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)
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| 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 |
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 | | 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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