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The surprise of the round was definitely the loss of both (!) Russian teams. The men’s lost to the Turkish team and the women’s to Israeli.

Results of top 5 matches by board

Bo. 18 TURKEY Rtg – 1 RUSSIA Rtg 2½:1½
1.1 GM SOLAK, Dragan 2618 – GM GRISCHUK, Alexander 2785 1 – 0
1.2 GM IPATOV, Alexander 2630 – GM SVIDLER, Peter 2752 ½ – ½
1.3 GM ESEN, Baris 2565 – GM ANDREIKIN, Dmitry 2710 ½ – ½
1.4 GM YILMAZ, Mustafa 2577 – GM TOMASHEVSKY, Evgeny 2722 ½ – ½

Bo. 17 BELARUS Rtg – 3 FRANCE Rtg 1½:2½
2.1 GM ZHIGALKO, Sergei 2694 – GM BACROT, Etienne 2749 ½ – ½
2.2 GM ZHIGALKO, Andrey 2619 – GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime 2742 ½ – ½
2.3 GM KOVALEV, Vladislav 2583 – GM EDOUARD, Romain 2653 0 – 1
2.4 GM STUPAK, Kirill 2494 – GM TKACHIEV, Vladislav 2637 ½ – ½

Bo. 4 UKRAINE Rtg – 16 CROATIA Rtg 2½:1½
3.1 GM ARESHCHENKO, Alexander 2720 – GM SARIC, Ivan 2628 1 – 0
3.2 GM VOLOKITIN, Andrei 2682 – GM STEVIC, Hrvoje 2611 1 – 0
3.3 GM EFIMENKO, Zahar 2657 – GM PALAC, Mladen 2571 ½ – ½
3.4 GM FEDORCHUK, Sergey A. 2666 – GM KOZUL, Zdenko 2597 0 – 1

Bo. 15 GREECE Rtg – 5 ENGLAND Rtg 3 : 1
4.1 GM BANIKAS, Hristos 2633 – GM ADAMS, Michael 2752 ½ – ½
4.2 GM PAPAIOANNOU, Ioannis 2639 – GM MCSHANE, Luke J 2696 1 – 0
4.3 GM MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios 2589 – GM JONES, Gawain C B 2648 ½ – ½
4.4 GM KOTRONIAS, Vasilios 2564 – GM HOWELL, David W L 2644 1 – 0

Bo. 14 GEORGIA Rtg – 7 HUNGARY Rtg 2 : 2
5.1 GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2695 – GM ERDOS, Viktor 2658 1 – 0
5.2 GM MCHEDLISHVILI, Mikheil 2631 – GM BALOGH, Csaba 2630 ½ – ½
5.3 GM GAGUNASHVILI, Merab 2556 – GM ALMASI, Zoltan 2710 ½ – ½
5.4 GM PANTSULAIA, Levan 2595 – GM POLGAR, Judit 2689 0 – 1

Results of all the matches

1 TURKEY RUSSIA 2½ : 1½
2 BELARUS FRANCE 1½ : 2½
3 UKRAINE CROATIA 2½ : 1½
4 GREECE ENGLAND 3 : 1
5 GEORGIA HUNGARY 2 : 2
6 ITALY CZECH REPUBLIC 1 : 3
7 GERMANY POLAND 2 : 2
8 AUSTRIA ROMANIA 2 : 2
9 ARMENIA MONTENEGRO 2½ : 1½
10 AZERBAIJAN BULGARIA 2½ : 1½
11 SWEDEN SPAIN 1½ : 2½
12 NETHERLANDS WALES 4 : 0
13 SERBIA SCOTLAND 2 : 2
14 SLOVENIA NORWAY 3 : 1
15 FYROM POLAND FUTURES ½ : 3½
16 POLAND GOLDIES LITHUANIA 2½ : 1½
17 DENMARK BELGIUM 2½ : 1½
18 ICELAND FINLAND 2 : 2
19 SWITZERLAND ISRAEL 1 : 3

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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

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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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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

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