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European Team Championships

European Team Championships Round 2

Men's Results Round 2

2.1 1 Russia                   2½ - 1½ 3 Spain 
1 GM Svidler Peter         2723 1 : 0 GM Shirov Alexei           2737 
2 GM Bareev Evgeny         2739 0 : 1 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco  2662 
3 GM Grischuk Alexander    2732 ½ : ½ GM Illescas Cordoba Miguel 2602 
4 GM Morozevich Alexander  2702 1 : 0 GM Romero Holmes Alfonso   2544 
2.2 2 Israel                   2½ - 1½ 5 France 
1 GM Gelfand Boris         2703 ½ : ½ GM Lautier Joel            2666 
2 GM Smirin Ilia           2670 ½ : ½ GM Fressinet Laurent       2654 
3 GM Sutovsky Emil         2646 1 : 0 GM Bauer Christian         2602 
4 IM Roiz Michael          2549 ½ : ½ GM Sokolov Andrei          2584 
2.3 7 Germany                  2½ - 1½ 15 FYROM 
1 GM Lutz Christopher      2613 ½ : ½ GM Georgiev Kiril          2651 
2 GM Dautov Rustem         2610 1 : 0 GM Georgiev Vladimir       2596 
3 GM Luther Thomas         2580 ½ : ½ GM Mitkov Nikola           2530 
4 GM Gustafsson Jan        2571 ½ : ½ GM Nedev Trajce            2480 
2.4 12 Hungary                  2 - 2 8 Netherlands 
1 GM Acs Peter             2593 ½ : ½ GM Van Wely Loek           2654 
2 GM Berkes Ferenc         2616 0 : 1 GM Tiviakov Sergei         2601 
3 GM Varga Zoltan          2558 1 : 0 GM Van Den Doel Erik       2609 
4 GM Ruck Robert           2551 ½ : ½ GM Nijboer Friso           2577 
2.5 18 Croatia                  2 - 2 9 Poland 
1 GM Kozul Zdenko          2597 ½ : ½ GM Macieja Bartlomiej      2635 
2 GM Cvitan Ognjen         2516 ½ : ½ GM Krasenkow Michal        2597 
3 GM Zelcic Robert         2552 ½ : ½ GM Kempinski Robert        2561 
4 GM Stevic Hrvoje         2555 ½ : ½ GM Socko Bartosz           2547 
2.6 28 Lithuania               1½ - 2½ 11 Slovenia 
1 GM Kveinys Aloyzas       2495 ½ : ½ GM Beliavsky Alexander     2667 
2 IM Sakalauskas Vaidas    2423 ½ : ½ GM Pavasovic Dusko         2586 
3 IM Butnorius Algimantas  2424 ½ : ½ GM Sermek Drazen           2568 
4 IM Zapolskis Antanas     2375 0 : 1 IM Borisek Jure            2445 
2.7 16 Serbia and Montenegro    3 - 1 13 Czech Republic 
1 GM Damljanovic Branko    2589 1 : 0 GM Navara David            2607 
2 GM Pavlovic Milos        2593 ½ : ½ GM Babula Vlastimil        2567 
3 GM Ivanisevic Ivan       2548 ½ : ½ GM Stocek Jiri             2545 
4 IM Perunovic Milos       2534 1 : 0 GM Jirovsky Milos          2521 
2.8 14 Azerbaijan               2 - 2 17 Switzerland 
1 GM Radjabov Teimour      2650 1 : 0 GM Korchnoi Viktor         2580 
2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyaz 2595 1 : 0 GM Pelletier Yannick       2604 
3 GM Guseinov Gadir        2557 0 : 1 GM Jenni Florian           2522 
4 IM Ibrahimov Rasul       2478 0 : 1 GM Gallagher Joseph        2522 
2.9 37 Wales                    1 - 3 24 Finland 
1   Zeidler Sven P         2246 0 : 1 GM Nyback Tomi             2497 
2   Spice Alan             2181 0 : 1 GM Kallio Heikki           2493 
3   Kett Tim               2145 ½ : ½ IM Karttunen Mika          2379 
4   Trevelyan John         2150 ½ : ½ FM Maki-Uuro Miikka        2409 
2.10 6 Georgia                 2½ - 1½ 22 Sweden 
1 GM Azmaiparashvili Zurab 2693 ½ : ½ GM Agrest Evgenij          2605 
2 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2557 ½ : ½ IM Hellsten Johan          2534 
3 GM Kacheishvili Giorgi   2593 1 : 0 IM Barkhagen Jonas         2480 
4 GM Gagunashvili Merab    2582 ½ : ½ GM Brynell Stellan         2462 
2.11 4 Ukraine                 3½ - ½ 20 Greece 
1 GM Ponomariov Ruslan     2718 1 : 0 GM Papaioannou Ioannis     2577 
2 GM Moiseenko Alexander   2618 ½ : ½ GM Halkias Stelios         2546 
3 GM Baklan Vladimir       2600 1 : 0 IM Vouldis Angelos         2528 
4 GM Eljanov Pavel         2597 1 : 0 GM Banikas Hristos         2522 
2.12 10 Belarus                 3 - 1 21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 
1 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej   2664 1 : 0 GM Atalik Suat             2570 
2 GM Fedorov Alexei        2595 ½ : ½ GM Kurajica Bojan          2557 
3 GM Azarov Sergei         2542 ½ : ½ GM Dizdarevic Emir         2507 
4 GM Kovalev Andrei        2572 1 : 0 GM Bistric Faruk           2503 
2.13 19 Bulgaria 1              3 - 1 31 Iceland 
1 GM Delchev Aleksander    2603 ½ : ½ GM Thorhallsson Throstur   2444 
2 GM Spasov Vasil          2543 ½ : ½ IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor   2419 
3 GM Chatalbashev Boris    2534 1 : 0 IM Kristjansson Stefan     2403 
4 IM Cheparinov Ivan       2531 1 : 0 FM Thorfinnsson Bjorn      2351 
2.14 23 England                 3 - 1 33 Turkey 
1 GM Speelman Jonathan S   2575 1 : 0 FM Haznedaroglu Kivanc     2305 
2 GM Lalic Bogdan          2503 ½ : ½ FM Atakisi Umut            2311 
3 GM Flear Glenn C         2516 1 : 0 FM Erdogdu Mert            2359 
4 GM Levitt Jonathan       2423 ½ : ½ FM Bayram Yakup            2306 
2.15 25 Estonia                2½ - 1½ 30 Belgium 
1 GM Kulaots Kaido         2530 1 : 0 IM Van Der Stricht Geert   2468 
2 IM Kanep Meelis          2452 ½ : ½ FM Van Beers Eddy          2431 
3 IM Seeman Tarvo          2429 ½ : ½ IM Claesen Pieter          2382 
4 IM Sepp Olav             2429 ½ : ½ IM Dutreeuw Marc           2321 
2.16 35 Ireland                1½ - 2½ 26 Italy 
1 IM Kelly Brian           2487 ½ : ½ GM Godena Michele          2523 
2 FM Collins Sam           2387 ½ : ½ IM Belotti Bruno           2426 
3   McMahon Daire          2221 ½ : ½ IM D'Amore Carlo           2435 
4   Fox Anthony            2126 0 : 1 IM Borgo Giulio            2419 
2.17 27 Bulgaria 2             2½ - 1½ 32 Scotland 
1 GM Genov Petar           2494 ½ : ½ IM Shaw John               2465 
2 IM Petrov Marijan        2471 ½ : ½ IM Muir Andrew J           2294 
3 IM Vasilev Milen         2451 ½ : ½ FM Upton Timothy J         2287 
4   Iotov Valentin         2280 1 : 0   Berry Neil               2300 
2.18 29 Austria                 1 - 3 34 Luxembourg 
1 IM Volkmann Friedrich    2452 ½ : ½ GM David Alberto           2560 
2 IM Neubauer Martin       2434 0 : 1 FM Bakalarz Mieczyslaw     2320 
3 IM Weiss Christian       2402 ½ : ½   Wagener Claude           2217 
4 IM Schroll Gerhard       2417 0 : 1   Weber Jean-Marie         2186 

Rk Team                  Gm + = - MP Pts 
 1 Serbia and Montenegro  2 2 0 0 4 5½ 
 2 Slovenia               2 2 0 0 4 5½ 
 3 Israel                 2 2 0 0 4 5½ 
 4 Russia                 2 2 0 0 4 5 
 5 Germany                2 2 0 0 4 5 
 6 Croatia                2 1 1 0 3 6 
 7 Hungary                2 1 1 0 3 5½ 
 8 Ukraine                2 1 1 0 3 5½ 
 9 Finland                2 1 1 0 3 5 
10 Azerbaijan             2 1 1 0 3 5 
11 Switzerland            2 1 1 0 3 5 
12 Poland                 2 1 1 0 3 4½ 
13 Netherlands            2 1 1 0 3 4½ 
14 Georgia                2 1 1 0 3 4½ 
15 FYROM                  2 1 0 1 2 5 
16 Czech Republic         2 1 0 1 2 5 
17 Lithuania              2 1 0 1 2 4½ 
18 Luxembourg             2 1 0 1 2 4½ 
19 Spain                  2 1 0 1 2 4½ 
20 Bulgaria 1             2 1 0 1 2 4½ 
21 England                2 1 0 1 2 4½ 
22 France                 2 1 0 1 2 4 
23 Italy                  2 1 0 1 2 4 
24 Bulgaria               2 2 1 0 1 2 4 
25 Estonia                2 1 0 1 2 4 
26 Belarus                2 1 0 1 2 4 
27 Wales                  2 1 0 1 2 3 
28 Cyprus                 2 1 0 1 2 2 
29 Sweden                 2 0 1 1 1 3½ 
30 Scotland               2 0 0 2 0 2½ 
31 Ireland                2 0 0 2 0 2½ 
32 Austria                2 0 0 2 0 2 
33 Belgium                2 0 0 2 0 2 
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 0 2 0 2 
35 Greece                 2 0 0 2 0 1½ 
36 Turkey                 2 0 0 2 0 1½ 
37 Iceland                2 0 0 2 0 1 

Women's Round 2 Results 

2.1 10 Romania                   ½ - 1½ 1 Russia 
1 WGM Foisor Cristina Adela 2398 ½ : ½ WGM Galliamova Alisa      2502 
2 WFM Motoc Alina           2363 0 : 1 WGM Matveeva Svetlana     2483 
2.2 14 Greece                    ½ - 1½ 3 Georgia 
1 WGM Botsari Anna-Maria    2394 ½ : ½ WGM Khurtsidze Nino       2418 
2 WGM Makropoulou Marina    2240 0 : 1 WGM Dzagnidze Nana        2452 
2.3 8 France                     ½ - 1½ 4 Bulgaria 1 
1 WGM Skripchenko Almira    2460 ½ : ½ WGM Stefanova Antoaneta   2497 
2 WIM Milliet Sophie        2326 0 : 1 WGM Voiska Margarita      2368 
2.4 6 Serbia and Montenegro      1 - 1 7 Armenia 
1 WGM Maric Alisa           2433 ½ : ½ WGM Danielian Elina       2400 
2 WGM Bojkovic Natasa       2408 ½ : ½ WGM Mkrtchian Lilit       2413 
2.5 31 Turkey                    1 - 1 15 Israel 
1 WFM Yildiz Betul Cemre    2131 0 : 1 WGM Klinova Masha         2378 
2 WIM Cinar Nilufer         2084 1 : 0   Vasiliev Olga           2189 
2.6 2 Ukraine                    2 - 0 28 Sweden 
1 WGM Zhukova Natalia       2452 1 : 0   Andersson Christin      2169 
2 WGM Gaponenko Inna        2409 1 : 0   Jiretorn Eva            2136 
2.7 27 Austria                   1 - 1 5 Poland 
1 WGM Moser Eva             2339 ½ : ½ WGM Radziewicz Iweta      2423 
2 WIM Mira Helene           2098 ½ : ½ WGM Socko Monika          2395 
2.8 26 Finland                   ½ - 1½ 9 Hungary 
1 WIM Koskela Niina         2280 0 : 1 WGM Dembo Yelena          2415 
2 WIM Rantanen Tanja        2165 ½ : ½ WGM Gara Anita            2356 
2.9 24 Croatia                   ½ - 1½ 11 England 
1 WGM Medic Mirjana         2271 ½ : ½ WGM Hunt Harriet          2402 
2 WIM Jelica Mara           2236 0 : 1 WGM Houska Jovanka        2358 
2.10 12 Netherlands              ½ - 1½ 20 Bulgaria 2 
1 WGM Peng Zhaoqin          2438 0 : 1 WGM Velcheva Maria        2295 
2   Schuurman Petra         2263 ½ : ½ WIM Georgieva Liubka      2252 
2.11 17 Azerbaijan               ½ - 1½ 13 Germany 
1 WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab    2345 ½ : ½ WGM Paehtz Elisabeth      2419 
2   Mamedjarova Turkan      2227 0 : 1 WGM Micic Jordanka        2319 
2.12 16 Moldova                 1½ - ½ 25 Italy 
1 WGM Petrenko Svetlana     2331 1 : 0 WGM Sedina Elena          2394 
2 WGM Agababean Naira       2252 ½ : ½   Costantini Laura        2075 
2.13 18 Czech Republic           ½ - 1½ 29 FYROM 
1 WGM Jackova Jana          2319 ½ : ½ WIM Koskoska Gabriela     2240 
2 WIM Sikorova Olga         2241 0 : 1 WFM Sekulovska Vesna      2130 
2.14 23 Lithuania               1½ - ½ 19 Slovenia 
1 WGM Ciuksyte Dagne        2295 1 : 0 WIM Krivec Jana           2313 
2   Turauskiene Renata      2218 ½ : ½ WFM Srebrnic Ana          2241 
2.15 22 Spain                   1½ - ½ 21 Slovakia 
1 WIM Calzetta Monica       2274 ½ : ½ WGM Hagarova Zuzana       2352 
2 WIM Garcia Vicente Nieves 2244 1 : 0   Machalova Maria         2187 

Standings: 2 round - WOMEN 

Rk Team                  Gm + = - MP Pts. 
 1 Georgia                2 2 0 0 4 3½ 
 2 Russia                 2 2 0 0 4 3 
 3 Bulgaria 1             2 2 0 0 4 3 
 4 Armenia                2 1 1 0 3 3 
 5 Ukraine                2 1 1 0 3 3 
 6 Serbia and Montenegro  2 1 1 0 3 2½ 
 7 Israel                 2 1 1 0 3 2½ 
 8 Bulgaria               2 2 1 1 0 3 2½ 
 9 Hungary                2 1 1 0 3 2½ 
10 England                2 1 1 0 3 2½ 
11 Germany                2 1 1 0 3 2½ 
12 Turkey                 2 1 1 0 3 2 
13 France                 2 1 0 1 2 2½ 
14 Romania                2 1 0 1 2 2½ 
15 Greece                 2 1 0 1 2 2 
16 Poland                 2 0 2 0 2 2 
17 Austria                2 0 2 0 2 2 
18 Moldova                2 1 0 1 2 2 
19 FYROM                  2 1 0 1 2 2 
20 Switzerland            2 1 0 1 2 1½ 
21 Spain                  2 1 0 1 2 1½ 
22 Lithuania              2 1 0 1 2 1½ 
23 Azerbaijan             2 0 1 1 1 1½ 
24 Croatia                2 0 1 1 1 1½ 
25 Finland                2 0 1 1 1 1½ 
26 Netherlands            2 0 1 1 1 1½ 
27 Sweden                 2 0 1 1 1 1 
28 Slovenia               2 0 0 2 0 1 
29 Slovakia               2 0 0 2 0 1 
30 Czech Republic         2 0 0 2 0 ½ 
31 Italy                  2 0 0 2 0 ½ 

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