Saturday, October 24, 2009

European Team Championship Round 3


There were some major upsets in round 3:

- Serbia 1 knocked off Armenia.
- England defeated Bulgaria in spite of Topalov's win over Adams.
- Norway held the powerful Ukrainian team to a 2-2 tie thanks to Hammer's win over Eljanov and the valiant effort of Norway's board 3 and 4.

Round 3 top board results:

Bo. 2 AZE Azerbaijan (AZE) Rtg - 7 GER Germany (GER) Rtg 2½:1½
1.1 GM Radjabov Teimour 2757 - GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2685 ½ - ½
1.2 GM Gashimov Vugar 2740 - GM Meier Georg 2664 1 - 0
1.3 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2721 - GM Fridman Daniel 2661 ½ - ½
1.4 GM Mamedov Rauf 2626 - GM Gustafsson Jan 2622 ½ - ½
Bo. 3 ARM Armenia (ARM) Rtg - 17 SRB Serbia 1 (SRB 1) Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 GM Aronian Levon 2773 - GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2614 1 - 0
2.2 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2678 - GM Solak Dragan 2583 0 - 1
2.3 GM Pashikian Arman 2663 - GM Markus Robert 2608 0 - 1
2.4 GM Petrosian Tigran L 2602 - GM Perunovic Milos 2572 ½ - ½
Bo. 8 ESP Spain (ESP) Rtg - 6 ISR Israel (ISR) Rtg 1½:2½
3.1 GM Shirov Alexei 2730 - GM Sutovsky Emil 2676 ½ - ½
3.2 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2696 - GM Roiz Michael 2658 ½ - ½
3.3 GM Illescas Cordoba Miguel 2591 - GM Postny Evgeny 2651 ½ - ½
3.4 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2570 - GM Avrukh Boris 2668 0 - 1
Bo. 11 GEO Georgia (GEO) Rtg - 10 HUN Hungary (HUN) Rtg 2½:1½
4.1 GM Jobava Baadur 2696 - GM Almasi Zoltan 2685 1 - 0
4.2 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2613 - GM Berkes Ferenc 2663 ½ - ½
4.3 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2600 - GM Balogh Csaba 2620 ½ - ½
4.4 GM Gagunashvili Merab 2580 - GM Gyimesi Zoltan 2594 ½ - ½
Bo. 24 ITA Italy (ITA) Rtg - 1 RUS Russia (RUS) Rtg 1 : 3
5.1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2662 - GM Svidler Peter 2741 ½ - ½
5.2 GM Godena Michele 2530 - GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2742 0 - 1
5.3 IM Rombaldoni Denis 2469 - GM Alekseev Evgeny 2725 0 - 1
5.4 IM Shytaj Luca 2481 - GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2688 ½ - ½
Bo. 12 POL Poland (POL) Rtg - 15 NED Netherlands (NED) Rtg 1½:2½
6.1 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2640 - GM Stellwagen Daniel 2630 ½ - ½
6.2 GM Macieja Bartlomiej 2618 - GM L'Ami Erwin 2606 ½ - ½
6.3 GM Bartel Mateusz 2609 - GM Werle Jan 2563 ½ - ½
6.4 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2572 - GM Ernst Sipke 2589 0 - 1
Bo. 4 BUL Bulgaria (BUL) Rtg - 18 ENG England (ENG) Rtg 1½:2½
7.1 GM Topalov Veselin 2813 - GM Adams Michael 2682 1 - 0
7.2 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2667 - GM McShane Luke J 2615 0 - 1
7.3 GM Delchev Aleksander 2635 - GM Conquest Stuart C 2563 0 - 1
7.4 GM Iotov Valentin 2578 - GM Gordon Stephen J 2535 ½ - ½
Bo. 29 NOR Norway (NOR) Rtg - 5 UKR Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 2 : 2
8.1 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2585 - GM Eljanov Pavel 2717 1 - 0
8.2 GM Johannessen Leif Erlend 2532 - GM Volokitin Andrei 2681 0 - 1
8.3 IM Elsness Frode 2458 - GM Drozdovskij Yuri 2627 ½ - ½
8.4 FM Thomassen Joachim 2332 - GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2612 ½ - ½
Bo. 9 FRA France (FRA) Rtg - 25 SUI Switzerland (SUI) Rtg 2½:1½
9.1 GM Bacrot Etienne 2709 - GM Korchnoi Viktor 2566 1 - 0
9.2 GM Fressinet Laurent 2658 - GM Pelletier Yannick 2589 ½ - ½
9.3 GM Edouard Romain 2620 - IM Ekstroem Roland 2488 ½ - ½
9.4 GM Feller Sebastien 2570 - GM Gallagher Joseph G 2464 ½ - ½
Bo. 13 CZE Czech Republic (CZE) Rtg - 16 SLO Slovenia (SLO) Rtg 2½:1½
10.1 GM Navara David 2692 - GM Beliavsky Alexander 2656 1 - 0
10.2 GM Laznicka Viktor 2634 - GM Pavasovic Dusko 2602 1 - 0
10.3 GM Hracek Zbynek 2606 - GM Lenic Luka 2575 ½ - ½
10.4 GM Babula Vlastimil 2569 - IM Sebenik Matej 2489 0 - 1

Full standings and results here: http://www.chess-results.com/Default.aspx?id=5442&lan=1
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hammer should be 2650+.

Anonymous said...

How many players there are actually bald?

Anonymous said...

Go Serbia !