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	Azerbaijan (AZE)	Rtg	-	7	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	Armenia (ARM)	Rtg	-	17	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	Spain (ESP)	Rtg	-	6	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	Georgia (GEO)	Rtg	-	10	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	Italy (ITA)	Rtg	-	1	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	Poland (POL)	Rtg	-	15	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	Bulgaria (BUL)	Rtg	-	18	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	Norway (NOR)	Rtg	-	5	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	France (FRA)	Rtg	-	25	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	Czech Republic (CZE)	Rtg	-	16	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