- European Team Championship Round 3

There were some major upsets in round 3:

– Serbia 1 knocked off Armenia.
– England defeated Bulgaria in spite of Topalov’s win over Adams.
– Norway held the powerful Ukrainian team to a 2-2 tie thanks to Hammer’s win over Eljanov and the valiant effort of Norway’s board 3 and 4.

Round 3 top board results:

Bo.	2	Azerbaijan (AZE)	Rtg	–	7	Germany (GER)	Rtg	2½:1½
1.1	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2757	–	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	2685	½ – ½
1.2	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2740	–	GM	Meier Georg	2664	1 – 0
1.3	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2721	–	GM	Fridman Daniel	2661	½ – ½
1.4	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2626	–	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2622	½ – ½
Bo.	3	Armenia (ARM)	Rtg	–	17	Serbia 1 (SRB 1)	Rtg	1½:2½
2.1	GM	Aronian Levon	2773	–	GM	Ivanisevic Ivan	2614	1 – 0
2.2	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2678	–	GM	Solak Dragan	2583	0 – 1
2.3	GM	Pashikian Arman	2663	–	GM	Markus Robert	2608	0 – 1
2.4	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2602	–	GM	Perunovic Milos	2572	½ – ½
Bo.	8	Spain (ESP)	Rtg	–	6	Israel (ISR)	Rtg	1½:2½
3.1	GM	Shirov Alexei	2730	–	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2676	½ – ½
3.2	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2696	–	GM	Roiz Michael	2658	½ – ½
3.3	GM	Illescas Cordoba Miguel	2591	–	GM	Postny Evgeny	2651	½ – ½
3.4	GM	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel	2570	–	GM	Avrukh Boris	2668	0 – 1
Bo.	11	Georgia (GEO)	Rtg	–	10	Hungary (HUN)	Rtg	2½:1½
4.1	GM	Jobava Baadur	2696	–	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2685	1 – 0
4.2	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	2613	–	GM	Berkes Ferenc	2663	½ – ½
4.3	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2600	–	GM	Balogh Csaba	2620	½ – ½
4.4	GM	Gagunashvili Merab	2580	–	GM	Gyimesi Zoltan	2594	½ – ½
Bo.	24	Italy (ITA)	Rtg	–	1	Russia (RUS)	Rtg	1 : 3
5.1	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2662	–	GM	Svidler Peter	2741	½ – ½
5.2	GM	Godena Michele	2530	–	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2742	0 – 1
5.3	IM	Rombaldoni Denis	2469	–	GM	Alekseev Evgeny	2725	0 – 1
5.4	IM	Shytaj Luca	2481	–	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2688	½ – ½
Bo.	12	Poland (POL)	Rtg	–	15	Netherlands (NED)	Rtg	1½:2½
6.1	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2640	–	GM	Stellwagen Daniel	2630	½ – ½
6.2	GM	Macieja Bartlomiej	2618	–	GM	L’Ami Erwin	2606	½ – ½
6.3	GM	Bartel Mateusz	2609	–	GM	Werle Jan	2563	½ – ½
6.4	GM	Gajewski Grzegorz	2572	–	GM	Ernst Sipke	2589	0 – 1
Bo.	4	Bulgaria (BUL)	Rtg	–	18	England (ENG)	Rtg	1½:2½
7.1	GM	Topalov Veselin	2813	–	GM	Adams Michael	2682	1 – 0
7.2	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2667	–	GM	McShane Luke J	2615	0 – 1
7.3	GM	Delchev Aleksander	2635	–	GM	Conquest Stuart C	2563	0 – 1
7.4	GM	Iotov Valentin	2578	–	GM	Gordon Stephen J	2535	½ – ½
Bo.	29	Norway (NOR)	Rtg	–	5	Ukraine (UKR)	Rtg	2 : 2
8.1	GM	Hammer Jon Ludvig	2585	–	GM	Eljanov Pavel	2717	1 – 0
8.2	GM	Johannessen Leif Erlend	2532	–	GM	Volokitin Andrei	2681	0 – 1
8.3	IM	Elsness Frode	2458	–	GM	Drozdovskij Yuri	2627	½ – ½
8.4	FM	Thomassen Joachim	2332	–	GM	Kryvoruchko Yuriy	2612	½ – ½
Bo.	9	France (FRA)	Rtg	–	25	Switzerland (SUI)	Rtg	2½:1½
9.1	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2709	–	GM	Korchnoi Viktor	2566	1 – 0
9.2	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2658	–	GM	Pelletier Yannick	2589	½ – ½
9.3	GM	Edouard Romain	2620	–	IM	Ekstroem Roland	2488	½ – ½
9.4	GM	Feller Sebastien	2570	–	GM	Gallagher Joseph G	2464	½ – ½
Bo.	13	Czech Republic (CZE)	Rtg	–	16	Slovenia (SLO)	Rtg	2½:1½
10.1	GM	Navara David	2692	–	GM	Beliavsky Alexander	2656	1 – 0
10.2	GM	Laznicka Viktor	2634	–	GM	Pavasovic Dusko	2602	1 – 0
10.3	GM	Hracek Zbynek	2606	–	GM	Lenic Luka	2575	½ – ½
10.4	GM	Babula Vlastimil	2569	–	IM	Sebenik Matej	2489	0 – 1