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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 25; games 26-50 of 612  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. Huebner vs J Degraeve   ½-½ 31 1997 European Team Championship A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 27. A Hauchard vs Dautov   0-1 67 1997 European Team Championship A22 English 28. C Gabriel vs E Relange   1-0 39 1997 European Team Championship E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 29. O Renet vs C Lutz   ½-½ 31 1997 European Team Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 30. Van Wely vs R Kempinski   1-0 47 1997 European Team Championship E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 31. K Urban vs Nijboer   ½-½ 23 1997 European Team Championship E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 32. Van der Wiel vs M Grabarczyk   ½-½ 23 1997 European Team Championship C45 Scotch Game 33. B Alterman vs J Magem Badals 1-0 25 1997 European Team Championship A34 English, Symmetrical 34. D Garcia Ilundain vs Yudasin   ½-½ 33 1997 European Team Championship E15 Queen's Indian 35. S Estremera Panos vs Sutovsky   ½-½ 25 1997 European Team Championship A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 36. I Efimov vs P Nikolic ½-½ 32 1997 European Team Championship D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 37. I Sokolov vs E Arlandi   0-1 37 1997 European Team Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 38. B Belotti vs B Kurajica   0-1 27 1997 European Team Championship B42 Sicilian, Kan 39. E Dizdarevic vs R Mantovani   1-0 54 1997 European Team Championship A30 English, Symmetrical 40. Chernin vs V Bogdanovski   ½-½ 25 1997 European Team Championship A17 English 41. N Mitkov vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 49 1997 European Team Championship C28 Vienna Game 42. J Pinter vs T Nedev   1-0 47 1997 European Team Championship A77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2 43. D Jacimovic vs Sax   ½-½ 17 1997 European Team Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 44. O Cvitan vs Azmaiparashvili   ½-½ 31 1997 European Team Championship D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 45. G Giorgadze vs R Zelcic   ½-½ 35 1997 European Team Championship E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 46. D Rogic vs Z Sturua   0-1 39 1997 European Team Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 47. G Kacheishvili vs H Stevic   1-0 32 1997 European Team Championship A48 King's Indian 48. A Antunes vs Hracek   ½-½ 24 1997 European Team Championship A61 Benoni 49. A Beliavsky vs N Stanec   1-0 47 1997 European Team Championship E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 50. F Hoelzl vs D Sermek   1-0 29 1997 European Team Championship D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted  page 2 of 25; games 26-50 of 612    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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