Small European Countries Chess Olympics

Faroe Islands and Andorra with perfect score after three rounds

A unique Chess Olympiad takes place from 20th to 27th of June, 2009. Ten small European countries will compete on a national level for the "Small Olympics" title.

The tournament is organized by the Andorra Chess Federation and is being played in Andorra la Vella. Top seeded is the host country with GM Oscar de la Riva on board 1, closely followed by Faroe Island led by IM Ziska, and Luxembourg led by IM Berend.

Round 3 results:

GUERNSEY - MONACO 1 : 3
ROWE Peter 2042 - FM VAN HOOLANDT Patrick 2224 0 - 1
CM KIRBY Peter J 2055 - GENTILLEAU Jean-Philippe 2152 0 - 1
FM HAMPERL Fred 2075 - RIBBEGREN Karl Johan 2113 1 - 0
HALE Andrew 0 - ICLICKI Willy 2057 0 - 1

MALTA - CYPRUS 3 : 1
BORG Andrew 2103 - PAPATRYFONOS Constantinos 2107 1 - 0
CILIA VINCENTI David 2094 - CONSTANTINOU Pavlos 2018 ½ - ½
GAUCI Joseph 2093 - ARISTOTELOUS Vassilis 1917 ½ - ½
SAMMUT BRIFFA Peter 2025 - GEORGIOU Andreas 0 1 - 0

LUXEMBURG - LIECHTENSTEIN 3 : 1
IM BEREND Fred 2344 - FRICK Renato 2103 1 - 0
WGM BEREND Elvira 2316 - KOBLER Mario 2096 1 - 0
WAGNER Steven 2139 - CM GULLER Andras 2080 ½ - ½
WFM STEIL-ANTONI Fiona 2115 - MUENDLE Kurt 1910 ½ - ½

JERSEY - FAROE ISLANDS 0 : 4
ROSENBEIGER Alan 2160 - IM ZISKA Helgi Dam 2422 0 - 1
CM TANDY Chris 2222 - FM OLSEN Heini 2382 0 - 1
FM HAWES Jonathan 2159 - IM RODGAARD John 2370 0 - 1
MOONEY Graham 2042 - NIELSEN Rogvi Egilstoft 1936 0 - 1

SAN MARINO - ANDORRA ½ :3½
CM GRASSI Enrico 2049 - GM DE LA RIVA AGUADO Oscar 2539 0 - 1
CM MACCAPANI Massimiliano 2113 - FM GARCIA Raul 2237 ½ - ½
CM VOLPINARI Danilo 2056 - FM GALLEGO Ruben 2235 0 - 1
CECCHETTI Roberto 0 - FERNANDEZ LOPEZ Joan 2097 0 - 1

Round 3 standings (matches wins-draws-losses, ind.points):

1. Faroe Islands 3-0-0, 10
2. Andorra 3-0-0, 9.5
3. Monaco 2-0-1, 7.5
4. Malta 2-0-1, 6.5
5. Cyprus 2-0-1, 6
6. Luxemburg 1-0-2, 6
7. Guernsey 1-0-2, 5.5
8. San Marino 1-0-2, 4
9. Liechtenstein 0-0-3, 3
10. Jersey 0-0-3, 2

Official website

View of the entrance to the Centre de Congressos d'Andorra la Vella, tournament hall