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15th European Team Championship 2005 Round 9

15th European Team Championship Round 9 7th August 2005
Final Standings:
Men 
      Rank        Team                   + = -   MP    Pts.     BH. 
        1         Netherlands            6 3 0   15     22      191½
        2         Israel                 6 2 1   14     23½     179½
        3         France                 6 1 2   13     21½     184
        4         Greece                 5 3 1   13     21½     166½
        5         Ukraine                6 0 3   12     23½     162
        6         Poland                 4 4 1   12     21½     177½
        7         Georgia                5 2 2   12     19½     183½
        8         Germany                4 3 2   11     20      178½
        9         Azerbaijan             4 3 2   11     19½     185½
       10         Czech Republic         5 1 3   11     19½     179½
       11         Serbia and Montenegro  5 1 3   11     19      172
       12         Armenia                4 2 3   10     23      166
       13         England                4 2 3   10     21      159½
       14         Russia                 4 2 3   10     20½     167½
       15         Sweden 1               4 2 3   10     20      149
       16         Romania                4 2 3   10     19      178½
       17         Hungary                4 2 3   10     19      178
       18         Croatia                5 0 4   10     19      165
       19         Switzerland            4 2 3   10     19      162
       20         Slovenia               4 2 3   10     18      170½
       21         Denmark                3 3 3    9     21½     155½
       22         Spain                  4 1 4    9     19      158½
       23         Sweden 2               4 1 4    9     18      160
       24         Finland                3 2 4    8     18      148½
       25         Norway                 3 2 4    8     17      154½
       26         Macedonia              3 2 4    8     17      151
       27         Estonia                4 0 5    8     15      170½
       28         Austria                3 1 5    7     17      146
       29         Lithuania              2 3 4    7     16½     174
       30         Iceland                3 1 5    7     16½     164
       31         Italy                  3 1 5    7     15½     143½
       32         Ireland                2 3 4    7     15      149½
       33         Turkey                 3 1 5    7     15      131
       34         Sweden 3               3 1 5    7     14½     165½
       35         Bulgaria               1 4 4    6     17½     162
       36         Luxemburg              2 2 5    6     15      127½
       37         Belgium                2 2 5    6     14½     144½
       38         Scotland               2 1 6    5     13½     146
       39         Wales                  2 0 7    4     11      131½
       40         Cyprus                 0 0 9    0     3½      140½

Women  
      Rank        Team                   + = -   MP    Pts.     BH. 
        1         Poland                 6 3 0   15     23      185
        2         Georgia                5 4 0   14     21½     184
        3         Russia                 5 2 2   12     22      182
        4         Bulgaria               4 4 1   12     21      169½
        5         Romania                5 1 3   11     21½     163½
        6         Armenia                5 1 3   11     21      167½
        7         Ukraine                5 1 3   11     20½     187½
        8         Hungary                4 2 3   10     20      169½
        9         Serbia and Montenegro  3 4 2   10     19½     176
       10         Netherlands            4 2 3   10     19½     175½
       11         Greece                 4 2 3   10     19      171½
       12         Israel                 4 2 3   10     18      172
       13         England                3 3 3    9     20½     138
       14         Germany                3 3 3    9     19½     164½
       15         Lithuania              3 3 3    9     19½     159
       16         France                 3 3 3    9     19      159½
       17         Sweden 1               4 1 4    9     18½     151
       18         Slovenia               3 3 3    9     17      154½
       19         Czech Republic         4 0 5    8     19      154½
       20         Turkey                 3 2 4    8     19      132
       21         Spain                  4 0 5    8     17½     171
       22         Croatia                4 0 5    8     16      143
       23         Switzerland            3 0 6    6     11      153
       24         Sweden 2               2 0 7    4     11      145
       25         Iceland                0 1 8    1      7      143½
       26         Austria                0 1 8    1      7      140

Men

   9.1    12     Poland                               1½ - 2½         6       Netherlands 	      
                                                          
      1   GM    Kempinski Robert             2619      ½ : ½          GM     Van Wely Loek            2655
      2   GM    Socko Bartosz                2615      0 : 1          GM     Sokolov Ivan             2691
      3   GM    Wojtaszek Radoslaw           2591      ½ : ½          GM     Tiviakov Sergei          2678
      4   GM    Markowski Tomasz             2564      ½ : ½          GM     Timman Jan               2625
   9.2     9     Czech Republic                        1 - 3          2       Israel 		      
                                                          
      1   GM    Navara David                 2663      ½ : ½          GM     Gelfand Boris            2724
      2   GM    Hracek Zbynek                2591      0 : 1          GM     Sutovsky Emil            2674
      3   GM    Stocek Jiri                  2592      ½ : ½          GM     Smirin Ilia              2652
      4   GM    Votava Jan                   2542      0 : 1          GM     Avrukh Boris             2652
   9.3    17     Greece                               2½ - 1½         14      Georgia 		      
                                                          
      1   GM    Kotronias Vasilios           2587      ½ : ½          GM     Azmaiparashvili Zurab    2672
      2   GM    Papaioannou Ioannis          2578      ½ : ½          GM     Jobava Baadur            2621
      3   GM    Banikas Hristos              2548      1 : 0          IM     Pantsulaia Levan         2510
      4   GM    Mastrovasilis Dimitrios      2563      ½ : ½          GM     Mchedlishvili Mikheil    2549
   9.4    15     Serbia and Montenegro                 ½ - 3½         5       France 		      
                                                          
      1   GM    Damljanovic Branko           2612      ½ : ½          GM     Bacrot Etienne           2729
      2   GM    Markus Robert                2591      0 : 1          GM     Lautier Joel             2672
      3   GM    Ivanisevic Ivan              2577      0 : 1          GM     Fressinet Laurent        2627
      4   GM    Solak Dragan                 2557      0 : 1          GM     Bauer Christian          2641
   9.5     3     Ukraine                               3 - 1          21      Croatia 		      
                                                          
      1   GM    Ivanchuk Vassily             2752      ½ : ½          GM     Kozul Zdenko             2585
      2   GM    Eljanov Pavel                2639      ½ : ½          GM     Palac Mladen             2566
      3   GM    Moiseenko Alexander          2664      1 : 0          GM     Zelcic Robert            2522
      4   GM    Karjakin Sergey              2645      1 : 0          GM     Dizdar Goran             2518
   9.6    11     Hungary                               2 - 2          7       Azerbaijan 	      
                                                          
      1   GM    Almasi Zoltan                2619      ½ : ½          GM     Radjabov Teimour         2682
      2   GM    Gyimesi Zoltan               2628      0 : 1          GM     Mamedyarov Shakhriyar    2646
      3   GM    Ruck Robert                  2546      ½ : ½          GM     Gashimov Vugar           2594
      4   GM    Balogh Csaba                 2537      1 : 0          GM     Guseinov Gadir           2585
   9.7    22     Slovenia                              2 - 2          10      Germany 		      
                                                          
      1   GM    Beliavsky Alexander          2599      ½ : ½          GM     Lutz Christopher         2616
      2   GM    Pavasovic Dusko              2566      0 : 1          GM     Graf Alexander           2605
      3   GM    Mikhalchishin Adrian         2526      ½ : ½          GM     Dautov Rustem            2595
      4   IM    Borisek Jure                 2509      1 : 0          GM     Kritz Leonid             2544
   9.8    20     Sweden 1                              2 - 2          1       Russia 		      
                                                          
      1   GM    Agrest Evgenij               2592      0 : 1          GM     Svidler Peter            2738
      2   GM    Hellsten Johan               2582      0 : 1          GM     Dreev Alexey             2698
      3   GM    Berg Emanuel                 2539      1 : 0          GM     Bareev Evgeny            2688
      4   GM    Hillarp Persson Tiger        2511      1 : 0          GM     Timofeev Artyom          2661
   9.9     4     Armenia                               4 - 0          25      Estonia 		      
                                                          
      1   GM    Akopian Vladimir             2705      1 : 0          GM     Kulaots Kaido            2570
      2   GM    Aronian Levon                2724      1 : 0          IM     Kanep Meelis             2491
      3   GM    Lputian Smbat                2629      1 : 0          IM     Sepp Olav                2462
      4   GM    Anastasian Ashot             2595      1 : 0          IM     Seeman Tarvo             2405
  9.10    26     Macedonia                            1½ - 2½         8       Romania 		      
                                                          
      1   GM    Georgiev Vladimir            2532      ½ : ½          GM     Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter   2679
      2   GM    Nedev Trajce                 2530      0 : 1          GM     Nevednichy Vladislav     2583
      3   IM    Kizov Atanas                 2418      ½ : ½          GM     Parligras Mircea         2571
      4   IM    Stamenkov Vanco              2391      ½ : ½          IM     Lupulescu Constantin     2542
  9.11    28     Norway                               1½ - 2½         19      Switzerland 	      
                                                          
      1   GM    Johannessen Leif Erlend      2543      1 : 0          GM     Korchnoi Viktor          2615
      2   GM    Lie Kjetil A.                2472      0 : 1          GM     Pelletier Yannick        2603
      3   IM    Elsness Frode                2440      ½ : ½          GM     Gallagher Joseph         2544
      4   FM    Bae Torstein                 2316      0 : 1          GM     Jenni Florian            2494
  9.12    18     England                              2½ - 1½         24      Lithuania 	      
                                                          
      1   GM    McShane Luke                 2625      1 : 0          GM     Rozentalis Eduardas      2567
      2   GM    Speelman Jonathan            2549      ½ : ½          GM     Sulskis Sarunas          2535
      3   GM    Gormally Daniel              2557      ½ : ½          GM     Kveinys Aloyzas          2510
      4   GM    Pert Nicholas                2493      ½ : ½          IM     Sakalauskas Vaidas       2473
  9.13    23     Spain                                 4 - 0          32      Ireland 		      
                                                          
      1   GM    Illescas Cordoba Miguel      2624      1: 0           GM     Baburin Alexander        2523
      2   GM    San Segundo Carrillo Pablo   2514      1 : 0          IM     Kelly Brian              2504
      3   IM    Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel  2507      1 : 0          IM     Collins Sam              2413
      4   IM    Perez Candelario Manuel      2504      1 : 0          IM     Orr Mark                 2305
  9.14    27     Iceland                              1½ - 2½         29      Sweden 2 		      
                                                          
      1   GM    Stefansson Hannes            2579      ½ : ½          GM     Andersson Ulf            2584
      2   IM    Kristjansson Stefan          2459      ½ : ½          GM     Karlsson Lars            2472
      3   IM    Thorfinnsson Bragi           2448      0 : 1          FM     Carlsson Pontus          2394
      4   IM    Gunnarsson Arnar             2438      ½ : ½                 Lindberg Bosse           2359
  9.15    37     Belgium                               0 - 4          16      Denmark 		      
                                                          
      1   IM    Dutreeuw Marc                2361      0 : 1          GM     Nielsen Peter Heine      2668
      2   IM    Van Der Stricht Geert        2400      0 : 1          GM     Schandorff Lars          2519
      3   IM    Claesen Pieter               2384      0 : 1          IM     Palo Davor               2519
      4   FM    Docx Stefan                  2310      0 : 1          GM     Hansen Sune Berg         2568
  9.16    30     Finland                               2 - 2          33      Austria 		      
                                                          
      1   GM    Nyback Tomi                  2571      ½ : ½          IM     Neubauer Martin          2468
      2   IM    Sammalvuo Tapani             2441      ½ : ½          IM     Lehner Oliver            2428
      3   IM    Karttunen Mika               2409      ½ : ½          IM     Lendwai Reinhard         2416
      4   IM    Maki-Uuro Miikka             2390      ½ : ½          IM     Danner Georg             2408
  9.17    35     Turkey                               2½ - 1½         13      Bulgaria 		      
                                                          
      1   IM    Atakisi Umut                 2437      ½ : ½          GM     Georgiev Kiril           2666
      2   IM    Haznedaroglu Kivanc          2430      ½ : ½          GM     Cheparinov Ivan          2634
      3   IM    Erdogdu Mert                 2403      ½ : ½          GM     Spasov Vasil             2551
      4         Esen Baris                   2301      1 : 0          IM     Bojkov Dejan             2522
  9.18    34     Sweden 3                              3½ - ½         39      Wales 		      
                                                          
      1   IM    Hall Jesper                  2487      1 : 0          FM     Jones Richard            2325
      2         Ong Kezli                    2371      ½ : ½                 Kett Tim                 2192
      3         Tikkanen Hans                2316      1 : 0                 Trevelyan John           2196
      4   FM    Olsson Linus                 2352      1 : 0                 Spice Alan               2175
  9.19    36     Scotland                              2 - 2          38      Luxemburg 	      
                                                          
      1   GM    McNab Colin                  2451      1 : 0          IM     Bakalarz Mieczyslaw      2423
      2   IM    Shaw John                    2449      0 : 1          IM     Berend Fred              2374
      3   IM    Muir Andrew                  2322      ½ : ½         WGM     Berend Elvira            2350
      4         Grant Jonathan               2273      ½ : ½                 Weber Jean-Marie         2262
  9.20    31     Italy                                 3½ - ½         40      Cyprus 		      
                                                          
      1   GM    Godena Michele               2522      1 : 0                 Antoniou Antonis         2198
      2   IM    D'Amore Carlo                2463      1 : 0                 Kassinopoullos Doros     2094
      3   FM    Bruno Fabio                  2425      1 : 0                 Kyriakidis Thrasos       2144
      4   FM    Mogranzini Roberto           2363      ½ : ½                 Klerides Paris           2224
 
Women

   9.1      7       Armenia                            2 - 2         4       Poland 
                                                         
      1     IM     Danielian Elina           2433     ½ : ½          IM     Radziewicz Iweta                  2447
      2     IM     Mkrtchian Lilit           2447     ½ : ½          IM     Socko Monika                      2465
      3    WIM     Aginian Nelly             2324     ½ : ½         WGM     Zawadzka Jolanta                  2402
      4    WIM     Galojan Lilit             2223     ½ : ½         WGM     Zielinska Marta                   2410
   9.2      13      Greece                             2 - 2         2       Georgia 
                                                         
      1     IM     Dembo Yelena              2428     ½ : ½          IM     Khurtsidze Nino                   2449
      2    WGM     Botsari Anna-Maria        2297     ½ : ½          IM     Lomineishvili Maia                2420
      3    WGM     Makropoulou Marina        2287     ½ : ½          IM     Dzagnidze Nana                    2438
      4    WIM     Fakhiridou Ekaterini      2272     ½ : ½          IM     Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan           2423
   9.3      11      Bulgaria                           2 - 2         1       Russia 
                                                         
      1     GM     Stefanova Antoaneta       2501     ½ : ½          GM     Kosteniuk Alexandra               2516
      2    WGM     Voiska Margarita          2328     ½ : ½          IM     Kosintseva Nadezhda               2490
      3    WGM     Djingarova Emilia         2277     ½ : ½          IM     Kovalevskaya Ekaterina            2471
      4    WGM     Velcheva Maria            2274      ½ :½          IM     Kosintseva Tatiana                2477
   9.4      6       Serbia and Montenegro              2 - 2         10      Romania 
                                                         
      1     IM     Maric Alisa               2415     ½ : ½          IM     Peptan Corina-Isabela             2411
      2    WGM     Bojkovic Natasa           2386     ½ : ½          IM     Foisor Cristina Adela             2402
      3    WGM     Prudnikova Svetlana       2370     ½ : ½         WGM     Olarasu Gabriela                  2306
      4    WGM     Chelushkina Irina         2330     ½ : ½         WIM     Calotescu Ana-Cristina            2273
   9.5      9       Germany                           ½ - 3½         3       Ukraine 
                                                         
      1     IM     Paehtz Elisabeth          2421     0 : 1         WGM     Zhukova Natalia                   2478
      2     IM     Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino 2416     0 : 1          IM     Lahno Kateryna                    2498
      3    WIM     Nill Jessica              2323     ½ : ½         WGM     Ushenina Anna                     2389
      4    WIM     Mietzner Tina             2286     0 : 1          IM     Vasilevich Tatjana                2393
   9.6      21      Lithuania                         1½ - 2½        12      Netherlands 
                                                         
      1    WGM     Ciuksyte Dagne            2341     ½ : ½          GM     Peng Zhaoqin                      2405
      2    WIM     Zaksaite Salomeja         2237     0 : 1          IM     Bosboom-Lanchava Tea              2363
      3            Limontaite Simona         2095     0 : 1          FM     Schuurman Petra                   2266
      4            Daulyte Deimante          2195     1 : 0         WIM     Muhren Bianca                     2269
   9.7      5       Hungary                           2½ - 1½        17      Czech Republic 
                                                         
      1     IM     Madl Ildiko               2382     ½ : ½          IM     Jackova Jana                      2386
      2     IM     Vajda Szidonia            2392     0 : 1         WIM     Sikorova Olga                     2232
      3    WGM     Gara Anita                2372     1 : 0                 Kulovana Eva                      2137
      4    WGM     Lakos Nikoletta           2313     1 : 0                 Pertlova Sona                     2086
   9.8      18      England                            2 - 2         14      Slovenia 
                                                         
      1     IM     Houska Jovanka            2342     ½ : ½         WGM     Muzychuk Anna                     2364
      2     IM     Lalic Susan               2362     0 : 1         WIM     Srebrnic Ana                      2289
      3    WIM     Richards Heather          2150     1 : 0         WIM     Kaps Darja                        2319
      4    WFM     Gilbert Jessie            2151     ½ : ½         WFM     Rozic Vesna                       2192
   9.9      15      Israel                             3 - 1         19      Spain 
                                                         
      1     IM     Klinova Masha             2384     ½ : ½         WGM     Calzetta Monica                   2282
      2    WGM     Borsuk Angela             2342     1 : 0         WIM     Hernandez Yudania                 2234
      3    WGM     Igla Bella                2299     1 : 0         WFM     Trujillo Delgado Dafnae           2219
      4    WIM     Tsifanskaya Ludmila A     2190     ½ : ½         WIM     Llaneza Vega Patricia             2180
  9.10      8       France                             3 - 1         22      Switzerland 
                                                         
      1     IM     Skripchenko Almira        2437     1 : 0         WGM     Lematschko Tatjana                2205
      2    WGM     Milliet Sophie            2321     0 : 1         WFM     Seps Monika                       2173
      3    WGM     Lallemand Roza            2287     1 : 0         WCM     Wilson Alexandra                  2056
      4    WIM     Muller Anne               2169     1 : 0                 Roelli Corinne                    2001
  9.11      16      Sweden 1                           4 - 0         23      Iceland 
                                                         
      1     GM     Cramling Pia              2494     1 : 0         WGM     Ptacnikova Lenka                  2204
      2    WIM     Agrest Svetlana           2270     1 : 0                 Thorsteinsdottir Gudlaug          2132
      3    WIM     Johansson Victoria        2218     1 : 0         WIM     Gretarsdottir Lilja               2046
      4    WFM     Pavlovskaia Evgenia       2174     1 : 0                 Fridthjofsdottir Sigurl Regin     1963
  9.12      24      Sweden 2                           1 - 3         20      Croatia 
                                                         
      1            Jiretorn Eva              2134     1 : 0         WGM     Medic Mirjana                     2268
      2            Horn Emilia               2041     0 : 1         WIM     Sargac Rajna                      2242
      3            Agrest Inna               1984     0 : 1         WIM     Macek Vlasta                      2211
      4            Frisk Ellinor             1991     0 : 1         WIM     Jelica Mara                       2191
  9.13      26      Austria                            1 - 3         25      Turkey 
                                                         
      1    WFM     Kopinits Anna-Christina   2124     0 : 1         WIM     Yildiz Betul Cemre                2155
      2    WFM     Horvath Maria             2039     ½ : ½         WFM     Topel Zehra                       2081
      3            Sommer Sonja              2053     ½ : ½         WIM     Cinar Corlulu Nilufer             2038
      4            Nagy Laura                1933     0 : 1         WFM     Bayrak Asli                       1967
   


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