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Svidler performs nearly 3000 in Crete!
Highest performance of the European Team Championship: 1. Svidler 29892. Morozevich 28553. Roiz 28554. Adams 28005. Mamedyarov 27986. Topalov 27977. Navara 27928. Vallejo Pons 27829. Bacrot 278110. Alekseev 2760 Source: chessdom.com Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Svidler on a roll in Crete
Svidler (RUS) – Cheparinov (BUL) [B90]06.11.2007Crete, ETCC 2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 e5 9.Nf5 g6 10.h3 gxf5 11.exf5 Nc6 12.Qe2 Qa5 13.0–0–0 Bd7 14.f4 Rc8 15.Kb1 Nb4 16.a3...
The magic of Shirov
Final position Shirov (ESP) (2739) – Morozevich (RUS) (2755) [B12]05.11.2007European Team Championship 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 a6 5.Nce2 e6 6.Ng3 Bg6 7.h4 h5 8.Nh3 c5 9.Nf4 Ne7 10.c3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nbc6 12.Be2 Qb6 13.Be3 Bf5 14.Nfxh5...
Russia running away with the championship
Standings after 7 rounds (men): Rank-Country-Win-Draw-Loss-Match points-Board points 1 Russia 7-0-0 14 20.52 Armenia 5-1-1 11 17.03 Slovenia 5-0-2 10 17.04 Israel 4-2-1 10 16.55 Azerbaijan 5-0-2 10 16.0 Standings after 7 rounds (women): 1 Poland 5-2-0 12 20.02...
ETCC round 6
Picture and coverage by http://www.chessdom.com/european-team-chess-championship/etcc-videos 1 1 RUSSIA RUS 10 3 : 1 8 ISRAEL ISR 82 19 SLOVENIA SLO 8 2½ : 1½ 8 AZERBAIJAN AZE 33 13 CZECH REPUBLIC CZE 7 1½ : 2½ 7 UKRAINE UKR...
European Team Cup Championship
The pairings for the ETCC are up. Here is the info provided by chessdom: Round 1 pairings, men Russia – SwedenBosnia and Herzegovina – UkraineAzerbaidjan – TurkeyRomania – ArmeniaBulgaria – LithuaniaFYROM – FranceSpain – NorwaySwitzerland – IsraelNetherlands – ItalyMontenegro...