European Team Chess Championship begins in Warsaw November 7

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013

Hello everyone,

Guess which chess event is beginning on November 7? We would ask you think again if you said it's the Carlsen vs Anand World Chess Championship! There is another chess event beginning on the same date: The European Team Chess Championship 2013 in Warsaw. 

A total of 37 teams are enlisted in the open section with a tournament average rating of 2570 for 184 players. There are two women in the open section as well. A total of 31 teams are enlisted for the women's section with a tournament average rating of 2271 with 155 players.  

Olympic Swinning Champion from Poland: Otylia Jędrzejczak supporting the European Team Chess Championships 2013. 

Photographer: Marek Skrzypczak

You can find all the lists of teams and players at the official website of the European Team Chess Championship.

The top-three teams in the open section are:
1 RUSSIA 2745 GM GRISCHUK, Alexander RUS 2786
GM SVIDLER, Peter RUS 2740
GM MOROZEVICH, Alexander RUS 2734
GM TOMASHEVSKY, Evgeny RUS 2720
GM ANDREIKIN, Dmitry RUS 2706 

2 ARMENIA 2713
GM ARONIAN, Levon ARM 2795
GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei ARM 2696
GM AKOPIAN, Vladimir ARM 2684
GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel ARM 2676
GM PETROSIAN, Tigran L. ARM 2660 

3 ENGLAND 2695
GM ADAMS, Michael ENG 2753
GM MCSHANE, Luke J ENG 2697
GM SHORT, Nigel D ENG 2684
GM HOWELL, David W L ENG 2644
GM JONES, Gawain C B ENG 2638

The top-three teams in the women's section are:

1 Ukraine UKR 2495 
GM USHENINA, Anna 2497
GM LAGNO, Kateryna 2534
IM MUZYCHUK, Mariya 2491
GM ZHUKOVA, Natalia 2456
IM GAPONENKO, Inna 2400

2 Georgia GEO 2492
GM DZAGNIDZE, Nana 2556
IM KHOTENASHVILI, Bela 2514
IM KHURTSIDZE, Nino 2462
IM JAVAKHISHVILI, Lela 2435
WGM ARABIDZE, Meri 2374

3 Russia RUS 2481
GM GUNINA, Valentina 2506
GM KOSTENIUK, Alexandra 2495
WGM POGONINA, Natalija 2485
WGM GIRYA, Olga 2439
WGM GORYACHKINA, Aleksandra 2436

Kamil Stoch, a Polish ski jumper, will cheer the Polish national team during the European Team Chess Championship 2013 (ETCC 2013). The list of sports personalities supporting Polish chess players is getting longer; Marcin Gortat, Tomasz Majewski, and Wojciech Szuchnicki have already declared their support.

Kamil Stoch is a ski jumper who, even at his young age, has already earned numerous champion titles. He is the individual world champion from Val di Fiemme 2013. Moreover, he won 7 World Championship competitions, 6 individual Polish champion titles, gained 2nd place in general classification of the Summer Grand Prix twice, and placed 3rd in general classification in 2012/2013 World Cup. He also represented our country twice at the Winter Olympic Games (2006 and 2010). Stoch, despite of of his great achievements, is known for his exceptional modesty and composure.

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