European
Team Chess Championships 2007
Crete, Greece / 27 October – 7 November
The European Team Championship is taking place in Crete, Greece. It is a nine
round Swiss team tournament, with one general section and one section for the
women's teams, considered as separate competitions. According to FIDE rules,
the time controls are 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.
Round four report
Russia beat Slovenia 3:1, with Alexander Morozevich playing board one and defeating
Alexander Beliavsky, and Dmitry Jakovenko defeating IM Luka Lenic on board four.
Azerbaijan beat the Netherlands 2.5:1.5, with Gadir Guseinov taking a point
from Erik van den Doel. This meant that both Slovenia and Netherlands dropped
from the first to the second group of teams. Denmark drew Armenia, with all
four games drawn (including Levon Aronian vs Peter Heine Nielsen). Bulgaria
trounced Croatia 3.5:0.5, with Topalov, Cheparinov and Georgiev taking full
points. Norway lost to France 1:3, with Magnus Carlsen drawing Etienne Bacrot
on board one.
In the women's section Hungary held Russia, with all four games ending in draws.
Meanwhile Poland defeated France 3:1 to take the lead in the table. Ukraine
drew against Netherlands, with all four games ending in draws, including the
GM encounter Kateryna Lahno vs Peng Zhaoqin.
All results of round four
Men's section
| 1 |
Russia |
3 : 1 |
19 |
Slovenia |
| 9 |
Netherlands |
1½:2½ |
3 |
Azerbaijan |
| 12 |
Hungary |
2 : 2 |
8 |
Israel |
| 26 |
Fyrom |
1½:2½ |
2 |
Ukraine |
| 4 |
Armenia |
2 : 2 |
20 |
Denmark |
| 18 |
Croatia |
½ :3½ |
5 |
Bulgaria |
| 27 |
Norway |
1 : 3 |
6 |
France |
| 13 |
Czech Rep |
2½:1½ |
14 |
Serbia |
| 16 |
England |
2 : 2 |
21 |
Sweden |
| 7 |
Spain |
2½:1½ |
15 |
Germany |
| 24 |
Romania |
1 : 3 |
23 |
Turkey |
| 32 |
Austria |
1½:2½ |
10 |
Poland |
| 34 |
Finland |
2 : 2 |
11 |
Georgia |
| 25 |
Lithuania |
1 : 3 |
33 |
Estonia |
| 31 |
Iceland |
2 : 2 |
28 |
Switzerland |
| 29 |
Italy |
2 : 2 |
30 |
Montenegro |
| 39 |
Monaco |
1 : 3 |
17 |
Greece |
| 35 |
Belgium |
3 : 1 |
40 |
Cyprus |
| 36 |
Scotland |
2½:1½ |
37 |
Luxembourg |
|
|
Women's section
| 1 |
Russia |
2 : 2 |
5 |
Hungary |
| 6 |
Poland |
3 : 1 |
4 |
France |
| 9 |
Serbia |
½ :3½ |
2 |
Georgia |
| 3 |
Ukraine |
2 : 2 |
8 |
Netherlands |
| 11 |
Slovenia |
2½:1½ |
12 |
Romania |
| 13 |
Greece 1 |
2½:1½ |
14 |
Bulgaria |
| 17 |
Lithuania |
2 : 2 |
15 |
Spain |
| 21 |
Czech Rep |
1½:2½ |
7 |
Germany |
| 10 |
Armenia |
2 : 2 |
27 |
Montenegro |
| 16 |
Israel |
1½:2½ |
20 |
England |
| 19 |
Turkey |
1 : 3 |
18 |
Azerbaijan |
| 22 |
Croatia |
4 : 0 |
30 |
Greece 2 |
| 26 |
Estonia |
2 : 2 |
23 |
Switzerland |
| 25 |
Sweden |
1½:2½ |
29 |
Finland |
|
- Full individual board results: Men
– Women
Standings
In the men's section two teams with perfect match scores remain, and both have
currently the same number of board points. The Netherlands and Slovenia today
dropped two points each to join the follow-up group of seven teams with six
match points. In the women's section only Poland has won all their matches and
so stay in the lead. Russia and Hungary, who drew their match today, are now
a match point behind.
Top 30 men's section
| Rk. |
Team |
+ |
= |
– |
MP |
BP |
| 1 |
Azerbaijan |
4 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
11.5 |
| 2 |
Russia |
4 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
11.5 |
| 3 |
Bulgaria |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
11.0 |
| 4 |
Netherlands |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
10.5 |
| 5 |
Slovenia |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
10.5 |
| 6 |
Ukraine |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
10.5 |
| 7 |
Czech Rep. |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
10.0 |
| 8 |
Israel |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
10.0 |
| 9 |
France |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
10.0 |
| 10 |
England |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
10.5 |
| 11 |
Armenia |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
9.5 |
| 12 |
Denmark |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
9.5 |
| 13 |
Hungary |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
9.0 |
| 14 |
Turkey |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
9.0 |
| 15 |
Sweden |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
8.0 |
| 16 |
Spain |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
8.0 |
| 17 |
Greece |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
9.5 |
| 18 |
Serbia |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
9.0 |
| 19 |
Norway |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
9.0 |
| 20 |
Fyrom |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
8.0 |
| 21 |
Croatia |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
8.0 |
| 22 |
Estonia |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
8.0 |
| 23 |
Poland |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
7.5 |
| 24 |
Germany |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
8.5 |
| 25 |
Georgia |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
8.0 |
| 26 |
Switzerland |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
8.0 |
| 27 |
Montenegro |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
7.5 |
| 28 |
Italy |
0 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
7.0 |
| 29 |
Iceland |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
7.0 |
| 30 |
Finland |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6.5 |
|
|
Top 30 women's section
| Rk. |
Team |
+ |
= |
– |
MP |
BP |
| 1 |
Poland |
4 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
13.0 |
| 2 |
Hungary |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
12.5 |
| 3 |
Russia |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
11.5 |
| 4 |
Georgia |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
11.5 |
| 5 |
Greece 1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
11.0 |
| 6 |
Slovenia |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
10.5 |
| 7 |
Spain |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
11.0 |
| 8 |
Ukraine |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
10.5 |
| 9 |
Lithuania |
1 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
8.5 |
| 10 |
Netherlands |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
8.5 |
| 11 |
Germany |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
8.5 |
| 12 |
Romania |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
9.0 |
| 13 |
Bulgaria |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
8.5 |
| 14 |
Armenia |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
8.5 |
| 15 |
Montenegro |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
8.0 |
| 16 |
Serbia |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
7.5 |
| 17 |
Azerbaijan |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
7.0 |
| 18 |
France |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
6.5 |
| 19 |
England |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
5.5 |
| 20 |
Croatia |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
8.5 |
| 21 |
Czech Rep. |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
7.5 |
| 22 |
Finland |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4.5 |
| 23 |
Switzerland |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
6.0 |
| 24 |
Estonia |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5.5 |
| 25 |
Israel |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
5.5 |
| 26 |
Turkey |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
5.0 |
| 27 |
Sweden |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
6.0 |
| 28 |
Austria |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
6.0 |
| 29 |
Greece 2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2.0 |
| 30 |
Bosnia Herc |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
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