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🏆 European Team Championship (1999)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Levon Aronian, Veselin Topalov, Alexander Grischuk, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Boris Gelfand, Ruslan Ponomariov, Peter Leko, Alexey Shirov, Sergei Movsesian, Judit Polgar, Baadur Jobava, Zoltan Almasi, Laurent Fressinet, Loek van Wely, Nigel Short, Alexander Beliavsky, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Ivan Sokolov, Vadim Milov, Ilia Smirin, Alexander Onischuk, Sergei Tiviakov, Sergey Volkov, Kiril Georgiev, Viktor Korchnoi, Joel Lautier, Christian Bauer, Artur Yusupov, Mikhail Kobalia, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Andrei Istratescu, Predrag Nikolic, Michal Krasenkow, Jeroen Piket, Aleksander Delchev, Boris Avrukh, Ivan Ivanisevic, Bartosz Socko, Alexei Fedorov, Mikheil Mchedlishvili, Bartlomiej Macieja, Eduardas Rozentalis, Zbynek Hracek, Robert Kempinski, Jonathan Speelman, Dragan Solak, Zdenko Kozul, Smbat Lputian, Miguel Illescas, Robert Huebner, Valerij Filippov, Hrvoje Stevic, Suat Atalik, Tomasz Markowski, Rustem Dautov, Arturs Neiksans, Emanuel Berg, Alexander Galkin, Branko Damljanovic, Lev Psakhis, Yannick Pelletier, Tamaz Gelashvili, Artashes Minasian, Alexander Chernin, Dimitri Reinderman, Mladen Palac, Tiger Hillarp Persson, Lubomir Ftacnik, Evgenij Agrest, Christopher Lutz, Mihail Marin, Oleg Romanishin, Dusko Pavasovic, Vladimir Malaniuk, Giorgi Kacheishvili, Giorgi Giorgadze, Vlastimil Babula Sr, Alexander Huzman, Ashot Anastasian, Murray Chandler, Vladislav Nevednichy, Igor-Alexandre Nataf, Stuart Conquest, Vladimir Georgiev, Normunds Miezis, Jozsef Pinter, Jordi Magem Badals, Robert Zelcic, John van der Wiel, Viacheslav Dydyshko, Ognjen Cvitan, Bojan Kurajica, Andrei Kovalev, Igor Stohl, Nikola Mitkov, Christian Gabriel, Zigurds Lanka, Viktor Kupreichik, Rasul Ibrahimov, Michele Godena plus 74 more players.

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
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...

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 page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 296  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Yusupov vs I Stohl  ½-½231999European Team ChampionshipD72 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.cd, Main line
2. Psakhis vs D Pavasovic  ½-½201999European Team ChampionshipA13 English
3. Lautier vs Leko  ½-½261999European Team ChampionshipA34 English, Symmetrical
4. J Pinter vs I Nataf  ½-½241999European Team ChampionshipE77 King's Indian
5. Gelfand vs A Beliavsky  ½-½801999European Team ChampionshipD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
6. A Mikhalchishin vs Avrukh  ½-½341999European Team ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
7. G Mohr vs A Huzman  ½-½151999European Team ChampionshipA13 English
8. Damljanovic vs Ivanchuk  ½-½401999European Team ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
9. D Kosic vs Romanishin  ½-½281999European Team ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
10. E Arlandi vs J Magem Badals  ½-½251999European Team ChampionshipD26 Queen's Gambit Accepted
11. V Bogdanovski vs J Emms  ½-½171999European Team ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
12. T Nedev vs Chandler  ½-½521999European Team ChampionshipB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
13. Ftacnik vs Huebner  ½-½361999European Team ChampionshipE12 Queen's Indian
14. Dautov vs M Manik  ½-½211999European Team ChampionshipE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
15. T Hillarp Persson vs Van der Wiel  ½-½471999European Team ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
16. N Miezis vs V Babula Sr  ½-½411999European Team ChampionshipA36 English
17. V Sakalauskas vs V Georgiev ½-½171999European Team ChampionshipA53 Old Indian
18. G Bakhtadze vs F Bistric  ½-½481999European Team ChampionshipB53 Sicilian
19. M Manninen vs Pelletier  ½-½191999European Team ChampionshipD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
20. M Godena vs Shirov  ½-½471999European Team ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
21. R Bagirov vs S Volkov  ½-½521999European Team ChampionshipC05 French, Tarrasch
22. M Zulfugarli vs A Galkin  ½-½261999European Team ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
23. J Grant vs V Dydyshko  ½-½611999European Team ChampionshipA10 English
24. G Giorgadze vs S Atalik ½-½391999European Team ChampionshipD92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4
25. G Bagaturov vs K Haznedaroglu  ½-½521999European Team ChampionshipD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-24-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  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.

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