European Senior Teams Championship Round 1
3-11th May in Thessaloniki – Olympus region, Greece
The European Chess Union, Greek Chess Federation and AMO Galaxias Sports’ Club organize the 10th European Senior Teams Championship, from May 3rd to May 11th , 2011 in Thessaloniki – Olympus region.
The Championship started Tuesday with 35 teams from 20 countries and 52 titled players. England is lining three teams, Finland, Denmark, Israel, Norway and Sweden are represented by two teams each. In addition, the teams of Turku and Helsinki (also Finland) are competing.
The top rated teams mostly didn’t have problems to cash in the regular rating advantage in the first round of Swiss pairings. However, there were some surprises as Turkey stunned Sportfreunde Katernberg and England 2 tied the score with Catalonia.
Round 2 is being played Wednesday 10:00 CET, follow the top two matches live.
Round 2 pairings:
Russia – Scotland
Switzerland – Germany
Israel 1 – Stiftung BSW BAG 1
England 1 – Montenegro
Finland 1 – Turkey
Niederoesterreich – Austria
Italy – Stiftung BSW DBAG II
England 2 – Denmark 1
Blindern Oldtimers – Catalonia
England 3 – “Steiermark, Austria”
“Sportfreunde, Katernberg” – Denmark 2
Greece – Belgium
Sweden 1 – Freibauer
Turku – Polar Bears Iceland
Norway 1 – Israel 2
Norway 2 – Wales
Finland 2 – Helsinki
Sweden 2 bye
Round 1 results
Belgium – Russia ½ :3½
1/1 FM Rooze Jan 2333 – GM Vasiukov Evgeni 2480 0 – 1
1/2 Van Herck Marcel 2135 – IM Shvedchikov Anatoli I 2412 0 – 1
1/3 Schuermans Robert 2085 – GM Pushkov Nikolai 2406 0 – 1
1/4 Hajenius Willem 1983 – FM Mishuchkov Nikolai M 2403 ½ – ½
Germany – Sweden 1 3½: ½
2/1 GM Uhlmann Wolfgang 2389 – Malmdin Nils-Ake 2278 1 – 0
2/2 GM Hecht Hans-Joachim 2377 – Petersson Gosta 2113 1 – 0
2/3 IM Klundt Klaus 2379 – Svensson Soren 2109 ½ – ½
2/4 FM Werner Clemens 2344 – Sandklef Ake 2017 1 – 0
Polar Bears Iceland – Israel 1 ½ :3½
3/1 Einarsson Arnthor 2227 – IM Birnboim Nathan 2362 ½ – ½
3/2 Gunnarsson Gunnar K 2209 – IM Maryasin Boris 2323 0 – 1
3/3 Finnlaugsson Gunnar 2075 – IM Lederman Leon 2272 0 – 1
3/4 Kristjansson Sigurdur 1945 – GM Kraidman Yair 2260 0 – 1
Montenegro – Norway 1 3 : 1
4/1 GM Ivanovic Bozidar 2409 – Gundersen Helge 2234 1 – 0
4/2 Zivkovic Ljubo 2270 – Hauge Tor Arne 2157 1 – 0
4/3 FM Raicevic Momcilo 2364 – Theting Helge E 2029 1 – 0
4/4 FM Dragasevic Srdja 2266 – Strand Oyvin 1972 0 – 1
Wales – Finland 1 1 : 3
5/1 CM Jones Iolo C 2287 – GM Rantanen Yrjo A 2373 0 – 1
5/2 Thornton John D 2065 – GM Westerinen Heikki M J 2350 0 – 1
5/3 Miles Richard 2068 – FM Hurme Harri 2277 ½ – ½
5/4 Van Kemenade Rudy 1941 – Havansi Erkki E T 2248 ½ – ½
Austria – Finland 2 3½: ½
6/1 IM Danner Georg 2416 – Morant Paul 2184 1 – 0
6/2 IM Hoelzl Franz 2342 – FM Saren Ilkka J 2190 1 – 0
6/3 Ager Josef 2188 – Lyly Seppo 1966 1 – 0
6/4 FM Singer Hans 2274 – Koskinen Veikko 1988 ½ – ½
Denmark 2 – Italy ½ :3½
7/1 Olesen Poul Erik Norgaard 2076 – IM Tatai Stefano 2361 0 – 1
7/2 Nielsen Poul Erik 2100 – GM Mariotti Sergio 2329 ½ – ½
7/3 Rasmussen Lars-Bo 2060 – FM Micheli Carlo 2258 0 – 1
7/4 Preuss Flemming 1991 – FM Rosino Antonio 2248 0 – 1
Denmark 1 – Greece 4 : 0
8/1 Sorensen Bent 2343 – IM Skalkotas Nikolaos 2183 1 – 0
8/2 FM Sloth Jorn 2310 – FM Tsomis Dimitrios 2187 1 – 0
8/3 IM Brinck-Claussen Bjorn 2271 – Aftsoglou Ioannis 2168 1 – 0
8/4 FM Jorgensen Jorgen 2221 – Efkarpidis Stylianos 1600 1 – 0
Turkey – “Sportfreunde, Katernberg” 3 : 1
9/1 Pekun Cem 2151 – FM Bachmann Karlheinz 2282 1 – 0
9/2 Muratoglu Salih 2068 – FM Nautsch Werner 2243 1 – 0
9/3 Ozbilen Hayri 2059 – FM Neese Hans-Joachim 2234 0 – 1
9/4 Bapoglu Ibrahim 1828 – Armbruester Juergen 1600 1 – 0
Catalonia – England 3 2 : 2
10/1 GM Rodriguez Vargas Orestes 2405 – Stimpson Philip M 2095 0 – 1
10/2 FM Simon Padros Emili 2281 – Farrand Julian T 2086 1 – 0
10/3 Coll Enriquez Lluis 2182 – Edwards Ray B 2017 1 – 0
10/4 Lluverol Torrents Salvador 2025 – Wood Peter C 1879 0 – 1
Freibauer – Switzerland 1 : 3
11/1 Niebuhr Gerd 2067 – FM Vucenovic Dragomir 2249 ½ – ½
11/2 Juergens Peter 2012 – IM Bhend Edwin 2257 0 – 1
11/3 Hellwege Werner 2009 – FM Hohler Peter 2157 ½ – ½
11/4 Fritsch Juergen Dr 1979 – Illi Hans-Joerg 2141 0 – 1
Scotland – Turku 3½: ½
12/1 IM Pritchett Craig W 2327 – Palmo Pentti 2067 1 – 0
12/2 FM Jamieson Peter M 2277 – Alkkiomaki Jyrki 2057 1 – 0
12/3 White Alastair F 2102 – Rantanen Veikko 2003 1 – 0
12/4 Mckerracher Douglas 1945 – Ranki Martti 1937 ½ – ½
Israel 2 – England 1 0 : 4
13/1 Blaushtain Boris 2115 – FM Byway Paul V 2162 0 – 1
13/2 Har-Even Abir 2062 – CM James Geoffrey H 2207 0 – 1
13/3 Ben-Zeev Moshe 2006 – CM Norman Kenneth I 2188 0 – 1
13/4 Rave Avraham 1865 – Singleton Michael P F 2162 0 – 1
“Steiermark, Austria” – Blindern Oldtimers 2 : 2
14/1 FM Watzka Horst 2274 – Dahl Ivar M 2136 ½ – ½
14/2 Kratschmer Heinz 2177 – Mundal Arnold 2049 ½ – ½
14/3 Nickl Klaus 2149 – Bergersen Per A 1600 ½ – ½
14/4 Pitzl Konstantinos 2095 – Fossum Widar J 1600 ½ – ½
Helsinki – Niederoesterreich 0 : 4
15/1 Auvinen Esa 1966 – FM Titz Heimo 2183 0 – 1
15/2 Patola Eero 1900 – Winiwarter Felix 2167 0 – 1
15/3 Hall Raimo 1880 – Weinwurm Wolfgang 2190 0 – 1
15/4 Laitinen Martti 1799 – FM Strobel Ferdinand 2128 0 – 1
Stiftung BSW BAG 1 – Norway 2 3½: ½
16/1 FM Baumbach Friedrich Dr 2283 – Bjorgvik Jan Arne 1921 1 – 0
16/2 Kugelmann Werner 2226 – Standal Bard 1889 1 – 0
16/3 Fleuch Hans-Juergen 2078 – Birkestrand Odd 1881 ½ – ½
16/4 Hollstein Joachim 2075 – Bue Gunnar 1814 1 – 0
Sweden 2 – England 2 1½:2½
17/1 Carlsson Ingvar 2083 – Macdonald-Ross Michael 2157 ½ – ½
17/2 Danielsson Robert 2043 – CM Ashby Anthony C 2151 ½ – ½
17/3 Karrlander Gunnar 1600 – CM Reuben Stewart 2140 ½ – ½
17/4 Stal Olof Carl 1600 – Scholes James E 2110 0 – 1
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Russia will win.