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European Team Championship (1999) The 12th European Team Championship was contested between 36 national teams in the newly built Chess Palace in Batumi, Georgia from 29 November to 7 December 1999. It was a 9-round Swiss system tournament organized by the European Chess Union and the Georgian Chess Federation. Time control: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 additional minutes to finish the game. Rounds 1-9 started at 3 pm local time. Chief arbiter: Geurt Gijssen. Number of games played: 648. Armenia (Lputian, Minasian, Anastasian, Aronian) won with 22.5/36 game points, ahead of Hungary (22/36) and Germany (21/36). FIDE: https://web.archive.org/web/2000121... Chess-Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr451.as... Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/1999e/1999... TWIC 1: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... TWIC 2: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... Wiener Zeitung: https://web.archive.org/web/2000120... Tidskrift för Schack, 2000/1, pp. 45-54: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2000... Tidskrift för Schack, 2000/2, pp. 89-94: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2000... The Irish Chess Diary: https://web.archive.org/web/2000012... The Chesspedia: https://thechesspedia.net/gijssen-g... Previous: European Team Championship (1997). Next: European Team Championship (2001). Women's section: European Team Championship (Women) (1999)  page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 647  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. T Oral vs A Neiksans 1-0 38 1999 European Team Championship C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 2. Topalov vs Rozentalis 1-0 24 1999 European Team Championship A18 English, Mikenas-Carls 3. Z Lanka vs Movsesian   1-0 41 1999 European Team Championship B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 4. I Sokolov vs Jobava   1-0 58 1999 European Team Championship E70 King's Indian 5. I Tofan vs T Gelashvili   0-1 51 1999 European Team Championship C41 Philidor Defense 6. Ponomariov vs I Ivanisevic 1-0 46 1999 European Team Championship B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 7. Plachetka vs C Lutz   0-1 42 1999 European Team Championship A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation 8. A Yusupov vs I Stohl   ½-½ 23 1999 European Team Championship D72 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.cd, Main line 9. Psakhis vs D Pavasovic   ½-½ 20 1999 European Team Championship A13 English 10. Aronian vs M Ahn 1-0 29 1999 European Team Championship E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 11. J Polgar vs D Marciano   1-0 33 1999 European Team Championship C42 Petrov Defense 12. Lautier vs Leko   ½-½ 26 1999 European Team Championship A34 English, Symmetrical 13. Tiviakov vs R Akesson   1-0 39 1999 European Team Championship B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 14. C Bauer vs Z Almasi   0-1 29 1999 European Team Championship D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 15. J Pinter vs I Nataf   ½-½ 24 1999 European Team Championship E77 King's Indian 16. J Gallagher vs M Agopov   1-0 37 1999 European Team Championship B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 17. Gelfand vs A Beliavsky   ½-½ 80 1999 European Team Championship D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 18. E Agrest vs J Piket   1-0 34 1999 European Team Championship A28 English 19. A Mikhalchishin vs Avrukh   ½-½ 34 1999 European Team Championship A04 Reti Opening 20. G Mohr vs A Huzman   ½-½ 15 1999 European Team Championship A13 English 21. Damljanovic vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 40 1999 European Team Championship B06 Robatsch 22. Onischuk vs Z Ilincic   0-1 58 1999 European Team Championship A16 English 23. D Kosic vs Romanishin   ½-½ 28 1999 European Team Championship E60 King's Indian Defense 24. Delchev vs A Butnorius 1-0 41 1999 European Team Championship A14 English 25. M Geenen vs A Anastasian   0-1 60 1999 European Team Championship B94 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 647    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Nov-24-21    Tabanus: For completeness: [Event "European Team Championship"] [Site "Batumi GEO"] [Date "1999.12.05"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Ahn, Martin"] [Black "Bawart, Markus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2331"] [BlackElo "2382"] [EventDate "1999.11.29"] [Source "OlimpBase"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2 https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... notes of an improved version of the 648 games, not sure what CG has here. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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