BTCh 6-board Monday League Rd3
MTK 4-Hort 2
I contributed a win with Black on board 2 but we had to suffer with a cellphone forfeit loss on board 3.
Bokros-Yip
Caro-Kann 4..Nd7
Board 2
After 23.Qh3(Diagram)
Black has a clear extra centre pawn but really needs a plan
What do you recommend for Black?
TWIC 1304 Hungarians in Action
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Bosiocic-Aczel
Queen’s Indian Defence g3
29th TCh-SLO National Rd2.4
After 18.Ne4(Diagram)
White is going for a mate with the immediate idea of planting the queen on g7
What do you recommend for Black?
TWIC 1303 Nimzo-Indian
selected games feature 4.Qc2
Steingrimsson-Bruzon Batista
Nimzo 4.Qc2 d6
SPICE Cup Open 2019 Rd6
After 17.d5(Diagram)
White has the bishops and the g-file for potential attacking chances but his king is still in the centre
What do you recommend for Black?
The Other Yip
Yip Becomes Youngest American Female IM Ever(full story)
“With her 5.0/9 score at the 2019 SPICE Cup, which included two draws and a win against grandmasters, Carissa Yip has unofficially become the youngest female international master in U.S. history (pending certification from FIDE)…”-Klein,Mike

IM-elect Clarissa Yip
22nd European Team Chess Championship 2019 Rd9 Final
Women
A tie with Serbia
| Bo. | 15 |
Serbia |
Rtg | – | 7 |
Hungary |
Rtg | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 6.1 | WGM |
|
2285 | – | GM |
|
2414 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 6.2 | WIM |
|
2257 | – | IM |
|
2366 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 6.3 | WIM |
|
2275 | – | IM |
|
2353 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 6.4 | WIM |
|
2262 | – | WGM |
|
2322 | ½ – ½ |
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Team | Games | + | = | – | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | Russia | RUS | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 256,0 | 26,0 | |
| 2 | 2 | Georgia | GEO | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 257,0 | 25,5 | |
| 3 | 5 | Azerbaijan | AZE | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 230,0 | 22,5 | |
| 4 | 3 | Ukraine | UKR | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 173,5 | 19,0 | |
| 5 | 14 | Netherlands | NED | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 144,5 | 19,5 | |
| 6 | 8 | Romania | ROU | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 184,0 | 22,5 | |
| 7 | 13 | Armenia | ARM | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 181,5 | 20,5 | |
| 8 | 10 | Turkey | TUR | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 168,5 | 19,0 | |
| 9 | 9 | Georgia 2 | GEO | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 178,0 | 19,5 | |
| 10 | 7 | Hungary | HUN | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 151,0 | 17,0 | |
| 11 | 15 | Serbia | SRB | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 150,5 | 20,0 | |
| 12 | 4 | Poland | POL | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 147,0 | 19,0 | |
| 13 | 17 | Israel | ISR | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 145,5 | 19,5 | |
| 14 | 6 | France | FRA | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 185,5 | 21,0 | |
| 15 | 11 | Italy | ITA | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 158,5 | 18,0 | |
| 16 | 20 | Greece | GRE | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 139,0 | 18,0 | |
| 17 | 25 | Slovenia | SLO | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 125,5 | 17,0 | |
| 18 | 26 | Austria | AUT | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 107,0 | 15,0 | |
| 19 | 16 | Slovakia | SVK | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 97,0 | 15,5 | |
| 20 | 12 | Spain | ESP | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 179,0 | 18,5 | |
| 21 | 19 | Germany | GER | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 134,5 | 20,5 | |
| 22 | 32 | Georgia 3 | GEO | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 110,5 | 16,0 | |
| 23 | 21 | Latvia | LAT | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 107,5 | 16,5 | |
| 24 | 23 | Croatia | CRO | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 103,0 | 17,5 | |
| 25 | 18 | Czech Republic | CZE | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 102,5 | 16,0 | |
| 26 | 22 | Sweden | SWE | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 96,5 | 19,0 | |
| 27 | 24 | England | ENG | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 83,5 | 14,5 | |
| 28 | 29 | Finland | FIN | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 68,0 | 13,0 | |
| 29 | 28 | Norway | NOR | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 82,0 | 15,0 | |
| 30 | 30 | Belgium | BEL | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 68,0 | 12,0 | |
| 31 | 27 | Switzerland | SUI | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 69,5 | 13,0 | |
| 32 | 31 | Republic of North Macedonia | MKD | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 54,0 | 10,5 |
Open
| Bo. | 17 |
Turkey |
Rtg | – | 10 |
Hungary |
Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 9.1 | GM |
|
2602 | – | GM |
|
2654 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 9.2 | GM |
|
2595 | – | GM |
|
2604 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 9.3 | GM |
|
2545 | – | GM |
|
2619 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 9.4 | GM |
|
2577 | – | GM |
|
2610 | ½ – ½ |
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Team | Games | + | = | – | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | Russia | RUS | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 224,5 | 22,5 | |
| 2 | 8 | Ukraine | UKR | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 236,5 | 22,5 | |
| 3 | 2 | England | ENG | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 219,0 | 22,5 | |
| 4 | 5 | Armenia | ARM | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 222,5 | 22,5 | |
| 5 | 15 | Croatia | CRO | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 187,0 | 19,0 | |
| 6 | 4 | Azerbaijan | AZE | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 197,5 | 20,5 | |
| 7 | 6 | Spain | ESP | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 184,5 | 22,0 | |
| 8 | 9 | Germany | GER | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 180,0 | 18,5 | |
| 9 | 13 | France | FRA | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 169,0 | 20,5 | |
| 10 | 12 | Czech Republic | CZE | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 166,0 | 19,5 | |
| 11 | 14 | Georgia | GEO | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 171,0 | 21,0 | |
| 12 | 3 | Poland | POL | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 170,0 | 19,5 | |
| 13 | 11 | Israel | ISR | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 158,5 | 19,5 | |
| 14 | 18 | Greece | GRE | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 157,0 | 19,5 | |
| 15 | 19 | Slovenia | SLO | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 156,0 | 19,5 | |
| 16 | 17 | Turkey | TUR | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 139,0 | 17,5 | |
| 17 | 7 | Netherlands | NED | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 155,0 | 17,5 | |
| 18 | 28 | Switzerland | SUI | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 148,0 | 19,0 | |
| 19 | 22 | Austria | AUT | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 139,5 | 17,0 | |
| 20 | 16 | Romania | ROU | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 135,5 | 18,0 | |
| 21 | 20 | Sweden | SWE | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 130,5 | 18,5 | |
| 22 | 25 | Norway | NOR | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 130,0 | 17,5 | |
| 23 | 24 | Serbia | SRB | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 126,5 | 16,5 | |
| 24 | 23 | Belarus | BLR | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 126,0 | 18,0 | |
| 25 | 26 | Italy | ITA | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 92,0 | 18,0 | |
| 26 | 10 | Hungary | HUN | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 141,5 | 17,5 | |
| 27 | 32 | Estonia | EST | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 122,5 | 16,0 | |
| 28 | 37 | Georgia 2 | GEO | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 119,5 | 16,0 | |
| 29 | 27 | Moldova | MDA | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 116,5 | 18,5 | |
| 30 | 31 | Montenegro | MNE | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 98,5 | 18,5 | |
| 31 | 33 | Iceland | ISL | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 90,0 | 16,0 | |
| 32 | 21 | Denmark | DEN | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 133,0 | 17,5 | |
| 33 | 29 | Republic of North Macedonia | MKD | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 122,5 | 15,0 | |
| 34 | 34 | Finland | FIN | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 109,5 | 14,5 | |
| 35 | 36 | Lithuania | LTU | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 101,0 | 18,5 | |
| 36 | 38 | Belgium | BEL | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 112,0 | 16,0 | |
| 37 | 30 | Slovakia | SVK | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 81,5 | 16,5 | |
| 38 | 40 | Kosovo | KOS | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 66,5 | 12,5 | |
| 39 | 35 | Albania | ALB | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 68,5 | 12,5 | |
| 40 | 39 | Scotland | SCO | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 53,5 | 8,0 |
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22nd European Team Chess Championship 2019 Rd8
Women
Hungary beat Slovenia as Terbe,J and Gara,T won but Gara,A lost
| Round 8 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | 13 |
Armenia |
Rtg | – | 1 |
Russia |
Rtg | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 1.1 | IM |
|
2402 | – | GM |
|
2575 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 1.2 | WIM |
|
2261 | – | GM |
|
2549 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 1.3 | GM |
|
2385 | – | WGM |
|
2476 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 1.4 | WIM |
|
2242 | – | GM |
|
2509 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| Bo. | 2 |
Georgia |
Rtg | – | 3 |
Ukraine |
Rtg | 3 : 1 | ||||
| 2.1 | GM |
|
2502 | – | GM |
|
2431 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 2.2 | IM |
|
2457 | – | IM |
|
2427 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 2.3 | IM |
|
2398 | – | IM |
|
2410 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 2.4 | IM |
|
2380 | – | GM |
|
2333 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 6 |
France |
Rtg | – | 5 |
Azerbaijan |
Rtg | 1½:2½ | ||||
| 3.1 | IM |
|
2400 | – | IM |
|
2427 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 3.2 | IM |
|
2407 | – | WGM |
|
2368 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 3.3 | IM |
|
2403 | – | WGM |
|
2368 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 3.4 | WIM |
|
2265 | – | IM |
|
2369 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| Bo. | 4 |
Poland |
Rtg | – | 10 |
Turkey |
Rtg | 1½:2½ | ||||
| 4.1 | GM |
|
2417 | – | IM |
|
2464 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 4.2 | WGM |
|
2406 | – | WGM |
|
2338 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 4.3 | IM |
|
2412 | – | WGM |
|
2317 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 4.4 | WIM |
|
2307 | – | WFM |
|
2242 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| Bo. | 9 |
Georgia 2 |
Rtg | – | 11 |
Italy |
Rtg | 3 : 1 | ||||
| 5.1 | GM |
|
2422 | – | IM |
|
2381 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 5.2 | IM |
|
2341 | – | IM |
|
2397 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 5.3 | IM |
|
2297 | – | WIM |
|
2265 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 5.4 | WGM |
|
2279 | – | WFM |
|
2173 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 15 |
Serbia |
Rtg | – | 20 |
Greece |
Rtg | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 6.1 | WGM |
|
2379 | – | IM |
|
2431 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 6.2 | WGM |
|
2285 | – | FM |
|
2247 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 6.3 | WIM |
|
2257 | – | WIM |
|
2183 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 6.4 | WIM |
|
2275 | – | WIM |
|
2048 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| Bo. | 14 |
Netherlands |
Rtg | – | 12 |
Spain |
Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 7.1 | GM |
|
2364 | – | IM |
|
2395 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 7.2 | WGM |
|
2288 | – | IM |
|
2305 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 7.3 | IM |
|
2236 | – | IM |
|
2383 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 7.4 | WIM |
|
2283 | – | WGM |
|
2251 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| Bo. | 7 |
Hungary |
Rtg | – | 25 |
Slovenia |
Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 8.1 | GM |
|
2414 | – | WGM |
|
2278 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 8.2 | IM |
|
2366 | – | WIM |
|
2159 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 8.3 | WGM |
|
2322 | – | WIM |
|
2226 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 8.4 | WIM |
|
2280 | – | WFM |
|
2174 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| Bo. | 8 |
Romania |
Rtg | – | 16 |
Slovakia |
Rtg | 3½: ½ | ||||
| 9.1 | IM |
|
2442 | – | IM |
|
2315 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 9.2 | IM |
|
2371 | – | IM |
|
2295 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 9.3 | WGM |
|
2313 | – | WGM |
|
2258 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 9.4 | WFM |
|
2131 | – | WFM |
|
2126 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| Bo. | 26 |
Austria |
Rtg | – | 17 |
Israel |
Rtg | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 10.1 | WIM |
|
2222 | – | IM |
|
2336 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 10.2 | WFM |
|
2180 | – | WGM |
|
2317 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 10.3 | WFM |
|
2146 | – | IM |
|
2277 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 10.4 | WFM |
|
2172 | – | WIM |
|
2221 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 32 |
Georgia 3 |
Rtg | – | 19 |
Germany |
Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 11.1 |
|
1988 | – | WIM |
|
2252 | ½ – ½ | |||||
| 11.2 |
|
1935 | – | WGM |
|
2248 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| 11.3 |
|
1885 | – | WIM |
|
2225 | 1 – 0 | |||||
| 11.4 |
|
1861 | – | WIM |
|
2266 | 1 – 0 | |||||
| Bo. | 24 |
England |
Rtg | – | 21 |
Latvia |
Rtg | 1½:2½ | ||||
| 12.1 | IM |
|
2430 | – | WGM |
|
2297 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 12.2 | WGM |
|
2272 | – | WGM |
|
2269 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 12.3 | WIM |
|
2078 | – | WFM |
|
2186 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 12.4 | WFM |
|
2038 | – |
|
1987 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| Bo. | 23 |
Croatia |
Rtg | – | 18 |
Czech Republic |
Rtg | 1½:2½ | ||||
| 13.1 | WGM |
|
2274 | – | WGM |
|
2319 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 13.2 | WIM |
|
2262 | – | WIM |
|
2259 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 13.3 | WGM |
|
2163 | – | WGM |
|
2234 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 13.4 | FM |
|
2182 | – | WIM |
|
2179 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| Bo. | 30 |
Belgium |
Rtg | – | 28 |
Norway |
Rtg | 1 : 3 | ||||
| 14.1 | WIM |
|
2156 | – |
|
2159 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| 14.2 | WFM |
|
1983 | – |
|
2062 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| 14.3 |
|
1974 | – | WFM |
|
1898 | ½ – ½ | |||||
| 14.4 |
|
1844 | – |
|
1871 | ½ – ½ | ||||||
| Bo. | 31 |
Republic of North Macedonia |
Rtg | – | 22 |
Sweden |
Rtg | ½ :3½ | ||||
| 15.1 | WFM |
|
2108 | – | GM |
|
2462 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 15.2 |
|
2004 | – | WFM |
|
2164 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| 15.3 |
|
1795 | – |
|
2086 | 0 – 1 | ||||||
| 15.4 | WIM |
|
2036 | – | WIM |
|
1919 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 27 |
Switzerland |
Rtg | – | 29 |
Finland |
Rtg | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 16.1 | WFM |
|
2271 | – | WFM |
|
2147 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 16.2 | WFM |
|
2140 | – | WFM |
|
1992 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 16.3 |
|
1967 | – |
|
1902 | 0 – 1 | ||||||
| 16.4 |
|
1955 | – |
|
2020 | ½ – ½ | ||||||
Rank after Round 8
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Team | Games | + | = | – | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | Russia | RUS | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 190,5 | 22,5 | |
| 2 | 2 | Georgia | GEO | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 204,0 | 22,5 | |
| 3 | 5 | Azerbaijan | AZE | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 185,5 | 20,0 | |
| 4 | 13 | Armenia | ARM | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 143,0 | 19,0 | |
| 5 | 10 | Turkey | TUR | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 141,5 | 18,5 | |
| 6 | 9 | Georgia 2 | GEO | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 142,0 | 18,5 | |
| 7 | 3 | Ukraine | UKR | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 140,0 | 16,5 | |
| 8 | 14 | Netherlands | NED | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 113,0 | 17,0 | |
| 9 | 6 | France | FRA | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 145,0 | 19,5 | |
| 10 | 8 | Romania | ROU | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 132,5 | 19,5 | |
| 11 | 11 | Italy | ITA | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 128,5 | 16,5 | |
| 12 | 20 | Greece | GRE | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 116,5 | 17,0 | |
| 13 | 7 | Hungary | HUN | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 116,0 | 15,0 | |
| 14 | 15 | Serbia | SRB | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 108,5 | 18,0 | |
| 15 | 4 | Poland | POL | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 113,0 | 15,0 | |
| 16 | 17 | Israel | ISR | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 112,5 | 16,0 | |
| 17 | 21 | Latvia | LAT | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 94,0 | 16,0 | |
| 18 | 32 | Georgia 3 | GEO | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 87,0 | 16,0 | |
| 19 | 26 | Austria | AUT | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 75,0 | 13,0 | |
| 20 | 12 | Spain | ESP | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 144,0 | 16,5 | |
| 21 | 25 | Slovenia | SLO | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 94,5 | 14,5 | |
| 22 | 18 | Czech Republic | CZE | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 75,5 | 14,5 | |
| 23 | 16 | Slovakia | SVK | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 67,5 | 13,0 | |
| 24 | 19 | Germany | GER | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 105,0 | 17,0 | |
| 25 | 22 | Sweden | SWE | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 78,5 | 17,0 | |
| 26 | 24 | England | ENG | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 64,5 | 13,0 | |
| 27 | 23 | Croatia | CRO | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 83,5 | 14,0 | |
| 28 | 28 | Norway | NOR | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 68,0 | 13,5 | |
| 29 | 30 | Belgium | BEL | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 52,5 | 11,5 | |
| 30 | 29 | Finland | FIN | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 49,0 | 10,5 | |
| 31 | 27 | Switzerland | SUI | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 48,5 | 11,0 | |
| 32 | 31 | Republic of North Macedonia | MKD | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 43,5 | 10,0 |
Open
The men beat Norway soundly
| Bo. | 10 |
Hungary |
Rtg | – | 25 |
Norway |
Rtg | 3 : 1 | ||||
| 13.1 | GM |
|
2604 | – | GM |
|
2630 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 13.2 | GM |
|
2667 | – | GM |
|
2558 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 13.3 | GM |
|
2619 | – | GM |
|
2507 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 13.4 | GM |
|
2610 | – | IM |
|
2440 | ½ – ½ |
TWIC 1303 Grunfeld
It was a pretty bad week for the Grunfeld in the games checked
Keeping up with Delchev is a tedious and time consuming task

Sargissian-Tari
Grunfeld Exchange 8.Be3 Qa5
22nd European Teams Rd1.5
After 26..Rde7(Diagram)
Black is fighting for control of the key e-file
What do you recommend for White?
22th European Team Chess Championship 2019 Rd7
Women
France rolled to a crushing win 3.5-0.5 over Hungary
| Round 7 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | 1 |
Russia |
Rtg | – | 4 |
Poland |
Rtg | 4 : 0 | ||||
| 1.1 | GM |
|
2575 | – | GM |
|
2417 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 1.2 | GM |
|
2549 | – | WGM |
|
2406 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 1.3 | GM |
|
2509 | – | IM |
|
2412 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 1.4 | IM |
|
2481 | – | WGM |
|
2352 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| Bo. | 2 |
Georgia |
Rtg | – | 5 |
Azerbaijan |
Rtg | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 2.1 | GM |
|
2502 | – | IM |
|
2427 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 2.2 | IM |
|
2457 | – | WGM |
|
2368 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 2.3 | GM |
|
2446 | – | IM |
|
2369 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 2.4 | IM |
|
2398 | – | WGM |
|
2314 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 3 |
Ukraine |
Rtg | – | 9 |
Georgia 2 |
Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 3.1 | GM |
|
2431 | – | GM |
|
2422 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 3.2 | IM |
|
2427 | – | WGM |
|
2315 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 3.3 | IM |
|
2410 | – | IM |
|
2297 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 3.4 | IM |
|
2409 | – | WGM |
|
2279 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 13 |
Armenia |
Rtg | – | 15 |
Serbia |
Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 4.1 | IM |
|
2402 | – | WGM |
|
2379 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 4.2 | GM |
|
2385 | – | WGM |
|
2285 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 4.3 | WGM |
|
2260 | – | WIM |
|
2257 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 4.4 | WIM |
|
2242 | – | WIM |
|
2275 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 7 |
Hungary |
Rtg | – | 6 |
France |
Rtg | ½ :3½ | ||||
| 5.1 | GM |
|
2414 | – | IM |
|
2400 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 5.2 | IM |
|
2366 | – | IM |
|
2407 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 5.3 | IM |
|
2353 | – | WIM |
|
2241 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 5.4 | WGM |
|
2322 | – | WIM |
|
2265 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| Bo. | 12 |
Spain |
Rtg | – | 11 |
Italy |
Rtg | 1½:2½ | ||||
| 6.1 | IM |
|
2395 | – | IM |
|
2381 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 6.2 | IM |
|
2305 | – | IM |
|
2397 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 6.3 | IM |
|
2383 | – | IM |
|
2294 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 6.4 | WFM |
|
2242 | – | WFM |
|
2173 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| Bo. | 10 |
Turkey |
Rtg | – | 19 |
Germany |
Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 7.1 | IM |
|
2464 | – | WGM |
|
2323 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 7.2 | WGM |
|
2338 | – | WIM |
|
2252 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 7.3 | WGM |
|
2317 | – | WGM |
|
2248 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 7.4 | WFM |
|
1878 | – | WIM |
|
2266 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| Bo. | 14 |
Netherlands |
Rtg | – | 24 |
England |
Rtg | 3½: ½ | ||||
| 8.1 | GM |
|
2364 | – | IM |
|
2430 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 8.2 | WGM |
|
2288 | – | WGM |
|
2272 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 8.3 | WGM |
|
2288 | – | WFM |
|
2073 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 8.4 | WIM |
|
2283 | – | WFM |
|
2038 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| Bo. | 20 |
Greece |
Rtg | – | 21 |
Latvia |
Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 9.1 | IM |
|
2431 | – | WGM |
|
2297 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 9.2 | FM |
|
2247 | – | WGM |
|
2269 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 9.3 | WIM |
|
2183 | – | WGM |
|
2216 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 9.4 | WIM |
|
2048 | – | WFM |
|
2186 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 25 |
Slovenia |
Rtg | – | 26 |
Austria |
Rtg | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 10.1 | WGM |
|
2278 | – | WIM |
|
2222 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 10.2 | WIM |
|
2226 | – | WFM |
|
2146 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 10.3 | WFM |
|
2122 | – | WFM |
|
2172 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 10.4 | WFM |
|
2174 | – | WFM |
|
2136 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| Bo. | 18 |
Czech Republic |
Rtg | – | 8 |
Romania |
Rtg | 1½:2½ | ||||
| 11.1 | WGM |
|
2294 | – | IM |
|
2442 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 11.2 | WIM |
|
2259 | – | IM |
|
2371 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 11.3 | WGM |
|
2234 | – | WGM |
|
2260 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 11.4 | WIM |
|
2179 | – | WFM |
|
2131 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 17 |
Israel |
Rtg | – | 30 |
Belgium |
Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 12.1 | WGM |
|
2317 | – | WIM |
|
2156 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 12.2 | IM |
|
2277 | – | WFM |
|
1983 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 12.3 | WIM |
|
2221 | – |
|
1974 | 1 – 0 | |||||
| 12.4 | WFM |
|
2124 | – |
|
1844 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| Bo. | 16 |
Slovakia |
Rtg | – | 22 |
Sweden |
Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 13.1 | IM |
|
2315 | – | GM |
|
2462 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 13.2 | IM |
|
2295 | – | WIM |
|
2227 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 13.3 | WGM |
|
2307 | – | WFM |
|
2164 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 13.4 | WFM |
|
2126 | – | WIM |
|
1919 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 28 |
Norway |
Rtg | – | 32 |
Georgia 3 |
Rtg | 1½:2½ | ||||
| 14.1 |
|
2159 | – |
|
1935 | ½ – ½ | ||||||
| 14.2 | WFM |
|
1898 | – |
|
1885 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| 14.3 |
|
1949 | – |
|
1903 | 1 – 0 | ||||||
| 14.4 |
|
1871 | – |
|
1861 | 0 – 1 | ||||||
| Bo. | 23 |
Croatia |
Rtg | – | 27 |
Switzerland |
Rtg | 3 : 1 | ||||
| 15.1 | WIM |
|
2262 | – | WFM |
|
2271 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 15.2 | WGM |
|
2163 | – | WIM |
|
2175 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 15.3 | WFM |
|
2205 | – | WFM |
|
2140 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 15.4 | FM |
|
2182 | – |
|
1955 | 1 – 0 | |||||
| Bo. | 29 |
Finland |
Rtg | – | 31 |
Republic of North Macedonia |
Rtg | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 16.1 | WFM |
|
2147 | – | WFM |
|
2108 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 16.2 |
|
1902 | – |
|
2004 | 0 – 1 | ||||||
| 16.3 |
|
2020 | – |
|
1795 | ½ – ½ | ||||||
| 16.4 |
|
1802 | – | WIM |
|
2036 | ½ – ½ | |||||
Open
| Bo. | 24 |
Serbia |
Rtg | – | 10 |
Hungary |
Rtg | 3 : 1 | ||||
| 11.1 | GM |
|
2638 | – | GM |
|
2604 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 11.2 | GM |
|
2557 | – | GM |
|
2667 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 11.3 | GM |
|
2477 | – | GM |
|
2619 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 11.4 | IM |
|
2525 | – | GM |
|
2610 | 1 – 0 |
22th European Team Chess Championship 2019 Rd6
Women
A narrow loss for the ladies as Vajda went down in Pirc(with Black)
| Round 6 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | 5 | Azerbaijan | Rtg | – | 1 | Russia | Rtg | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 1.1 | IM |
|
2427 | – | GM |
|
2575 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 1.2 | WGM |
|
2368 | – | GM |
|
2549 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 1.3 | IM |
|
2369 | – | WGM |
|
2476 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 1.4 | WGM |
|
2314 | – | GM |
|
2509 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 15 | Serbia | Rtg | – | 2 | Georgia | Rtg | 0 : 4 | ||||
| 2.1 | WGM |
|
2285 | – | GM |
|
2502 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 2.2 | WIM |
|
2257 | – | GM |
|
2446 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 2.3 | WIM |
|
2275 | – | IM |
|
2398 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 2.4 | WIM |
|
2262 | – | IM |
|
2380 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| Bo. | 9 | Georgia 2 | Rtg | – | 4 | Poland | Rtg | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 3.1 | GM |
|
2422 | – | GM |
|
2417 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 3.2 | WGM |
|
2315 | – | WGM |
|
2406 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 3.3 | IM |
|
2341 | – | IM |
|
2412 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 3.4 | IM |
|
2297 | – | WIM |
|
2307 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| Bo. | 3 | Ukraine | Rtg | – | 7 | Hungary | Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 4.1 | GM |
|
2431 | – | GM |
|
2414 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 4.2 | IM |
|
2410 | – | IM |
|
2366 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 4.3 | IM |
|
2409 | – | IM |
|
2353 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 4.4 | GM |
|
2333 | – | WGM |
|
2322 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 11 | Italy | Rtg | – | 10 | Turkey | Rtg | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 5.1 | IM |
|
2381 | – | IM |
|
2464 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 5.2 | IM |
|
2397 | – | WGM |
|
2338 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 5.3 | IM |
|
2294 | – | WGM |
|
2317 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 5.4 | WIM |
|
2265 | – | WFM |
|
2242 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 21 | Latvia | Rtg | – | 13 | Armenia | Rtg | 1½:2½ | ||||
| 6.1 | WGM |
|
2297 | – | IM |
|
2402 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 6.2 | WGM |
|
2269 | – | WIM |
|
2261 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 6.3 | WGM |
|
2216 | – | GM |
|
2385 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 6.4 |
|
1987 | – | WGM |
|
2260 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| Bo. | 6 | France | Rtg | – | 17 | Israel | Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 7.1 | IM |
|
2400 | – | IM |
|
2336 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 7.2 | IM |
|
2407 | – | WGM |
|
2317 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 7.3 | IM |
|
2403 | – | WIM |
|
2221 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 7.4 | WIM |
|
2265 | – | WFM |
|
2124 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| Bo. | 8 | Romania | Rtg | – | 12 | Spain | Rtg | 1½:2½ | ||||
| 8.1 | IM |
|
2442 | – | IM |
|
2395 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 8.2 | IM |
|
2371 | – | IM |
|
2305 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 8.3 | WGM |
|
2313 | – | IM |
|
2383 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 8.4 | WGM |
|
2260 | – | WGM |
|
2251 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| Bo. | 25 | Slovenia | Rtg | – | 20 | Greece | Rtg | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 9.1 | WGM |
|
2278 | – | IM |
|
2431 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 9.2 | WIM |
|
2159 | – | FM |
|
2247 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 9.3 | WFM |
|
2122 | – | WGM |
|
2201 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 9.4 | WFM |
|
2174 | – | WIM |
|
2048 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| Bo. | 19 | Germany | Rtg | – | 16 | Slovakia | Rtg | 3 : 1 | ||||
| 10.1 | WGM |
|
2323 | – | IM |
|
2315 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 10.2 | WGM |
|
2248 | – | IM |
|
2295 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 10.3 | WIM |
|
2225 | – | WGM |
|
2307 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 10.4 | WIM |
|
2266 | – | WGM |
|
2258 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| Bo. | 32 | Georgia 3 | Rtg | – | 14 | Netherlands | Rtg | 1 : 3 | ||||
| 11.1 |
|
1988 | – | WGM |
|
2288 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| 11.2 |
|
1935 | – | WGM |
|
2288 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| 11.3 |
|
1885 | – | IM |
|
2236 | 1 – 0 | |||||
| 11.4 |
|
1903 | – | WIM |
|
2283 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| Bo. | 22 | Sweden | Rtg | – | 24 | England | Rtg | 1½:2½ | ||||
| 12.1 | GM |
|
2462 | – | IM |
|
2430 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 12.2 | WIM |
|
2227 | – | WGM |
|
2272 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 12.3 | WFM |
|
2164 | – | WFM |
|
2073 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 12.4 |
|
2086 | – | WFM |
|
2038 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| Bo. | 26 | Austria | Rtg | – | 23 | Croatia | Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 13.1 | WIM |
|
2222 | – | WIM |
|
2262 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 13.2 | WFM |
|
2180 | – | WGM |
|
2163 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 13.3 | WFM |
|
2172 | – | WFM |
|
2205 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 13.4 | WFM |
|
2136 | – | FM |
|
2182 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 18 | Czech Republic | Rtg | – | 28 | Norway | Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 14.1 | WGM |
|
2319 | – |
|
2159 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| 14.2 | WGM |
|
2294 | – |
|
2062 | ½ – ½ | |||||
| 14.3 | WIM |
|
2259 | – | WFM |
|
1898 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 14.4 | WIM |
|
2179 | – |
|
1949 | 1 – 0 | |||||
| Bo. | 30 | Belgium | Rtg | – | 29 | Finland | Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 15.1 | WIM |
|
2156 | – | WFM |
|
2147 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 15.2 | WFM |
|
1983 | – | WFM |
|
1992 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 15.3 |
|
1974 | – |
|
2020 | ½ – ½ | ||||||
| 15.4 |
|
1939 | – |
|
1802 | 0 – 1 | ||||||
| Bo. | 27 | Switzerland | Rtg | – | 31 | Republic of North Macedonia | Rtg | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 16.1 | WFM |
|
2271 | – | WFM |
|
2108 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 16.2 | WIM |
|
2175 | – |
|
2004 | 0 – 1 | |||||
| 16.3 | WFM |
|
2140 | – |
|
1795 | 1 – 0 | |||||
| 16.4 |
|
1967 | – | WIM |
|
2036 | 0 – 1 | |||||
Rank after Round 6
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Team | Games | + | = | – | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Russia | RUS | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 105,0 | 16,5 |
| 2 | 2 | Georgia | GEO | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 108,0 | 17,5 |
| 3 | 5 | Azerbaijan | AZE | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 91,0 | 15,5 |
| 4 | 9 | Georgia 2 | GEO | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 86,0 | 14,0 |
| 5 | 4 | Poland | POL | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 76,0 | 13,5 |
| 6 | 13 | Armenia | ARM | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 73,0 | 14,5 |
| 7 | 3 | Ukraine | UKR | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 72,5 | 13,0 |
| 8 | 15 | Serbia | SRB | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 58,0 | 14,5 |
| 9 | 12 | Spain | ESP | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 83,0 | 13,5 |
| 10 | 11 | Italy | ITA | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 75,5 | 13,0 |
| 11 | 7 | Hungary | HUN | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 75,5 | 12,0 |
| 12 | 10 | Turkey | TUR | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 73,0 | 13,5 |
| 13 | 6 | France | FRA | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 71,0 | 14,5 |
| 14 | 20 | Greece | GRE | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 68,5 | 12,5 |
| 15 | 19 | Germany | GER | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 63,0 | 14,0 |
| 16 | 14 | Netherlands | NED | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 49,0 | 11,0 |
| 25 | Slovenia | SLO | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 49,0 | 11,0 | |
| 18 | 21 | Latvia | LAT | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 48,0 | 12,0 |
| 19 | 24 | England | ENG | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 39,5 | 11,0 |
| 20 | 26 | Austria | AUT | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 29,0 | 9,0 |
| 21 | 8 | Romania | ROU | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 79,0 | 13,5 |
| 22 | 17 | Israel | ISR | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 60,0 | 11,5 |
| 23 | 18 | Czech Republic | CZE | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 34,5 | 10,5 |
| 24 | 16 | Slovakia | SVK | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 31,0 | 10,0 |
| 25 | 30 | Belgium | BEL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 22,0 | 9,0 |
| 26 | 22 | Sweden | SWE | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 52,0 | 12,0 |
| 27 | 32 | Georgia 3 | GEO | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 38,5 | 11,0 |
| 28 | 23 | Croatia | CRO | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 42,0 | 9,5 |
| 29 | 28 | Norway | NOR | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 31,5 | 9,0 |
| 30 | 27 | Switzerland | SUI | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 30,5 | 8,0 |
| 31 | 29 | Finland | FIN | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 26,5 | 6,5 |
| 32 | 31 | Republic of North Macedonia | MKD | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 26,0 | 7,5 |
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