Monthly Archives: November 2017

New Books November 2017

Nov 10

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Now available from New in Chess

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An understanding of Hedgehog structures is an essential component in any chessplayer’s knowledge. These structures arise when the black c-pawn is exchanged early on for the white d-pawn (as in the Sicilian Defence). White then adopts a formation with pawns on c4 and e4 and Black curls up in a Hedgehog formation with pawns on a6, b6, d6 and e6.

These structures are important as they can arise from an extraordinary variety of openings including the Sicilian Defence, the English Opening and the Queen’s Indian Defence. Play is usually highly intricate with White hoping to exploit the natural space advantage while Black remains solid and looks to break out of his or her carapace with the classical thrusts …b7-b5 and …d7-d5.”

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Endgames often give rise to the most difficult and pivotal moments of a chess game. In Sharp Endgames, International Master Esben Lund tackles this crucial topic in a unique and innovative way, focusing on the 16 Parameters involved in this type of decision-making.

The book contains more than a hundred carefully chosen exercises, with solutions linked to the 16 Parameters. The feedback is concrete and gives the player a clear way to improve his or her understanding and skill. The exercises can be played out against a partner or engine; the book even contains a step-by-step guide explaining how to configure a chess engine for this purpose.”

 

 

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TWIC 1200 November 7-2017

Nov 10

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TWIC 1200 is now available. This issue features the EU Team Ch held in Greece.

Naiditsch-Rapport

Sicilian Kan(B42)

21st European Teams rd7

After 29.f3(Diagram)

Black is very active.

What do you recommend?

After 29.f3

Leko-Saric

Najdorf Sicilian 6.Be3 e5(B90)

21st European Teams Rd6

After 32..Kf7(Diagram)

White has a piece for two pawns but the Black pawn centre poses some technical conversion problems. Leko shows great technique and makes the win look easy.

What do you recommend?

After 32..Kf7

 

 

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European Team Chess Championship 2017 Rd9

Nov 6

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Women Rd9 Board Pairings

The ladies beat the Czech Republic 3-1.

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Round 9 on 2017/11/06 at 14:00
Bo. 11

Armenia

 Rtg – 1

Russia

 Rtg ½ :3½
1.1 GM
Danielian, Elina
2415 – GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2552 0 – 1
1.2 IM
Mkrtchian, Lilit
2390 – GM
Gunina, Valentina
2502 0 – 1
1.3 IM
Galojan, Lilit
2291 – WGM
Girya, Olga
2505 ½ – ½
1.4 WIM
Gevorgyan, Maria
2262 – WGM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
2478 0 – 1
Bo. 2

Georgia

 Rtg – 15

Italy

 Rtg 3½: ½
2.1 GM
Dzagnidze, Nana
2520 – IM
Zimina, Olga
2394 ½ – ½
2.2 IM
Batsiashvili, Nino
2472 – IM
Sedina, Elena
2288 1 – 0
2.3 GM
Khotenashvili, Bela
2459 – FM
Di Benedetto, Desiree
2190 1 – 0
2.4 IM
Melia, Salome
2412 – WFM
Gueci, Tea
2161 1 – 0
Bo. 9

Romania

 Rtg – 4

Poland

 Rtg 3 : 1
3.1 IM
Bulmaga, Irina
2423 – GM
Socko, Monika
2479 1 – 0
3.2 IM
Peptan, Corina-Isabela
2399 – WGM
Zawadzka, Jolanta
2422 1 – 0
3.3 WGM
Cosma, Elena-Luminita
2333 – IM
Szczepkowska, Karina
2406 0 – 1
3.4 WGM
Sandu, Mihaela
2278 – WGM
Kulon, Klaudia
2358 1 – 0
Bo. 10

Turkey

 Rtg – 3

Ukraine

 Rtg 0 : 4
4.1 IM
Atalik, Ekaterina
2468 – GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2576 0 – 1
4.2 WGM
Yildiz Kadioglu, Betul Cemre
2350 – GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2426 0 – 1
4.3 WGM
Ozturk, Kubra
2364 – IM
Gaponenko, Inna
2433 0 – 1
4.4 WFM
Arda, Cagil Irmak
2040 – IM
Osmak, Iulija
2339 0 – 1
Bo. 14

Netherlands

 Rtg – 13

Israel

 Rtg 1½:2½
5.1 GM
Peng, Zhaoqin
2362 – IM
Shvayger, Yuliya
2442 0 – 1
5.2 WGM
Haast, Anne
2288 – WGM
Efroimski, Marsel
2329 1 – 0
5.3 IM
Lanchava, Tea
2314 – IM
Klinova, Masha
2289 ½ – ½
5.4 WGM
Paulet, Iozefina
2281 – WIM
Gutmakher, Olga
2226 0 – 1
Bo. 8

Azerbaijan

 Rtg – 19

Serbia

 Rtg 2½:1½
6.1 WGM
Mammadzada, Gunay
2393 – WGM
Rapport, Jovana
2327 ½ – ½
6.2 WGM
Mamedjarova, Zeinab
2298 – WIM
Eric, Jovana
2257 1 – 0
6.3 WGM
Fataliyeva, Ulviyya
2348 – WFM
Injac, Teodora
2244 ½ – ½
6.4 WFM
Balajayeva, Khanim
2319 – WFM
Gajcin, Marina
2135 ½ – ½
Bo. 12

Spain

 Rtg – 25

Austria

 Rtg 4 : 0
7.1 IM
Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina
2405 – WIM
Newrkla, Katharina
2170 1 – 0
7.2 FM
Garcia Martin, Marta
2315 – WFM
Teuschler, Barbara
2228 1 – 0
7.3 IM
Matnadze, Ana
2368 – WIM
Exler, Veronika
2118 1 – 0
7.4 WGM
Delgado Crespo, Mairelys
2260 – WFM
Novkovic, Julia
2111 1 – 0
Bo. 7
 

  Hungary

 Rtg – 16
 

  Czech Republic

 Rtg 3 : 1
8.1 GM
 
 Hoang, Thanh Trang
2438 – WGM
 
 Worek, Joanna
2299 1 – 0
8.2 IM
 
 Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2364 – WIM
 
 Havlikova, Kristyna
2272 1 – 0
8.3 IM
 
 Gara, Anita
2382 – WIM
 
 Olsarova, Karolina
2293 0 – 1
8.4 WGM
 
 Gara, Ticia
2317 –  
 
 Novosadova, Kristyna
2184 1 – 0
Bo. 17

Greece 1

 Rtg – 18

Belarus

 Rtg 2½:1½
9.1 WGM
Botsari, Anna-Maria
2287 – IM
Ziaziulkina, Nastassia
2369 ½ – ½
9.2 WGM
Tsolakidou, Stavroula
2340 – WIM
Badelka, Olga
2353 ½ – ½
9.3 WIM
Pavlidou, Ekaterini
2198 – FM
Stetsko, Lanita
2254 1 – 0
9.4 FM
Avramidou, Anastasia
2257 –
Ilyuchyk, Yana
1992 ½ – ½
Bo. 5

Germany

 Rtg – 6

France

 Rtg 2½:1½
10.1 IM
Paehtz, Elisabeth
2453 – GM
Sebag, Marie
2495 ½ – ½
10.2 WIM
Heinemann, Josefine
2269 – IM
Milliet, Sophie
2377 0 – 1
10.3 WGM
Hoolt, Sarah
2423 – IM
Collas, Silvia
2288 1 – 0
10.4 WGM
Michna, Marta
2376 – WGM
Guichard, Pauline
2285 1 – 0
Bo. 23

England

 Rtg – 24

Lithuania

 Rtg 0 : 4
11.1 IM
Houska, Jovanka
2393 – IM
Cornette, Deimante
2404 0 – 1
11.2 IM
Ciuksyte, Dagne
2318 – WIM
Zaksaite, Salomeja
2272 0 – 1
11.3 FM
Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya
2026 – WIM
Kiseleva, Simona
2241 0 – 1
11.4 WFM
Bhatia, Kanwal K
2080 –
Gailiunaite, Saule
1838 0 – 1
Bo. 29

Belgium

 Rtg – 26

Switzerland

 Rtg 1½:2½
12.1 WFM
Goossens, Hanne
2188 – WFM
Georgescu, Lena
2130 ½ – ½
12.2 WFM
Vanhuyse, Nele
2061 – WFM
De Seroux, Camille
2163 0 – 1
12.3
Barbier, Astrid
1815 – WFM
Stoeri, Laura
2150 0 – 1
12.4 WCM
Vanduyfhuys, Daria
1737 –
Heinatz, Maria
1955 1 – 0
Bo. 21

Slovakia

 Rtg – 20

Slovenia

 Rtg 2 : 2
13.1 IM
Repkova, Eva
2323 – WIM
Unuk, Laura
2363 0 – 1
13.2 WGM
Cibickova, Zuzana
2290 – WGM
Krivec, Jana
2270 1 – 0
13.3 WFM
Vrbova, Niki
2188 – WFM
Janzelj, Lara
2192 1 – 0
13.4 WFM
Motycakova, Monika
2143 – WFM
Vidic, Teja
2159 0 – 1
Bo. 30

FYROM

 Rtg – 27

Greece 2

 Rtg 3 : 1
14.1 WFM
Stojkovska, Monika
2088 –
Makka, Evanthia
2095 1 – 0
14.2
Nikolovska, Dragana
1854 –
Serefidou, Despina
1965 ½ – ½
14.3
Bejatovic, Bojana
2035 –
Skaraki, Antigoni
1992 ½ – ½
14.4 WIM
Koskoska, Gabriela
2018 –
Vozinaki, Anthi – Maria
1989 1 – 0
Bo. 22

Croatia

 Rtg – 32

Finland

 Rtg 4 : 0
15.1 WGM
Golubenko, Valentina
2291 – WCM
Nazarova, Anastasia
1997 1 – 0
15.2 WIM
Franciskovic, Borka
2242 –
Dannenberg, Alia
1975 1 – 0
15.3 WFM
Purgar, Ivona
2200 – WFM
Puuska, Heini
1947 1 – 0
15.4 WIM
Berke, Ana
2154 –
Rinne, Heini
1765 1 – 0
Bo. 31

Montenegro

 Rtg – 28

Norway

 Rtg 1½:2½
16.1 WIM
Milovic, Aleksandra
2191 – WIM
Sahl, Sheila Barth
2180 ½ – ½
16.2 WIM
Stojanovic, Marija R
2102 –
Machlik, Monika
2037 1 – 0
16.3
Koljevic, Nikolina
1837 –
Machlik, Edit
2030 0 – 1
16.4
Rakic, Tijana
1508 –
Kyrkjebo, Hanna B.
1996 0 – 1

Women’s rd9 Games

Hoang-Worek

Colle-Zukertort

After 26..Rf7(Diagram)

White built up a nice attack on the kingside. Now it is time for the kill.

After 26..Rf7

Rank after Round 9

Rk. SNo FED Team Games   +   =   –  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5
1 1 RUS Russia 9 8 1 0 17 258,0 25,5 182,0 171,75
2 2 GEO Georgia 9 7 0 2 14 251,0 25,5 181,5 135,50
3 3 UKR Ukraine 9 6 1 2 13 223,5 23,0 179,5 118,25
4 4 POL Poland 9 4 4 1 12 216,0 20,5 196,0 130,50
5 9 ROU Romania 9 5 2 2 12 175,5 21,0 169,0 110,25
6 12 ESP Spain 9 5 1 3 11 197,5 21,0 179,5 95,25
7 13 ISR Israel 9 5 1 3 11 169,0 22,0 155,0 89,75
8 8 AZE Azerbaijan 9 4 3 2 11 163,5 19,5 169,0 102,75
9 11 ARM Armenia 9 5 1 3 11 147,5 18,0 184,0 99,50
10 15 ITA Italy 9 4 2 3 10 162,5 19,5 174,0 80,25
11 17 GRE Greece 1 9 5 0 4 10 155,0 19,0 165,5 85,50
12 7 HUN Hungary 9 5 0 4 10 150,0 19,0 176,5 91,50
13 10 TUR Turkey 9 5 0 4 10 113,0 15,5 179,0 90,00
14 14 NED Netherlands 9 4 1 4 9 145,0 18,5 166,0 81,50
15 19 SRB Serbia 9 4 1 4 9 145,0 18,0 161,0 72,25
16 5 GER Germany 9 3 3 3 9 140,5 19,5 167,5 77,75
17 24 LTU Lithuania 9 3 3 3 9 139,0 20,0 155,0 70,75
18 26 SUI Switzerland 9 3 3 3 9 100,0 16,0 154,0 70,25
19 25 AUT Austria 9 4 1 4 9 89,5 16,5 140,0 63,25
20 18 BLR Belarus 9 3 2 4 8 159,0 18,5 177,0 73,75
21 16 CZE Czech Republic 9 3 2 4 8 156,0 20,0 154,5 58,75
22 6 FRA France 9 4 0 5 8 136,5 16,5 180,5 77,50
23 30 MKD FYROM 9 3 2 4 8 77,5 15,5 145,5 49,00
24 20 SLO Slovenia 9 2 3 4 7 124,0 19,0 147,0 51,50
25 22 CRO Croatia 9 2 3 4 7 112,0 17,5 145,5 51,00
26 23 ENG England 9 2 3 4 7 99,0 14,5 158,0 57,50
27 21 SVK Slovakia 9 2 3 4 7 96,0 18,5 135,0 42,50
28 28 NOR Norway 9 3 1 5 7 72,5 13,5 150,0 42,50
29 29 BEL Belgium 9 2 2 5 6 75,0 13,5 147,0 39,50
30 27 GRE Greece 2 9 1 2 6 4 62,0 13,0 133,0 21,00
31 32 FIN Finland 9 1 1 7 3 54,0 8,5 142,5 23,00
32 31 MNE Montenegro 9 1 0 8 2 52,0 10,0 134,5 8,50

Open

The men woke up and smashed England 3,5-0,5.

Bo. 4
 

  England

 Rtg – 7
 

  Hungary

 Rtg ½ :3½
4.1 GM
 
 Adams, Michael
2727 – GM
 
 Leko, Peter
2679 ½ – ½
4.2 GM
 
 Howell, David W L
2698 – GM
 
 Rapport, Richard
2686 0 – 1
4.3 GM
 
 Jones, Gawain C B
2662 – GM
 
 Almasi, Zoltan
2707 0 – 1
4.4 GM
 
 Mcshane, Luke J
2647 – GM
 
 Berkes, Ferenc
2661 0 – 1

Open rd9 Games

Here is a great game with no flashy tactical blows. The modest London System strikes again.

Berkes-McShane

Caro-Kann via London System(B13)

After 22..Bb8(Diagram)

White has a nice kingside buildup.

How would you continue? (Hint: find the attacking plan)

After 22..Bb8

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk. SNo FED Team Games   +   =   –  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5
1 2 AZE
Azerbaijan 9 6 2 1 14 230,0 25,0 174,0 136,25
2 1 RUS
Russia 9 7 0 2 14 217,5 22,0 185,5 138,00
3 3 UKR
Ukraine 9 6 1 2 13 210,0 23,0 172,0 120,00
4 14 CRO
Croatia 9 6 1 2 13 170,0 18,5 177,0 123,00
5 7 HUN
 
 Hungary 9 5 2 2 12 233,0 22,5 184,0 116,50
6 5 ISR
Israel 9 5 2 2 12 172,0 20,0 173,5 114,50
7 20 ROU
Romania 9 5 2 2 12 166,5 20,5 175,5 110,50
8 9 GER
Germany 9 4 3 2 11 208,5 21,0 171,0 102,00
9 10 NED
Netherlands 9 5 1 3 11 180,5 20,0 179,5 109,25
10 8 POL
Poland 9 4 3 2 11 180,0 20,5 173,5 102,50
11 18 TUR
Turkey 9 5 1 3 11 170,0 19,5 168,5 101,00
12 6 ARM
Armenia 9 3 4 2 10 179,0 19,0 186,0 99,00
13 15 ESP
Spain 9 3 4 2 10 162,5 19,5 175,0 94,00
14 11 CZE
Czech Republic 9 4 2 3 10 152,0 19,0 174,5 89,00
15 22 ITA
Italy 9 4 2 3 10 150,5 16,5 181,0 99,50
16 4 ENG
England 9 3 4 2 10 147,5 18,0 171,5 92,00
17 28 SVK
Slovakia 9 3 4 2 10 126,5 18,0 162,0 86,75
18 16 BLR
Belarus 9 4 1 4 9 169,5 20,0 170,0 78,50
19 13 GEO
Georgia 9 4 1 4 9 160,5 19,0 165,5 77,25
20 12 FRA
France 9 4 1 4 9 154,0 18,5 174,0 82,25
21 21 SLO
Slovenia 9 4 1 4 9 149,0 19,5 165,0 74,75
22 17 SRB
Serbia 9 3 3 3 9 147,5 20,5 154,5 71,00
23 25 NOR
Norway 9 4 1 4 9 135,5 18,5 149,5 72,50
24 23 AUT
Austria 9 4 1 4 9 102,0 15,5 173,0 76,00
25 19 GRE
Greece 1 9 4 0 5 8 148,0 20,0 149,0 54,00
26 29 GRE
Greece 2 9 2 4 3 8 128,0 17,0 156,5 63,75
27 27 ISL
Iceland 9 4 0 5 8 119,0 18,0 157,0 59,00
28 33 MKD
FYROM 9 3 2 4 8 116,0 18,5 138,5 59,25
29 24 MDA
Moldova 9 3 2 4 8 112,5 17,0 153,0 56,50
30 26 SUI
Switzerland 9 3 2 4 8 111,0 18,0 148,0 62,00
31 32 FIN
Finland 9 3 1 5 7 106,0 14,0 164,5 63,25
32 30 MNE
Montenegro 9 3 1 5 7 79,0 16,5 141,5 41,00
33 39 GRE
Greece – Crete 9 2 3 4 7 76,5 13,5 147,5 50,50
34 31 DEN
Denmark 9 3 0 6 6 103,0 16,5 144,0 38,50
35 34 POR
Portugal 9 3 0 6 6 83,0 14,0 149,0 36,50
36 35 FAI
Faroe Islands 9 2 2 5 6 80,5 14,5 143,0 39,25
37 36 BEL
Belgium 9 2 1 6 5 83,5 15,0 135,5 31,25
38 40 SCO
Scotland 9 2 1 6 5 57,5 11,0 144,0 36,25
39 37 ALB
Albania 9 2 0 7 4 60,0 12,0 140,5 21,50
40 38 KOS
Kosovo* 9 1 0 8 2 56,0 10,5 133,0 15,00

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European Team Chess Championship 2017 Rd8

Nov 5

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Women Board Pairings

Hungary beat Croatia 3,5-0,5 as the rating differential would predict.

Gara,A played a nice attacking game.

Gara,T showed some determination and ground out a long rook endgame.

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Round 8 on 2017/11/05 at 15:00
Bo. 10 Turkey Rtg – 1 Russia Rtg 0 : 4
1.1 IM
Atalik, Ekaterina
2468 – GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2552 0 – 1
1.2 WGM
Yildiz Kadioglu, Betul Cemre
2350 – GM
Lagno, Kateryna
2541 0 – 1
1.3 WGM
Ozturk, Kubra
2364 – GM
Gunina, Valentina
2502 0 – 1
1.4 WIM
Isgandarova, Khayala
2242 – WGM
Girya, Olga
2505 0 – 1
Bo. 4 Poland Rtg – 2 Georgia Rtg 3 : 1
2.1 GM
Socko, Monika
2479 – GM
Dzagnidze, Nana
2520 ½ – ½
2.2 WGM
Zawadzka, Jolanta
2422 – IM
Batsiashvili, Nino
2472 1 – 0
2.3 IM
Szczepkowska, Karina
2406 – IM
Javakhishvili, Lela
2438 1 – 0
2.4 WGM
Kulon, Klaudia
2358 – IM
Melia, Salome
2412 ½ – ½
Bo. 15 Italy Rtg – 9 Romania Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 IM
Zimina, Olga
2394 – IM
Bulmaga, Irina
2423 ½ – ½
3.2 FM
Brunello, Marina
2353 – IM
Peptan, Corina-Isabela
2399 0 – 1
3.3 IM
Sedina, Elena
2288 – WGM
Cosma, Elena-Luminita
2333 ½ – ½
3.4 WFM
Gueci, Tea
2161 – IM
L’ami, Alina
2286 1 – 0
Bo. 3 Ukraine Rtg – 12 Spain Rtg 2½:1½
4.1 GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2576 – IM
Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina
2405 ½ – ½
4.2 GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2426 – FM
Garcia Martin, Marta
2315 1 – 0
4.3 GM
Ushenina, Anna
2445 – IM
Matnadze, Ana
2368 0 – 1
4.4 IM
Gaponenko, Inna
2433 – WGM
Delgado Crespo, Mairelys
2260 1 – 0
Bo. 16 Czech Republic Rtg – 11 Armenia Rtg 1½:2½
5.1 WGM
Worek, Joanna
2299 – GM
Danielian, Elina
2415 0 – 1
5.2 WIM
Olsarova, Karolina
2293 – IM
Mkrtchian, Lilit
2390 ½ – ½
5.3 WGM
Rodshtein, Tereza
2233 – IM
Galojan, Lilit
2291 0 – 1
5.4
Novosadova, Kristyna
2184 – WGM
Kursova, Maria
2259 1 – 0
Bo. 19 Serbia Rtg – 14 Netherlands Rtg 2 : 2
6.1 WIM
Eric, Jovana
2257 – GM
Peng, Zhaoqin
2362 ½ – ½
6.2 WIM
Zarkovic, Mila
2241 – WGM
Haast, Anne
2288 0 – 1
6.3 WFM
Injac, Teodora
2244 – WGM
Paulet, Iozefina
2281 ½ – ½
6.4 WFM
Gajcin, Marina
2135 – FM
Kazarian, Anna-Maja
2191 1 – 0
Bo. 6 France Rtg – 8 Azerbaijan Rtg 1 : 3
7.1 GM
Sebag, Marie
2495 – WGM
Mammadzada, Gunay
2393 ½ – ½
7.2 IM
Skripchenko, Almira
2399 – WGM
Mamedjarova, Zeinab
2298 0 – 1
7.3 IM
Collas, Silvia
2288 – WGM
Fataliyeva, Ulviyya
2348 0 – 1
7.4 WGM
Guichard, Pauline
2285 – IM
Mammadova, Gulnar
2385 ½ – ½
Bo. 26 Switzerland Rtg – 13 Israel Rtg 0 : 4
8.1 WFM
Georgescu, Lena
2130 – IM
Shvayger, Yuliya
2442 0 – 1
8.2 WFM
De Seroux, Camille
2163 – WGM
Efroimski, Marsel
2329 0 – 1
8.3 WFM
Stoeri, Laura
2150 – IM
Klinova, Masha
2289 0 – 1
8.4
Heinatz, Maria
1955 – WIM
Gutmakher, Olga
2226 0 – 1
Bo. 23 England Rtg – 25 Austria Rtg 1½:2½
9.1 IM
Houska, Jovanka
2393 – WFM
Teuschler, Barbara
2228 1 – 0
9.2 WIM
Maroroa, Sue
2077 – WIM
Exler, Veronika
2118 0 – 1
9.3 FM
Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya
2026 – WFM
Schnegg, Anna-Lena
2114 ½ – ½
9.4 WFM
Bhatia, Kanwal K
2080 – WFM
Novkovic, Julia
2111 0 – 1
Bo. 20 Slovenia Rtg – 18 Belarus Rtg 1½:2½
10.1 WIM
Unuk, Laura
2363 – IM
Ziaziulkina, Nastassia
2369 0 – 1
10.2 WGM
Krivec, Jana
2270 – WIM
Badelka, Olga
2353 ½ – ½
10.3 WGM
Kaps, Darja
2196 – FM
Stetsko, Lanita
2254 0 – 1
10.4 WFM
Vidic, Teja
2159 – WFM
Revo, Tatiana
2097 1 – 0
Bo. 24 Lithuania Rtg – 5 Germany Rtg 2 : 2
11.1 IM
Cornette, Deimante
2404 – IM
Paehtz, Elisabeth
2453 1 – 0
11.2 WIM
Zaksaite, Salomeja
2272 – WGM
Hoolt, Sarah
2423 0 – 1
11.3 WIM
Kiseleva, Simona
2241 – WGM
Michna, Marta
2376 0 – 1
11.4
Gailiunaite, Saule
1838 – WGM
Levushkina, Elena
2309 1 – 0
Bo. 7 Hungary Rtg – 22 Croatia Rtg 3½: ½
12.1 GM
 
 Hoang, Thanh Trang
2438 – WGM
 
 Golubenko, Valentina
2291 1 – 0
12.2 WGM
 
 Papp, Petra
2326 – WIM
 
 Franciskovic, Borka
2242 ½ – ½
12.3 IM
 
 Gara, Anita
2382 – WFM
 
 Purgar, Ivona
2200 1 – 0
12.4 WGM
 
 Gara, Ticia
2317 – FM
 
 Cvitan, Ena
2165 1 – 0
Bo. 28 Norway Rtg – 17 Greece 1 Rtg ½ :3½
13.1 WIM
Sahl, Sheila Barth
2180 – WGM
Tsolakidou, Stavroula
2340 0 – 1
13.2
Machlik, Edit
2030 – WIM
Pavlidou, Ekaterini
2198 ½ – ½
13.3
Kyrkjebo, Hanna B.
1996 – FM
Avramidou, Anastasia
2257 0 – 1
13.4 WFM
Rodsmoen, Maud
1972 – WFM
Markantonaki, Haritomeni
2192 0 – 1
Bo. 27 Greece 2 Rtg – 29 Belgium Rtg 1½:2½
14.1 WIM
Makka, Ioulia
2182 – WFM
Goossens, Hanne
2188 0 – 1
14.2
Serefidou, Despina
1965 – WFM
Vanhuyse, Nele
2061 0 – 1
14.3
Skaraki, Antigoni
1992 –
Barbier, Wiebke
2013 1 – 0
14.4
Vozinaki, Anthi – Maria
1989 –
Barbier, Astrid
1815 ½ – ½
Bo. 32 Finland Rtg – 30 FYROM Rtg ½ :3½
15.1 WCM
Nazarova, Anastasia
1997 – WFM
Stojkovska, Monika
2088 0 – 1
15.2
Dannenberg, Alia
1975 –
Nikolovska, Dragana
1854 0 – 1
15.3 WFM
Puuska, Heini
1947 –
Bejatovic, Bojana
2035 ½ – ½
15.4
Rinne, Heini
1765 – WIM
Koskoska, Gabriela
2018 0 – 1
Bo. 21 Slovakia Rtg – 31 Montenegro Rtg 3½: ½
16.1 IM
Repkova, Eva
2323 – WIM
Stojanovic, Marija R
2102 ½ – ½
16.2 WGM
Cibickova, Zuzana
2290 –
Koljevic, Nikolina
1837 1 – 0
16.3 WFM
Vrbova, Niki
2188 –
Delevic, Nina
1745 1 – 0
16.4 WFM
Motycakova, Monika
2143 –
Rakic, Tijana
1508 1 – 0

Women Rank after Round 8

Hungary is not having a great tournament so far, performing well below their initial 7th place seeding.

Rk. SNo FED Team Games   +   =   –  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5
1 1 RUS Russia 8 7 1 0 15 198,5 22,0 147,5 137,75
2 2 GEO Georgia 8 6 0 2 12 194,0 22,0 143,0 101,50
3 4 POL Poland 8 4 4 0 12 174,0 19,5 152,5 114,00
4 3 UKR Ukraine 8 5 1 2 11 166,5 19,0 145,5 91,75
5 11 ARM Armenia 8 5 1 2 11 122,0 17,5 139,0 89,00
6 15 ITA Italy 8 4 2 2 10 141,5 19,0 132,5 72,25
7 9 ROU Romania 8 4 2 2 10 125,5 18,0 133,0 81,25
8 10 TUR Turkey 8 5 0 3 10 106,0 15,5 139,5 81,50
9 12 ESP Spain 8 4 1 3 9 149,5 17,0 144,0 71,25
10 13 ISR Israel 8 4 1 3 9 133,5 19,5 120,5 62,25
11 8 AZE Azerbaijan 8 3 3 2 9 121,0 17,0 133,0 74,75
12 14 NED Netherlands 8 4 1 3 9 114,5 17,0 130,0 70,25
13 19 SRB Serbia 8 4 1 3 9 112,5 16,5 125,0 63,50
14 25 AUT Austria 8 4 1 3 9 78,5 16,5 104,5 54,75
15 18 BLR Belarus 8 3 2 3 8 131,0 17,0 139,0 67,00
16 17 GRE Greece 1 8 4 0 4 8 123,5 16,5 133,5 60,00
17 16 CZE Czech Republic 8 3 2 3 8 121,0 19,0 121,5 51,25
18 7 HUN Hungary 8 4 0 4 8 106,5 16,0 136,5 61,00
19 6 FRA France 8 4 0 4 8 97,5 15,0 140,0 66,50
20 5 GER Germany 8 2 3 3 7 106,5 17,0 135,0 54,50
21 24 LTU Lithuania 8 2 3 3 7 92,0 16,0 121,5 48,25
22 23 ENG England 8 2 3 3 7 86,5 14,5 123,5 51,50
23 26 SUI Switzerland 8 2 3 3 7 76,5 13,5 126,0 49,75
24 20 SLO Slovenia 8 2 2 4 6 109,0 17,0 118,0 37,00
25 21 SVK Slovakia 8 2 2 4 6 73,0 16,5 103,5 29,25
26 30 MKD FYROM 8 2 2 4 6 62,5 12,5 120,0 33,50
27 29 BEL Belgium 8 2 2 4 6 56,5 12,0 118,0 36,00
28 22 CRO Croatia 8 1 3 4 5 88,5 13,5 119,5 36,50
29 28 NOR Norway 8 2 1 5 5 53,0 11,0 123,0 28,00
30 27 GRE Greece 2 8 1 2 5 4 48,0 12,0 105,0 18,25
31 32 FIN Finland 8 1 1 6 3 50,0 8,5 112,5 22,50
32 31 MNE Montenegro 8 1 0 7 2 35,0 8,5 110,5 8,50

Open Board Pairings

A narrow loss for the men against Ukraine 2,5-1,5.

Almasi had a nice position on the black side of  a topical Berlin Defence but lost control and went down quickly.

Round 8 on 2017/11/05 at 15:00
Bo. 1 Russia Rtg – 2 Azerbaijan Rtg 1 : 3
1.1 GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2785 – GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2791 0 – 1
1.2 GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2733 – GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2741 0 – 1
1.3 GM
Matlakov, Maxim
2730 – GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2702 1 – 0
1.4 GM
Dubov, Daniil
2677 – GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2678 0 – 1
Bo. 7 Hungary Rtg – 3 Ukraine Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 GM
 
 Leko, Peter
2679 – GM
 
 Eljanov, Pavel
2720 ½ – ½
2.2 GM
 
 Erdos, Viktor
2624 – GM
 
 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2692 ½ – ½
2.3 GM
 
 Rapport, Richard
2686 – GM
 
 Ponomariov, Ruslan
2687 ½ – ½
2.4 GM
 
 Almasi, Zoltan
2707 – GM
 
 Kravtsiv, Martyn
2677 0 – 1
Bo. 5 Israel Rtg – 9 Germany Rtg 1 : 3
3.1 GM
Gelfand, Boris
2737 – GM
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
2672 ½ – ½
3.2 GM
Rodshtein, Maxim
2699 – GM
Meier, Georg
2655 0 – 1
3.3 GM
Sutovsky, Emil
2683 – GM
Fridman, Daniel
2626 ½ – ½
3.4 GM
Smirin, Ilia
2635 – GM
Svane, Rasmus
2595 0 – 1
Bo. 10 Netherlands Rtg – 18 Turkey Rtg 1½:2½
4.1 GM
Giri, Anish
2762 – GM
Solak, Dragan
2626 ½ – ½
4.2 GM
Bok, Benjamin
2611 – GM
Yilmaz, Mustafa
2633 ½ – ½
4.3 GM
Sokolov, Ivan
2603 – GM
Can, Emre
2604 0 – 1
4.4 GM
Van Foreest, Jorden
2609 – GM
Sanal, Vahap
2549 ½ – ½
Bo. 12 France Rtg – 14 Croatia Rtg 1½:2½
5.1 GM
Bauer, Christian
2647 – GM
Saric, Ivan
2662 1 – 0
5.2 GM
Gharamian, Tigran
2626 – GM
Bosiocic, Marin
2619 0 – 1
5.3 GM
Fressinet, Laurent
2657 – GM
Stevic, Hrvoje
2616 ½ – ½
5.4 GM
Maze, Sebastien
2614 – GM
Martinovic, Sasa
2565 0 – 1
Bo. 20 Romania Rtg – 17 Serbia Rtg 2½:1½
6.1 GM
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian
2616 – GM
Markus, Robert
2644 1 – 0
6.2 GM
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel
2560 – GM
Ivanisevic, Ivan
2593 ½ – ½
6.3 GM
Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula
2563 – GM
Indjic, Aleksandar
2591 ½ – ½
6.4 GM
Nevednichy, Vladislav
2524 – GM
Sedlak, Nikola
2547 ½ – ½
Bo. 19 Greece 1 Rtg – 4 England Rtg 1½:2½
7.1 GM
Papaioannou, Ioannis
2652 – GM
Adams, Michael
2727 ½ – ½
7.2 GM
Banikas, Hristos
2584 – GM
Short, Nigel D
2698 ½ – ½
7.3 GM
Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios
2571 – GM
Howell, David W L
2698 ½ – ½
7.4 GM
Pavlidis, Antonios
2546 – GM
Jones, Gawain C B
2662 0 – 1
Bo. 6 Armenia Rtg – 8 Poland Rtg 2 : 2
8.1 GM
Aronian, Levon
2801 – GM
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
2737 ½ – ½
8.2 GM
Sargissian, Gabriel
2657 – GM
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
2706 ½ – ½
8.3 GM
Melkumyan, Hrant
2642 – GM
Piorun, Kacper
2640 0 – 1
8.4 GM
Gabuzyan, Hovhannes
2583 – GM
Tomczak, Jacek
2583 1 – 0
Bo. 13 Georgia Rtg – 15 Spain Rtg ½ :3½
9.1 GM
Jobava, Baadur
2705 – GM
Anton Guijarro, David
2651 ½ – ½
9.2 GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2604 – GM
Salgado Lopez, Ivan
2629 0 – 1
9.3 GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2586 – GM
Korneev, Oleg
2557 0 – 1
9.4 GM
Jojua, Davit
2591 – GM
Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos
2561 0 – 1
Bo. 23 Austria Rtg – 16 Belarus Rtg ½ :3½
10.1 GM
Ragger, Markus
2659 – GM
Zhigalko, Sergei
2638 ½ – ½
10.2 GM
Shengelia, David
2556 – GM
Kovalev, Vladislav
2636 0 – 1
10.3 IM
Schreiner, Peter
2480 – GM
Stupak, Kirill
2578 0 – 1
10.4 IM
Dragnev, Valentin
2466 – GM
Aleksandrov, Aleksej
2588 0 – 1
Bo. 11 Czech Republic Rtg – 22 Italy Rtg 2 : 2
11.1 GM
Navara, David
2726 – GM
Vocaturo, Daniele
2607 ½ – ½
11.2 GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2654 – GM
Brunello, Sabino
2555 1 – 0
11.3 GM
Hracek, Zbynek
2610 – GM
Godena, Michele
2489 0 – 1
11.4 GM
Plat, Vojtech
2551 – GM
Moroni, Luca Jr
2506 ½ – ½
Bo. 21 Slovenia Rtg – 32 Finland Rtg 3½: ½
12.1 GM
Lenic, Luka
2650 – GM
Nyback, Tomi
2572 1 – 0
12.2 GM
Pavasovic, Dusko
2548 – IM
Karttunen, Mika
2465 ½ – ½
12.3 GM
Sebenik, Matej
2534 – IM
Ebeling, Daniel
2465 1 – 0
12.4 GM
Skoberne, Jure
2544 – FM
Niemi, Kalle
2324 1 – 0
Bo. 26 Switzerland Rtg – 27 Iceland Rtg 2½:1½
13.1 GM
Pelletier, Yannick
2540 – GM
Steingrimsson, Hedinn
2576 1 – 0
13.2 GM
Bogner, Sebastian
2599 – GM
Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn
2567 0 – 1
13.3 GM
Georgiadis, Nico
2516 – GM
Stefansson, Hannes
2508 ½ – ½
13.4 GM
Jenni, Florian
2466 – IM
Kjartansson, Gudmundur
2456 1 – 0
Bo. 31 Denmark Rtg – 29 Greece 2 Rtg 1½:2½
14.1 GM
Rasmussen, Allan Stig
2542 – GM
Nikolaidis, Ioannis
2519 ½ – ½
14.2 IM
Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard
2479 – GM
Kelires, Andreas
2510 0 – 1
14.3 IM
Ochsner, Bjorn Moller
2458 – IM
Theodorou, Nikolas
2512 0 – 1
14.4 IM
Hansen, Mads
2393 – GM
Mastrovasilis, Athanasios
2488 1 – 0
Bo. 24 Moldova Rtg – 28 Slovakia Rtg 1½:2½
15.1 GM
Bologan, Victor
2615 – GM
Ftacnik, Lubomir
2546 1 – 0
15.2 GM
Svetushkin, Dmitry
2556 – GM
Markos, Jan
2559 0 – 1
15.3 IM
Morozov, Nichita
2467 – IM
Repka, Christopher
2470 0 – 1
15.4 FM
Macovei, Andrei
2328 – GM
Jurcik, Marian
2479 ½ – ½
Bo. 39 Greece – Crete Rtg – 35 Faroe Islands Rtg 2 : 2
16.1 FM
Hristodoulou, Panagiotis
2318 – FM
Nielsen, Hogni Egilstoft
2352 ½ – ½
16.2
Naoum, Spyridon
2295 – FM
Nielsen, Rogvi Egilstoft
2338 0 – 1
16.3
Anagnostopoulos, Konstantinos
2290 – IM
Rodgaard, John
2332 ½ – ½
16.4 FM
Papadopoulos, Argirios
2182 – IM
Nilssen, John Arni
2326 1 – 0
Bo. 25 Norway Rtg – 30 Montenegro Rtg 3 : 1
17.1 GM
Tari, Aryan
2578 – GM
Djukic, Nikola
2519 ½ – ½
17.2 GM
Salomon, Johan
2477 – GM
Blagojevic, Dragisa
2488 ½ – ½
17.3 IM
Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian
2462 – IM
Draskovic, Luka
2450 1 – 0
17.4 IM
Notkevich, Benjamin Arvola
2458 – IM
Kalezic, Blazo
2465 1 – 0
Bo. 36 Belgium Rtg – 33 FYROM Rtg ½ :3½
18.1 IM
Hovhannisyan, Mher
2466 – IM
Pancevski, Filip
2489 0 – 1
18.2 IM
Beukema, Stefan
2378 – GM
Nedev, Trajko
2479 0 – 1
18.3 IM
Claesen, Pieter
2316 – IM
Stojanovski, Dejan
2454 ½ – ½
18.4 FM
Dardha, Arben
2279 – FM
Nikolovski, Nikola
2420 0 – 1
Bo. 34 Portugal Rtg – 37 Albania Rtg 2½:1½
19.1 GM
Fernandes, Antonio
2442 – IM
Mehmeti, Dritan
2428 1 – 0
19.2 IM
Sousa, Andre Ventura
2405 –
Pasko, Llambi
2292 0 – 1
19.3 FM
Silva, Luis Neves Da
2355 – FM
Ashiku, Franc
2394 ½ – ½
19.4 IM
Martins, David Pires Tavares
2384 – IM
Seitaj, Ilir
2372 1 – 0
Bo. 38 Kosovo* Rtg – 40 Scotland Rtg 1½:2½
20.1 FM
Saraci, Nderim
2393 – FM
Tate, Alan
2366 ½ – ½
20.2 FM
Makolli, Perparim
2333 – FM
Morrison, Graham
2278 ½ – ½
20.3 FM
Ermeni, Avni
2247 – FM
Burnett, Andrew
2226 ½ – ½
20.4 IM
Sadiku, Bedri
2213 –
Grant, Jonathan I M
2179 0 – 1

Games from rd8

Gara,A-Purgar

After 21..Kh8(Diagram)

Black’s kingside looks rather loose and lacks defenders.

After 21..Kh8

Kravtsiv-Almasi,Z

After 29..gf(Diagram)

Black has the worse structure and his kingside is open.

After 29..gf

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European Team Chess Championship 2017 Rd7

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Women Board Pairings

The ladies ran into a brick wall and lost 3.5-0,5 to the Netherlands.

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Hungary left from Rd5

 

Round 7 on 2017/11/04 at 15:00
Bo. 1
 

  Russia

 Rtg – 15
 

  Italy

 Rtg 3 : 1
1.1 GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2552 – FM
Brunello, Marina
2353 1 – 0
1.2 GM
Lagno, Kateryna
2541 – IM
Sedina, Elena
2288 ½ – ½
1.3 GM
Gunina, Valentina
2502 – FM
Di Benedetto, Desiree
2190 1 – 0
1.4 WGM
Girya, Olga
2505 – WFM
Gueci, Tea
2161 ½ – ½
Bo. 12
 

  Spain

 Rtg – 2
 

  Georgia

 Rtg 0 : 4
2.1 IM
Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina
2405 – GM
Dzagnidze, Nana
2520 0 – 1
2.2 FM
Garcia Martin, Marta
2315 – IM
Batsiashvili, Nino
2472 0 – 1
2.3 IM
Matnadze, Ana
2368 – GM
Khotenashvili, Bela
2459 0 – 1
2.4 WGM
Calzetta Ruiz, Monica
2218 – IM
Melia, Salome
2412 0 – 1
Bo. 3
 

  Ukraine

 Rtg – 4
 

  Poland

 Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2576 – GM
Socko, Monika
2479 1 – 0
3.2 GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2426 – WGM
Zawadzka, Jolanta
2422 ½ – ½
3.3 GM
Ushenina, Anna
2445 – IM
Szczepkowska, Karina
2406 ½ – ½
3.4 IM
Osmak, Iulija
2339 – WGM
Kulon, Klaudia
2358 0 – 1
Bo. 9
 

  Romania

 Rtg – 11
 

  Armenia

 Rtg 2 : 2
4.1 IM
Bulmaga, Irina
2423 – GM
Danielian, Elina
2415 1 – 0
4.2 IM
Peptan, Corina-Isabela
2399 – IM
Mkrtchian, Lilit
2390 ½ – ½
4.3 WGM
Cosma, Elena-Luminita
2333 – IM
Galojan, Lilit
2291 ½ – ½
4.4 WGM
Sandu, Mihaela
2278 – WIM
Gevorgyan, Maria
2262 0 – 1
Bo. 6
 

  France

 Rtg – 10
 

  Turkey

 Rtg 1 : 3
5.1 GM
Sebag, Marie
2495 – IM
Atalik, Ekaterina
2468 ½ – ½
5.2 IM
Milliet, Sophie
2377 – WGM
Yildiz Kadioglu, Betul Cemre
2350 ½ – ½
5.3 IM
Collas, Silvia
2288 – WGM
Ozturk, Kubra
2364 0 – 1
5.4 WGM
Guichard, Pauline
2285 – WIM
Isgandarova, Khayala
2242 0 – 1
Bo. 16
 

  Czech Republic

 Rtg – 17
 

  Greece 1

 Rtg 3 : 1
6.1 WGM
Worek, Joanna
2299 – WGM
Botsari, Anna-Maria
2287 ½ – ½
6.2 WIM
Havlikova, Kristyna
2272 – WGM
Tsolakidou, Stavroula
2340 ½ – ½
6.3 WGM
Rodshtein, Tereza
2233 – FM
Avramidou, Anastasia
2257 1 – 0
6.4
Novosadova, Kristyna
2184 – WFM
Markantonaki, Haritomeni
2192 1 – 0
Bo. 18
 

  Belarus

 Rtg – 19
 

  Serbia

 Rtg 1½:2½
7.1 IM
Ziaziulkina, Nastassia
2369 – WGM
Rapport, Jovana
2327 1 – 0
7.2 WIM
Badelka, Olga
2353 – WIM
Eric, Jovana
2257 0 – 1
7.3 FM
Stetsko, Lanita
2254 – WFM
Injac, Teodora
2244 ½ – ½
7.4
Ilyuchyk, Yana
1992 – WFM
Gajcin, Marina
2135 0 – 1
Bo. 14
 

  Netherlands

 Rtg – 7
 

  Hungary

 Rtg 3½: ½
8.1 GM
 
 Peng, Zhaoqin
2362 – GM
 
 Hoang, Thanh Trang
2438 1 – 0
8.2 WGM
 
 Haast, Anne
2288 – IM
 
 Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2364 1 – 0
8.3 IM
 
 Lanchava, Tea
2314 – WGM
 
 Papp, Petra
2326 1 – 0
8.4 WGM
 
 Paulet, Iozefina
2281 – WGM
 
 Gara, Ticia
2317 ½ – ½
Bo. 8
 

  Azerbaijan

 Rtg – 23
 

  England

 Rtg 2 : 2
9.1 WGM
Mammadzada, Gunay
2393 – IM
Houska, Jovanka
2393 ½ – ½
9.2 WGM
Mamedjarova, Zeinab
2298 – IM
Ciuksyte, Dagne
2318 0 – 1
9.3 WGM
Fataliyeva, Ulviyya
2348 – WIM
Maroroa, Sue
2077 1 – 0
9.4 IM
Mammadova, Gulnar
2385 – WFM
Bhatia, Kanwal K
2080 ½ – ½
Bo. 20
 

  Slovenia

 Rtg – 26
 

  Switzerland

 Rtg 2 : 2
10.1 WIM
Unuk, Laura
2363 – WFM
Georgescu, Lena
2130 ½ – ½
10.2 WGM
Krivec, Jana
2270 – WIM
Heinatz, Dr. Gundula
2174 ½ – ½
10.3 WFM
Janzelj, Lara
2192 – WFM
De Seroux, Camille
2163 0 – 1
10.4 WFM
Vidic, Teja
2159 – WFM
Stoeri, Laura
2150 1 – 0
Bo. 25
 

  Austria

 Rtg – 22
 

  Croatia

 Rtg 2½:1½
11.1 WIM
Newrkla, Katharina
2170 – WGM
Golubenko, Valentina
2291 ½ – ½
11.2 WIM
Exler, Veronika
2118 – WIM
Franciskovic, Borka
2242 ½ – ½
11.3 WFM
Schnegg, Anna-Lena
2114 – WFM
Purgar, Ivona
2200 ½ – ½
11.4 WFM
Novkovic, Julia
2111 – FM
Cvitan, Ena
2165 1 – 0
Bo. 13
 

  Israel

 Rtg – 28
 

  Norway

 Rtg 3 : 1
12.1 IM
Shvayger, Yuliya
2442 –
Machlik, Monika
2037 1 – 0
12.2 WGM
Efroimski, Marsel
2329 –
Machlik, Edit
2030 1 – 0
12.3 IM
Klinova, Masha
2289 –
Kyrkjebo, Hanna B.
1996 ½ – ½
12.4 WFM
Lahav, Michal
2213 – WFM
Rodsmoen, Maud
1972 ½ – ½
Bo. 5
 

  Germany

 Rtg – 27
 

  Greece 2

 Rtg 4 : 0
13.1 IM
Paehtz, Elisabeth
2453 – WIM
Makka, Ioulia
2182 1 – 0
13.2 WIM
Heinemann, Josefine
2269 –
Makka, Evanthia
2095 1 – 0
13.3 WGM
Hoolt, Sarah
2423 –
Skaraki, Antigoni
1992 1 – 0
13.4 WGM
Michna, Marta
2376 –
Vozinaki, Anthi – Maria
1989 1 – 0
Bo. 30
 

  FYROM

 Rtg – 24
 

  Lithuania

 Rtg ½ :3½
14.1 WFM
Stojkovska, Monika
2088 – IM
Cornette, Deimante
2404 0 – 1
14.2
Nikolovska, Dragana
1854 – WIM
Zaksaite, Salomeja
2272 0 – 1
14.3
Bejatovic, Bojana
2035 – WIM
Kiseleva, Simona
2241 0 – 1
14.4 WIM
Koskoska, Gabriela
2018 –
Gailiunaite, Saule
1838 ½ – ½
Bo. 29
 

  Belgium

 Rtg – 21
 

  Slovakia

 Rtg 2 : 2
15.1 WFM
Goossens, Hanne
2188 – IM
Repkova, Eva
2323 1 – 0
15.2
Barbier, Wiebke
2013 – WGM
Cibickova, Zuzana
2290 0 – 1
15.3
Barbier, Astrid
1815 – WFM
Vrbova, Niki
2188 0 – 1
15.4 WCM
Vanduyfhuys, Daria
1737 – WFM
Vrtiakova, Anna
1994 1 – 0
Bo. 31
 

  Montenegro

 Rtg – 32
 

  Finland

 Rtg 3 : 1
16.1 WIM
Milovic, Aleksandra
2191 – WCM
Nazarova, Anastasia
1997 0 – 1
16.2 WIM
Stojanovic, Marija R
2102 –
Dannenberg, Alia
1975 1 – 0
16.3
Koljevic, Nikolina
1837 – WFM
Puuska, Heini
1947 1 – 0
16.4
Delevic, Nina
1745 – WFM
Walta, Paivi
1672 1 – 0

Open Board Pairings

Tough day for the men losing to Azerbaijan 3-1.

Round 7 on 2017/11/04 at 15:00
Bo. 2
 

  Azerbaijan

 Rtg – 7
 

  Hungary

 Rtg 3 : 1
1.1 GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2791 – GM
Leko, Peter
2679 ½ – ½
1.2 GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2741 – GM
Erdos, Viktor
2624 ½ – ½
1.3 GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2702 – GM
Rapport, Richard
2686 1 – 0
1.4 GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2678 – GM
Berkes, Ferenc
2661 1 – 0
Bo. 14
 

  Croatia

 Rtg – 1
 

  Russia

 Rtg 1 : 3
2.1 GM
Saric, Ivan
2662 – GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2785 ½ – ½
2.2 GM
Bosiocic, Marin
2619 – GM
Vitiugov, Nikita
2728 0 – 1
2.3 GM
Stevic, Hrvoje
2616 – GM
Matlakov, Maxim
2730 ½ – ½
2.4 GM
Jankovic, Alojzije
2575 – GM
Dubov, Daniil
2677 0 – 1

Open Rank after Round 7

Rk. SNo FED Team Games   +   =   –  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5
1 1 RUS Russia 7 6 0 1 12 128,5 18,0 106,0 88,50
2 2 AZE Azerbaijan 7 5 1 1 11 125,5 20,0 98,0 78,75
3 7 HUN Hungary 7 4 2 1 10 134,5 17,5 110,5 75,00
4 3 UKR Ukraine 7 5 0 2 10 118,5 18,5 98,5 67,00
5 5 ISR Israel 7 4 2 1 10 112,0 16,5 101,0 73,50
6 9 GER Germany 7 3 3 1 9 113,0 17,0 97,5 62,00
7 10 NED Netherlands 7 4 1 2 9 107,5 16,0 107,5 68,25
8 12 FRA France 7 4 1 2 9 103,0 16,0 105,5 63,25
9 14 CRO Croatia 7 4 1 2 9 100,5 13,5 112,0 69,00
10 18 TUR Turkey 7 4 1 2 9 95,0 15,5 104,0 65,50
11 6 ARM Armenia 7 3 2 2 8 110,5 15,0 115,0 62,50
12 8 POL Poland 7 3 2 2 8 110,0 15,5 107,5 58,00
13 20 ROU Romania 7 3 2 2 8 100,5 15,5 109,5 57,25
14 19 GRE Greece 1 7 4 0 3 8 98,0 17,0 88,0 43,00
15 15 ESP Spain 7 2 4 1 8 97,0 14,5 110,0 62,25
16 17 SRB Serbia 7 3 2 2 8 90,5 17,0 91,5 48,75
17 4 ENG England 7 2 4 1 8 83,0 15,0 94,5 52,25
18 13 GEO Georgia 7 3 1 3 7 97,0 16,0 98,0 43,75
19 11 CZE Czech Republic 7 3 1 3 7 97,0 14,5 113,0 50,50
20 16 BLR Belarus 7 3 1 3 7 96,0 15,0 104,5 47,50
21 21 SLO Slovenia 7 3 1 3 7 84,5 14,5 101,0 44,75
22 22 ITA Italy 7 3 1 3 7 82,5 12,0 114,5 55,50
23 32 FIN Finland 7 3 1 3 7 71,0 12,0 101,0 48,50
24 23 AUT Austria 7 3 1 3 7 54,0 12,5 103,0 41,00
25 29 GRE Greece 2 7 1 4 2 6 74,0 13,0 95,5 37,75
26 26 SUI Switzerland 7 2 2 3 6 67,5 14,0 89,0 34,00
27 24 MDA Moldova 7 2 2 3 6 66,5 12,0 101,0 37,50
28 28 SVK Slovakia 7 1 4 2 6 65,5 13,0 93,0 37,25
29 31 DEN Denmark 7 3 0 4 6 63,5 13,5 87,5 29,50
30 27 ISL Iceland 7 3 0 4 6 56,5 12,5 95,5 33,00
31 39 GRE Greece – Crete 7 2 2 3 6 36,5 10,5 86,5 31,75
32 25 NOR Norway 7 2 1 4 5 72,5 12,5 97,0 33,75
33 35 FAI Faroe Islands 7 2 1 4 5 44,5 12,5 78,5 24,00
34 30 MNE Montenegro 7 2 1 4 5 39,0 11,5 87,5 22,00
35 33 MKD FYROM 7 1 2 4 4 58,5 11,5 85,0 24,25
36 34 POR Portugal 7 2 0 5 4 57,5 11,0 91,5 20,50
37 37 ALB Albania 7 2 0 5 4 35,5 10,5 84,0 16,50
38 36 BEL Belgium 7 1 1 5 3 50,5 11,0 82,5 16,25
39 40 SCO Scotland 7 1 1 5 3 39,0 8,0 92,0 17,75
40 38 KOS Kosovo* 7 1 0 6 2 31,0 8,5 82,5 11,00

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European Team Chess Championship 2017 Rd6

Nov 3

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Open Board Pairings

Hungary was in crushing form and beat Croatia 3,5-0,5

Round 6 on 2017/11/03 at 15:00
Bo. 7
 

  Hungary

 Rtg – 14
 

  Croatia

 Rtg 3½: ½
1.1 GM
 
 Leko, Peter
2679 – GM
 
 Saric, Ivan
2662 1 – 0
1.2 GM
 
 Erdos, Viktor
2624 – GM
 
 Bosiocic, Marin
2619 ½ – ½
1.3 GM
 
 Almasi, Zoltan
2707 – GM
 
 Stevic, Hrvoje
2616 1 – 0
1.4 GM
 
 Berkes, Ferenc
2661 – GM
 
 Jankovic, Alojzije
2575 1 – 0
Bo. 8

Poland

 Rtg – 1

Russia

 Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 GM
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
2737 – GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2785 ½ – ½
2.2 GM
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
2706 – GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2733 0 – 1
2.3 GM
Piorun, Kacper
2640 – GM
Vitiugov, Nikita
2728 ½ – ½
2.4 GM
Tomczak, Jacek
2583 – GM
Matlakov, Maxim
2730 ½ – ½
Bo. 6

Armenia

 Rtg – 2

Azerbaijan

 Rtg 1½:2½
3.1 GM
Aronian, Levon
2801 – GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2791 1 – 0
3.2 GM
Movsesian, Sergei
2671 – GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2741 0 – 1
3.3 GM
Sargissian, Gabriel
2657 – GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2702 ½ – ½
3.4 GM
Melkumyan, Hrant
2642 – GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2678 0 – 1
Bo. 20

Romania

 Rtg – 5

Israel

 Rtg 2 : 2
4.1 GM
Lupulescu, Constantin
2620 – GM
Gelfand, Boris
2737 ½ – ½
4.2 GM
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel
2560 – GM
Rodshtein, Maxim
2699 0 – 1
4.3 GM
Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula
2563 – GM
Smirin, Ilia
2635 1 – 0
4.4 GM
Nevednichy, Vladislav
2524 – GM
Nabaty, Tamir
2661 ½ – ½
Bo. 3

Ukraine

 Rtg – 12

France

 Rtg 2½:1½
5.1 GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2720 – GM
Edouard, Romain
2607 1 – 0
5.2 GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2692 – GM
Gharamian, Tigran
2626 ½ – ½
5.3 GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2687 – GM
Fressinet, Laurent
2657 ½ – ½
5.4 GM
Kravtsiv, Martyn
2677 – GM
Maze, Sebastien
2614 ½ – ½
Bo. 9

Germany

 Rtg – 18

Turkey

 Rtg 2 : 2
6.1 GM
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
2672 – GM
Solak, Dragan
2626 ½ – ½
6.2 GM
Meier, Georg
2655 – GM
Yilmaz, Mustafa
2633 0 – 1
6.3 GM
Bluebaum, Matthias
2643 – GM
Sanal, Vahap
2549 ½ – ½
6.4 GM
Svane, Rasmus
2595 – IM
Yilmazyerli, Mert
2491 1 – 0
Bo. 16

Belarus

 Rtg – 4

England

 Rtg 2 : 2
7.1 GM
Zhigalko, Sergei
2638 – GM
Adams, Michael
2727 ½ – ½
7.2 GM
Kovalev, Vladislav
2636 – GM
Short, Nigel D
2698 0 – 1
7.3 GM
Stupak, Kirill
2578 – GM
Jones, Gawain C B
2662 1 – 0
7.4 GM
Fedorov, Alexei
2582 – GM
Mcshane, Luke J
2647 ½ – ½
Bo. 15

Spain

 Rtg – 21

Slovenia

 Rtg 2 : 2
8.1 GM
Anton Guijarro, David
2651 – GM
Lenic, Luka
2650 ½ – ½
8.2 GM
Salgado Lopez, Ivan
2629 – GM
Beliavsky, Alexander G
2547 1 – 0
8.3 GM
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel
2607 – GM
Pavasovic, Dusko
2548 ½ – ½
8.4 GM
Korneev, Oleg
2557 – GM
Sebenik, Matej
2534 0 – 1
Bo. 32

Finland

 Rtg – 17

Serbia

 Rtg 2 : 2
9.1 GM
Nyback, Tomi
2572 – GM
Markus, Robert
2644 1 – 0
9.2 IM
Karttunen, Mika
2465 – GM
Perunovic, Milos
2608 ½ – ½
9.3 IM
Ebeling, Daniel
2465 – GM
Indjic, Aleksandar
2591 ½ – ½
9.4 FM
Niemi, Kalle
2324 – GM
Sedlak, Nikola
2547 0 – 1
Bo. 13

Georgia

 Rtg – 22

Italy

 Rtg 3 : 1
10.1 GM
Jobava, Baadur
2705 – GM
Brunello, Sabino
2555 1 – 0
10.2 GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2586 – GM
Dvirnyy, Danyyil
2542 1 – 0
10.3 GM
Jojua, Davit
2591 – GM
Godena, Michele
2489 ½ – ½
10.4 GM
Paichadze, Luka
2580 – GM
Moroni, Luca Jr
2506 ½ – ½
Bo. 10

Netherlands

 Rtg – 11

Czech Republic

 Rtg 2½:1½
11.1 GM
Giri, Anish
2762 – GM
Navara, David
2726 ½ – ½
11.2 GM
L’ami, Erwin
2611 – GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2654 ½ – ½
11.3 GM
Bok, Benjamin
2611 – GM
Hracek, Zbynek
2610 ½ – ½
11.4 GM
Van Foreest, Jorden
2609 – GM
Stocek, Jiri
2581 1 – 0
Bo. 23

Austria

 Rtg – 19

Greece 1

 Rtg 1 : 3
12.1 GM
Ragger, Markus
2659 – GM
Papaioannou, Ioannis
2652 ½ – ½
12.2 GM
Shengelia, David
2556 – GM
Banikas, Hristos
2584 0 – 1
12.3 IM
Dragnev, Valentin
2466 – GM
Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios
2571 0 – 1
12.4 IM
Diermair, Andreas
2488 – GM
Pavlidis, Antonios
2546 ½ – ½
Bo. 26

Switzerland

 Rtg – 29

Greece 2

 Rtg 2 : 2
13.1 GM
Pelletier, Yannick
2540 – GM
Nikolaidis, Ioannis
2519 ½ – ½
13.2 GM
Bogner, Sebastian
2599 – GM
Kelires, Andreas
2510 ½ – ½
13.3 GM
Georgiadis, Nico
2516 – GM
Mastrovasilis, Athanasios
2488 ½ – ½
13.4 IM
Kurmann, Oliver
2481 – FM
Malikentzos, Sotirios
2434 ½ – ½
Bo. 31

Denmark

 Rtg – 34

Portugal

 Rtg 2½:1½
14.1 GM
Rasmussen, Allan Stig
2542 – IM
Ferreira, Jorge Viterbo
2499 1 – 0
14.2 IM
Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard
2479 – IM
Sousa, Andre Ventura
2405 ½ – ½
14.3 IM
Ochsner, Bjorn Moller
2458 – FM
Silva, Luis Neves Da
2355 1 – 0
14.4 IM
Hansen, Mads
2393 – IM
Martins, David Pires Tavares
2384 0 – 1
Bo. 27

Iceland

 Rtg – 33

FYROM

 Rtg 2½:1½
15.1 GM
Steingrimsson, Hedinn
2576 – IM
Pancevski, Filip
2489 1 – 0
15.2 GM
Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn
2567 – GM
Nedev, Trajko
2479 ½ – ½
15.3 GM
Stefansson, Hannes
2508 – FM
Nikolovski, Nikola
2420 0 – 1
15.4 IM
Kjartansson, Gudmundur
2456 – FM
Lazov, Toni
2331 1 – 0
Bo. 25

Norway

 Rtg – 28

Slovakia

 Rtg 3 : 1
16.1 GM
Tari, Aryan
2578 – GM
Ftacnik, Lubomir
2546 0 – 1
16.2 GM
Hammer, Jon Ludvig
2632 – GM
Markos, Jan
2559 1 – 0
16.3 GM
Salomon, Johan
2477 – IM
Repka, Christopher
2470 1 – 0
16.4 IM
Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian
2462 – IM
Mazur, Stefan
2460 1 – 0
Bo. 35

Faroe Islands

 Rtg – 24

Moldova

 Rtg 1½:2½
17.1 GM
Ziska, Helgi Dam
2545 – GM
Bologan, Victor
2615 ½ – ½
17.2 FM
Nielsen, Hogni Egilstoft
2352 – GM
Svetushkin, Dmitry
2556 0 – 1
17.3 FM
Nielsen, Rogvi Egilstoft
2338 – GM
Hamitevici, Vladimir
2519 1 – 0
17.4 IM
Rodgaard, John
2332 – IM
Morozov, Nichita
2467 0 – 1
Bo. 40

Scotland

 Rtg – 30

Montenegro

 Rtg 1 : 3
18.1 FM
Tate, Alan
2366 – GM
Djukic, Nikola
2519 0 – 1
18.2 FM
Morrison, Graham
2278 – GM
Kosic, Dragan
2493 ½ – ½
18.3 FM
Burnett, Andrew
2226 – IM
Draskovic, Luka
2450 ½ – ½
18.4
Grant, Jonathan I M
2179 – IM
Kalezic, Blazo
2465 0 – 1
Bo. 39

Greece – Crete

 Rtg – 38

Kosovo*

 Rtg 2½:1½
19.1 FM
Hristodoulou, Panagiotis
2318 – FM
Saraci, Nderim
2393 ½ – ½
19.2 FM
Vlahos, Kiriakos
2306 – FM
Makolli, Perparim
2333 0 – 1
19.3
Anagnostopoulos, Konstantinos
2290 – FM
Ermeni, Avni
2247 1 – 0
19.4 FM
Papadopoulos, Argirios
2182 – IM
Sadiku, Bedri
2213 1 – 0
Bo. 37

Albania

 Rtg – 36

Belgium

 Rtg 1 : 3
20.1 IM
Mehmeti, Dritan
2428 – IM
Hovhannisyan, Mher
2466 0 – 1
20.2
Pasko, Llambi
2292 – IM
Godart, Francois
2397 0 – 1
20.3 FM
Ashiku, Franc
2394 – IM
Beukema, Stefan
2378 0 – 1
20.4 IM
Seitaj, Ilir
2372 – FM
Dardha, Arben
2279 1 – 0

Women Board Pairings

The ladies lost to Armenia 3-1 in a match that looked favorable on paper.

Round 6 on 2017/11/03 at 15:00
Bo. 4

Poland

 Rtg – 1

Russia

 Rtg 2 : 2
1.1 GM
Socko, Monika
2479 – GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2552 ½ – ½
1.2 WGM
Zawadzka, Jolanta
2422 – GM
Lagno, Kateryna
2541 ½ – ½
1.3 IM
Szczepkowska, Karina
2406 – GM
Gunina, Valentina
2502 ½ – ½
1.4 WGM
Kulon, Klaudia
2358 – WGM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
2478 ½ – ½
Bo. 2

Georgia

 Rtg – 3

Ukraine

 Rtg 2½:1½
2.1 GM
Dzagnidze, Nana
2520 – GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2576 ½ – ½
2.2 IM
Batsiashvili, Nino
2472 – GM
Zhukova, Natalia
2426 1 – 0
2.3 GM
Khotenashvili, Bela
2459 – GM
Ushenina, Anna
2445 ½ – ½
2.4 IM
Javakhishvili, Lela
2438 – IM
Gaponenko, Inna
2433 ½ – ½
Bo. 15

Italy

 Rtg – 10

Turkey

 Rtg 3 : 1
3.1 IM
Zimina, Olga
2394 – IM
Atalik, Ekaterina
2468 1 – 0
3.2 FM
Brunello, Marina
2353 – WGM
Yildiz Kadioglu, Betul Cemre
2350 ½ – ½
3.3 FM
Di Benedetto, Desiree
2190 – WGM
Ozturk, Kubra
2364 1 – 0
3.4 WFM
Gueci, Tea
2161 – WIM
Isgandarova, Khayala
2242 ½ – ½
Bo. 12

Spain

 Rtg – 18

Belarus

 Rtg 3 : 1
4.1 IM
Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina
2405 – IM
Ziaziulkina, Nastassia
2369 1 – 0
4.2 FM
Garcia Martin, Marta
2315 – WIM
Badelka, Olga
2353 0 – 1
4.3 IM
Matnadze, Ana
2368 – WFM
Revo, Tatiana
2097 1 – 0
4.4 WGM
Calzetta Ruiz, Monica
2218 –
Ilyuchyk, Yana
1992 1 – 0
Bo. 8

Azerbaijan

 Rtg – 9

Romania

 Rtg 1½:2½
5.1 WGM
Mammadzada, Gunay
2393 – IM
Bulmaga, Irina
2423 ½ – ½
5.2 WGM
Mamedjarova, Zeinab
2298 – IM
Peptan, Corina-Isabela
2399 1 – 0
5.3 WGM
Fataliyeva, Ulviyya
2348 – WGM
Cosma, Elena-Luminita
2333 0 – 1
5.4 WFM
Balajayeva, Khanim
2319 – WGM
Sandu, Mihaela
2278 0 – 1
Bo. 11
 

  Armenia

 Rtg – 7
 

  Hungary

 Rtg 3 : 1
6.1 GM
 
 Danielian, Elina
2415 – GM
 
 Hoang, Thanh Trang
2438 1 – 0
6.2 IM
 
 Mkrtchian, Lilit
2390 – IM
 
 Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2364 ½ – ½
6.3 WGM
 
 Kursova, Maria
2259 – IM
 
 Gara, Anita
2382 1 – 0
6.4 WIM
 
 Gevorgyan, Maria
2262 – WGM
 
 Gara, Ticia
2317 ½ – ½
Bo. 17

Greece 1

 Rtg – 6

France

 Rtg 1 : 3
7.1 WGM
Botsari, Anna-Maria
2287 – GM
Sebag, Marie
2495 0 – 1
7.2 WGM
Tsolakidou, Stavroula
2340 – IM
Milliet, Sophie
2377 0 – 1
7.3 WIM
Pavlidou, Ekaterini
2198 – IM
Skripchenko, Almira
2399 0 – 1
7.4 FM
Avramidou, Anastasia
2257 – IM
Collas, Silvia
2288 1 – 0
Bo. 26

Switzerland

 Rtg – 16

Czech Republic

 Rtg 2 : 2
8.1 WFM
Georgescu, Lena
2130 – WIM
Havlikova, Kristyna
2272 ½ – ½
8.2 WIM
Heinatz, Dr. Gundula
2174 – WIM
Olsarova, Karolina
2293 ½ – ½
8.3 WFM
De Seroux, Camille
2163 – WGM
Rodshtein, Tereza
2233 ½ – ½
8.4 WFM
Stoeri, Laura
2150 –
Novosadova, Kristyna
2184 ½ – ½
Bo. 23

England

 Rtg – 20

Slovenia

 Rtg 2 : 2
9.1 IM
Houska, Jovanka
2393 – WIM
Unuk, Laura
2363 1 – 0
9.2 WIM
Maroroa, Sue
2077 – WGM
Krivec, Jana
2270 ½ – ½
9.3 FM
Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya
2026 – WFM
Janzelj, Lara
2192 0 – 1
9.4 WFM
Bhatia, Kanwal K
2080 – WFM
Vidic, Teja
2159 ½ – ½
Bo. 22

Croatia

 Rtg – 13

Israel

 Rtg 2 : 2
10.1 WGM
Golubenko, Valentina
2291 – IM
Shvayger, Yuliya
2442 0 – 1
10.2 WIM
Franciskovic, Borka
2242 – WGM
Efroimski, Marsel
2329 ½ – ½
10.3 WFM
Purgar, Ivona
2200 – WIM
Gutmakher, Olga
2226 1 – 0
10.4 FM
Cvitan, Ena
2165 – WFM
Lahav, Michal
2213 ½ – ½
Bo. 5

Germany

 Rtg – 14

Netherlands

 Rtg 1½:2½
11.1 IM
Paehtz, Elisabeth
2453 – GM
Peng, Zhaoqin
2362 1 – 0
11.2 WIM
Heinemann, Josefine
2269 – WGM
Haast, Anne
2288 0 – 1
11.3 WGM
Michna, Marta
2376 – IM
Lanchava, Tea
2314 ½ – ½
11.4 WGM
Levushkina, Elena
2309 – WGM
Paulet, Iozefina
2281 0 – 1
Bo. 24

Lithuania

 Rtg – 19

Serbia

 Rtg 1½:2½
12.1 IM
Cornette, Deimante
2404 – WGM
Rapport, Jovana
2327 ½ – ½
12.2 WIM
Zaksaite, Salomeja
2272 – WIM
Zarkovic, Mila
2241 1 – 0
12.3 WIM
Kiseleva, Simona
2241 – WFM
Injac, Teodora
2244 0 – 1
12.4
Gailiunaite, Saule
1838 – WFM
Gajcin, Marina
2135 0 – 1
Bo. 25

Austria

 Rtg – 29

Belgium

 Rtg 3 : 1
13.1 WIM
Newrkla, Katharina
2170 – WFM
Vanhuyse, Nele
2061 ½ – ½
13.2 WIM
Exler, Veronika
2118 –
Barbier, Wiebke
2013 ½ – ½
13.3 WFM
Schnegg, Anna-Lena
2114 –
Barbier, Astrid
1815 1 – 0
13.4 WFM
Novkovic, Julia
2111 – WCM
Vanduyfhuys, Daria
1737 1 – 0
Bo. 32

Finland

 Rtg – 28

Norway

 Rtg 1½:2½
14.1 WCM
Nazarova, Anastasia
1997 – WIM
Sahl, Sheila Barth
2180 1 – 0
14.2
Dannenberg, Alia
1975 –
Machlik, Monika
2037 0 – 1
14.3 WFM
Puuska, Heini
1947 –
Machlik, Edit
2030 ½ – ½
14.4
Rinne, Heini
1765 – WFM
Rodsmoen, Maud
1972 0 – 1
Bo. 21

Slovakia

 Rtg – 30

FYROM

 Rtg 2 : 2
15.1 IM
Repkova, Eva
2323 – WFM
Stojkovska, Monika
2088 1 – 0
15.2 WGM
Cibickova, Zuzana
2290 –
Nikolovska, Dragana
1854 1 – 0
15.3 WFM
Vrbova, Niki
2188 –
Bejatovic, Bojana
2035 0 – 1
15.4 WFM
Motycakova, Monika
2143 – WIM
Koskoska, Gabriela
2018 0 – 1
Bo. 27

Greece 2

 Rtg – 31

Montenegro

 Rtg 3½: ½
16.1 WIM
Makka, Ioulia
2182 – WIM
Milovic, Aleksandra
2191 1 – 0
16.2
Makka, Evanthia
2095 – WIM
Stojanovic, Marija R
2102 ½ – ½
16.3
Skaraki, Antigoni
1992 –
Koljevic, Nikolina
1837 1 – 0
16.4
Vozinaki, Anthi – Maria
1989 –
Delevic, Nina
1745 1 – 0

Games from Rd6

Jankovic-Berkes

After 26..Kd6(Diagram)

White must play precisely to hold this tricky endgame.

White should be done about the attacked Rc7?

After 26..Kd6

Gara,T-Gevorgyan

After 34..Ke8(Diagram)

White had big pressure after Black went on an unnecessary king walk to the queenside.

Now it is White to play and win.(There is more than one way even)

After 34..Ke8

 

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European Team Chess Championship 2017 Rd5 Standings

Nov 2

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Rest day today.

Open Rank after Round 5

Rk. SNo FED Team Games   +   =   –  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5
1 14 CRO
Croatia 5 4 1 0 9 61,0 12,0 57,5 137,8
2 7 HUN
 
 Hungary 5 3 2 0 8 70,5 13,0 55,5 143,8
3 1 RUS
Russia 5 4 0 1 8 63,0 12,5 57,5 141,8
4 6 ARM
Armenia 5 3 2 0 8 58,5 12,0 56,5 133,8
5 8 POL
Poland 5 3 2 0 8 57,0 12,5 53,0 132,5
6 5 ISR
Israel 5 3 1 1 7 56,0 12,0 51,5 122,3
7 2 AZE
Azerbaijan 5 3 1 1 7 54,5 14,5 44,5 126,5
8 12 FRA
France 5 3 1 1 7 52,5 12,0 52,0 120,0
9 20 ROU
Romania 5 3 1 1 7 38,5 12,0 52,5 114,8
10 9 GER
Germany 5 2 2 1 6 61,0 12,5 50,0 118,8
11 16 BLR
Belarus 5 3 0 2 6 56,0 12,0 52,5 116,8
12 3 UKR
Ukraine 5 3 0 2 6 51,5 13,5 46,5 119,8
13 15 ESP
Spain 5 2 2 1 6 44,0 10,5 57,0 115,0
14 4 ENG
England 5 2 2 1 6 41,0 11,0 45,5 97,8
15 18 TUR
Turkey 5 3 0 2 6 38,5 11,0 50,5 104,8
16 21 SLO
Slovenia 5 3 0 2 6 38,0 11,0 49,5 99,8
17 32 FIN
Finland 5 3 0 2 6 27,5 9,0 49,5 86,3
18 10 NED
Netherlands 5 2 1 2 5 53,5 10,5 57,0 115,3
19 22 ITA
Italy 5 2 1 2 5 47,5 8,0 62,5 98,8
20 13 GEO
Georgia 5 2 1 2 5 46,0 11,5 52,5 116,0
21 11 CZE
Czech Republic 5 2 1 2 5 41,5 10,5 60,5 121,0
22 17 SRB
Serbia 5 2 1 2 5 41,0 12,0 47,0 100,8
23 23 AUT
Austria 5 2 1 2 5 18,5 8,0 50,0 60,5
24 19 GRE
Greece 1 5 2 0 3 4 40,0 11,0 47,0 89,3
25 34 POR
Portugal 5 2 0 3 4 38,5 9,0 49,5 79,8
26 29 GRE
Greece 2 5 1 2 2 4 37,0 9,0 50,5 86,0
27 28 SVK
Slovakia 5 0 4 1 4 37,0 8,5 51,5 84,3
28 27 ISL
Iceland 5 2 0 3 4 31,5 8,5 50,5 77,3
29 26 SUI
Switzerland 5 2 0 3 4 31,0 10,0 44,0 75,5
30 31 DEN
Denmark 5 2 0 3 4 31,0 10,0 43,0 75,8
31 33 MKD
FYROM 5 1 2 2 4 28,0 9,5 40,0 72,8
32 25 NOR
Norway 5 1 1 3 3 36,0 8,5 51,5 83,0
33 24 MDA
Moldova 5 1 1 3 3 26,5 7,5 51,5 64,0
34 35 FAI
Faroe Islands 5 1 1 3 3 19,0 7,5 41,5 57,8
35 40 SCO
Scotland 5 1 1 3 3 18,0 6,5 50,0 59,8
36 39 GRE
Greece – Crete 5 1 1 3 3 13,0 6,0 44,0 46,5
37 30 MNE
Montenegro 5 1 0 4 2 15,0 6,5 47,5 52,8
38 37 ALB
Albania 5 1 0 4 2 14,5 6,0 46,0 48,5
39 38 KOS
Kosovo* 5 1 0 4 2 12,0 6,5 38,5 45,0
40 36 BEL
Belgium 5 0 0 5 0 18,5 6,0 42,5 47,8

 

Women Rank after Round 5

Rk. SNo FED Team Games   +   =   –  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5
1 1 RUS
Russia 5 5 0 0 10 76,0 13,0 63,5 165,0
2 2 GEO
Georgia 5 4 0 1 8 78,0 14,5 56,0 157,5
3 3 UKR
Ukraine 5 4 0 1 8 69,0 13,0 53,5 136,3
4 4 POL
Poland 5 3 2 0 8 52,0 12,5 57,0 139,8
5 10 TUR
Turkey 5 4 0 1 8 43,5 11,5 55,0 123,5
6 12 ESP
Spain 5 3 1 1 7 75,0 12,5 55,5 136,0
7 15 ITA
Italy 5 3 1 1 7 40,5 13,0 43,0 98,0
8 17 GRE
Greece 1 5 3 0 2 6 54,0 11,0 53,0 114,0
9 7 HUN
 
 Hungary 5 3 0 2 6 46,0 11,0 56,0 112,3
10 18 BLR
Belarus 5 2 2 1 6 44,0 12,0 51,5 117,5
11 8 AZE
Azerbaijan 5 2 2 1 6 41,0 10,5 52,0 108,3
12 6 FRA
France 5 3 0 2 6 36,0 10,0 59,0 108,5
13 11 ARM
Armenia 5 3 0 2 6 35,0 10,0 55,0 93,5
14 9 ROU
Romania 5 3 0 2 6 34,5 11,5 48,0 98,0
15 16 CZE
Czech Republic 5 2 1 2 5 43,0 12,5 46,5 100,0
16 26 SUI
Switzerland 5 2 1 2 5 27,0 9,5 44,0 78,5
17 23 ENG
England 5 2 1 2 5 23,0 9,0 44,5 75,0
18 13 ISR
Israel 5 2 0 3 4 50,5 10,5 52,5 108,3
19 20 SLO
Slovenia 5 2 0 3 4 45,0 11,5 47,5 98,0
20 19 SRB
Serbia 5 2 0 3 4 39,5 9,5 49,0 86,3
21 5 GER
Germany 5 1 2 2 4 39,0 9,5 56,0 102,8
22 14 NED
Netherlands 5 2 0 3 4 32,5 9,0 52,0 85,5
23 24 LTU
Lithuania 5 1 2 2 4 32,0 9,0 50,0 85,3
24 22 CRO
Croatia 5 1 2 2 4 31,5 9,5 42,0 75,3
25 28 NOR
Norway 5 1 1 3 3 24,5 7,0 53,0 68,0
26 25 AUT
Austria 5 1 1 3 3 19,5 8,5 40,0 54,5
27 29 BEL
Belgium 5 1 1 3 3 16,0 6,5 45,0 46,8
28 30 MKD
FYROM 5 1 1 3 3 15,5 6,5 46,5 48,3
29 32 FIN
Finland 5 1 1 3 3 15,5 5,5 46,5 44,8
30 21 SVK
Slovakia 5 1 0 4 2 23,0 9,0 42,5 68,3
31 27 GRE
Greece 2 5 0 2 3 2 20,5 7,0 40,5 52,5
32 31 MNE
Montenegro 5 0 0 5 0 15,0 4,5 44,0 34,8

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European Team Chess Championship 2017 Rd5

Nov 1

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Open Board Pairings

A solid draw for Hungary against Armenia today.

Rk. SNo FED Team Games   +   =   –  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5
1 14 CRO Croatia 5 4 1 0 9 61,0 12,0 57,5 137,8
2 7 HUN Hungary 5 3 2 0 8 70,5 13,0 55,5 143,8
3 1 RUS Russia 5 4 0 1 8 63,0 12,5 57,5 141,8
4 6 ARM Armenia 5 3 2 0 8 58,5 12,0 56,5 133,8
5 8 POL Poland 5 3 2 0 8 57,0 12,5 53,0 132,5

 

Round 5 on 2017/11/01 at 15:00
Bo. 7 Hungary Rtg – 6 Armenia Rtg 2 : 2
1.1 GM
 
 Leko, Peter
2679 – GM
 
 Aronian, Levon
2801 ½ – ½
1.2 GM
 
 Erdos, Viktor
2624 – GM
 
 Movsesian, Sergei
2671 ½ – ½
1.3 GM
 
 Rapport, Richard
2686 – GM
 
 Sargissian, Gabriel
2657 ½ – ½
1.4 GM
 
 Berkes, Ferenc
2661 – GM
 
 Melkumyan, Hrant
2642 ½ – ½
Bo. 14 Croatia Rtg – 9 Germany Rtg 2½:1½
2.1 GM
Saric, Ivan
2662 – GM
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
2672 ½ – ½
2.2 GM
Bosiocic, Marin
2619 – GM
Bluebaum, Matthias
2643 1 – 0
2.3 GM
Stevic, Hrvoje
2616 – GM
Fridman, Daniel
2626 ½ – ½
2.4 GM
Jankovic, Alojzije
2575 – GM
Svane, Rasmus
2595 ½ – ½
Bo. 8 Poland Rtg – 16 Belarus Rtg 3 : 1
3.1 GM
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
2737 – GM
Zhigalko, Sergei
2638 ½ – ½
3.2 GM
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
2706 – GM
Kovalev, Vladislav
2636 ½ – ½
3.3 GM
Piorun, Kacper
2640 – GM
Stupak, Kirill
2578 1 – 0
3.4 GM
Tomczak, Jacek
2583 – GM
Aleksandrov, Aleksej
2588 1 – 0
Bo. 1 Russia Rtg – 18 Turkey Rtg 3½: ½
4.1 GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2785 – GM
Solak, Dragan
2626 1 – 0
4.2 GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2733 – GM
Yilmaz, Mustafa
2633 ½ – ½
4.3 GM
Matlakov, Maxim
2730 – GM
Can, Emre
2604 1 – 0
4.4 GM
Dubov, Daniil
2677 – GM
Sanal, Vahap
2549 1 – 0
Bo. 2 Azerbaijan Rtg – 11 Czech Republic Rtg 3 : 1
5.1 GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2791 – GM
Navara, David
2726 1 – 0
5.2 GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2741 – GM
Laznicka, Viktor
2654 ½ – ½
5.3 GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2702 – GM
Stocek, Jiri
2581 ½ – ½
5.4 GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2678 – GM
Plat, Vojtech
2551 1 – 0
Bo. 17 Serbia Rtg – 12 France Rtg 1½:2½
6.1 GM
Markus, Robert
2644 – GM
Bauer, Christian
2647 1 – 0
6.2 GM
Ivanisevic, Ivan
2593 – GM
Gharamian, Tigran
2626 0 – 1
6.3 GM
Perunovic, Milos
2608 – GM
Fressinet, Laurent
2657 ½ – ½
6.4 GM
Indjic, Aleksandar
2591 – GM
Maze, Sebastien
2614 0 – 1
Bo. 13 Georgia Rtg – 5 Israel Rtg 1½:2½
7.1 GM
Jobava, Baadur
2705 – GM
Gelfand, Boris
2737 ½ – ½
7.2 GM
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2604 – GM
Rodshtein, Maxim
2699 0 – 1
7.3 GM
Pantsulaia, Levan
2586 – GM
Sutovsky, Emil
2683 ½ – ½
7.4 GM
Paichadze, Luka
2580 – GM
Nabaty, Tamir
2661 ½ – ½
Bo. 10 Netherlands Rtg – 20 Romania Rtg 1½:2½
8.1 GM
Giri, Anish
2762 – GM
Lupulescu, Constantin
2620 1 – 0
8.2 GM
L’ami, Erwin
2611 – GM
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian
2616 0 – 1
8.3 GM
Sokolov, Ivan
2603 – GM
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel
2560 ½ – ½
8.4 GM
Van Foreest, Jorden
2609 – GM
Nevednichy, Vladislav
2524 0 – 1
Bo. 22 Italy Rtg – 3 Ukraine Rtg ½ :3½
9.1 GM
Vocaturo, Daniele
2607 – GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2692 0 – 1
9.2 GM
Dvirnyy, Danyyil
2542 – GM
Ponomariov, Ruslan
2687 0 – 1
9.3 GM
Godena, Michele
2489 – GM
Kuzubov, Yuriy
2690 0 – 1
9.4 GM
Moroni, Luca Jr
2506 – GM
Kravtsiv, Martyn
2677 ½ – ½
Bo. 15 Spain Rtg – 19 Greece 1 Rtg 2½:1½
10.1 GM
Anton Guijarro, David
2651 – GM
Banikas, Hristos
2584 ½ – ½
10.2 GM
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel
2607 – GM
Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios
2571 ½ – ½
10.3 GM
Korneev, Oleg
2557 – GM
Pavlidis, Antonios
2546 ½ – ½
10.4 GM
Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos
2561 – GM
Halkias, Stelios
2583 1 – 0
Bo. 4 England Rtg – 29 Greece 2 Rtg 2½:1½
11.1 GM
Adams, Michael
2727 – GM
Nikolaidis, Ioannis
2519 1 – 0
11.2 GM
Short, Nigel D
2698 – GM
Kelires, Andreas
2510 0 – 1
11.3 GM
Jones, Gawain C B
2662 – IM
Theodorou, Nikolas
2512 1 – 0
11.4 GM
Mcshane, Luke J
2647 – GM
Mastrovasilis, Athanasios
2488 ½ – ½
Bo. 21 Slovenia Rtg – 27 Iceland Rtg 2½:1½
12.1 GM
Lenic, Luka
2650 – GM
Steingrimsson, Hedinn
2576 ½ – ½
12.2 GM
Beliavsky, Alexander G
2547 – GM
Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn
2567 0 – 1
12.3 GM
Pavasovic, Dusko
2548 – GM
Stefansson, Hannes
2508 1 – 0
12.4 GM
Sebenik, Matej
2534 – IM
Kjartansson, Gudmundur
2456 1 – 0
Bo. 25 Norway Rtg – 32 Finland Rtg 1½:2½
13.1 GM
Tari, Aryan
2578 – GM
Nyback, Tomi
2572 0 – 1
13.2 GM
Salomon, Johan
2477 – IM
Karttunen, Mika
2465 ½ – ½
13.3 IM
Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian
2462 – IM
Sipila, Vilka
2363 1 – 0
13.4 IM
Notkevich, Benjamin Arvola
2458 – FM
Niemi, Kalle
2324 0 – 1
Bo. 28 Slovakia Rtg – 33 FYROM Rtg 2 : 2
14.1 GM
Ftacnik, Lubomir
2546 – IM
Pancevski, Filip
2489 ½ – ½
14.2 GM
Markos, Jan
2559 – GM
Nedev, Trajko
2479 ½ – ½
14.3 GM
Jurcik, Marian
2479 – IM
Stojanovski, Dejan
2454 ½ – ½
14.4 IM
Mazur, Stefan
2460 – FM
Nikolovski, Nikola
2420 ½ – ½
Bo. 24 Moldova Rtg – 23 Austria Rtg 1½:2½
15.1 GM
Bologan, Victor
2615 – GM
Ragger, Markus
2659 0 – 1
15.2 GM
Svetushkin, Dmitry
2556 – GM
Shengelia, David
2556 0 – 1
15.3 GM
Hamitevici, Vladimir
2519 – IM
Schreiner, Peter
2480 1 – 0
15.4 FM
Macovei, Andrei
2328 – IM
Dragnev, Valentin
2466 ½ – ½
Bo. 31 Denmark Rtg – 40 Scotland Rtg 3 : 1
16.1 IM
Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard
2479 – FM
Tate, Alan
2366 ½ – ½
16.2 IM
Ochsner, Bjorn Moller
2458 – FM
Berry, Neil
2283 1 – 0
16.3 IM
Percivaldi, Martin
2388 – FM
Morrison, Graham
2278 ½ – ½
16.4 IM
Hansen, Mads
2393 –
Grant, Jonathan I M
2179 1 – 0
Bo. 37 Albania Rtg – 26 Switzerland Rtg 0 : 4
17.1 IM
Mehmeti, Dritan
2428 – GM
Pelletier, Yannick
2540 0 – 1
17.2
Pasko, Llambi
2292 – GM
Bogner, Sebastian
2599 0 – 1
17.3 FM
Ashiku, Franc
2394 – GM
Georgiadis, Nico
2516 0 – 1
17.4 IM
Seitaj, Ilir
2372 – GM
Jenni, Florian
2466 0 – 1
Bo. 34 Portugal Rtg – 38 Kosovo* Rtg 3 : 1
18.1 IM
Ferreira, Jorge Viterbo
2499 – FM
Saraci, Nderim
2393 1 – 0
18.2 GM
Fernandes, Antonio
2442 – FM
Makolli, Perparim
2333 0 – 1
18.3 IM
Sousa, Andre Ventura
2405 – FM
Ermeni, Avni
2247 1 – 0
18.4 IM
Martins, David Pires Tavares
2384 – IM
Sadiku, Bedri
2213 1 – 0
Bo. 35 Faroe Islands Rtg – 30 Montenegro Rtg 2½:1½
19.1 GM
Ziska, Helgi Dam
2545 – GM
Djukic, Nikola
2519 1 – 0
19.2 FM
Nielsen, Hogni Egilstoft
2352 – GM
Blagojevic, Dragisa
2488 ½ – ½
19.3 FM
Nielsen, Rogvi Egilstoft
2338 – GM
Kosic, Dragan
2493 1 – 0
19.4 IM
Nilssen, John Arni
2326 – IM
Draskovic, Luka
2450 0 – 1
Bo. 36 Belgium Rtg – 39 Greece – Crete Rtg 1½:2½
20.1 IM
Hovhannisyan, Mher
2466 – FM
Hristodoulou, Panagiotis
2318 0 – 1
20.2 IM
Godart, Francois
2397 – FM
Vlahos, Kiriakos
2306 1 – 0
20.3 IM
Beukema, Stefan
2378 –
Naoum, Spyridon
2295 0 – 1
20.4 IM
Claesen, Pieter
2316 – FM
Papadopoulos, Argirios
2182 ½ – ½

Women

The ladies destroyed Lithuania with only Papp,P giving up a draw.

Bo. 7 Hungary Rtg – 24 Lithuania Rtg 3½: ½
10.1 GM
 
 Hoang, Thanh Trang
2438 – IM
 
 Cornette, Deimante
2404 1 – 0
10.2 IM
 
 Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia
2364 – WIM
 
 Zaksaite, Salomeja
2272 1 – 0
10.3 WGM
 
 Papp, Petra
2326 – WIM
 
 Kiseleva, Simona
2241 ½ – ½
10.4 IM
 
 Gara, Anita
2382 –  
 
 Gailiunaite, Saule
1838 1 – 0

Team Hungary(left) from rd1

Round 5 Games

Hoang-Cornette,D

After 20..Qb6(Diagram)

Black sacrificed a pawn for active play and now pieces are hanging all over the board.

What do you suggest for White?

After 20..Qb6

Later in the game

After 31..Kg7(Diagram)

White has the better structure with a queenside majority and play against an isolated QP. Also the bishop pair counts for something.

What do you suggest?

After 31..Kg7

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