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European
Team Chess Championships 2007The 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.
Russia did it again, winning by the standard 2.5:1.5, this time against the Czech Republic and thanks to a victory by Peter Svidler over David Navara on board one. Azerbaijan beat Denmark, the Netherlands beat Serbia and Slovenia beat Hungary (without Leko and Polgar) all by the same score of 2.5:1.5. Bulgaria destroyed Montenegro 3.5:1.5, with victories by Topalov, Cheparinov and Delchev, and England did the same to Finland with wins by Jones, Hebden and Conquest. Turkey beat Cyprus and Switzerland beat Wales by clean 4:0 scores.
| Bo. | 1 | RUSSIA (RUS) | Rtg |
2.5 : 1.5 |
13 | CZECH REPUBLIC (CZE) | Rtg |
| 1.1 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2732 | 1-0 |
GM | Navara David | 2656 |
| 1.2 | GM | Morozevich Alexander | 2755 | 1/2 |
GM | Laznicka Viktor | 2610 |
| 1.3 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2715 | 1/2 |
GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2598 |
| 1.4 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2710 | 1/2 |
GM | Babula Vlastimil | 2596 |
| Bo. | 3 | AZERBAIDJAN (AZE) | Rtg | 2.5 : 1.5 |
20 | DENMARK (DEN) | Rtg |
| 2.1 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2752 | 1-0 |
GM | Nielsen Peter Heine | 2626 |
| 2.2 | GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2742 | 1/2 |
GM | Hansen Lars Bo | 2572 |
| 2.3 | GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2663 | 1/2 |
GM | Schandorff Lars | 2520 |
| 2.4 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | 2614 | 1/2 |
IM | Rasmussen Karsten | 2495 |
| Bo. | 9 | NETHERLANDS (NED) | Rtg | 2.5 : 1.5 |
14 | SERBIA (SRB) | Rtg |
| 3.1 | GM | Tiviakov Sergei | 2643 | 1-0 |
GM | Ivanisevic Ivan | 2607 |
| 3.2 | GM | Stellwagen Daniel | 2639 | 1-0 |
GM | Damljanovic Branko | 2608 |
| 3.3 | GM | Van Den Doel Erik | 2593 | 1/2 |
GM | Miladinovic Igor | 2603 |
| 3.4 | GM | L'ami Erwin | 2577 | 0-1 |
GM | Sedlak Nikola | 2605 |
| Bo. | 19 | SLOVENIA (SLO) | Rtg | 2.5 : 1.5 |
12 | HUNGARY (HUN) | Rtg |
| 4.1 | GM | Beliavsky Alexander G | 2646 | 1-0 |
GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2691 |
| 4.2 | GM | Pavasovic Dusko | 2597 | 1-0 |
GM | Gyimesi Zoltan | 2610 |
| 4.3 | IM | Lenic Luka | 2531 | 1/2 |
GM | Balogh Csaba | 2561 |
| 4.4 | IM | Borisek Jure | 2508 | 0-1 |
GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2606 |
| Bo. | 8 | ISRAEL (ISR) | Rtg | 2.0 : 2.0 |
2 | UKRAINE (UKR) | Rtg |
| 5.1 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2655 | 1/2 |
GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2787 |
| 5.2 | GM | Roiz Michael | 2644 | 1-0 |
GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2694 |
| 5.3 | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2639 | 1/2 |
GM | Volokitin Andrei | 2678 |
| 5.4 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2615 | 0-1 |
GM | Areshchenko Alexander | 2638 |
| Bo. | 7 | SPAIN (ESP) | Rtg | 1.0 : 3.0 |
18 | CROATIA (CRO) | Rtg |
| 6.1 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2739 | 0-1 |
GM | Kozul Zdenko | 2609 |
| 6.2 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2660 | 1/2 |
GM | Palac Mladen | 2567 |
| 6.3 | GM | Illescas Cordoba Miguel | 2598 | 1/2 |
GM | Zelcic Robert | 2578 |
| 6.4 | GM | Narciso Dublan Marc | 2546 | 0-1 |
GM | Jankovic Alojzije | 2548 |
| Bo. | 32 | AUSTRIA (AUT) | Rtg | 1.0 : 3.0 |
4 | ARMENIA (ARM) | Rtg |
| 7.1 | IM | Ragger Markus | 2528 | 1/2 |
GM | Aronian Levon | 2741 |
| 7.2 | IM | Atlas Valery | 2482 | 1/2 |
GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2713 |
| 7.3 | IM | Neubauer Martin | 2453 | 0-1 |
GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2673 |
| 7.4 | GM | Balinov Ilia | 2475 | 0-1 |
GM | Asrian Karen | 2623 |
| Bo. | 30 | MONTENEGRO (MNE) | Rtg | 0.5 : 3.5 |
5 | BULGARIA (BUL) | Rtg |
| 8.1 | GM | Djukic Nikola | 2528 | 0-1 |
GM | Topalov Veselin | 2769 |
| 8.2 | GM | Drasko Milan | 2557 | 0-1 |
GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2670 |
| 8.3 | GM | Blagojevic Dragisa | 2513 | 1/2 |
GM | Georgiev Kiril | 2649 |
| 8.4 | GM | Kosic Dragan | 2482 | 0-1 |
GM | Delchev Aleksander | 2613 |
| Bo. | 6 | FRANCE (FRA) | Rtg | 3.0 : 1.0 |
25 | LITHUANIA (LTU) | Rtg |
| 9.1 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2695 | 1-0 |
GM | Sulskis Sarunas | 2527 |
| 9.2 | GM | Tkachiev Vladislav | 2661 | 1/2 |
GM | Rozentalis Eduardas | 2581 |
| 9.3 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2634 | 1-0 |
GM | Kveinys Aloyzas | 2517 |
| 9.4 | GM | Bauer Christian | 2634 | 1/2 |
GM | Malisauskas Vidmantas | 2495 |
| Bo. | 11 | GEORGIA (GEO) | Rtg | 1.0 : 3.0 |
26 | FYROM (MKD) | Rtg |
| 10.1 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2644 | 0-1 |
GM | Georgiev Vladimir | 2576 |
| 10.2 | GM | Gelashvili Tamaz | 2623 | 1/2 |
GM | Nedev Trajce | 2528 |
| 10.3 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | 2617 | 0-1 |
IM | Colovic Aleksandar | 2477 |
| 10.4 | GM | Arutinian David | 2574 | 1/2 |
GM | Stanojoski Zvonko | 2467 |
| Bo. | 15 | GERMANY (GER) | Rtg | 2.0 : 2.0 |
24 | ROMANIA (ROU) | Rtg |
| 11.1 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2639 | 1/2 |
GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | 2531 |
| 11.2 | GM | Gustafsson Jan | 2606 | 1/2 |
GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2562 |
| 11.3 | GM | Kritz Leonid | 2596 | 1/2 |
GM | Jianu Vlad-Cristian | 2535 |
| 11.4 | GM | Baramidze David | 2569 | 1/2 |
GM | Berescu Alin | 2508 |
| Bo. | 34 | FINLAND (FIN) | Rtg | 0.5 : 3.5 |
16 | ENGLAND (ENG) | Rtg |
| 12.1 | GM | Nyback Tomi | 2565 | 1/2 |
GM | Adams Michael | 2729 |
| 12.2 | IM | Agopov Mikael | 2440 | 0-1 |
GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2567 |
| 12.3 | IM | Karttunen Mika | 2427 | 0-1 |
GM | Hebden Mark L | 2542 |
| 12.4 | GM | Westerinen Heikki M J | 2371 | 0-1 |
GM | Conquest Stuart C | 2540 |
| Bo. | 17 | GREECE (GRE) | Rtg | 1.0 : 3.0 |
21 | SWEDEN (SWE) | Rtg |
| 13.1 | GM | Kotronias Vasilios | 2614 | 0-1 |
GM | Berg Emanuel | 2593 |
| 13.2 | GM | Halkias Stelios | 2590 | 1/2 |
GM | Cicak Slavko | 2569 |
| 13.3 | GM | Banikas Hristos | 2591 | 1/2 |
GM | Hillarp Persson Tiger | 2567 |
| 13.4 | GM | Papaioannou Ioannis | 2573 | 0-1 |
GM | Carlsson Pontus | 2481 |
| Bo. | 31 | ICELAND (ISL) | Rtg | 1.5 : 2.5 |
27 | NORWAY (NOR) | Rtg |
| 14.1 | GM | Stefansson Hannes | 2574 | 0-1 |
GM | Carlsen Magnus | 2714 |
| 14.2 | IM | Steingrimsson Hedinn | 2533 | 1/2 |
GM | Lie Kjetil A | 2563 |
| 14.3 | IM | Kristjansson Stefan | 2458 | 1-0 |
IM | Lie Espen | 2421 |
| 14.4 | GM | Thorhallsson Throstur | 2448 | 0-1 |
IM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | 2402 |
| Bo. | 23 | TURKEY (TUR) | Rtg | 4.0 : 0.0 |
40 | CYPRUS (CYP) | Rtg |
| 15.1 | GM | Atalik Suat | 2599 | 1-0 |
CM | Savva Panikos | 2099 |
| 15.2 | IM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | 2468 | 1-0 |
CM | Antoniou Antonis | 2163 |
| 15.3 | IM | Esen Baris | 2453 | 1-0 |
Aristotelous Vassilis | 1960 | |
| 15.4 | IM | Erdogdu Mert | 2440 | 1-0 |
FM | Klerides Paris | 2183 |
| Bo. | 29 | ITALY (ITA) | Rtg | 2.0 : 2.0 |
35 | BELGIUM (BEL) | Rtg |
| 16.1 | GM | Godena Michele | 2535 | 1/2 |
GM | Winants Luc | 2504 |
| 16.2 | IM | Brunello Sabino | 2489 | 1/2 |
IM | Polaczek Richard | 2425 |
| 16.3 | IM | D'amore Carlo | 2477 | 1-0 |
IM | Dutreeuw Marc | 2391 |
| 16.4 | IM | Manca Federico | 2405 | 0-1 |
IM | Laurent Bruno | 2359 |
| Bo. | 10 | POLAND (POL) | Rtg | 3.5 : 0.5 |
36 | SCOTLAND (SCO) | Rtg |
| 17.1 | GM | Miton Kamil | 2628 | 1-0 |
IM | Muir Andrew J | 2367 |
| 17.2 | GM | Gajewski Grzegorz | 2573 | 1-0 |
FM | Ruxton Keith | 2314 |
| 17.3 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2635 | 1-0 |
Grant Jonathan | 2261 | |
| 17.4 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2608 | 1/2 |
FM | Morrison Graham | 2322 |
| Bo. | 28 | SWITZERLAND (SUI) | Rtg | 4.0 : 0.0 |
38 | WALES (WLS) | Rtg |
| 18.1 | GM | Pelletier Yannick | 2609 | 1-0 |
FM | Jones Richard S | 2327 |
| 18.2 | GM | Jenni Florian | 2511 | 1-0 |
Morris Charles F | 2198 | |
| 18.3 | GM | Gallagher Joseph G | 2497 | 1-0 |
Spice Alan | 2170 | |
| 18.4 | IM | Ekstroem Roland | 2478 | 1-0 |
Trevelyan John | 2191 | |
| Bo. | 37 | LUXEMBOURG (LUX) | Rtg | 0.5 : 3.5 |
33 | ESTONIA (EST) | Rtg |
| 19.1 | IM | Berend Fred | 2344 | 0-1 |
GM | Kulaots Kaido | 2547 |
| 19.2 | IM | Bakalarz Mietek | 2342 | 0-1 |
IM | Sepp Olav | 2457 |
| 19.3 | FM | Brittner Serge | 2274 | 1/2 |
FM | Lauk Ular | 2414 |
| 19.4 | Gengler Pierre | 2195 | 0-1 |
IM | Liiva Riho | 2442 |
In the women's section Russia beat Bulgaria 3.5:0.5, the GM encounter on board one ending with a victory for Alexandra Kosteniuk over former world champion Antoaneat Stefanova. Hungary trashed France by the same score, as did Ukraine the team from Israel.
| Bo. | 1 | RUSSIA (RUS) | Rtg | 3.5 : 0.5 | 14 | BULGARIA (BUL) | Rtg |
| 1.1 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2515 | 1-0 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2463 |
| 1.2 | IM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2492 | 1-0 | WGM | Voiska Margarita | 2294 |
| 1.3 | IM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2469 | 1-0 | WGM | Velcheva Maria | 2255 |
| 1.4 | IM | Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2448 | 1/2 | WFM | Raeva Elitsa | 2242 |
| Bo. | 5 | HUNGARY (HUN) | Rtg | 3.5 : 0.5 | 4 | FRANCE (FRA) | Rtg |
| 2.1 | GM | Hoang Thanh Trang | 2466 | 1-0 | IM | Skripchenko Almira | 2438 |
| 2.2 | IM | Vajda Szidonia | 2407 | 1/2 | IM | Collas Silvia | 2408 |
| 2.3 | IM | Madl Ildiko | 2381 | 1-0 | WGM | Milliet Sophie | 2395 |
| 2.4 | WGM | Gara Anita | 2315 | 1-0 | WGM | Leconte Maria | 2364 |
| Bo. | 8 | NETHERLANDS (NED) | Rtg | 1.5 : 2.5 | 6 | POLAND (POL) | Rtg |
| 3.1 | GM | Peng Zhaoqin | 2419 | 1-0 | IM | Socko Monika | 2473 |
| 3.2 | IM | Bosboom-Lanchava Tea | 2379 | 0-1 | IM | Rajlich Iweta | 2411 |
| 3.3 | FM | Schuurman Petra | 2281 | 1/2 | WGM | Zawadzka Jolanta | 2371 |
| 3.4 | WIM | Bensdorp Marlies | 2263 | 0-1 | WIM | Przezdziecka Marta | 2259 |
| Bo. | 11 | SLOVENIA (SLO) | Rtg | 2.0 : 2.0 | 9 | SERBIA (SRB) | Rtg |
| 4.1 | WGM | Muzychuk Anna | 2469 | 1/2 | WGM | Bojkovic Natasa | 2428 |
| 4.2 | WIM | Krivec Jana | 2315 | 1/2 | WGM | Chelushkina Irina | 2351 |
| 4.3 | WGM | Srebrnic Ana | 2278 | 1-0 | WGM | Benderac Ana | 2328 |
| 4.4 | WFM | Bajt Indira | 2225 | 0-1 | WIM | Stojanovic Andjelija | 2274 |
| Bo. | 12 | ROMANIA (ROU) | Rtg | 2.0 : 2.0 | 17 | LITHUANIA (LTU) | Rtg |
| 5.1 | IM | Peptan Corina-Isabela | 2405 | 1/2 | IM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2464 |
| 5.2 | WGM | Voicu Carmen | 2333 | 1-0 | WIM | Daulyte Deimante | 2222 |
| 5.3 | WGM | Motoc Alina | 2300 | 1/2 | WIM | Zaksaite Salomeja | 2228 |
| 5.4 | WIM | Paulet Iozefina | 2276 | 0-1 | Batyte Daiva | 2198 | |
| Bo. | 16 | ISRAEL (ISR) | Rtg | 0.5 : 3.5 | 3 | UKRAINE (UKR) | Rtg |
| 6.1 | IM | Klinova Masha | 2326 | 1/2 | GM | Lahno Kateryna | 2459 |
| 6.2 | WGM | Borsuk Angela | 2301 | 0-1 | IM | Ushenina Anna | 2486 |
| 6.3 | WIM | Vasiliev Olga | 2214 | 0-1 | IM | Gaponenko Inna | 2440 |
| 6.4 | Atnilov Bela | 2170 | 0-1 | IM | Vasilevich Tatjana | 2368 | |
| Bo. | 7 | GERMANY (GER) | Rtg | 2.0 : 2.0 | 10 | ARMENIA (ARM) | Rtg |
| 7.1 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2452 | 0-1 | IM | Danielian Elina | 2458 |
| 7.2 | IM | Kachiani-G Ketino | 2404 | 0-1 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2402 |
| 7.3 | WGM | Michna Marta | 2375 | 1-0 | WIM | Andriasian Siranush | 2234 |
| 7.4 | WFM | Ohme Melanie | 2274 | 1-0 | Aghabekian Liana | 2190 | |
| Bo. | 18 | AZERBAIDJAN (AZE) | Rtg | 1.0 : 3.0 | 13 | GREECE 1 (GRE1) | Rtg |
| 8.1 | WGM | Mamedjarova Zeinab | 2326 | 0-1 | IM | Dembo Yelena | 2448 |
| 8.2 | WGM | Kadimova Ilaha | 2311 | 1/2 | WGM | Makropoulou Marina | 2243 |
| 8.3 | WGM | Mamedjarova Turkan | 2250 | 1/2 | WIM | Fakhiridou Ekaterini | 2270 |
| 8.4 | WIM | Umudova Nargiz | 2188 | 0-1 | WIM | Papadopoulou Vera | 2218 |
| Bo. | 15 | SPAIN (ESP) | Rtg | 3.5 : 0.5 | 19 | TURKEY (TUR) | Rtg |
| 9.1 | WGM | Vega Gutierrez Sabrina | 2331 | 1/2 | IM | Atalik Ekaterina | 2404 |
| 9.2 | WIM | Llaneza Vega Patricia | 2272 | 1-0 | WIM | Topel Zehra | 2246 |
| 9.3 | WIM | Hernandez Yudania | 2263 | 1-0 | WIM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2220 |
| 9.4 | WIM | Trujillo Delgado Dafnae | 2243 | 1-0 | WFM | Ozturk Kubra | 2174 |
| Bo. | 30 | GREECE 2 (GRE2) | Rtg | 0.0 : 4.0 | 2 | GEORGIA (GEO) | Rtg |
| 10.1 | WFM | Petraki Maria | 2099 | 0-1 | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2474 |
| 10.2 | Pavlidou Ekaterini | 2003 | 0-1 | IM | Khurtsidze Nino | 2450 | |
| 10.3 | Fragaki Maria | 1922 | 0-1 | IM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2416 | |
| 10.4 | Varveraki Argiri | 0 | 0-1 | IM | Lomineishvili Maia | 2409 | |
| Bo. | 21 | CZECH REPUBLIC (CZE) | Rtg | 2.5 : 1.5 | 25 | SWEDEN (SWE) | Rtg |
| 11.1 | WFM | Kulovana Eva | 2305 | 0-1 | WIM | Agrest Svetlana | 2255 |
| 11.2 | WIM | Nemcova Katerina | 2255 | 1-0 | WIM | Johansson Viktoria | 2203 |
| 11.3 | WIM | Blazkova Petra | 2239 | 1/2 | Jiretorn Eva | 2121 | |
| 11.4 | WIM | Cedikova Katerina | 2171 | 1-0 | WFM | Horn Emilia | 2074 |
| Bo. | 23 | SWITZERLAND (SUI) | Rtg | 0.5 : 3.5 | 27 | MONTENEGRO (MNE) | Rtg |
| 12.1 | WIM | Seps Monika | 2290 | 0-1 | WIM | Drljevic Ljilja | 2270 |
| 12.2 | WGM | Hund Barbara | 2216 | 1/2 | Vojinovic Jovana | 2227 | |
| 12.3 | WGM | Lematschko Tatjana | 2189 | 0-1 | WFM | Mijovic Aleksandra | 2198 |
| 12.4 | WFM | Gavrilova Anastasia | 2104 | 0-1 | Misovic Sanja | 1876 | |
| Bo. | 24 | AUSTRIA (AUT) | Rtg | 1.5 : 2.5 | 20 | ENGLAND (ENG) | Rtg |
| 13.1 | IM | Moser Eva | 2412 | 1/2 | IM | Houska Jovanka | 2404 |
| 13.2 | WFM | Kopinits Anna-Christina | 2178 | 1-0 | IM | Ciuksyte Dagne | 2411 |
| 13.3 | Newrkla Katharina | 2037 | 0-1 | WIM | Lauterbach Ingrid | 2124 | |
| 13.4 | Schink Barbara | 2031 | 0-1 | WFM | Grigoryan-Lyell Meri | 2040 | |
| Bo. | 26 | ESTONIA (EST) | Rtg | 2.0 : 2.0 | 22 | CROATIA (CRO) | Rtg |
| 14.1 | WIM | Tsiganova Monika | 2216 | 1/2 | WIM | Golubenko Valentina | 2264 |
| 14.2 | WIM | Fomina Tatyana | 2248 | 0-1 | WIM | Franciskovic Borka | 2227 |
| 14.3 | Narva Regina R | 2067 | 1/2 | WIM | Sargac Rajna | 2170 | |
| 14.4 | WIM | Bashkite Viktoria | 2188 | 1-0 | WIM | Solic Kristina | 2148 |
There are four teams left with maximum board points in the men's section, with Slovenia leading on board points. Israel is one board point behind, after which there is a large group with four match points each. In the women's section three teams are leading on match points, with Hungary breaking the tie on board points.
In the women's section there are six teams with maximum board points, with Poland leading the group on board points. The next group of eleven teams is two match points behind the leading three.
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