
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, considered a separate competitions. 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. A total of 38 countries have
registered their participation in the European Team Championship 2011, with
each national federation affiliated to the European Chess Union (ECU) having
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.
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. Also called Chalkidiki the peninsula
is one of the peripheral units of Greece, part of the periphery of Central Macedonia.
Round one report
Round one saw top seed Russia struggle past Moldova with a 2.5-1.5 result when
Moldovian GMs Viktor Bologan and Dmitry Svetushkin let slip a win and a draw
against Peter Svidler and Alexander Morozevich respectively. While Svetushkin
tragically blundered a rook in a drawn ending, his compatriot Bologan made a
strange draw offer in a completely winning game that he had dominated from the
start. Time trouble, it appears, can get to the best of them…

Start of Russia with Svidler, Grischuk, Morozevich and Nepomniachtchi vs
Moldova
with Bologan, Iordachescu, Svetushkin and Vedmediuc
Morozevich,Alexander (2762) - Svetushkin,Dmitry (2621) [D10]
18th European Teams Porto Carras GRE (1.3), 03.11.2011
Morozevich has just played 76.Rg3-g8 and Svetushkin, in a moment of total chess
blindness in a drawn position, plays 76...Rg2?? Naturally the
game ends 77.Rxg2 1-0.
On board two, Ukraine made a clean 3.5-0.5 sweep against Slovenia despite Ivanchuk
being held to a draw by Beliavsky on the top board. Meanwhile Scandinavian countries
opened with an impressive showing after lowly rated Sweden and Finland held
France and Netherlands to draws. Romania, Serbia and Greece all scored 4-0 (against
Wales, Luxembourg and Cypress) and are thus in the lead. But the ranking table
is not really meaningful yet.
Bo. |
1 |
Russia |
Rtg |
2½:1½ |
20 |
Moldova |
Rtg |
1.1 |
GM |
Svidler Peter |
2755 |
½-½ |
GM |
Bologan Viktor |
2665 |
1.2 |
GM |
Grischuk Alexander |
2752 |
½-½ |
GM |
Iordachescu Viorel |
2648 |
1.3 |
GM |
Morozevich Alexander |
2762 |
1-0 |
GM |
Svetushkin Dmitry |
2621 |
1.4 |
GM |
Nepomniachtchi Ian |
2730 |
½-½ |
IM |
Vedmediuc Serghei |
2465 |
Bo. |
21 |
Slovenia |
Rtg |
½:3½ |
2 |
Ukraine |
Rtg |
2.1 |
GM |
Beliavsky Alexander G |
2617 |
½-½ |
GM |
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2775 |
2.2 |
GM |
Lenic Luka |
2634 |
0-1 |
GM |
Eljanov Pavel |
2691 |
2.3 |
GM |
Borisek Jure |
2541 |
0-1 |
GM |
Moiseenko Alexander |
2715 |
2.4 |
IM |
Sebenik Matej |
2518 |
0-1 |
GM |
Efimenko Zahar |
2702 |
Bo. |
3 |
Azerbaijan |
Rtg |
2½:1½ |
22 |
Italy |
Rtg |
3.1 |
GM |
Radjabov Teimour |
2781 |
½-½ |
GM |
Caruana Fabiano |
2727 |
3.2 |
GM |
Gashimov Vugar |
2757 |
½-½ |
GM |
Godena Michele |
2548 |
3.3 |
GM |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2733 |
1-0 |
GM |
Brunello Sabino |
2575 |
3.4 |
GM |
Guseinov Gadir |
2636 |
½-½ |
IM |
Rombaldoni Axel |
2459 |
Bo. |
23 |
Austria |
Rtg |
½:3½ |
4 |
Armenia |
Rtg |
4.1 |
GM |
Ragger Markus |
2662 |
½-½ |
GM |
Movsesian Sergei |
2710 |
4.2 |
GM |
Kindermann Stefan |
2519 |
0-1 |
GM |
Akopian Vladimir |
2681 |
4.3 |
GM |
Shengelia David |
2551 |
0-1 |
GM |
Sargissian Gabriel |
2671 |
4.4 |
IM |
Kreisl Robert |
2415 |
0-1 |
GM |
Hovhannisyan Robert |
2586 |
Bo. |
5 |
Hungary |
Rtg |
3:1 |
24 |
Denmark |
Rtg |
5.1 |
GM |
Leko Peter |
2720 |
½-½ |
GM |
Hansen Sune Berg |
2566 |
5.2 |
GM |
Almasi Zoltan |
2707 |
1-0 |
GM |
Rasmussen Allan Stig |
2541 |
5.3 |
GM |
Berkes Ferenc |
2705 |
½-½ |
GM |
Aagaard Jacob |
2522 |
5.4 |
GM |
Gyimesi Zoltan |
2652 |
1-0 |
IM |
Glud Jakob Vang |
2497 |
Bo. |
25 |
Sweden |
Rtg |
2:2 |
6 |
France |
Rtg |
6.1 |
GM |
Tikkanen Hans |
2586 |
½-½ |
GM |
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime |
2710 |
6.2 |
GM |
Grandelius Nils |
2543 |
½-½ |
GM |
Fressinet Laurent |
2700 |
6.3 |
GM |
Carlsson Pontus |
2502 |
1-0 |
GM |
Istratescu Andrei |
2627 |
6.4 |
IM |
Semcesen Daniel |
2490 |
0-1 |
GM |
Bauer Christian |
2641 |
Bo. |
7 |
Bulgaria |
Rtg |
2½:1½ |
26 |
Switzerland |
Rtg |
7.1 |
GM |
Topalov Veselin |
2768 |
½-½ |
GM |
Pelletier Yannick |
2581 |
7.2 |
GM |
Cheparinov Ivan |
2650 |
½-½ |
GM |
Korchnoi Viktor |
2567 |
7.3 |
GM |
Delchev Aleksander |
2629 |
½-½ |
GM |
Gallagher Joseph G |
2500 |
7.4 |
GM |
Georgiev Kiril |
2666 |
1-0 |
IM |
Kurmann Oliver |
2451 |
Bo. |
27 |
Latvia |
Rtg |
1½:2½ |
8 |
England |
Rtg |
8.1 |
GM |
Miezis Normunds |
2547 |
0-1 |
GM |
Adams Michael |
2734 |
8.2 |
GM |
Sveshnikov Evgeny |
2514 |
0-1 |
GM |
Short Nigel D |
2698 |
8.3 |
IM |
Neiksans Arturs |
2502 |
1-0 |
GM |
Howell David W L |
2633 |
8.4 |
GM |
Starostits Ilmars |
2456 |
½-½ |
GM |
Jones Gawain C B |
2635 |
Bo. |
9 |
Netherlands |
Rtg |
2:2 |
28 |
Finland |
Rtg |
9.1 |
GM |
Giri Anish |
2714 |
½-½ |
GM |
Nyback Tomi |
2631 |
9.2 |
GM |
Sokolov Ivan |
2646 |
1-0 |
IM |
Sammalvuo Tapani |
2492 |
9.3 |
GM |
Smeets Jan |
2615 |
½-½ |
IM |
Agopov Mikael |
2450 |
9.4 |
GM |
Stellwagen Daniel |
2627 |
0-1 |
IM |
Karttunen Mika |
2434 |
Bo. |
29 |
Montenegro |
Rtg |
1:3 |
10 |
Germany |
Rtg |
10.1 |
GM |
Djukic Nikola |
2493 |
0-1 |
GM |
Naiditsch Arkadij |
2712 |
10.2 |
GM |
Blagojevic Dragisa |
2514 |
½-½ |
GM |
Meier Georg |
2659 |
10.3 |
GM |
Kosic Dragan |
2502 |
½-½ |
GM |
Gustafsson Jan |
2633 |
10.4 |
IM |
Kalezic Blazo |
2461 |
0-1 |
GM |
Buhmann Rainer |
2612 |
The women’s section also saw some well-fought matches. The Russian Kosintseva
sisters Nadezhda and Tatiana led their team to a 3-0 victory over Israel on
board one, while Ukraine beat Greece on board two. Third seed Georgia overcame
Azerbaijan, but not before their leader Lela Javakhishvili fell to Zeinab Mamedjarova,
150 points her inferior.

The Russian women's team, with Gunina Valentina, Tatania and Nadezhda (back
to camera) Kosintseva and Natalija Pogonina receive final instructions from
their trainer, GM Yuri
Dokhoian, who for many years seconded you-know-who.
Bo. |
1 |
Russia |
Rtg |
3:1 |
15 |
Israel |
Rtg |
1.1 |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
2546 |
1-0 |
WIM |
Porat Maya |
2299 |
1.2 |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
2526 |
1-0 |
WIM |
Efroimski Marsel |
2230 |
1.3 |
IM |
Gunina Valentina |
2514 |
½-½ |
IM |
Borsuk Angela |
2257 |
1.4 |
WGM |
Pogonina Natalija |
2451 |
½-½ |
WIM |
Vasiliev Olga |
2305 |
Bo. |
16 |
Greece |
Rtg |
1½:2½ |
2 |
Ukraine |
Rtg |
2.1 |
IM |
Dembo Yelena |
2468 |
½-½ |
GM |
Zhukova Natalia |
2427 |
2.2 |
WGM |
Botsari Anna-Maria |
2313 |
½-½ |
IM |
Ushenina Anna |
2463 |
2.3 |
WGM |
Makropoulou Marina |
2201 |
½-½ |
IM |
Gaponenko Inna |
2435 |
2.4 |
WIM |
Fakhiridou Ekaterini |
2180 |
0-1 |
IM |
Muzychuk Mariya |
2460 |
Bo. |
3 |
Georgia |
Rtg |
2½:1½ |
17 |
Azerbaijan |
Rtg |
3.1 |
IM |
Javakhishvili Lela |
2475 |
0-1 |
WGM |
Mamedjarova Zeinab |
2314 |
3.2 |
WGM |
Paikidze Nazi |
2422 |
1-0 |
WIM |
Kazimova Narmin |
2241 |
3.3 |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino |
2440 |
1-0 |
WIM |
Mammadova Gulnar |
2290 |
3.4 |
IM |
Melia Salome |
2392 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Mamedjarova Turkan |
2277 |
Bo. |
18 |
Czech Republic |
Rtg |
2:2 |
4 |
Armenia |
Rtg |
4.1 |
WGM |
Kulovana Eva |
2297 |
0-1 |
GM |
Danielian Elina |
2507 |
4.2 |
WGM |
Nemcova Katerina |
2276 |
½-½ |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit |
2469 |
4.3 |
WIM |
Havlikova Kristyna |
2285 |
1-0 |
IM |
Galojan Lilit |
2383 |
4.4 |
WIM |
Olsarova Tereza |
2232 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Kursova Maria |
2315 |
Bo. |
5 |
Poland |
Rtg |
3:1 |
19 |
Croatia |
Rtg |
5.1 |
GM |
Socko Monika |
2479 |
1-0 |
WGM |
Golubenko Valentina |
2293 |
5.2 |
WGM |
Zawadzka Jolanta |
2326 |
1-0 |
WIM |
Franciskovic Borka |
2280 |
5.3 |
WGM |
Majdan-Gajewska Joanna |
2386 |
0-1 |
WGM |
Medic Mirjana |
2236 |
5.4 |
WGM |
Szczepkowska Karina |
2379 |
1-0 |
WIM |
Saric Kristina |
2255 |
Bo. |
20 |
Latvia |
Rtg |
1½:2½ |
6 |
Hungary |
Rtg |
6.1 |
WGM |
Reizniece-Ozola Dana |
2281 |
1-0 |
IM |
Madl Ildiko |
2399 |
6.2 |
WGM |
Berzina Ilze |
2320 |
0-1 |
WGM |
Rudolf Anna |
2347 |
6.3 |
WGM |
Erneste Inguna |
2218 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Gara Ticia |
2375 |
6.4 |
WFM |
Ungure Liga |
2066 |
0-1 |
IM |
Gara Anita |
2340 |
Bo. |
7 |
Germany |
Rtg |
3½:½ |
21 |
Austria |
Rtg |
7.1 |
IM |
Paehtz Elisabeth |
2457 |
1-0 |
IM |
Moser Eva |
2448 |
7.2 |
WGM |
Michna Marta |
2382 |
1-0 |
WFM |
Exler Veronika |
2124 |
7.3 |
WIM |
Ohme Melanie |
2361 |
½-½ |
WIM |
Kopinits Anna-Christina |
2276 |
7.4 |
WIM |
Hoolt Sarah |
2286 |
1-0 |
WFM |
Newrkla Katharina |
2131 |
Bo. |
22 |
England |
Rtg |
1:3 |
8 |
Bulgaria |
Rtg |
8.1 |
IM |
Houska Jovanka |
2415 |
0-1 |
WGM |
Videnova Iva |
2297 |
8.2 |
IM |
Ciuksyte Dagne |
2327 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Voiska Margarita |
2328 |
8.3 |
WFM |
Yurenok Maria S |
2106 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Djingarova Emilia |
2309 |
8.4 |
WFM |
Bhatia Kanwal K |
2087 |
0-1 |
WGM |
Nikolova Adriana |
2286 |
Bo. |
9 |
Romania |
Rtg |
3:1 |
23 |
Italy |
Rtg |
9.1 |
IM |
Foisor Cristina-Adela |
2418 |
½-½ |
IM |
Sedina Elena |
2343 |
9.2 |
WGM |
L'ami Alina |
2364 |
1-0 |
IM |
Zimina Olga |
2338 |
9.3 |
WGM |
Cosma Elena-Luminita |
2335 |
½-½ |
WIM |
Brunello Marina |
2221 |
9.4 |
WIM |
Bulmaga Irina |
2334 |
1-0 |
|
Messina Roberta |
1964 |
Bo. |
24 |
Montenegro |
Rtg |
1:3 |
10 |
Spain |
Rtg |
10.1 |
WGM |
Vojinovic Jovana |
2346 |
0-1 |
IM |
Alexandrova Olga |
2423 |
10.2 |
WFM |
Milovic Aleksandra |
2171 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Vega Gutierrez Sabrina |
2327 |
10.3 |
WFM |
Stojanovic Marija R |
2095 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Calzetta Ruiz Monica |
2301 |
10.4 |
|
Blagojevic Tijana |
1925 |
0-1 |
WFM |
Pascual Palomo Lucia |
2104 |
Picture gallery
Pictures on the official ETCC
website are provided by Anastasiya Karlovich,
Tzveta Karavelova and Goran Urosevic.

Players arriving for round one in the five-star Porto Carras Grand Resort...

... and congregate in the entry hall of the Olympic Hall Congress Center

The playing hall, where all the action takes place

The English team, with Adams, Short, Howell and Jones (right to left)

The Bulgarians, with Topalov, Cheparinov, Delchev and Georgiev

Hungarian GM Peter Leko discussing his game with his GM Hansen Sune Berg of
Denmark, who snatched a draw from his higher rated opponent

GM Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine scored a nice win for his team

IM Elli Pähtz did the same for her German team

Sergei Movsesian had to settle for a draw on his 33rd birthday

Turkey's top board Betul Cemre Yildiz lost to this lady...

GM Peng Zhaoqin, who has won the Dutch Women's title twelve times
Video impressions of the European Team Championships start
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