariov, winning in 55 moves; Georg Meier used a backrank
weakness of Pavel Eljanov to secure the full point in 36 moves; and Jan Gustafsson
ruthlessly punished an error by Zahar Efimenko on move 25. Only Alexander Moiseenko
was able to secure half a point against Daniel Fridman.

German GM Arkadij Naiditsch won with a Najdorf on board one
Top standings after four rounds
In round five Germany plays Bulgaria, and Russia faces Ukraine. Should be very
interesting...
Women's section
Here Russia continuted their triumphal march wint a 2½-1½ win
over Ukrain, scored in spite of a loss by Nadezhda Kosintseva against her GM
colleague Kateryna Lahno. Georgia beat Armenia 3-1 to take second place, previously
occupied by Ukraine.
Top standings after four rounds
Pictures on the official
ETCC website are provided by Anastasiya Karlovich,
Tzveta Karavelova and Goran Urosevic.
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