ETCC Round 8 - Men and Women Sections

GM Shirov won against GM Morozevich, games two and three finished tie, but Spain lost the game on board four and GM Jakovenko brought the 2:2 draw to Russia

Azerbaidjan and Armenia also did not give us a winner, GM Mamedyarov and GM Aronian finished a draw and in total the match resulted in 2:2

Team Slovenia, who made several strong matches, could not equal Israel. Three boards finished a tie and the match was to be decided between IM Borisek and the higher rated GM Rodshtein, who eventually won and produced the final score Slovenia:Israel - 1.5:2.5

GM Ivanchuk won on board one against GM Socko, but the rest of the Polish team did not give up without a fight and the final result was a 2:2 draw

Hungary could not keep up with the Bulgarian attack and lost 1:3 with GM Cheparinov and GM Georgiev winning for Bulgaria on boards one and two

The Czech Republic and France finished 1.5:2.5 with draws on the first three boards and GM Bauer winning for France on board four

Georgia lost 1.5:2.5 to Michael Adams' England

Greece and FYROM showed an equal game and the match was decided on board four where the higher rated GM Papaioannou from Greece lost to GM Stanojoski , final score 1.5:2.5

Sweden and Netherlands finished 2:2 with draws all over the boards

Denmark won against Iceland with GM Nielsen winning on board one against GM Stefansson

Switzerland lost to strong Lithuania with 1:3

Norway and Montenegro gave us yet another 2:2 draw

Serbia showed might against Estonia and in one of the few games with no draws Serbia and Estonia scored 3:1

Italy won against Germany with 2.5:1.5

GM Lupulescu won his game on board one for Romania, but Croatia showed powerful game on the lesser boards and Romania lost 1.5:2.5

Belgium came victorious out of their match with Lucembourg winning two and drawing two games, 3:1

Wales vs. Cyprus - 2:2 with two wins and two losses for each team

Monaco gave in to Scotland with 1.5:2.5

Russia smashed the Netherlands with three wins of GM Kosteniuk, IM N. Kosintseva and IM Korbut, scoring 3.5:0.5

Poland's team spirit was not enought to secure a win against Armenia and IM Mkrtchian took away the victory for Armenia on board two, 1.5:2.5

Georgia's first board, IM Javakhishvili, won and with two draws on the other boards Georgia triumphed over Hungary eith 2.5:1.5

Germany crushed Spain with three wins and a draw, scoring 3.5:0.5

Bulgaria lost to powerful Slovenia with 1:3

The Czech Republic stepped back to Romania for 1.5:2.5

Croatia and Azerbaidjan finished a 2:2 tie with the Mamedjarova sisters drawing and exchanging a win and a loss on the other two boards

Lithuania lost to England with 1:3

Serbia came out victorious of their match with Estonia with 3.5:0.5