European team championship round 9 top board results:
Br. | 1 | Russia (RUS) | Elo | – | 8 | Spain (ESP) | Elo | 2 : 2 |
1.1 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2741 | – | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2730 | ½ – ½ |
1.2 | GM | Morozevich Alexander | 2750 | – | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2696 | 1 – 0 |
1.3 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2742 | – | GM | Illescas Cordoba Miguel | 2591 | ½ – ½ |
1.4 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2725 | – | GM | Salgado Lopez Ivan | 2555 | 0 – 1 |
Br. | 15 | Netherlands (NED) | Elo | – | 2 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Elo | 1½:2½ |
2.1 | GM | Smeets Jan | 2642 | – | GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2757 | ½ – ½ |
2.2 | GM | Stellwagen Daniel | 2630 | – | GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2740 | 0 – 1 |
2.3 | GM | L’Ami Erwin | 2606 | – | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2721 | ½ – ½ |
2.4 | GM | Ernst Sipke | 2589 | – | GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2626 | ½ – ½ |
Br. | 6 | Israel (ISR) | Elo | – | 5 | Ukraine (UKR) | Elo | 1 : 3 |
3.1 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2676 | – | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2717 | 0 – 1 |
3.2 | GM | Roiz Michael | 2658 | – | GM | Volokitin Andrei | 2681 | ½ – ½ |
3.3 | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2651 | – | GM | Efimenko Zahar | 2654 | 0 – 1 |
3.4 | GM | Avrukh Boris | 2668 | – | GM | Kryvoruchko Yuriy | 2612 | ½ – ½ |
Br. | 25 | Switzerland (SUI) | Elo | – | 3 | Armenia (ARM) | Elo | 1½:2½ |
4.1 | GM | Pelletier Yannick | 2589 | – | GM | Aronian Levon | 2773 | ½ – ½ |
4.2 | GM | Jenni Florian | 2500 | – | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2698 | 1 – 0 |
4.3 | IM | Ekstroem Roland | 2488 | – | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2678 | 0 – 1 |
4.4 | GM | Gallagher Joseph G | 2464 | – | GM | Petrosian Tigran L | 2602 | 0 – 1 |
Br. | 7 | Germany (GER) | Elo | – | 14 | Romania (ROU) | Elo | 2½:1½ |
5.1 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2685 | – | GM | Istratescu Andrei | 2624 | ½ – ½ |
5.2 | GM | Meier Georg | 2664 | – | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | 2664 | ½ – ½ |
5.3 | GM | Fridman Daniel | 2661 | – | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2599 | ½ – ½ |
5.4 | GM | Gustafsson Jan | 2622 | – | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | 2601 | 1 – 0 |
Br. | 13 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Elo | – | 12 | Poland (POL) | Elo | 1½:2½ |
6.1 | GM | Navara David | 2692 | – | GM | Socko Bartosz | 2637 | 1 – 0 |
6.2 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | 2634 | – | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2640 | 0 – 1 |
6.3 | GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2606 | – | GM | Macieja Bartlomiej | 2618 | ½ – ½ |
6.4 | GM | Babula Vlastimil | 2569 | – | GM | Gajewski Grzegorz | 2572 | 0 – 1 |
Br. | 17 | Serbia 1 (SRB 1) | Elo | – | 9 | France (FRA) | Elo | 2½:1½ |
7.1 | GM | Ivanisevic Ivan | 2614 | – | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2709 | ½ – ½ |
7.2 | GM | Solak Dragan | 2583 | – | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2658 | 0 – 1 |
7.3 | GM | Markus Robert | 2608 | – | GM | Cornette Matthieu | 2577 | 1 – 0 |
7.4 | GM | Vuckovic Bojan | 2600 | – | GM | Feller Sebastien | 2570 | 1 – 0 |
Br. | 10 | Hungary (HUN) | Elo | – | 19 | Greece (GRE) | Elo | 2½:1½ |
8.1 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2685 | – | GM | Papaioannou Ioannis | 2628 | ½ – ½ |
8.2 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2663 | – | GM | Halkias Stelios | 2570 | ½ – ½ |
8.3 | GM | Balogh Csaba | 2620 | – | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | 2569 | 1 – 0 |
8.4 | GM | Ruck Robert | 2548 | – | GM | Mastrovasilis Athanasios | 2519 | ½ – ½ |
Br. | 11 | Georgia (GEO) | Elo | – | 29 | Norway (NOR) | Elo | 2 : 2 |
9.1 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2696 | – | GM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | 2585 | ½ – ½ |
9.2 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2613 | – | GM | Johannessen Leif Erlend | 2532 | ½ – ½ |
9.3 | GM | Gagunashvili Merab | 2580 | – | IM | Elsness Frode | 2458 | 0 – 1 |
9.4 | GM | Sanikidze Tornike | 2600 | – | FM | Thomassen Joachim | 2332 | 1 – 0 |
Br. | 18 | England (ENG) | Elo | – | 27 | Former Yug Rep of Macedonia (MKD) | Elo | 3½: ½ |
10.1 | GM | Adams Michael | 2682 | – | GM | Georgiev Vladimir | 2537 | 1 – 0 |
10.2 | GM | McShane Luke J | 2615 | – | GM | Mitkov Nikola | 2525 | 1 – 0 |
10.3 | GM | Conquest Stuart C | 2563 | – | GM | Nedev Trajko | 2511 | ½ – ½ |
10.4 | GM | Gordon Stephen J | 2535 | – | GM | Stanojoski Zvonko | 2492 | 1 – 0 |
Official results: http://www.chess-results.com/Tnr24908.aspx?lan=0
Standings after 9 rounds:
Rg. | Snr | Team | Team | Anz | + | = | – | Wtg1 | Wtg2 | Wtg3 | |
1 | 2 | Azerbaijan | AZE | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 22,0 | 180,5 | |
2 | 1 | Russia | RUS | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 22,5 | 172,5 | |
3 | 5 | Ukraine | UKR | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 23,0 | 161,5 | |
4 | 3 | Armenia | ARM | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 21,5 | 179,0 | |
5 | 7 | Germany | GER | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 21,5 | 164,0 | |
6 | 8 | Spain | ESP | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 21,0 | 170,5 | |
7 | 12 | Poland | POL | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 20,5 | 169,0 | |
8 | 10 | Hungary | HUN | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 21,0 | 165,0 | |
9 | 15 | Netherlands | NED | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 20,5 | 171,5 | |
10 | 17 | Serbia 1 | SRB 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 20,0 | 169,0 | |
11 | 6 | Israel | ISR | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 18,0 | 189,0 | |
12 | 18 | England | ENG | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 19,5 | 157,5 | |
13 | 11 | Georgia | GEO | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 19,0 | 180,5 | |
14 | 14 | Romania | ROU | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 19,0 | 167,0 | |
15 | 25 | Switzerland | SUI | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18,5 | 178,0 | |
16 | 16 | Slovenia | SLO | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 21,0 | 142,5 | |
17 | 9 | France | FRA | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19,5 | 172,5 | |
18 | 4 | Bulgaria | BUL | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19,0 | 150,5 | |
19 | 31 | Finland | FIN | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18,0 | 150,0 | |
20 | 19 | Greece | GRE | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17,5 | 183,0 | |
21 | 21 | Austria | AUT | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17,5 | 166,5 | |
22 | 23 | Denmark | DEN | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17,0 | 177,5 | |
23 | 13 | Czech Republic | CZE | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16,5 | 181,0 | |
24 | 29 | Norway | NOR | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16,5 | 175,0 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Shouldn’t that read Azerbaijan WINS?
Because Russia drew and Az won, they’re now leading the Etc.
they WON
Congratulations to Azeri team!
Azeri women’s team finished 4th (sharing the same number of points with Ukraine). This is much better result than men’s team given that Azeri women’s team was ranked 20th before the tournament!
They are leading. There will be another round to give Russia a playing chance.
I think this is just beginning for Azerbaijan. Their players have matured and are coming in their best years. And their advantage is that that they have been playing together in a team since their childhood.
http://www.chessbase.com/news/
2009/events/azerbaijan09.jpg
(Mamedov, Gashimov, Radjabov, Guseinov)
I think they will scoop more medals in the next decade.
This was just a beginning.