
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.
Round eight report
Round eight had plenty of action with the race for the top spot heating up.
Leaders Azerbaijan were stopped by Germany thanks to Arkadij Naiditsch’s
win against Teimour Radjabov with black. Radjabov tried some early queenside
pawn advances in the Reti Opening, which never quite paid off and left Black
with a readymade target on the a-file. Naiditsch built up his forces and executed
the finish in 50 moves.

The fateful game Radjabov vs Naiditch (with Georg Meier on the next board)

[Event "18th Euro-TCh Open"] [Site "Porto Carras/Greece"] [Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "8"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result
"0-1"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2712"] [Annotator "Kruttika"]
[PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Aserbeidschan"] [BlackTeam
"Deutschland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. Nf3 d5 2.
c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. d3 (4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Bc4 dxe3 7. fxe3 axb4 8. d4 Nc6 9.
O-O Na5 10. Nxe5 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Be6 12. Nbd2 Ne7 13. Bb2 Nd5 14. Qf3 b5 15. cxb6
Nxb6 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Qc6+ Bd7 18. Qd5 Be7 19. Nc4 b5 20. Ne5 Rf8 21. Nxd7
Ra7 22. Qh5+ g6 23. Qxh7 Qxd7 24. Qxg6+ Kd8 25. d5 Kc8 26. Rac1+ Kb8 27. d6
Qxd6 28. Rfd1 Qa6 29. Qg3+ Ka8 30. Qf3+ Qb7 31. Rc6 Rxa2 32. Rd7 Qxd7 33. Rc7+
{1-0 Kramnik,V (2772)-Aronian,L (2786)/Moscow 2009/EXT 2010}) 4... e5 5. b5
a6 6. bxa6 Nxa6 7. g3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Ne7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12.
Qb3 Nec6 13. Nbd2 Qe7 14. Qb2 Ra7 15. Nb3 Rfa8 16. a3 Na6 17. Ne1 Nd8 18. Nc2
Bc6 19. f4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 c5 {White seems to have solved most of his problems,
but plunges back into the defensive:} 21. e4 $6 Nf7 22. Nd2 Nb8 23. f5 Nd7 24.
g4 Qd8 25. Rab1 Qa5 26. Nf3 Nd6 27. Kh1 Ra6 28. Qa1 Kh8 29. g5 $6 {What is with
Radjabov and pawn pushes in this game? This one too is going to backfire.} fxg5
30. Rg1 h6 31. h4 gxh4 32. Rbf1 b5 33. cxb5 Qxb5 34. Qd1 c4 35. dxc4 Qb7 36.
Nb4 Rxa3 37. c5 Nxe4 38. c6 Qxb4 39. cxd7 {Tell us you were not pinning any
hopes on this pawn, Radja!} Qb7 40. Kh2 Ra2+ 41. Rg2 Qxd7 42. Nxh4 Rxg2+ 43.
Kxg2 {Three extra passed pawns - it is all over now, and has been for a while.}
Nf6 44. Ng6+ Kh7 45. Nxe5 Qd5+ 46. Nf3 Ra2+ 47. Kh1 d3 48. Kg1 Qe4 49. Rf2 Qe3
50. Nd2 Qd4 0-1
The other three games in the match between Meier-Gashimov, Mamedyarov-Fridman
and Gustafsson-Safarli were all drawn. Mamedyarov had a dangerous looking initiative
towards the end with two pieces and two pawns for a rook, but Black’s
tricks saved him.

[Event "18th Euro-TCh Open"] [Site "Porto Carras/Greece"] [Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "8"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Fridman, Daniel"] [Result
"1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D56"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2661"] [Annotator "Kruttika"]
[PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Aserbeidschan"] [BlackTeam
"Deutschland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1
c6 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c5 13. g5 h5 14. Be2 g6 15. cxd5 exd5 16.
dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qxd5 Na4 18. Rc4 Be6 19. Qe5 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Qe4 22.
Be2 Rac8 23. O-O Rc2 24. Qd4 Re8 25. Bb5 Re7 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Ra1 Rb2 28. a4
Reb4 29. Kg2 Rg4+ 30. Kf1 Rgb4 31. Rd1 Rb1 32. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 33. Ke2 a6 34. Bc4
Rb2+ 35. Kf1 Rb4 36. Ne5 Kg7 37. Bxf7 Re4 38. Nc4 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Bd5 Rxh4
41. Ne5 Ra4 42. Nc6 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Rb1 44. Nd4 b4 45. Ne6+ Kh7 46. Nf8+ Kg7 47.
Nxg6 b3 48. Nf4 b2 49. Nxh5+ Kh8 50. Be4 Rc1 51. g6 {hastens the draw} ({ This
position deserves analysis} 51. Nf6 Rc4 52. Bd3 Rc3 53. Bg6 Kg7 54. Bh7 Rc6
{and White still has a tricky task ahead}) 51... Rc5 52. Nf4 Rc4 53. Bf5 Rc5
54. Bb1 Rc1 55. Bd3 Rc3 56. Bb1 Rc1 57. Bf5 Rc5 58. g7+ Kxg7 59. Bb1 1/2-1/2

Missed a possible win? Shakhriyar Mamedyarov on board three
(with trainer Vladimir Tukmakov in the background)

Any idea what we have in store for you? Aronian, Movsessian, Akopian, Safarli,
van Wely, Giri
Meanwhile Armenia handed Netherlands a 3-1 defeat with Aronian and Akopian
beating Giri and Sokolov respectively. Van Wely-Movsesian and Stellwagen-Sargissian
split the point. Akopian-Sokolov was a staid Ruy Lopez in which White exploited
his space advantage to get into a favourable endgame with a protected passed
pawn on d5. Aronian-Anish Giri was more dynamic and it was the Armenian’s
precise middlegame play that earned him the point.

In round eight Alexander Grischuk played on board one for Russia

Former Ukrainian child prodigy Sergey Karjakin scoring for Russia
Top seeds Russia bounced back with a win over France. Grischuk and Karjakin
both had their opponents Bacrot and Vachier-Lagrave resign in the face of imminent
checkmate, but France struck back with Christian Bauer defeating Nepomniachtchi.
Bauer is leading the board five list with 6/7.

Bulgaria-Italy ended 3-1, with Veselin Topalov beating Michele Godena on
board one,
and Ivan Cheparinov beating IM Dvirnyy Daniyyl on board two
Top results (Open)
Bo. |
3 |
Azerbaijan |
Rtg |
1½:2½ |
10 |
Germany |
Rtg |
1.1 |
GM |
Radjabov Teimour |
2781 |
0-1 |
GM |
Naiditsch Arkadij |
2712 |
1.2 |
GM |
Gashimov Vugar |
2757 |
½-½ |
GM |
Meier Georg |
2659 |
1.3 |
GM |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2733 |
½-½ |
GM |
Fridman Daniel |
2661 |
1.4 |
GM |
Safarli Eltaj |
2630 |
½-½ |
GM |
Gustafsson Jan |
2633 |
Bo. |
4 |
Armenia |
Rtg |
3:1 |
9 |
Netherlands |
Rtg |
2.1 |
GM |
Aronian Levon |
2802 |
1-0 |
GM |
Giri Anish |
2714 |
2.2 |
GM |
Movsesian Sergei |
2710 |
½-½ |
GM |
Van Wely Loek |
2686 |
2.3 |
GM |
Akopian Vladimir |
2681 |
1-0 |
GM |
Sokolov Ivan |
2646 |
2.4 |
GM |
Sargissian Gabriel |
2671 |
½-½ |
GM |
Stellwagen Daniel |
2627 |
Bo. |
17 |
Romania |
Rtg |
2:2 |
5 |
Hungary |
Rtg |
3.1 |
GM |
Lupulescu Constantin |
2657 |
½-½ |
GM |
Leko Peter |
2720 |
3.2 |
GM |
Parligras Mircea-Emilian |
2650 |
0-1 |
GM |
Almasi Zoltan |
2707 |
3.3 |
GM |
Vajda Levente |
2584 |
1-0 |
GM |
Berkes Ferenc |
2705 |
3.4 |
GM |
Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula |
2553 |
½-½ |
GM |
Balogh Csaba |
2662 |
Bo. |
7 |
Bulgaria |
Rtg |
3:1 |
22 |
Italy |
Rtg |
4.1 |
GM |
Topalov Veselin |
2768 |
1-0 |
GM |
Godena Michele |
2548 |
4.2 |
GM |
Cheparinov Ivan |
2650 |
1-0 |
IM |
Dvirnyy Daniyyl |
2475 |
4.3 |
GM |
Delchev Aleksander |
2629 |
½-½ |
GM |
Brunello Sabino |
2575 |
4.4 |
GM |
Georgiev Kiril |
2666 |
½-½ |
IM |
Rombaldoni Axel |
2459 |
Bo. |
1 |
Russia |
Rtg |
2½:1½ |
6 |
France |
Rtg |
5.1 |
GM |
Grischuk Alexander |
2752 |
1-0 |
GM |
Bacrot Etienne |
2714 |
5.2 |
GM |
Karjakin Sergey |
2763 |
1-0 |
GM |
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime |
2710 |
5.3 |
GM |
Morozevich Alexander |
2762 |
½-½ |
GM |
Fressinet Laurent |
2700 |
5.4 |
GM |
Nepomniachtchi Ian |
2730 |
0-1 |
GM |
Bauer Christian |
2641 |
Bo. |
12 |
Czech Rep. |
Rtg |
2½:1½ |
18 |
Serbia |
Rtg |
6.1 |
GM |
Navara David |
2724 |
½-½ |
GM |
Ivanisevic Ivan |
2636 |
6.2 |
GM |
Laznicka Viktor |
2703 |
½-½ |
GM |
Solak Dragan |
2629 |
6.3 |
GM |
Hracek Zbynek |
2628 |
½-½ |
GM |
Kovacevic Aleksandar |
2563 |
6.4 |
GM |
Stocek Jiri |
2600 |
1-0 |
GM |
Perunovic Milos |
2576 |
Bo. |
14 |
Poland |
Rtg |
2:2 |
19 |
Greece |
Rtg |
7.1 |
GM |
Wojtaszek Radoslaw |
2705 |
½-½ |
GM |
Banikas Hristos |
2620 |
7.2 |
GM |
Socko Bartosz |
2635 |
½-½ |
GM |
Mastrovasilis Dimitrios |
2621 |
7.3 |
GM |
Bartel Mateusz |
2653 |
½-½ |
GM |
Halkias Stelios |
2593 |
7.4 |
GM |
Miton Kamil |
2622 |
½-½ |
GM |
Nikolaidis Ioannis |
2554 |
Bo. |
21 |
Slovenia |
Rtg |
3:1 |
26 |
Switzerland |
Rtg |
8.1 |
GM |
Beliavsky Alexander G |
2617 |
½-½ |
GM |
Pelletier Yannick |
2581 |
8.2 |
GM |
Lenic Luka |
2634 |
½-½ |
GM |
Korchnoi Viktor |
2567 |
8.3 |
GM |
Borisek Jure |
2541 |
1-0 |
IM |
Kurmann Oliver |
2451 |
8.4 |
GM |
Skoberne Jure |
2533 |
1-0 |
IM |
Forster Richard |
2458 |
Bo. |
13 |
Spain |
Rtg |
3:1 |
27 |
Latvia |
Rtg |
9.1 |
GM |
Vallejo Pons Francisco |
2705 |
½-½ |
GM |
Miezis Normunds |
2547 |
9.2 |
GM |
Shirov Alexei |
2705 |
½-½ |
GM |
Sveshnikov Evgeny |
2514 |
9.3 |
GM |
Illescas Cordoba Miguel |
2609 |
1-0 |
IM |
Neiksans Arturs |
2502 |
9.4 |
GM |
Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis |
2568 |
1-0 |
GM |
Starostits Ilmars |
2456 |
Bo. |
16 |
Croatia |
Rtg |
2½:1½ |
20 |
Moldova |
Rtg |
10.1 |
GM |
Stevic Hrvoje |
2612 |
½-½ |
GM |
Bologan Viktor |
2665 |
10.2 |
GM |
Saric Ivan |
2648 |
1-0 |
GM |
Iordachescu Viorel |
2648 |
10.3 |
GM |
Palac Mladen |
2580 |
½-½ |
GM |
Svetushkin Dmitry |
2621 |
10.4 |
GM |
Brkic Ante |
2605 |
½-½ |
IM |
Vedmediuc Serghei |
2465 |
Armenia and Germany are now leading the pack with 13 match points each and
will face each other in the ninth and final round. They are followed by Bulgaria
and Azerbaijan on 12 match points each.
Top standings after eight rounds (open)
Rk. |
SNo |
Team |
Gms |
+ |
= |
– |
TB1 |
TB2 |
TB3 |
TB4 |
TB5 |
1 |
4 |
Armenia |
8 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
21.0 |
132.0 |
335.8 |
99.0 |
2 |
10 |
Germany |
8 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
20.0 |
143.5 |
355.3 |
107.0 |
3 |
3 |
Azerbaijan |
8 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
12 |
20.0 |
146.5 |
366.8 |
109.0 |
4 |
7 |
Bulgaria |
8 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
12 |
18.5 |
145.0 |
333.0 |
108.5 |
5 |
5 |
Hungary |
8 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
11 |
19.0 |
132.0 |
306.0 |
99.0 |
6 |
17 |
Romania |
8 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
19.0 |
124.0 |
270.5 |
98.5 |
7 |
1 |
Russia |
8 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
18.5 |
141.0 |
322.0 |
104.5 |
8 |
12 |
Czech
Rep. |
8 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
17.0 |
138.5 |
287.3 |
106.0 |
9 |
9 |
Netherlands |
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
16.5 |
144.5 |
294.8 |
110.0 |
10 |
21 |
Slovenia |
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
16.5 |
140.5 |
287.5 |
107.0 |
11 |
14 |
Poland |
8 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
19.0 |
128.5 |
298.5 |
96.5 |
12 |
6 |
France |
8 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
17.5 |
144.0 |
307.0 |
109.0 |
13 |
19 |
Greece |
8 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
17.5 |
133.0 |
265.8 |
107.5 |
14 |
13 |
Spain |
8 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
17.0 |
145.5 |
305.0 |
110.5 |
15 |
22 |
Italy |
8 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
16.5 |
132.5 |
250.8 |
107.0 |
16 |
16 |
Croatia |
8 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
16.0 |
140.5 |
274.3 |
106.0 |
Women's section
There were no surprises in the women’s section as the Russian ladies
cruised past France and extended their lead to two match points over nearest
rival Poland. Nadezhda Kosintseva playing white on board one crushed Sophie
Millet’s Schliemann/Jaenisch Defence without much ado and led her team
to a 3-1 victory.

IM Sophie Millet of France (right) in her game against Nadezhda Kosintseva

[Event "18th Euro-TCh Women"] [Site "Porto Carras/Greece"] [Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "8"] [White "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"] [Black "Milliet, Sophie"] [Result
"1-0"] [ECO "C63"] [WhiteElo "2546"] [BlackElo "2386"] [PlyCount "109"] [WhiteTeam
"Russland"] [BlackTeam "Frankreich"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry
"FRA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. a3
Bg4 8. Qd3 Qd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nd5 O-O $2 {This can't be good, as
we can see in the predecessor game.} 12. Bxc6 (12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qb3 Qe6 14.
Nxe7+ Kf7 15. Qxe6+ Kxe6 16. Nf5 Bg6 17. Nd4+ Ke7 18. f4 Ned7 19. e5 Nd5 20.
Bxd7 Kxd7 21. e6+ Ke7 22. f5 Be8 23. Bg5+ Nf6 24. g4 a5 25. Rad1 a4 26. Bh4
h6 27. Ne2 Ra5 28. Nf4 c6 29. Nd3 Rg8 30. c4 Ra6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Nxc5 Ra5 33.
Ne4 Rb5 34. Rf2 Rh8 35. Rfd2 h5 36. Nc3 hxg4 37. Bxf6+ gxf6 38. Nxb5 cxb5 39.
hxg4 Rh4 40. Rd4 Bc6 41. R1d2 {1-0 (41) Silva Sanchez,C-Szmetan,J/Fortaleza
1975/EXT 2002}) 12... bxc6 13. Nxe5 Qe8 14. Nxc6 Nxd5 15. Qxd5+ Bf7 16. Nxe7+
Qxe7 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Qd4 Qc6 19. Rfe1 Rab8 20. Bd2 Qc4 21. Bc3 Qxd4 22. Bxd4
a6 23. b4 Rfe8 24. Re3 Rb5 25. c4 Rbb8 26. c5 dxc5 27. Bxc5 Rbd8 28. Rae1 Bc4
29. f4 Rd2 30. Kh2 Red8 31. f5 Rc2 32. Rg3 Rdd2 33. Be3 Re2 34. Rd1 Rc3 35.
Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ (36. Bc5 {with the mate-in-one threat 37.Rf8# would have won
a full rook. But of course White is still winning.}) 36... Ke8 37. Rxc7 Rexe3
38. Rxe3 Rxe3 39. Rxc4 Rxa3 40. Rc7 Kf8 41. e5 Rb3 42. f6 gxf6 43. exf6 Rxb4
44. Rxh7 Rb6 45. g4 Rxf6 46. Ra7 Rf2+ 47. Kg3 Ra2 48. h4 a5 49. h5 a4 50. h6
Kg8 51. Kh4 a3 52. Kh5 Kf8 53. h7 Rh2+ 54. Kg6 a2 55. Rxa2 1-0

IM Anna Muzychuk playing for Slovenia. Despite her team’s loss to
Romania
Anna is leading the board one list with 7.5/8 and a rating performance of 2775
Team Ukraine in 3-4 place: Kateryna Lahno, Anna Ushenina and Inna Gaponenko

Turkish talent WIM Kübra
Öztürk, rated 2239, who has scored 5.5/8 with a 2433 performance
Top results (Women)
Bo. |
1 |
Russia |
Rtg |
3:1 |
12 |
France |
Rtg |
1.1 |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
2546 |
1-0 |
IM |
Milliet Sophie |
2386 |
1.2 |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
2526 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Maisuradze Nino |
2315 |
1.3 |
IM |
Gunina Valentina |
2514 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Guichard Pauline |
2305 |
1.4 |
WGM |
Pogonina Natalija |
2451 |
1-0 |
IM |
Collas Silvia |
2287 |
Bo. |
5 |
Poland |
Rtg |
2½:1½ |
18 |
Czech Rep. |
Rtg |
2.1 |
GM |
Socko Monika |
2479 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Kulovana Eva |
2297 |
2.2 |
WGM |
Zawadzka Jolanta |
2326 |
1-0 |
WGM |
Nemcova Katerina |
2276 |
2.3 |
WGM |
Majdan Gajewska Joanna |
2386 |
1-0 |
WIM |
Havlikova Kristyna |
2285 |
2.4 |
WIM |
Toma Katarzyna |
2297 |
0-1 |
WIM |
Olsarova Tereza |
2232 |
Bo. |
3 |
Georgia |
Rtg |
3:1 |
8 |
Bulgaria |
Rtg |
3.1 |
GM |
Dzagnidze Nana |
2516 |
½-½ |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2531 |
3.2 |
IM |
Javakhishvili Lela |
2475 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Videnova Iva |
2297 |
3.3 |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino |
2440 |
1-0 |
WGM |
Djingarova Emilia |
2309 |
3.4 |
IM |
Melia Salome |
2392 |
1-0 |
WGM |
Nikolova Adriana |
2286 |
Bo. |
2 |
Ukraine |
Rtg |
3:1 |
6 |
Hungary |
Rtg |
4.1 |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna |
2549 |
½-½ |
GM |
Hoang Thanh Trang |
2446 |
4.2 |
IM |
Ushenina Anna |
2463 |
1-0 |
IM |
Madl Ildiko |
2399 |
4.3 |
IM |
Gaponenko Inna |
2435 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Gara Ticia |
2375 |
4.4 |
IM |
Muzychuk Mariya |
2460 |
1-0 |
IM |
Gara Anita |
2340 |
Bo. |
14 |
Serbia |
Rtg |
1½:2½ |
4 |
Armenia |
Rtg |
5.1 |
IM |
Bojkovic Natasa |
2396 |
½-½ |
GM |
Danielian Elina |
2507 |
5.2 |
WGM |
Chelushkina Irina |
2276 |
0-1 |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit |
2469 |
5.3 |
WGM |
Stojanovic Andjelija |
2280 |
1-0 |
IM |
Galojan Lilit |
2383 |
5.4 |
WIM |
Drljevic Ljilja |
2273 |
0-1 |
WGM |
Kursova Maria |
2315 |
Bo. |
11 |
Slovenia |
Rtg |
1:3 |
9 |
Romania |
Rtg |
6.1 |
IM |
Muzychuk Anna |
2557 |
1-0 |
IM |
Foisor Cristina-Adela |
2418 |
6.2 |
WGM |
Krivec Jana |
2291 |
0-1 |
WGM |
L'ami Alina |
2364 |
6.3 |
WGM |
Srebrnic Ana |
2219 |
0-1 |
WIM |
Bulmaga Irina |
2334 |
6.4 |
WIM |
Rozic Vesna |
2263 |
0-1 |
WGM |
Voicu Jagodzinsky Carmen |
2300 |
Bo. |
7 |
Germany |
Rtg |
2½:1½ |
19 |
Croatia |
Rtg |
7.1 |
WGM |
Michna Marta |
2382 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Golubenko Valentina |
2293 |
7.2 |
WIM |
Ohme Melanie |
2361 |
1-0 |
WIM |
Franciskovic Borka |
2280 |
7.3 |
WGM |
Levushkina Elena |
2307 |
1-0 |
WIM |
Saric Kristina |
2255 |
7.4 |
WIM |
Hoolt Sarah |
2286 |
0-1 |
WIM |
Jelica Mara |
2234 |
Top standings after eight rounds (women)
Rk. |
SNo |
Team |
Gms |
+ |
= |
– |
TB1 |
TB2 |
TB3 |
TB4 |
TB5 |
1 |
1 |
Russia |
8 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
15 |
22.5 |
143.5 |
395.8 |
107.5 |
2 |
5 |
Poland |
8 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
21.0 |
140.5 |
356.0 |
106.5 |
3 |
2 |
Ukraine |
8 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
12 |
20.5 |
139.5 |
343.5 |
102.5 |
4 |
3 |
Georgia |
8 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
12 |
20.0 |
147.5 |
359.0 |
109.5 |
5 |
12 |
France |
8 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
18.0 |
136.5 |
293.5 |
102.0 |
6 |
4 |
Armenia |
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
17.0 |
141.5 |
291.8 |
104.5 |
7 |
7 |
Germany |
8 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
18.5 |
127.5 |
292.8 |
96.0 |
8 |
18 |
Czech
Rep. |
8 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
17.0 |
138.0 |
289.3 |
101.5 |
9 |
15 |
Israel |
8 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
17.0 |
128.0 |
263.0 |
93.5 |
10 |
8 |
Bulgaria |
8 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
16.5 |
143.0 |
282.3 |
107.5 |
11 |
21 |
Austria |
8 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
16.5 |
108.5 |
199.5 |
87.5 |
12 |
9 |
Romania |
8 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
15.0 |
145.0 |
254.8 |
107.0 |
With only one round left and 15 match points in the kitty, the Russian women’s
third title in this event is nearly assured. Poland, who have 13 points, are
followed by Georgia and Ukraine with 12 match points each.
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