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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 G Beliavsky, Vadim Milov, Emil Sutovsky, Ilia Smirin, Sergei Tiviakov, Joel Lautier, Christian Bauer, Michal Krasenkow, Jeroen Piket, Aleksander Delchev, Boris Avrukh, Sergei Azarov, Giorgi Kacheishvili, Ivan Ivanisevic, Bartosz Socko, Mikheil Mchedlishvili, Alexei Fedorov, Vladimir Baklan, Ioannis Papaioannou, Robert Kempinski, Hristos Banikas, Rainer Buhmann, Jonathan Speelman, Friso Nijboer, Miguel Illescas Cordoba, Robert Huebner, Zdenko Kozul, Ulf Andersson, Vadim Malakhatko, Tomasz Markowski, Bojan Vuckovic, Igor Miladinovic, Vasilios Kotronias, Branko Damljanovic, Yannick Pelletier, Alberto David, Lubomir Ftacnik, Erik van den Doel, Christopher Lutz, Evgenij Agrest, Aleksandar Kovacevic, Oleg Romanishin, Gerald Hertneck, Dusko Pavasovic, Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez, Vasil Spasov, Atanas Kolev, Jan Markos, Jean-Marc Degraeve, Stelios Halkias, Stuart C Conquest, Hannes Stefansson, Zurab Sturua, Normunds Miezis, Drazen Sermek, Robert Zelcic, Alon Greenfeld, 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, Trajce Nedev 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 25; games 1-25 of 611  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. J Votava vs Avrukh  1-0592001European Team ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
4. A Greenfeld vs M Vokac  ½-½322001European Team ChampionshipA40 Queen's Pawn Game
5. Adams vs E Kengis 1-0432001European Team ChampionshipB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
6. N Miezis vs Short  0-1352001European Team ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
7. S Conquest vs M Krakops  0-1412001European Team ChampionshipE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
8. G Antoms vs McShane  0-1282001European Team ChampionshipB23 Sicilian, Closed
9. Ftacnik vs Van Wely  ½-½402001European Team ChampionshipD92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4
10. Piket vs I Stohl  ½-½492001European Team ChampionshipE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
11. G Timoscenko vs Tiviakov  ½-½132001European Team ChampionshipE12 Queen's Indian
12. E van den Doel vs J Markos  ½-½412001European Team ChampionshipB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
13. Lautier vs J Moreno Carnero  1-0282001European Team ChampionshipE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
14. J Arizmendi Martinez vs C Bauer  ½-½362001European Team ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
15. J Degraeve vs S del Rio de Angelis  1-0432001European Team ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
16. J M Lopez Martinez vs Fressinet  0-1402001European Team ChampionshipD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
17. V Bogdanovski vs Ivanchuk  ½-½352001European Team ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
18. Romanishin vs N Mitkov  1-0372001European Team ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
19. T Nedev vs V Malakhatko  ½-½612001European Team ChampionshipB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
20. A Volokitin vs D Jacimovic  1-0452001European Team ChampionshipC12 French, McCutcheon
21. F Vallejo Pons vs Radjabov  ½-½242001European Team ChampionshipC11 French
22. V Gashimov vs Illescas Cordoba  ½-½602001European Team ChampionshipC42 Petrov Defense
23. P San Segundo Carrillo vs Mamedyarov  0-1322001European Team ChampionshipD85 Grunfeld
24. R Ibrahimov vs M Narciso Dublan  1-0532001European Team ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
25. M Godena vs C Lutz  0-1602001European Team ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
 page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 611  PGN Download
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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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