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🏆 European Team Championship (1997)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Peter Svidler, Michael Adams, Sergei Movsesian, Evgeny Bareev, Zoltan Almasi, Loek van Wely, Vladimir Akopian, Nigel Short, Alexander Beliavsky, Ivan Sokolov, Emil Sutovsky, Ilia Smirin, Viktor Korchnoi, Matthew Sadler, Anar Allahverdiyev, Vadim Zvjaginsev, Jan Timman, Artur Yusupov, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Michal Krasenkow, Predrag Nikolic, Zoltan Gyimesi, Daniel Fridman, Igor Glek, Rafael Vaganian, Alexei Fedorov, Julian Hodgson, Eduardas Rozentalis, Zbynek Hracek, Yury Shulman, Robert Kempinski, Lembit Oll, Leonid Yudasin, Jonathan Speelman, Friso Nijboer, Jaan Ehlvest, Zdenko Kozul, Smbat Lputian, Robert Huebner, Ulf Andersson, Hrvoje Stevic, Suat Atalik, Rustem Dautov, Igor Miladinovic, Vasilios Kotronias, Yannick Pelletier, Alexander Chernin, Artashes Minasian, Lubomir Ftacnik, Mladen Palac, Christopher Lutz, Boris Alterman, Dusko Pavasovic, Giorgi Kacheishvili, Giorgi Giorgadze, Gyula Sax, Yuri Yakovich, Pavel Blatny, Alexander Huzman, Ashot Anastasian, Jean-Marc Degraeve, Davor Rogic, Bogdan Lalic, Zurab Sturua, Sarunas Sulskis, Normunds Miezis, Jozsef Pinter, Drazen Sermek, Gennadi Sosonko, Jordi Magem Badals, Robert Zelcic, Johan Hellsten, Edvins Kengis, John van der Wiel, Viacheslav Dydyshko, Bojan Kurajica, Ognjen Cvitan, Anatoly Vaisser, Nikola Mitkov, Igor Stohl, Zigurds Lanka, Christian Gabriel, Petr Haba, Pablo San Segundo Carrillo, Nikolaus Stanec, Ioannis Nikolaidis, Krunoslav Hulak, Mikhail Rychagov, Goran Dizdar, Michele Godena, Gennadij Timoscenko, Emir Dizdarevic, Arnaud Hauchard, Pia Cramling, Joseph G Gallagher, Antonio Antunes, Sarhan Guliev, Trajce Nedev, Georg Mohr plus 65 more players.

European Team Championship (1997) The 11th European Team Championship was contested between 34 national teams in the Histria hotel in Punta Verudela, Pula, Croatia from 6-14 May 1997. It was a 9-round Swiss system tournament organized by the Croatian Chess Federation and the European Chess Union. It was also the first European Team Championship where the participating countries had to pay the cost of accommodation for their teams. Time control: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 60 additional minutes for the next 20 moves, and no more extra time except 30 seconds added per move from move 61. Tournament director: Damir Medak. Chief arbiter: Geurt Gijssen. Number of games played: 612. England (Short, Adams, Speelman, Sadler, Hodgson) won with 22.5/36 game points, ahead of Russia (2nd on Buchholz tiebreak, 22.5/36) and Armenia (22/36). The event was followed by Pula Open (1997) which started on 16 May. Official site: http://web.archive.org/web/20030212... Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/1997e/1997... TWIC 1: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... TWIC 2: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FIDE: https://web.archive.org/web/1997061... TeleSchach: http://web.archive.org/web/20030320... Jaque 452, pp. 44-51: https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/... Tidskrift för Schack, 1997/5, pp. 279-292: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1997... Previous: European Team Championship (1992). Next: European Team Championship (1999). Women's section: European Team Championship (Women) (1997)  page 2 of 12; games 26-50 of 280  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. Korchnoi vs V Akopian   ½-½ 22 1997 European Team Championship D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 27. Adams vs P Cramling   ½-½ 42 1997 European Team Championship B40 Sicilian 28. Ftacnik vs B Lalic   ½-½ 18 1997 European Team Championship D90 Grunfeld 29. Timman vs E Kengis   ½-½ 27 1997 European Team Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 30. G Timoscenko vs M Palac   ½-½ 11 1997 European Team Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 31. Azmaiparashvili vs A Yusupov   ½-½ 22 1997 European Team Championship E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 32. A Huzman vs P Haba   ½-½ 45 1997 European Team Championship D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 33. D Sermek vs R Kempinski   ½-½ 73 1997 European Team Championship B22 Sicilian, Alapin 34. Shulman vs E Grivas   ½-½ 47 1997 European Team Championship E92 King's Indian 35. N Stanec vs Ehlvest   ½-½ 50 1997 European Team Championship E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 36. D Garcia Ilundain vs A Antunes   ½-½ 18 1997 European Team Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 37. B Belotti vs V Grabliauskas   ½-½ 41 1997 European Team Championship B32 Sicilian 38. Krasenkow vs A Beliavsky   ½-½ 26 1997 European Team Championship D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 39. I Nikolaidis vs Fedorov   ½-½ 21 1997 European Team Championship E92 King's Indian 40. D Anagnostopoulos vs V Dydyshko   ½-½ 31 1997 European Team Championship C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 41. Dautov vs G Giorgadze   ½-½ 21 1997 European Team Championship D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 42. Z Sturua vs C Gabriel   ½-½ 20 1997 European Team Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 43. C Lutz vs G Kacheishvili   ½-½ 44 1997 European Team Championship B12 Caro-Kann Defense 44. Andersson vs Short ½-½ 27 1997 European Team Championship D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 45. B Kurajica vs Zvjaginsev   ½-½ 31 1997 European Team Championship D02 Queen's Pawn Game 46. Glek vs E Dizdarevic   ½-½ 35 1997 European Team Championship B12 Caro-Kann Defense 47. V Akopian vs Chernin   ½-½ 40 1997 European Team Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 48. Z Lanka vs Van Wely   ½-½ 17 1997 European Team Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 49. K Urban vs G Mohr   ½-½ 20 1997 European Team Championship E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 50. A Grosar vs M Grabarczyk   ½-½ 15 1997 European Team Championship C53 Giuoco Piano  page 2 of 12; games 26-50 of 280    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Dec-17-21    Tabanus: Sweden's team captain Bjorn Ansner wrote in Tidskrift för Schack 1997 no. 5 page 279 that the championship was 9 rounds without any rest day. 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