16th European Team Chess Championship: Heraklion 2007

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Basic data

16th European Team Chess Championship
(see all-time tournament summary)
Date: 28th October - 7th November 2007
City: Heraklion (Iraklion), Crete, Greece
Venue: Creta Maris Hotel
Organizers: Mr. Georgios Mastrokoukos (GRE), ECU
Tournament Director: Mr. Sotiris Logothetis (GRE)
Chief Arbiter: IA Panagiotis Nikolopoulos (GRE)
Men's Arbiter: IA Viron Tsorbatzoglou (GRE)
Teams participating: 40 (Bosnia & Herzegovina did not arrive))
Players participating: 197 (incl. 141 GMs, 33 IMs, 9 FMs and 2 CMs)
Games played: 688 (incl. 4 forfeits)
Game system: Four board nine round Swiss.
Final order decided by: 1. Match points; 2. Game points; 3. Buchholz
Time control: 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 sec. increment after each move
Official logo: Heraklion 2007
Website: http://www.greekchess.com/euro2007
Other websites: reports from chessdom.com (cached)
games being discussed at chessgames.com
ChessVibes.com reports: r1&2&3, r4&5&6, r7&8&9
ChessBase.com reports: r1, r2, r3, r4, r5, r6, r7, r8, r9,
Downloadable game file: 07etch.zip


Tournament review

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Individual medals

Best Rating Performance
no. name flag code ELOp
1. GM Svidler, Peter Russia RUS 2989
2. GM Morozevich, Alexander Russia RUS 2855
2. GM Roiz, Michael Israel ISR 2855

1st Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Svidler, Peter Russia RUS 6 7 85.7
2. GM Carlsen, Magnus Norway NOR 9 72.2
3. GM Adams, Michael England ENG 8 68.8

2nd Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Morozevich, Alexander Russia RUS 6 8 75.0
2. GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco Spain ESP 9 72.2
3. GM Karjakin, Serhyi Ukraine UKR 8 68.8

3rd Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Roiz, Michael Israel ISR 7 78.6
2. GM Gajewski, Grzegorz Poland POL 7 78.6
3. GM Pantsulaia, Levan Georgia GEO 6 8 75.0

4th Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. IM Liiva, Riho Estonia EST 9 72.2
2. GM Alexeev, Evgeny Russia RUS 5 7 71.4
3. GM Delchev, Alexander Bulgaria BUL 8 68.8

1st Reserve Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Yakovenko, Dmitry Russia RUS 8 68.8
2. GM Areschenko, Alexander Ukraine UKR 8 68.8
3. GM Carlsson, Pontus Sweden SWE 6 9 66.7


Interesting games


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