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Team Chess Championships 2007The European Team Championship is taking place in Crete, Greece. It is a nine round Swiss team tournament, with one general section and one section for the women's teams, considered as separate competitions. According to FIDE rules, the time controls are 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the rest of the game + 30 sec increment for every move played starting from the first move.
Russia at last met its match. The Spanish team held the dominating Russians to a 2:2 draw when Alexei Shirov defeated Alexander Morozevich to compensate for a board four defeat of Khamrakulov at the hands of Jakovenko. The match Azerbaijan-Armenia ended with the same score with the trade of wins occurring on boards two and three. Ukraine too were held by Poland 2:2 when Ivanchuk won and Volokitin lost. Slovenia lost a key match to Israel, which may cost them their place at the top of the final table.
The Spanish team, with Shirov, Vallejo, Illescas and Khamrakulov
Stopped the Russians' perfect match score: Alexei Shirov of Spain
Norway vs Montenegro, Carlsen vs Djukic (Carlsen won, Norway drew)
| Bo. | 7 | SPAIN (ESP) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
1 | RUSSIA (RUS) | Rtg |
| 1.1 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2739 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Morozevich Alexander | 2755 |
| 1.2 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2660 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2715 |
| 1.3 | GM | Illescas Cordoba Miguel | 2598 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2716 |
| 1.4 | GM | Khamrakulov Ibragim S | 2604 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2710 |
| Bo. | 3 | AZERBAIJAN (AZE) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
4 | ARMENIA (ARM) | Rtg |
| 2.1 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2752 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Aronian Levon | 2741 |
| 2.2 | GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2742 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2713 |
| 2.3 | GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2663 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2673 |
| 2.4 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2582 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Asrian Karen | 2623 |
| Bo. | 19 | SLOVENIA (SLO) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
8 | ISRAEL (ISR) | Rtg |
| 3.1 | GM | Beliavsky Alexander G | 2646 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2655 |
| 3.2 | GM | Pavasovic Dusko | 2597 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Roiz Michael | 2644 |
| 3.3 | GM | Tratar Marko | 2502 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Smirin Ilia | 2639 |
| 3.4 | IM | Borisek Jure | 2508 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2615 |
| Bo. | 2 | UKRAINE (UKR) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
10 | POLAND (POL) | Rtg |
| 4.1 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2787 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Socko Bartosz | 2646 |
| 4.2 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2694 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Miton Kamil | 2628 |
| 4.3 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | 2678 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2635 |
| 4.4 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2646 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2608 |
| Bo. | 12 | HUNGARY (HUN) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
5 | BULGARIA (BUL) | Rtg |
| 5.1 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2691 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2670 |
| 5.2 | GM | Balogh Csaba | 2561 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Georgiev Kiril | 2649 |
| 5.3 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2606 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Delchev Aleksander | 2613 |
| 5.4 | GM | Ruck Robert | 2561 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Chatalbashev Boris | 2581 |
| Bo. | 13 | CZECH REPUBLIC (CZE) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
6 | FRANCE (FRA) | Rtg |
| 6.1 | GM | Navara David | 2656 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2695 |
| 6.2 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | 2610 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Tkachiev Vladislav | 2661 |
| 6.3 | GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2598 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2634 |
| 6.4 | GM | Babula Vlastimil | 2596 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Bauer Christian | 2634 |
| Bo. | 11 | GEORGIA (GEO) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
16 | ENGLAND (ENG) | Rtg |
| 7.1 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2644 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Adams Michael | 2729 |
| 7.2 | GM | Gelashvili Tamaz | 2623 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2567 |
| 7.3 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | 2617 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Hebden Mark L | 2542 |
| 7.4 | GM | Gagunashvili Merab | 2584 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Conquest Stuart C | 2540 |
| Bo. | 17 | GREECE (GRE) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
26 | FYROM (MKD) | Rtg |
| 8.1 | GM | Kotronias Vasilios | 2614 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Georgiev Vladimir | 2576 |
| 8.2 | GM | Banikas Hristos | 2591 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Mitkov Nikola | 2528 |
| 8.3 | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | 2559 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Nedev Trajce | 2528 |
| 8.4 | GM | Papaioannou Ioannis | 2573 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Stanojoski Zvonko | 2467 |
| Bo. | 21 | SWEDEN (SWE) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
9 | NETHERLANDS (NED) | Rtg |
| 9.1 | GM | Berg Emanuel | 2593 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Tiviakov Sergei | 2643 |
| 9.2 | GM | Cicak Slavko | 2569 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2673 |
| 9.3 | GM | Hillarp Persson Tiger | 2567 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Stellwagen Daniel | 2639 |
| 9.4 | GM | Carlsson Pontus | 2481 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Van Den Doel Erik | 2593 |
| Bo. | 20 | DENMARK (DEN) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
31 | ICELAND (ISL) | Rtg |
| 10.1 | GM | Nielsen Peter Heine | 2626 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Stefansson Hannes | 2574 |
| 10.2 | GM | Hansen Sune Berg | 2564 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Steingrimsson Hedinn | 2533 |
| 10.3 | GM | Schandorff Lars | 2520 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Danielsen Henrik | 2491 |
| 10.4 | IM | Rasmussen Karsten | 2495 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Thorhallsson Throstur | 2448 |
| Bo. | 28 | SWITZERLAND (SUI) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
25 | LITHUANIA (LTU) | Rtg |
| 11.1 | GM | Pelletier Yannick | 2609 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Sulskis Sarunas | 2527 |
| 11.2 | GM | Jenni Florian | 2511 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Rozentalis Eduardas | 2581 |
| 11.3 | GM | Gallagher Joseph G | 2497 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Kveinys Aloyzas | 2517 |
| 11.4 | IM | Ekstroem Roland | 2478 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Zagorskis Darius | 2472 |
| Bo. | 27 | NORWAY (NOR) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
30 | MONTENEGRO (MNE) | Rtg |
| 12.1 | GM | Carlsen Magnus | 2714 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Djukic Nikola | 2528 |
| 12.2 | GM | Lie Kjetil A | 2563 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Drasko Milan | 2557 |
| 12.3 | IM | Lie Espen | 2421 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Blagojevic Dragisa | 2513 |
| 12.4 | IM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | 2402 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Kosic Dragan | 2482 |
| Bo. | 14 | SERBIA (SRB) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
33 | ESTONIA (EST) | Rtg |
| 13.1 | GM | Ivanisevic Ivan | 2607 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Kulaots Kaido | 2547 |
| 13.2 | GM | Miladinovic Igor | 2603 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Sepp Olav | 2457 |
| 13.3 | GM | Markus Robert | 2586 | 1 - 0 |
FM | Lauk Ular | 2414 |
| 13.4 | GM | Sedlak Nikola | 2605 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Liiva Riho | 2442 |
| Bo. | 29 | ITALY (ITA) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
15 | GERMANY (GER) | Rtg |
| 14.1 | GM | Godena Michele | 2535 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2639 |
| 14.2 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2594 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Gustafsson Jan | 2606 |
| 14.3 | IM | Brunello Sabino | 2489 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Kritz Leonid | 2596 |
| 14.4 | IM | D'amore Carlo | 2477 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Buhmann Rainer | 2567 |
| Bo. | 23 | TURKEY (TUR) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
34 | FINLAND (FIN) | Rtg |
| 15.1 | GM | Gurevich Mikhail | 2627 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Nyback Tomi | 2565 |
| 15.2 | IM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | 2468 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Karttunen Mika | 2427 |
| 15.3 | IM | Esen Baris | 2453 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Westerinen Heikki M J | 2371 |
| 15.4 | IM | Erdogdu Mert | 2440 | 0 - 1 |
FM | Keskinen Sauli | 2298 |
| Bo. | 24 | ROMANIA (ROU) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
18 | CROATIA (CRO) | Rtg |
| 16.1 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2562 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Kozul Zdenko | 2609 |
| 16.2 | GM | Jianu Vlad-Cristian | 2535 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Zelcic Robert | 2578 |
| 16.3 | GM | Berescu Alin | 2508 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Brkic Ante | 2577 |
| 16.4 | GM | Murariu Andrei | 2503 | 0 - 1 |
GM | Jankovic Alojzije | 2548 |
| Bo. | 35 | BELGIUM (BEL) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
37 | LUXEMBOURG (LUX) | Rtg |
| 17.1 | GM | Winants Luc | 2504 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Berend Fred | 2344 |
| 17.2 | IM | Polaczek Richard | 2425 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Bakalarz Mietek | 2342 |
| 17.3 | IM | Dutreeuw Marc | 2391 | 1 - 0 |
FM | Brittner Serge | 2274 |
| 17.4 | IM | Laurent Bruno | 2359 | 1 - 0 |
Gengler Pierre | 2195 | |
| Bo. | 38 | WALES (WLS) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
40 | CYPRUS (CYP) | Rtg |
| 18.1 | FM | Jones Richard S | 2327 | 1 - 0 |
CM | Savva Panikos | 2099 |
| 18.2 | Kett Tim | 2257 | 0 - 1 |
CM | Antoniou Antonis | 2163 | |
| 18.3 | Morris Charles F | 2198 | 1 - 0 |
Aristotelous Vassilis | 1960 | ||
| 18.4 | Spice Alan | 2170 | 0 - 1 |
FM | Klerides Paris | 2183 | |
| Bo. | 39 | MONACO (MNC) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
36 | SCOTLAND (SCO) | Rtg |
| 19.1 | GM | Efimov Igor | 2446 | 1 - 0 |
IM | Muir Andrew J | 2367 |
| 19.2 | FM | Van Hoolandt Patrick | 2245 | 0 - 1 |
FM | Ruxton Keith | 2314 |
| 19.3 | Iclicki Willy | 2147 | 0 - 1 |
Grant Jonathan | 2261 | ||
| 19.4 | Rapaire Jean-Michel | 1966 | ½ - ½ |
FM | Morrison Graham | 2322 |
In the women's section Russia flooded the Netherlands, so to speak, by winning three games and drawing one. Poland lost to Armenia, for the first time dropping the full match points. Other notable results: Georgia beat Hungary, Ukraine beat France, Germany beat Spain, and Slovenia beat Bulgaria.
Leading the leading Russian team: GM Alexandra Kosteniuk
The Polish team, with Socko, Rajlich, Zawadzka and Dworakowska
| Bo. | 1 | RUSSIA (RUS) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
8 | NETHERLANDS (NED) | Rtg |
| 1.1 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2515 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Peng Zhaoqin | 2419 |
| 1.2 | IM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2492 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Muhren Bianca | 2303 |
| 1.3 | IM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2469 | 1 - 0 |
FM | Schuurman Petra | 2281 |
| 1.4 | IM | Korbut Ekaterina | 2443 | 1 - 0 |
WIM | Bensdorp Marlies | 2263 |
| Bo. | 6 | POLAND (POL) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
10 | ARMENIA (ARM) | Rtg |
| 2.1 | IM | Socko Monika | 2473 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Danielian Elina | 2458 |
| 2.2 | IM | Rajlich Iweta | 2411 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2402 |
| 2.3 | WGM | Zawadzka Jolanta | 2371 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Aginian Nelly | 2261 |
| 2.4 | IM | Dworakowska Joanna | 2316 | ½ - ½ |
WIM | Andriasian Siranush | 2234 |
| Bo. | 2 | GEORGIA (GEO) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
5 | HUNGARY (HUN) | Rtg |
| 3.1 | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2474 | 1 - 0 |
GM | Hoang Thanh Trang | 2466 |
| 3.2 | IM | Khurtsidze Nino | 2450 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Vajda Szidonia | 2407 |
| 3.3 | IM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2416 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Madl Ildiko | 2381 |
| 3.4 | IM | Lomineishvili Maia | 2409 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Gara Anita | 2315 |
| Bo. | 4 | FRANCE (FRA) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
3 | UKRAINE (UKR) | Rtg |
| 4.1 | IM | Skripchenko Almira | 2438 | ½ - ½ |
GM | Lahno Kateryna | 2459 |
| 4.2 | IM | Collas Silvia | 2408 | 0 - 1 |
WGM | Zhukova Natalia | 2452 |
| 4.3 | WGM | Milliet Sophie | 2395 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Ushenina Anna | 2486 |
| 4.4 | WGM | Leconte Maria | 2364 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Vasilevich Tatjana | 2368 |
| Bo. | 7 | GERMANY (GER) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
15 | SPAIN (ESP) | Rtg |
| 5.1 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2452 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Vega Gutierrez Sabrina | 2331 |
| 5.2 | IM | Kachiani-G Ketino | 2404 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Calzetta Monica | 2287 |
| 5.3 | WGM | Michna Marta | 2375 | 1 - 0 |
WIM | Llaneza Vega Patricia | 2272 |
| 5.4 | WFM | Ohme Melanie | 2274 | 1 - 0 |
WIM | Hernandez Yudania | 2263 |
| Bo. | 14 | BULGARIA (BUL) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
11 | SLOVENIA (SLO) | Rtg |
| 6.1 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2463 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Muzychuk Anna | 2469 |
| 6.2 | WGM | Voiska Margarita | 2294 | 0 - 1 |
WIM | Krivec Jana | 2315 |
| 6.3 | WGM | Velcheva Maria | 2255 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Srebrnic Ana | 2278 |
| 6.4 | WFM | Raeva Elitsa | 2242 | 0 - 1 |
WIM | Rozic Vesna | 2277 |
| Bo. | 21 | CZECH REPUBLIC (CZE) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
12 | ROMANIA (ROU) | Rtg |
| 7.1 | WFM | Kulovana Eva | 2305 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Peptan Corina-Isabela | 2405 |
| 7.2 | WIM | Nemcova Katerina | 2255 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Voicu Carmen | 2333 |
| 7.3 | WIM | Blazkova Petra | 2239 | 0 - 1 |
WGM | Motoc Alina | 2300 |
| 7.4 | WIM | Cedikova Katerina | 2171 | 0 - 1 |
WIM | Paulet Iozefina | 2276 |
| Bo. | 22 | CROATIA (CRO) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
18 | AZERBAIJAN (AZE) | Rtg |
| 8.1 | WIM | Golubenko Valentina | 2264 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Mamedjarova Zeinab | 2326 |
| 8.2 | WGM | Medic Mirjana | 2240 | 0 - 1 |
WGM | Kadimova Ilaha | 2311 |
| 8.3 | WIM | Franciskovic Borka | 2227 | ½ - ½ |
WGM | Mamedjarova Turkan | 2250 |
| 8.4 | WIM | Sargac Rajna | 2170 | 1 - 0 |
Isgandarova Khayala | 2172 | |
| Bo. | 16 | ISRAEL (ISR) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
13 | GREECE 1 (GRE1) | Rtg |
| 9.1 | IM | Klinova Masha | 2326 | ½ - ½ |
IM | Dembo Yelena | 2448 |
| 9.2 | WGM | Borsuk Angela | 2301 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Botsari Anna-Maria | 2341 |
| 9.3 | WGM | Igla Bella | 2291 | 1 - 0 |
WGM | Makropoulou Marina | 2243 |
| 9.4 | WIM | Vasiliev Olga | 2214 | 0 - 1 |
WIM | Fakhiridou Ekaterini | 2270 |
| Bo. | 17 | LITHUANIA (LTU) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
20 | ENGLAND (ENG) | Rtg |
| 10.1 | IM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2464 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Houska Jovanka | 2404 |
| 10.2 | WIM | Daulyte Deimante | 2222 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Ciuksyte Dagne | 2411 |
| 10.3 | WIM | Zaksaite Salomeja | 2228 | 1 - 0 |
WIM | Lauterbach Ingrid | 2124 |
| 10.4 | Batyte Daiva | 2198 | 0 - 1 |
WFM | Chevannes Sabrina L | 2073 | |
| Bo. | 9 | SERBIA (SRB) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
26 | ESTONIA (EST) | Rtg |
| 11.1 | WGM | Bojkovic Natasa | 2428 | 1 - 0 |
WIM | Tsiganova Monika | 2216 |
| 11.2 | WGM | Chelushkina Irina | 2351 | 1 - 0 |
WIM | Fomina Tatyana | 2248 |
| 11.3 | WIM | Stojanovic Andjelija | 2274 | 1 - 0 |
Narva Regina R | 2067 | |
| 11.4 | Rakic Marija | 2232 | ½ - ½ |
WIM | Bashkite Viktoria | 2188 | |
| Bo. | 23 | SWITZERLAND (SUI) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
19 | TURKEY (TUR) | Rtg |
| 12.1 | WIM | Seps Monika | 2290 | 0 - 1 |
IM | Atalik Ekaterina | 2404 |
| 12.2 | WGM | Hund Barbara | 2216 | ½ - ½ |
WIM | Topel Zehra | 2246 |
| 12.3 | WIM | Heinatz Dr Gundula | 2193 | 1 - 0 |
WIM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2220 |
| 12.4 | WGM | Lematschko Tatjana | 2189 | 1 - 0 |
WFM | Ozturk Kubra | 2174 |
| Bo. | 24 | AUSTRIA (AUT) | Rtg | 2 : 2 |
25 | SWEDEN (SWE) | Rtg |
| 13.1 | IM | Moser Eva | 2412 | ½ - ½ |
WIM | Agrest Svetlana | 2255 |
| 13.2 | WFM | Kopinits Anna-Christina | 2178 | 0 - 1 |
WIM | Andersson Christin | 2209 |
| 13.3 | WIM | Mira Helene | 2174 | 1 - 0 |
Jiretorn Eva | 2121 | |
| 13.4 | Newrkla Katharina | 2037 | ½ - ½ |
WFM | Horn Emilia | 2074 | |
| Bo. | 29 | FINLAND (FIN) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
30 | GREECE 2 (GRE2) | Rtg |
| 14.1 | WIM | Rantanen Tanja | 2089 | 1 - 0 |
Markantonaki Haritomeni | 2161 | |
| 14.2 | Puuska Heini | 2016 | ½ - ½ |
WFM | Petraki Maria | 2099 | |
| 14.3 | Savola Laura | 2040 | 0 - 1 |
Pavlidou Ekaterini | 2003 | ||
| 14.4 | Rautanen Sari | 1961 | 1 - 0 |
Fragaki Maria | 1922 |
In the men's section Russia is already through and, with their three match points lead, cannot be caught by any other team. Israel and Armenia are in joint 2-3 with equal match and board points. Slovenia's loss against Israel put them into 7th place with slim chances of taking Silver or Bronze.
In the women's section Poland's loss to Armenia put them a solid two points behind the Russian team, which only needs to draw in the final round to clinch the title. The Netherlands is out of contention, while the German team has advanced from place 12 to place eight.
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