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15th European Team Championship 2005 Round 8

15th European Team Championship Round 8 5th August 2005
Men Round 8 Standings

Rank         Team                              + = -       MP       Pts.       BH. 
  1         Netherlands                        5 3 0       13        19½       148½
  2         Israel                             5 2 1       12        20½       142½
  3         Poland                             4 4 0       12        20        139
  4         Georgia                            5 2 1       12        18        140
  5         Greece                             4 3 1       11        19        133½
  6         Czech Republic                     5 1 2       11        18½       137
  7         Serbia and Montenegro              5 1 2       11        18½       132
  8         France                             5 1 2       11        18        149
  9         Ukraine                            5 0 3       10        20½       125½
 10         Germany                            4 2 2       10        18        141
 11         Croatia                            5 0 3       10        18        126
 12         Azerbaijan                         4 2 2       10        17½       147½
 13         Russia                             4 1 3        9        18½       131½
 14         Sweden 1                           4 1 3        9        18        117
 15         Hungary                            4 1 3        9        17        138½
 16         Slovenia                           4 1 3        9        16        135
 17         Armenia                            3 2 3        8        19        134½
 18         England                            3 2 3        8        18½       126
 19         Romania                            3 2 3        8        16½       142
 20         Switzerland                        3 2 3        8        16½       129
 21         Norway                             3 2 3        8        15½       124½
 22         Macedonia                          3 2 3        8        15½       117½
 23         Estonia                            4 0 4        8        15        129½
 24         Denmark                            2 3 3        7        17½       126
 25         Finland                            3 1 4        7        16        113
 26         Sweden 2                           3 1 4        7        15½       132½
 27         Lithuania                          2 3 3        7        15        139
 28         Iceland                            3 1 4        7        15        129
 29         Spain                              3 1 4        7        15        126
 30         Ireland                            2 3 3        7        15        113½
 31         Bulgaria                           1 4 3        6        16        132½
 32         Austria                            3 0 5        6        15        115
 33         Belgium                            2 2 4        6        14½       109
 34         Luxemburg                          2 1 5        5        13        104
 35         Turkey                             2 1 5        5        12½       100½
 36         Italy                              2 1 5        5        12        125
 37         Sweden 3                           2 1 5        5        11        139½
 38         Scotland                           2 0 6        4        11½       112½
 39         Wales                              2 0 6        4        10½       103
 40         Cyprus                             0 0 8        0         3        113½

Women's Round 8 Standings
 
Rank         Team                              + = -       MP       Pts.       BH. 
  1         Poland                             6 2 0       14        21        148½
  2         Georgia                            5 3 0       13        19½       145
  3         Russia                             5 1 2       11        20        142½
  4         Bulgaria                           4 3 1       11        19        130
  5         Romania                            5 0 3       10        19½       128½
  6         Armenia                            5 0 3       10        19        126
  7         Germany                            3 3 2        9        19        126½
  8         Lithuania                          3 3 2        9        18        123½
  9         Serbia and Montenegro              3 3 2        9        17½       139½
 10         Ukraine                            4 1 3        9        17        149½
 11         Greece                             4 1 3        9        17        135
 12         England                            3 2 3        8        18½       106
 13         Hungary                            3 2 3        8        17½       134
 14         Czech Republic                     4 0 4        8        17½       118½
 15         Netherlands                        3 2 3        8        17        133½
 16         Spain                              4 0 4        8        16½       136½
 17         Israel                             3 2 3        8        15        138
 18         Slovenia                           3 2 3        8        15        118
 19         France                             2 3 3        7        16        134
 20         Sweden 1                           3 1 4        7        14½       128
 21         Turkey                             2 2 4        6        16        114½
 22         Croatia                            3 0 5        6        13        120
 23         Switzerland                        3 0 5        6        10        121½
 24         Sweden 2                           2 0 6        4        10        113½
 25         Iceland                            0 1 7        1         7        109
 26         Austria                            0 1 7        1         6        108½


Men
 
   8.1     2     Israel                                   1½ - 2½      14     Georgia 
                                                             
      1   GM    Gelfand Boris                    2724     ½ : ½        GM    Jobava Baadur               2621
      2   GM    Sutovsky Emil                    2674     0 : 1        IM    Pantsulaia Levan            2510
      3   GM    Smirin Ilia                      2652     ½ : ½        GM    Mchedlishvili Mikheil       2549
      4   GM    Avrukh Boris                     2652     ½ : ½        GM    Janjgava Lasha              2472
   8.2     6     Netherlands                               2 - 2       17     Greece 
                                                             
      1   GM    Van Wely Loek                    2655     0 : 1        GM    Kotronias Vasilios          2587
      2   GM    Sokolov Ivan                     2691     ½ : ½        GM    Papaioannou Ioannis         2578
      3   GM    Tiviakov Sergei                  2678     1 : 0        GM    Banikas Hristos             2548
      4   GM    Van Den Doel Erik                2587     ½ : ½        GM    Mastrovasilis Dimitrios     2563
   8.3     5     France                                  1½ - 2 ½      12     Poland 
                                                             
      1   GM    Bacrot Etienne                   2729     0 : 1        GM    Kempinski Robert            2619
      2   GM    Lautier Joel                     2672     ½ : ½        GM    Wojtaszek Radoslaw          2591
      3   GM    Dorfman Josif                    2592     ½ : ½        IM    Bobras Piotr                2525
      4   GM    Fressinet Laurent                2627     ½ : ½        GM    Markowski Tomasz            2564
   8.4     7     Azerbaijan                                2 - 2       10     Germany 
                                                             
      1   GM    Radjabov Teimour                 2682     1 : 0        GM    Lutz Christopher            2616
      2   GM    Mamedyarov Shakhriyar            2646     ½ : ½        GM    Gustafsson Jan              2614
      3   GM    Gashimov Vugar                   2594     0 : 1        GM    Graf Alexander              2605
      4   GM    Guseinov Gadir                   2585     ½ : ½        GM    Dautov Rustem               2595
   8.5    11     Hungary                                  1½ - 2½       9     Czech Republic 
                                                             
      1   GM    Berkes Ferenc                    2619     0 : 1        GM    Navara David                2663
      2   GM    Gyimesi Zoltan                   2628     ½ : ½        GM    Hracek Zbynek               2591
      3   GM    Ruck Robert                      2546     1 : 0        GM    Babula Vlastimil            2604
      4   GM    Balogh Csaba                     2537     0 : 1        GM    Stocek Jiri                 2592
   8.6     8     Romania                                  1½ - 2½      15     Serbia and Montenegro 
                                                             
      1   GM    Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter           2679     1 : 0        GM    Damljanovic Branko          2612
      2   GM    Istratescu Andrei                2624     ½ : ½        GM    Markus Robert               2591
      3   GM    Nevednichy Vladislav             2583     0 : 1        GM    Ivanisevic Ivan             2577
      4   IM    Lupulescu Constantin             2542     0 : 1        GM    Solak Dragan                2557
   8.7    25     Estonia                                   1 - 3        3     Ukraine 
                                                             
      1   GM    Kulaots Kaido                    2570     ½ : ½        GM    Ivanchuk Vassily            2752
      2   IM    Kanep Meelis                     2491     ½ : ½        GM    Eljanov Pavel               2639
      3   IM    Sepp Olav                        2462     0 : 1        GM    Moiseenko Alexander         2664
      4   IM    Seeman Tarvo                     2405     0 : 1        IM    Kuzubov Yury                2535
   8.8    21     Croatia                                  2½ - 1½       4     Armenia 
                                                             
      1   GM    Kozul Zdenko                     2585     ½ : ½        GM    Akopian Vladimir            2705
      2   GM    Palac Mladen                     2566     1 : 0        GM    Aronian Levon               2724
      3   GM    Zelcic Robert                    2522     ½ : ½        GM    Lputian Smbat               2629
      4   GM    Dizdar Goran                     2518     ½ : ½        GM    Anastasian Ashot            2595
   8.9    24     Lithuania                                 1 - 3        1     Russia 
                                                             
      1   GM    Rozentalis Eduardas              2567     ½ : ½        GM    Svidler Peter               2738
      2   GM    Sulskis Sarunas                  2535     0 : 1        GM    Dreev Alexey                2698
      3   GM    Kveinys Aloyzas                  2510     ½ : ½        GM    Motylev Alexander           2675
      4   IM    Sakalauskas Vaidas               2473     0 : 1        GM    Timofeev Artyom             2661
  8.10    16     Denmark                                  1½ - 2½      22     Slovenia 
                                                             
      1   GM    Nielsen Peter Heine              2668     ½ : ½        GM    Beliavsky Alexander         2599
      2   GM    Schandorff Lars                  2519     0 : 1        GM    Pavasovic Dusko             2566
      3   IM    Palo Davor                       2519     ½ : ½        GM    Mikhalchishin Adrian        2526
      4   GM    Hansen Sune Berg                 2568     ½ : ½        IM    Borisek Jure                2509
  8.11    26     Macedonia                                 2 - 2       18     England 
                                                             
      1   GM    Georgiev Vladimir                2532     1 : 0        GM    McShane Luke                2625
      2   GM    Nedev Trajce                     2530     ½ : ½        GM    Speelman Jonathan           2549
      3   GM    Jacimovic Dragoljub              2438     0 : 1        GM    Gormally Daniel             2557
      4   IM    Kizov Atanas                     2418     ½ : ½        GM    Pert Nicholas               2493
  8.12    29     Sweden 2                                  1 - 3       20     Sweden 1 
                                                             
      1   GM    Karlsson Lars                    2472     ½ : ½        GM    Agrest Evgenij              2592
      2   IM    Olsson Anders                    2416     0 : 1        GM    Hellsten Johan              2582
      3   FM    Carlsson Pontus                  2394     ½ : ½        GM    Berg Emanuel                2539
      4         Lindberg Bosse                   2359     0 : 1        GM    Hillarp Persson Tiger       2511
  8.13    19     Switzerland                              2½ - 1½      13     Bulgaria 
                                                             
      1   GM    Korchnoi Viktor                  2615     ½ : ½        GM    Georgiev Kiril              2666
      2   GM    Pelletier Yannick                2603     ½ : ½        GM    Cheparinov Ivan             2634
      3   GM    Gallagher Joseph                 2544     ½ : ½        GM    Spasov Vasil                2551
      4   GM    Jenni Florian                    2494     1 : 0              Rusev Krasimir              2426
  8.14    33     Austria                                  1½ - 2½      28     Norway 
                                                             
      1   IM    Neubauer Martin                  2468     0 : 1        GM    Johannessen Leif Erlend     2543
      2   IM    Pilaj Herwig                     2425     0 : 1        GM    Lie Kjetil A.               2472
      3   IM    Lehner Oliver                    2428     ½ : ½        IM    Elsness Frode               2440
      4   IM    Lendwai Reinhard                 2416     1 : 0        IM    Nordahl Helge               2423
  8.15    23     Spain                                     3 - 1       35     Turkey 
                                                             
      1   GM    Illescas Cordoba Miguel          2624     ½ : ½        IM    Atakisi Umut                2437
      2   IM    Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel      2507     1 : 0        IM    Haznedaroglu Kivanc         2430
      3   IM    Perez Candelario Manuel          2504     1 : 0        FM    Erturan Yakup               2311
      4   GM    Del Rio Angelis Salvador         2470     ½ : ½              Esen Baris                  2301
  8.16    38     Luxemburg                                ½ - 3½       27     Iceland 
                                                             
      1   IM    Bakalarz Mieczyslaw              2423     ½ : ½        GM    Stefansson Hannes           2579
      2   IM    Berend Fred                      2374     0 : 1        IM    Kristjansson Stefan         2459
      3         Wagener Claude                   2273     0 : 1        IM    Thorfinnsson Bragi          2448
      4         Weber Jean-Marie                 2262     0 : 1        IM    Gunnarsson Arnar            2438
  8.17    34     Sweden 3                                  1 - 3       30     Finland 
                                                             
      1   GM    Brynell Stellan                  2484     0 : 1        GM    Nyback Tomi                 2571
      2         Ong Kezli                        2371     ½ : ½        IM    Sammalvuo Tapani            2441
      3         Tikkanen Hans                    2316     ½ : ½        IM    Karttunen Mika              2409
      4   FM    Olsson Linus                     2352     0 : 1        IM    Nyysti Sampsa               2344
  8.18    32     Ireland                                  2½ - 1½      31     Italy 
                                                             
      1   GM    Baburin Alexander                2523     ½ : ½        GM    Godena Michele              2522
      2   IM    Kelly Brian                      2504     1 : 0        IM    D'Amore Carlo               2463
      3   IM    Collins Sam                      2413     0 : 1        FM    Bruno Fabio                 2425
      4   IM    Orr Mark                         2305     1 : 0        IM    Contin Daniel               2393
  8.19    39     Wales                                    2½ - 1½      36     Scotland 
                                                             
      1   FM    James David                      2213     ½ : ½        GM    McNab Colin                 2451
      2         Kett Tim                         2192     ½ : ½        IM    Shaw John                   2449
      3         Trevelyan John                   2196     1 : 0              Grant Jonathan              2273
      4         Spice Alan                       2175     ½ : ½        FM    Upton Timothy               2250
  8.20    40     Cyprus                                    1 - 3       37     Belgium 
                                                             
      1         Antoniou Antonis                 2198     0 : 1        IM    Dutreeuw Marc               2361
      2         Kassinopoullos Doros             2094     0 : 1        IM    Van Der Stricht Geert       2400
      3         Kyriakidis Thrasos               2144     1 : 0        IM    Claesen Pieter              2384
      4         Klerides Paris                   2224     0 : 1        FM    Docx Stefan                 2310
 
Women
 
   8.1      3       Ukraine                               1½ - 2½        4       Poland 
                                                             
      1    WGM     Zhukova Natalia               2478     0 : 1          IM     Radziewicz Iweta           2447
      2     IM     Lahno Kateryna                2498     1 : 0          IM     Socko Monika               2465
      3     IM     Gaponenko Inna                2439     0 : 1         WGM     Zawadzka Jolanta           2402
      4     IM     Vasilevich Tatjana            2393     ½ : ½         WGM     Zielinska Marta            2410
   8.2      1       Russia                                1½ - 2½        2       Georgia 
                                                             
      1     GM     Kosteniuk Alexandra           2516     0 : 1          GM     Chiburdanidze Maia         2509
      2     IM     Kovalevskaya Ekaterina        2471     ½ : ½          IM     Lomineishvili Maia         2420
      3     IM     Kosintseva Tatiana            2477     1 : 0          IM     Dzagnidze Nana             2438
      4     IM     Galliamova Alisa              2453     0 : 1          IM     Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan    2423
   8.3      11      Bulgaria                              2½ - 1½        13      Greece 
                                                             
      1     GM     Stefanova Antoaneta           2501     ½ : ½          IM     Dembo Yelena               2428
      2    WGM     Voiska Margarita              2328     ½ : ½         WGM     Botsari Anna-Maria         2297
      3    WGM     Djingarova Emilia             2277     1 : 0         WGM     Makropoulou Marina         2287
      4    WGM     Velcheva Maria                2274     ½ : ½         WIM     Fakhiridou Ekaterini       2272
   8.4      14      Slovenia                              ½ - 3½         7       Armenia 
                                                             
      1    WGM     Muzychuk Anna                 2364     0 : 1          IM     Danielian Elina            2433
      2    WIM     Kaps Darja                    2319     ½ : ½          IM     Mkrtchian Lilit            2447
      3    WIM     Krivec Jana                   2270     0 : 1         WIM     Aginian Nelly              2324
      4    WFM     Rozic Vesna                   2192     0 : 1         WIM     Galojan Lilit              2223
   8.5      10      Romania                                3 - 1         15      Israel 
                                                             
      1     IM     Peptan Corina-Isabela         2411     1 : 0          IM     Klinova Masha              2384
      2    WGM     Olarasu Gabriela              2306     ½ : ½         WGM     Borsuk Angela              2342
      3    WGM     Bogza Adina-Maria             2325     ½ : ½         WGM     Igla Bella                 2299
      4    WIM     Calotescu Ana-Cristina        2273     1 : 0         WIM     Vasiliev Olga              2202
   8.6      12      Netherlands                           1½ - 2½        6       Serbia and Montenegro 
                                                             
      1     GM     Peng Zhaoqin                  2405     0 : 1          IM     Maric Alisa                2415
      2     IM     Bosboom-Lanchava Tea          2363     ½ : ½         WGM     Bojkovic Natasa            2386
      3     FM     Schuurman Petra               2266     ½ : ½         WGM     Prudnikova Svetlana        2370
      4    WIM     Muhren Bianca                 2269     ½ : ½         WGM     Chelushkina Irina          2330
   8.7      19      Spain                                  1 - 3         21      Lithuania 
                                                             
      1    WGM     Calzetta Monica               2282     0 : 1         WGM     Ciuksyte Dagne             2341
      2    WIM     Vega Gutierrez Sabrina        2262     0 : 1         WIM     Zaksaite Salomeja          2237
      3    WIM     Hernandez Yudania             2234     1 : 0                 Limontaite Simona          2095
      4    WIM     Llaneza Vega Patricia         2180     0 : 1                 Daulyte Deimante           2195
   8.8      9       Germany                                3 - 1         16      Sweden 1 
                                                             
      1     IM     Paehtz Elisabeth              2421     ½ : ½          GM     Cramling Pia               2494
      2     IM     Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino     2416     1 : 0         WIM     Johansson Victoria         2218
      3    WIM     Nill Jessica                  2323     1 : 0         WFM     Pavlovskaia Evgenia        2174
      4    WGM     Trabert Bettina               2291     ½ : ½                 Andersson Christin         2168
   8.9      22      Switzerland                           ½ - 3½         5       Hungary 
                                                             
      1    WGM     Lematschko Tatjana            2205     ½ : ½          IM     Madl Ildiko                2382
      2    WCM     Wilson Alexandra              2056     0 : 1          IM     Vajda Szidonia             2392
      3            Roelli Corinne                2001     0 : 1         WGM     Gara Anita                 2372
      4            Svendsen Hannelore            1775     0 : 1         WGM     Lakos Nikoletta            2313
  8.10      17      Czech Republic                        2½ - 1½        25      Turkey 
                                                             
      1     IM     Jackova Jana                  2386     1 : 0         WIM     Yildiz Betul Cemre         2155
      2    WIM     Cedikova Katerina             2262     0 : 1         WFM     Topel Zehra                2081
      3    WIM     Sikorova Olga                 2232     1 : 0         WIM     Cinar Corlulu Nilufer      2038
      4            Kulovana Eva                  2137     ½ : ½         WFM     Bayrak Asli                1967
  8.11      18      England                                3 - 1         24      Sweden 2 
                                                             
      1     IM     Houska Jovanka                2342     1 : 0                 Jiretorn Eva               2134
      2     IM     Lalic Susan                   2362     1 : 0                 Hansson Susanne            2110
      3    WIM     Richards Heather              2150     1 : 0                 Agrest Inna                1984
      4    WIM     Lauterbach Ingrid             2156     0 : 1                 Frisk Ellinor              1991
  8.12      23      Iceland                                0 - 4         8       France 
                                                             
      1    WGM     Ptacnikova Lenka              2204     0 : 1          IM     Sebag Marie                2438
      2            Thorsteinsdottir Gudlaug      2132     0 : 1         WGM     Milliet Sophie             2321
      3    WIM     Gretarsdottir Lilja           2046     0 : 1         WGM     Lallemand Roza             2287
      4            Fridthjofsdottir Sigurl Regin 1963     0 : 1         WIM     Muller Anne                2169
  8.13      20      Croatia                                4 - 0         26      Austria 
                                                             
      1    WGM     Medic Mirjana                 2268     1 : 0         WFM     Kopinits Anna-Christina    2124
      2    WIM     Sargac Rajna                  2242     1 : 0         WFM     Horvath Maria              2039
      3    WIM     Macek Vlasta                  2211     1 : 0                 Sommer Sonja               2053
      4    WIM     Jelica Mara                   2191     1 : 0                 Nagy Laura                 1933
   


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