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I have a collection of over 40 thousand examples. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan.
Prices: each annotated example costs 20 cents, so 10 examples cost 2 euros, etc. Send payment to [email protected] on PayPal to get the examples by e-mail in cbv, pgn, html formats.Special price for middlegame books with very interesting verbal explanations
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European Open & Women Team Championship 2013
On the top 5 boards of the Open event the Russian team won against Serbia, Bulgaria held Armenia to a draw (Topalov drew Aronian), France won aganst Slovenia and both Polish teams lost to Ukraine and England respectively.
Results of the 1st round
1 RUSSIA SERBIA 2½ : 1½
2 BULGARIA ARMENIA 2 : 2
3 FRANCE SLOVENIA 2½ : 1½
4 POLAND FUTURES UKRAINE 1 : 3
5 ENGLAND POLAND GOLDIES 3 : 1
6 SWEDEN AZERBAIJAN 2 : 2
7 HUNGARY DENMARK 3 : 1
8 AUSTRIA NETHERLANDS 2½ : 1½
9 CZECH REPUBLIC ICELAND 2½ : 1½
10 ISRAEL GERMANY 1½ : 2½
11 SPAIN MONTENEGRO 2 : 2
12 SWITZERLAND POLAND 1 : 3
13 ITALY FINLAND 3 : 1
14 BELGIUM GEORGIA 1½ : 2½
15 GREECE LITHUANIA 2½ : 1½
16 FYROM CROATIA 1½ : 2½
17 BELARUS NORWAY 3 : 1
18 SCOTLAND TURKEY 1 : 3
19 ROMANIA WALES 4 : 0
View results by boards here.
Pairings of the 2nd round
1 TURKEY RUSSIA :
2 BELARUS FRANCE :
3 UKRAINE CROATIA :
4 GREECE ENGLAND :
5 GEORGIA HUNGARY :
6 ITALY CZECH REPUBLIC :
7 GERMANY POLAND :
8 AUSTRIA ROMANIA :
9 ARMENIA MONTENEGRO :
10 AZERBAIJAN BULGARIA :
11 SWEDEN SPAIN :
12 NETHERLANDS WALES :
13 SERBIA SCOTLAND :
14 SLOVENIA NORWAY :
15 FYROM POLAND FUTURES :
16 POLAND GOLDIES LITHUANIA :
17 DENMARK BELGIUM :
18 ICELAND FINLAND :
19 SWITZERLAND ISRAEL :
In the Women’s, the surprise of the round was the win of Greece over Germany with 2.5-1.5 score on the 5th board!
Results of the 1st round
1 Azerbaijan Ukraine 1 : 3
2 Russia Czech Republic 3 : 1
3 Austria Georgia ½ : 3½
4 Poland Italy 3½ : ½
5 Greece Germany 2½ : 1½
6 Armenia Croatia 3½ : ½
7 England France 0 : 4
8 Hungary Belarus 2 : 2
9 Poland Futures Spain 1½ : 2½
10 Romania Switzerland 4 : 0
11 Slovenia Bulgaria 1½ : 2½
12 Serbia Turkey 2½ : 1½
13 Norway Poland III ½ : 3½
14 Netherlands Belgium 1 : 3
15 Finland Israel ½ : 3½
16 Lithuania Iceland 3 : 1
View the 1st round results by boards here.
Pairings of the 2nd round
1 Israel Russia :
2 Georgia Bulgaria :
3 Spain Poland :
4 Belgium Armenia :
5 France Greece :
6 Serbia Romania :
7 Poland III Lithuania :
8 Ukraine Belarus :
9 Iceland Hungary :
10 Germany Switzerland :
11 Croatia Netherlands :
12 Italy Azerbaijan :
13 Czech Republic Austria :
14 Poland Futures England :
15 Finland Slovenia :
16 Turkey Norway :
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European Open & Women Team Championship 2013
Pairings of the 1st round in the Open:
1 RUSSIA – SERBIA
2 BULGARIA – ARMENIA
3 FRANCE – SLOVENIA
4 POLAND 2 – UKRAINE
5 ENGLAND – POLAND 3
6 SWEDEN – AZERBAIJAN
7 HUNGARY – DENMARK
8 AUSTRIA – NETHERLANDS
9 CZECH REPUBLIC – ICELAND
10 ISRAEL – GERMANY
11 SPAIN – MONTENEGRO
12 SWITZERLAND – POLAND 1
13 ITALY – FINLAND
14 BELGIUM – GEORGIA
15 GREECE – LITHUANIA
16 MACEDONIA – CROATIA
17 BELARUS – NORWAY
18 SCOTLAND – TURKEY
19 ROMANIA – WALES
Pairings of the 1st round in the Women’s
1 Azerbaijan – Ukraine
2 Russia – Czech Republic
3 Austria – Georgia
4 Poland – Italy
5 Greece – Germany
6 Armenia – Croatia
7 England – France
8 Hungary – Belarus
9 Poland II – Spain
10 Romania – Switzerland
11 Slovenia – Bulgaria
12 Serbia – Turkey
13 Norway – Poland III
14 Netherlands – Belgium
15 Finland – Israel
16 Lithuania – Iceland


