ETCC: Russia, Azerbaijan lead, Poland heads women's section
10/31/2007 – In round four of the European
Team Championship Russia beat Slovenia and Azerbaijan
the Netherlands, which meant that the latter teams dropped out of the top group,
which is now occupied by Russia and Azerbaijan. In the women's section Poland
beat France while Russia and Hungary drew their encounter. Poland leads. Results, tables and games.
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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
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Women's section
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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
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Top 30 women's section
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