European senior team chess championship begins in Greece

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Hi everybody,

The European Senior Team Chess Championship has started in Thessaloniki, Greece. Some of the world's best players are there to represent 35 teams from 20 countries and 52 titled players. England is fielding three teams, Finland, Denmark, Israel, Norway and Sweden are represented by two teams each. In addition, the teams of Turku and Helsinki (also Finland) are competing. The Championship will be played in 9 rounds following the Swiss System and concludes on 11th May. You can watch the games live here.

You can check the official website gamesfestival.com for more info.

Participants (top 10 teams)

1. Russia (Rtg Avg: 2432)1 GM Vasiukov Evgeni 2480
2 IM Shvedchikov Anatoli I 2412
3 GM Pushkov Nikolai 2406
4 FM Mishuchkov Nikolai M 2403
5 GM Chernikov Oleg L 2430

2. Germany (Rtg Avg: 2372)
1 GM Uhlmann Wolfgang 2389
2 GM Hecht Hans-Joachim 2377
3 IM Klundt Klaus 2379
4 FM Werner Clemens 2344

3. Israel 1 (Rtg Avg: 2344)
1 GM Tseitlin Mark D 2419
2 IM Birnboim Nathan 2362
3 IM Maryasin Boris 2323
4 IM Lederman Leon 2272
5 GM Kraidman Yair 2260

4. Montenegro (Rtg Avg: 2327)
1 GM Ivanovic Bozidar 2409
2 Zivkovic Ljubo 2270
3 FM Raicevic Momcilo 2364
4 FM Dragasevic Srdja 2266
5 Lutovac Maksim 2202

5. Finland 1 (Rtg Avg: 2312)
1 GM Rantanen Yrjo A 2373
2 GM Westerinen Heikki M J 2350
3 FM Hurme Harri 2277
4 Havansi Erkki E T 2248
5 FM Kanko Ilkka 2231

6. Austria (Rtg Avg: 2305)
1 IM Danner Georg 2416
2 IM Hoelzl Franz 2342
3 Ager Josef 2188
4 FM Singer Hans 2274
5 Woeber Friedrich 2172

7. Italy (Rtg Avg: 2299)
1 IM Tatai Stefano 2361
2 GM Mariotti Sergio 2329
3 FM Micheli Carlo 2258
4 FM Rosino Antonio 2248

8. Denmark 1 (Rtg Avg: 2286)
1 Sorensen Bent 2343
2 FM Sloth Jorn 2310
3 IM Brinck-Claussen Bjorn 2271
4 FM Jorgensen Jorgen 2221

9. Sportfreunde, Katernberg (Rtg Avg: 2261)
1 FM Bachmann Karlheinz 2282
2 FM Rosen Willy 2285
3 FM Nautsch Werner 2243
4 FM Neese Hans-Joachim 2234
5 Armbruester Juergen 1600

10. Catalonia (Rtg Avg: 2260)
1 GM Rodriguez Vargas Orestes 2405
2 FM Simon Padros Emili 2281
3 Coll Enriquez Lluis 2182
4 Buxade Roca Guillermo 2173
5 Lluverol Torrents Salvador 2025

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