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Team S.O. Kavalas

The (34^th) Greek Teams Championship took place, July 4^th to July 11^th, at the nice resort of Ermioni in Peloponnese, southern Greece.

Ratings are those announced by FIDE on July 1^st, 2005.

It is considered to be one of the most exciting championships in Europe.  There were 16 teams participating (the last three were relegated to B’ division) and they played on 12 boards: Men in the first 5, a lady on 6^th, girls (under 18 and under 14) on the 7^th and 8^th and boys (U-18, U-16, U-14 & U-12) on the 9^th-12^th.  Two foreigners were allowed to every team.

The games were being held on a daily basis, July 4^th to July 11^th.

During 9 tense rounds, the main favourites (title-holders of  “Kydon” Hania, S.O. Kavalas and E.S. Thessalonica) vied for the top-places.  Finally,  S.O. Kavalas won the gold medal, with 16 p. (8 wins, one loss – to “Kydon” Hania, in the last round).  The strongest players of the team were An. Sokolov, Kotronias, Halkias, Skembris, Markidis and Botsari.  The team of E.S. Thessalonica (featuring Avrukh, D. & Ath. Mastrovasilis and Tea Bosboom-Lanchava) was second, also with 16 p. (8 wins, one loss – to S.O. Kavalas); the fact that S.O. Kavalas had won the outright match with runners-up E.S. Thessalonica (and by a clear margin: 8.5 – 3.5!) decided the issue of the champion.  Last year’s winners, “Kydon” Hania (the team which boasted five consecutive titles, from 2000 to 2004!) was third, with 15 p. (7 wins, one draw and one loss), despite being the only team that won against S.O. Kavalas.  Top-rated players for “Kydon” Hania were: Azmaiparashvili, Papaioannou, Banikas, Nikolaidis and Grivas.

Coverage in Greek at: http://www.chessfed.gr/teams2005/.  I am also including a ChessBase file with 267 games from the League, mainly those of the higher-rated players.

Best regards, Spiros Ilandzis
Athens, Greece
 

Here are a few of those games, to whet your appetite:

Rozentalis,E (2567) - Socko,B (2615) [C03]
34th Greek Teams Champ Ermioni Argolidas (2.1), 05.07.2005

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.e5 c5 5.Qg4 g6 6.dxc5 Nd7 7.Bb5 Qc7 8.Ngf3 Qxc5 9.Bd3 Qc7 10.Qg3 h5 11.Nb3 h4 12.Qf4 Rh5 13.Qa4 Kf8 14.Bf4 g5 15.Be3 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.0-0-0 Nf6 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Qb3 Ng4 20.Qxb7 Rb8 21.Qxd7 Nxe3 22.Qxe7+ Kxe7 23.Nc6+ Ke8 24.Nxe5 Nxd1 25.Rxd1 Rh8 26.a4 Rc8 27.Bb5+ Ke7 28.c4 Rc7 29.b3 Kd6 30.Nd3 dxc4 31.bxc4 Ke7 32.Nb4 Rhc8 33.Rd4 a5 34.Nd3 f6 35.Kd2 e5 36.Rd5 g4 37.Ke3 Ke6 38.h3 gxh3 39.gxh3 Rg8 40.Kf3 Rg1 41.Nc5+ Ke7 42.Na6 Ra7 43.c5 Rh1 44.Kg2 Rc1 45.c6 Ke6 46.Rc5 Rg7+ 47.Kf3 Rxc5 48.Nxc5+ Kd6 49.Nb7+ Kc7 50.Nxa5 f5 51.Nc4 e4+ 52.Kf4 Rg2 53.Ne3 Rxf2+ 54.Ke5 Kb8 55.Nd5 Ka7 56.c7 Rc2 57.Kd6 Kb7 58.a5 e3 59.a6+ 1-0
 

Avrukh,B (2652) - Azmaiparashvili,Z (2672) [B07]
34th Greek Teams Champ Ermioni Argolidas (4.2), 07.07.2005

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nd7 5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.e4 e5 7.0-0 0-0 8.h3 c6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 b5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qd6 Bb7 13.a4 a6 14.Rfd1 Re8 15.Ne1 Kh7 16.f3 Bf8 17.Qd2 Qc7 18.Qf2 Nh5 19.Nd3 b4 20.Nb1 c5 21.b3 c4 22.bxc4 Qxc4 23.Nd2 Qxc2 24.Rac1 Qa2 25.Rc7 Bc8 26.Nc4 Qxf2+ 27.Bxf2 Kg8 28.f4 Ng7 29.f5 Rb8 30.g4 b3 31.Rb1 gxf5 32.exf5 e4 33.Nf4 e3 34.Bxe3 Rxe3 35.Nxe3 Bd6 36.Rc4 Nb6 37.Rd4 Bc5 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Rxb3 1-0
 

Volokitin,A (2671) - Sokolov,A (2603) [B82]
34th Greek Teams Champ Ermioni Argolidas (5.1), 08.07.2005

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Be3 e5 8.Nf3 Ng4 9.Bd2 exf4 10.Bxf4 Be7 11.Qd2 Be6 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nce5 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.Nd4 Ng6 16.0-0 Bf6 17.c3 h5 18.Rae1 Qb6 19.Ba4 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 Kg8 21.Qd2 Rh6 22.Kh1 Bxd4 23.cxd4 Rf6 24.Rxf6 Nxf6 25.Bb3 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Nxe8 27.h3 g6 28.Qf4 Kg7 29.Kh2 Nf6 30.Qe3 Qd8 31.Bc4 Qe8 32.Qa3 Qb8 33.Qe3 Qe8 34.Qa3 Qb8 35.Qe3 Qc7 36.Bb3 Qd7 37.Qf4 Qe7 38.Bc4 Nh7 39.Bb5 Qf6 40.Qe3 Qg5 41.Qxg5 Nxg5 42.Kg3 Ne4+ 43.Kf4 Nf6 44.Bc4 Ng8 45.Bd3 Ne7 46.Be4 Kh6 47.g4 hxg4 48.hxg4 g5+ 49.Ke3 Kg7 50.Kd3 Kf8 51.b4 Ke8 52.a4 Ng8 53.Ke3 Nh6 54.Kf3 Ng8 55.Ke3 Nf6 56.Bf3 Kd8 57.a5 Kc7 58.Kd3 Kd7 59.Ke3 Ke7 60.Ke2 Ng8 61.Be4 Nh6 62.Kf3 f5 63.gxf5 Kf6 64.Ke3 Nxf5+ 65.Kd3 g4 66.Kc4 Kg5 67.Bh1 Kf4 68.a6 bxa6 69.b5 axb5+ 70.Kxb5 Nxd4+ 71.Ka6 Nf3 72.Kxa7 g3 73.Kb6 Ne1 74.Kc6 Ke5 0-1
 

Sokolov,A (2603) - Avrukh,B (2652) [B89]
34th Greek Teams Champ Ermioni Argolidas (6.1), 08.07.2005

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 Bd7 9.0-0-0 Rc8 10.Bb3 Na5 11.f3 Nxb3+ 12.axb3 Qa5 13.Kb1 0-0 14.g4 Ne8 15.h4 Nc7 16.Bg5 Rfe8 17.Bxe7 Rxe7 18.Qd2 Qc5 19.h5 Ne8 20.h6 g6 21.f4 b5 22.b4 Qb6 23.f5 Bc6 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.Rhf1 Qb7 26.Qg5 Qd7 27.e5 Rf7 28.exd6 Nxd6 29.Rxf7 Qxf7 30.Nxc6 Rxc6 31.Nxb5 Ne8 32.Qd8 Qf8 33.Nxa7 Rc7 34.Nb5 Re7 35.Nd6 e5 36.Ne4 1-0

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