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🏆 European Team Championship (2001)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Teimour Radjabov, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Boris Gelfand, Michael Adams, Vugar Gashimov, Alexey Shirov, David Navara, Etienne Bacrot, Baadur Jobava, Andrei Volokitin, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Laurent Fressinet, Loek van Wely, Luke McShane, Ivan Cheparinov, Nigel Short, Alexander Beliavsky, Vadim Milov, Emil Sutovsky, Ilia Smirin, Sergei Tiviakov, Joel Lautier, Christian Bauer, Michal Krasenkow, Jeroen Piket, Aleksander Delchev, Boris Avrukh, Sergei Azarov, Ivan Ivanisevic, Bartosz Socko, Mikheil Mchedlishvili, Alexei Fedorov, Vladimir Baklan, Ioannis Papaioannou, Robert Kempinski, Hristos Banikas, Rainer Buhmann, Jonathan Speelman, Friso Nijboer, Miguel Illescas, Robert Huebner, Zdenko Kozul, Ulf Andersson, Vadim Malakhatko, Tomasz Markowski, Alberto David, Bojan Vuckovic, Igor Miladinovic, Vasilios Kotronias, Branko Damljanovic, Yannick Pelletier, Lubomir Ftacnik, Erik van den Doel, Christopher Lutz, Evgenij Agrest, Aleksandar Kovacevic, Oleg Romanishin, Gerald Hertneck, Dusko Pavasovic, Giorgi Kacheishvili, Alon Greenfeld, Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez, Vasil Spasov, Atanas Kolev, Jan Markos, Jean-Marc Degraeve, Stelios Halkias, Stuart Conquest, Hannes Stefansson, Zurab Sturua, Normunds Miezis, Drazen Sermek, Robert Zelcic, Edvins Kengis, Jonny Hector, Viacheslav Dydyshko, Ognjen Cvitan, Erald Dervishi, Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez, Andrei Kovalev, Igor Stohl, Nikola Mitkov, Pablo San Segundo Carrillo, Jan Votava, Klaus Bischoff, Rasul Ibrahimov, Ioannis Nikolaidis, Michele Godena, Zlatko Ilincic, Salvador del Rio de Angelis, Tomas Oral, Gennadij Timoscenko, Marc Narciso Dublan, Bragi Thorfinnsson, Joseph G Gallagher, Florian Jenni, Adrian Mikhalchishin, Luis Galego, Tom Wedberg plus 70 more players.

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
European Team Championship (2001)

The 13th European Team Championship was contested between 35 national teams at the Pabellón Municipal de Deportes in León, Spain, 6-15 November 2001, as a 9-round Swiss system tournament. It was organized by the Spanish Chess Federation and the European Chess Union (ECU). Rest day: 12 November (after Round 6). Russia, Armenia and Hungary did not participate. Time control: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 additional minutes for the next 20 moves, then 30 extra minutes to finish the game. Rounds 1-8 started at 3 pm local time, Round 9 at 9 am. Tournament director: D. Marcelino Sión Castro. Chief arbiter: Jesus Mena. Number of games played: 612.

The Netherlands (Van Wely, Piket, Tiviakov, Van den Doel, Nijboer) won with 24.5/36 game points, ahead of France (23/36) and Germany (22/36). Board 1 gold medal: Michael Adams (6.5/9).

pos team pts MP S-B --- 1 NED 24.5 17.0 164.75 2 FRA 23.0 11.0 105.75 3 GER 22.0 12.0 116.75 4 ENG 21.5 13.0 128.50 5 SLO 21.5 13.0 126.50 6 ISR 20.5 10.0 92.75 7 ESP 20.0 11.0 101.75 8 GRE 20.0 10.0 92.50 9 BUL 19.5 10.0 84.50 10 BLR 19.5 9.0 81.50 11 ESP2 19.0 12.0 101.50 12 UKR 19.0 11.0 98.50 13 CZE 19.0 10.0 96.50 14 POL 19.0 10.0 91.25 15 SWE 19.0 9.0 83.75 16 SUI 19.0 9.0 81.50 17 GEO 19.0 9.0 80.75 18 YUG 19.0 9.0 69.50 19 FIN 18.5 12.0 97.00 20 SVK 18.5 9.0 83.00 21 ISL 18.0 9.0 75.50 22 LAT 18.0 8.0 65.00 23 AZE 17.5 7.0 68.00 24 CRO 17.5 7.0 55.00 25 ALB 16.5 8.0 40.25 26 IRL 16.0 9.0 46.25 27 POR 16.0 8.0 38.00 28 ITA 15.5 8.0 38.00 29 MKD 15.0 8.0 65.00 30 AUT 15.0 8.0 38.00 31 SCO 15.0 5.0 35.25 32 LUX 13.5 7.0 32.50 33 CYP 13.0 6.0 27.25 34 TUR 11.5 5.0 21.25 35 WLS 11.0 5.0 18.00

Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2001120...
Chess-Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr124168...
Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/2001e/2001...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...
Tidskrift för Schack, 2001/10, pp. 610-624: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2001...
Lubomir Kavalek in The Washington Post, 19 November 2001: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...

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 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 154  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. T Oral vs Smirin  0-1222001European Team ChampionshipB40 Sicilian
2. Sutovsky vs Navara  0-1392001European Team ChampionshipB23 Sicilian, Closed
3. N Miezis vs Short  0-1352001European Team ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
4. S Conquest vs M Krakops  0-1412001European Team ChampionshipE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
5. G Antoms vs McShane  0-1282001European Team ChampionshipB23 Sicilian, Closed
6. J M Lopez Martinez vs Fressinet  0-1402001European Team ChampionshipD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. P San Segundo Carrillo vs Mamedyarov  0-1322001European Team ChampionshipD85 Grunfeld
8. M Godena vs C Lutz  0-1602001European Team ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
9. G Borgo vs K Bischoff  0-1642001European Team ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
10. A Holmsten vs G Mohr 0-1332001European Team ChampionshipB33 Sicilian
11. L Galego vs Krasenkow 0-1372001European Team ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
12. R Damaso vs B Socko  0-1302001European Team ChampionshipC77 Ruy Lopez
13. G Danner vs V Spasov  0-1382001European Team ChampionshipE92 King's Indian
14. M Neubauer vs M Petrov  0-1572001European Team ChampionshipB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
15. I Seitaj vs T Wedberg  0-1302001European Team ChampionshipC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
16. D Mehmeti vs S Brynell  0-1492001European Team ChampionshipC07 French, Tarrasch
17. A Muir vs A Kovacevic  0-1632001European Team ChampionshipE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
18. B Vuckovic vs T Upton  0-1632001European Team ChampionshipC74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
19. M Heidenfeld vs I Miladinovic 0-1642001European Team ChampionshipB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
20. C Arduman vs Milov  0-1632001European Team ChampionshipD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
21. U Atakisi vs F Jenni  0-1602001European Team ChampionshipC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
22. C Wagener vs A Kovalev  0-1372001European Team ChampionshipB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
23. J Weber vs S Azarov  0-1432001European Team ChampionshipD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
24. Kotronias vs Z Kozul 0-1332001European Team ChampionshipB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
25. T Wedberg vs D Pavasovic 0-1472001European Team ChampionshipC78 Ruy Lopez
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-21-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Rejected by CG:

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Norri, Joose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 1-0

Nov-21-21  ndg2: Black fell dead from the chair? I know, the Scots can frighten people to death...
Aug-08-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  TheAlchemist: I'd have to dig out contemporary magazines to be sure, but I think it said Black simply left the playing hall and never returned, leaving everyone puzzled (teammates included).

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