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...
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
576. J Magem Badals vs D Cummings |
| ½-½ | 32 | 1997 | European Team Championship | B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation |
577. A Grosar vs W Hug |
| 0-1 | 70 | 1997 | European Team Championship | B03 Alekhine's Defense |
578. S Soylu vs J Ryan |
| ½-½ | 28 | 1997 | European Team Championship | C12 French, McCutcheon |
579. I Sokolov vs Yudasin |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1997 | European Team Championship | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
580. T Nedev vs E Relange |
| ½-½ | 31 | 1997 | European Team Championship | B89 Sicilian |
581. G Schroll vs R Gadjily |
| ½-½ | 22 | 1997 | European Team Championship | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
582. C Gabriel vs Speelman |
 | 1-0 | 32 | 1997 | European Team Championship | B42 Sicilian, Kan |
583. Jansa vs M Rychagov |
| 0-1 | 34 | 1997 | European Team Championship | B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
584. C Arduman vs C Daly |
| 1-0 | 22 | 1997 | European Team Championship | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
585. V Grabliauskas vs J Hellsten |
| 0-1 | 44 | 1997 | European Team Championship | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
586. A Anastasian vs K Hulak |
| 1-0 | 50 | 1997 | European Team Championship | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
587. Bareev vs A Aleksandrov |
| 1-0 | 26 | 1997 | European Team Championship | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
588. V Dydyshko vs Glek |
| 0-1 | 43 | 1997 | European Team Championship | E91 King's Indian |
589. R Kempinski vs J Pinter |
| 0-1 | 36 | 1997 | European Team Championship | A35 English, Symmetrical |
590. M Grabarczyk vs Z Gyimesi |
| ½-½ | 58 | 1997 | European Team Championship | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
591. Z Sturua vs Nijboer |
| ½-½ | 53 | 1997 | European Team Championship | E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation |
592. Van der Wiel vs G Kacheishvili |
| ½-½ | 36 | 1997 | European Team Championship | C10 French |
593. L Salai vs M Krakops |
| ½-½ | 32 | 1997 | European Team Championship | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
594. Andersson vs Rozentalis |
| ½-½ | 10 | 1997 | European Team Championship | E17 Queen's Indian |
595. S Sulskis vs P Cramling |
| ½-½ | 9 | 1997 | European Team Championship | B40 Sicilian |
596. R Akesson vs D Zagorskis |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1997 | European Team Championship | D85 Grunfeld |
597. M Manninen vs I Zaja |
| ½-½ | 69 | 1997 | European Team Championship | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
598. J Degraeve vs N Mitkov |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1997 | European Team Championship | C45 Scotch Game |
599. O Renet vs D Jacimovic |
| ½-½ | 52 | 1997 | European Team Championship | C02 French, Advance |
600. F Hoelzl vs A Guseinov |
| 0-1 | 33 | 1997 | European Team Championship | A20 English |
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