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European Open & Women Team Championship 2013
In the Open competition France is leading with 12 points, Azerbaijan and Armenia share 2nd-3rd with 11.
Results of top 5 matches by boards
Bo. 6 AZERBAIJAN Rtg – 3 FRANCE Rtg 2 : 2
1.1 GM MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar 2757 – GM BACROT, Etienne 2749 ½ – ½
1.2 GM RADJABOV, Teimour 2715 – GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime 2742 ½ – ½
1.3 GM MAMEDOV, Rauf 2647 – GM EDOUARD, Romain 2653 1 – 0
1.4 GM GUSEINOV, Gadir 2607 – GM TKACHIEV, Vladislav 2637 0 – 1
Bo. 1 RUSSIA Rtg – 2 ARMENIA Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 GM GRISCHUK, Alexander 2785 – GM ARONIAN, Levon 2801 ½ – ½
2.2 GM SVIDLER, Peter 2752 – GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2700 ½ – ½
2.3 GM MOROZEVICH, Alexander 2727 – GM AKOPIAN, Vladimir 2681 ½ – ½
2.4 GM TOMASHEVSKY, Evgeny 2722 – GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2676 0 – 1
Bo. 4 UKRAINE Rtg – 17 BELARUS Rtg 2 : 2
3.1 GM ARESHCHENKO, Alexander 2720 – GM ZHIGALKO, Sergei 2694 0 – 1
3.2 GM EFIMENKO, Zahar 2657 – GM ZHIGALKO, Andrey 2619 ½ – ½
3.3 GM MOISEENKO, Alexander 2709 – GM KOVALEV, Vladislav 2583 1 – 0
3.4 GM FEDORCHUK, Sergey A. 2666 – GM TETEREV, Vitaly 2501 ½ – ½
Bo. 14 GEORGIA Rtg – 5 ENGLAND Rtg 2 : 2
4.1 GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2695 – GM ADAMS, Michael 2752 ½ – ½
4.2 GM MCHEDLISHVILI, Mikheil 2631 – GM MCSHANE, Luke J 2696 1 – 0
4.3 GM GAGUNASHVILI, Merab 2556 – GM SHORT, Nigel D 2680 0 – 1
4.4 GM PANTSULAIA, Levan 2595 – GM JONES, Gawain C B 2648 ½ – ½
Bo. 16 CROATIA Rtg – 15 GREECE Rtg 1 : 3
5.1 GM SARIC, Ivan 2628 – GM BANIKAS, Hristos 2633 0 – 1
5.2 GM STEVIC, Hrvoje 2611 – GM PAPAIOANNOU, Ioannis 2639 ½ – ½
5.3 GM PALAC, Mladen 2571 – GM HALKIAS, Stelios 2555 ½ – ½
5.4 GM KOZUL, Zdenko 2597 – GM KOTRONIAS, Vasilios 2564 0 – 1
View the full standings here.
Pairings of top 5 matches
1 FRANCE 17 12 : 11 16 ARMENIA
2 AZERBAIJAN 16½ 11 : 10 17 GREECE
3 NETHERLANDS 18½ 9 : 9 17½ RUSSIA
4 UKRAINE 15½ 9 : 9 15½ GEORGIA
5 ENGLAND 16 9 : 9 16½ HUNGARY
In the Women’s section Ukraine is leading with 13 match points, Armenia is 2nd with 11 and Georgia has 10.
Results of top 5 matches by boards
Bo. 13 Poland III Rtg – 1 Ukraine Rtg 1½:2½
1.1 WIM Worek, Joanna 2336 – GM Lagno, Kateryna 2542 ½ – ½
1.2 WGM Kadziolka, Beata 2327 – GM Ushenina, Anna 2492 ½ – ½
1.3 WGM Bartel, Marta 2308 – IM Muzychuk, Mariya 2491 0 – 1
1.4 WGM Toma, Katarzyna 2282 – IM Gaponenko, Inna 2402 ½ – ½
Bo. 3 Georgia Rtg – 4 Poland Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2556 – GM Socko, Monika 2431 ½ – ½
2.2 IM Khurtsidze, Nino 2462 – WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2383 0 – 1
2.3 IM Khotenashvili, Bela 2524 – IM Rajlich, Iweta 2404 1 – 0
2.4 IM Javakhishvili, Lela 2423 – WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2382 ½ – ½
Bo. 6 Armenia Rtg – 25 Poland Futures Rtg 3 : 1
3.1 GM Danielian, Elina 2457 – WIM Iwanow, Anna 2206 1 – 0
3.2 IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2447 – WFM Wisniowska, Klaudia 2153 1 – 0
3.3 IM Galojan, Lilit 2301 – WCM Wozniak, Mariola 2069 1 – 0
3.4 WGM Kursova, Maria 2339 – WFM Kiolbasa, Oliwia 1982 0 – 1
Bo. 8 Hungary Rtg – 2 Russia Rtg 1½:2½
4.1 GM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2511 – GM Gunina, Valentina 2509 ½ – ½
4.2 WGM Gara, Ticia 2350 – GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2510 0 – 1
4.3 WGM Papp, Petra 2300 – WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2499 0 – 1
4.4 WGM Rudolf, Anna 2281 – WGM Girya, Olga 2447 1 – 0
Bo. 5 Germany Rtg – 11 Bulgaria Rtg 1 : 3
5.1 WGM Schleining, Zoya 2379 – GM Stefanova, Antoaneta 2494 ½ – ½
5.2 IM Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 2365 – WIM Raeva, Elitsa 2361 0 – 1
5.3 WGM Melamed, Tatjana 2367 – WGM Videnova, Iva 2272 ½ – ½
5.4 WGM Michna, Marta 2357 – WGM Voiska, Margarita 2298 0 – 1
View the full standings here.
Pairings of top 5 matches
1 Ukraine 20 13 : 11 21 Armenia
2 Russia 19 10 : 10 18 Georgia
3 Bulgaria 15½ 9 : 10 16 Poland
4 Czech Republic 17 9 : 9 17 Lithuania
5 Poland III 15 9 : 8 17½ Romania
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European Open & Women Team Championship 2013
France is leading the event with 11 match points, Azerbaijan is 2nd with 10 while Russia and Armenia share 3rd-4th.
Results of top 5 matches
Bo. 15 GREECE Rtg – 3 FRANCE Rtg 1½:2½
1.1 GM BANIKAS, Hristos 2633 – GM BACROT, Etienne 2749 ½ – ½
1.2 GM PAPAIOANNOU, Ioannis 2639 – GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime 2742 0 – 1
1.3 GM MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios 2589 – GM EDOUARD, Romain 2653 ½ – ½
1.4 GM HALKIAS, Stelios 2555 – GM TKACHIEV, Vladislav 2637 ½ – ½
Bo. 14 GEORGIA Rtg – 6 AZERBAIJAN Rtg 1 : 3
2.1 GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2695 – GM MAMEDYAROV, Shakhriyar 2757 0 – 1
2.2 GM MCHEDLISHVILI, Mikheil 2631 – GM RADJABOV, Teimour 2715 ½ – ½
2.3 GM PANTSULAIA, Levan 2595 – GM SAFARLI, Eltaj 2653 ½ – ½
2.4 IM NIGALIDZE, Gaioz 2494 – GM MAMEDOV, Rauf 2647 0 – 1
Bo. 1 RUSSIA Rtg – 19 ROMANIA Rtg 2½:1½
3.1 GM GRISCHUK, Alexander 2785 – GM LUPULESCU, Constantin 2630 1 – 0
3.2 GM SVIDLER, Peter 2752 – GM JIANU, Vlad-Cristian 2565 ½ – ½
3.3 GM ANDREIKIN, Dmitry 2710 – GM PARLIGRAS, Mircea-Emilian 2576 ½ – ½
3.4 GM MOROZEVICH, Alexander 2727 – GM NEVEDNICHY, Vladislav 2590 ½ – ½
Bo. 2 ARMENIA Rtg – 7 HUNGARY Rtg 2½:1½
4.1 GM ARONIAN, Levon 2801 – GM BALOGH, Csaba 2630 ½ – ½
4.2 GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2700 – GM ALMASI, Zoltan 2710 1 – 0
4.3 GM AKOPIAN, Vladimir 2681 – GM POLGAR, Judit 2689 ½ – ½
4.4 GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2676 – GM BANUSZ, Tamas 2593 ½ – ½
Bo. 5 ENGLAND Rtg – 4 UKRAINE Rtg 2 : 2
5.1 GM ADAMS, Michael 2752 – GM ARESHCHENKO, Alexander 2720 ½ – ½
5.2 GM MCSHANE, Luke J 2696 – GM VOLOKITIN, Andrei 2682 1 – 0
5.3 GM JONES, Gawain C B 2648 – GM EFIMENKO, Zahar 2657 ½ – ½
5.4 GM HOWELL, David W L 2644 – GM MOISEENKO, Alexander 2709 0 – 1
Pairings of top 5 matches
1 AZERBAIJAN 14½ 10 : 11 15 FRANCE
2 RUSSIA 16 9 : 9 13½ ARMENIA
3 UKRAINE 13½ 8 : 8 13½ BELARUS
4 GEORGIA 13½ 8 : 8 14 ENGLAND
5 CROATIA 13½ 8 : 8 14 GREECE
In the women’s event Ukraine is leading also with 11 match points. Four teams have 9 – Armenia, Georgia, Poland and Poland III.
Results of top 5 matches
Bo. 3 Georgia Rtg – 1 Ukraine Rtg 2 : 2
1.1 GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2556 – GM Lagno, Kateryna 2542 1 – 0
1.2 WGM Arabidze, Meri 2374 – GM Ushenina, Anna 2492 0 – 1
1.3 IM Khotenashvili, Bela 2524 – IM Muzychuk, Mariya 2491 0 – 1
1.4 IM Javakhishvili, Lela 2423 – GM Zhukova, Natalia 2466 1 – 0
Bo. 4 Poland Rtg – 2 Russia Rtg 2 : 2
2.1 GM Socko, Monika 2431 – GM Gunina, Valentina 2509 1 – 0
2.2 WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2383 – GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2510 ½ – ½
2.3 WGM Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna 2420 – WGM Girya, Olga 2447 0 – 1
2.4 WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2382 – WGM Goryachkina, Aleksandra 2438 ½ – ½
Bo. 5 Germany Rtg – 13 Poland III Rtg 1½:2½
3.1 IM Paehtz, Elisabeth 2449 – WIM Worek, Joanna 2336 0 – 1
3.2 IM Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 2365 – WGM Kadziolka, Beata 2327 ½ – ½
3.3 WGM Melamed, Tatjana 2367 – WGM Bartel, Marta 2308 ½ – ½
3.4 WGM Michna, Marta 2357 – WGM Toma, Katarzyna 2282 ½ – ½
Bo. 9 Spain Rtg – 6 Armenia Rtg ½ :3½
4.1 IM Alexandrova, Olga 2427 – GM Danielian, Elina 2457 0 – 1
4.2 IM Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina 2385 – IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2447 0 – 1
4.3 IM Matnadze, Ana 2373 – IM Galojan, Lilit 2301 ½ – ½
4.4 WIM Nicolas Zapata, Irene 2241 – WGM Kursova, Maria 2339 0 – 1
Bo. 10 Romania Rtg – 8 Hungary Rtg 1½:2½
5.1 IM Bulmaga, Irina 2399 – GM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2511 0 – 1
5.2 WGM L’ami, Alina 2361 – WGM Gara, Ticia 2350 ½ – ½
5.3 WGM Cosma, Elena-Luminita 2326 – IM Gara, Anita 2311 1 – 0
5.4 WGM Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen 2275 – WGM Rudolf, Anna 2281 0 – 1
Pairings of top 5 matches
1 Poland III 13½ 9 : 11 17½ Ukraine
2 Georgia 16 9 : 9 14 Poland
3 Armenia 18 9 : 8 14 Poland Futures
4 Hungary 13½ 8 : 8 16½ Russia
5 Germany 14 7 : 7 12½ Bulgaria


