European Team Championship Round 7

Two very thrilling rounds are in front of us at the European Team contest in Novi Sad, where it’s anybody match after yesterday’s 7th round. Armenia beat Azerbaijan and the two sides are both on 11 match points now, mutually with Russia. The Russian women compressed Azerbaijan 4-0; Georgia strike Israel 3-1.

Wednesday was a terrible day for Azerbaijan. In the fight with Armenia things went incorrect on one panel, but with three draw on the others it destined the game was lost. The Azeri women, who had a unbelievable competition so far, are back into realism after being compressed by Russia: 4-0.

Sargissian become the game winner for Armenia by thrashing Guseinov with Black in 70 moves. The Berlin Wall leftovers a tricky finish and Aronian himself has said that he now and then employs it when he wants to play for a succeed with Black – we’re chatting two minds, same approach here.

Alexander Morozevich determined the Russia-Georgia game with a victory over Mchedlishvili. It was an uneven Queen’s Gambit established where Black’s 12bxc5 was instructive; the c-pawn and unlock b-file became vital factors later on. Svidler-Jobava was a actually cool draw by the way.

Ukraine was obviously too physically powerful for the Czech Republic while Hungary and Israel weren’t actually in a hostility mood. The Dutch side is unexpectedly only one match point behind Armenia. Switzerland distress England with three draw and their IM Roland Ekstroem defeat GM Stephen Gordon.

In the women part Georgia kept pace with Russia gratitude to a 3-1 victory over Israel. There’s a 2-point opening with Armenia, Czech Republic and Ukraine. Joanna Majdan, board 4 of Poland, at present has the highest routine rating with a score of 5.5/6. After drawing with Beliavsky, Jon Ludvig Hammer still leads the individual open list with a 2838 performance.In today’s last but one round the open pairings comprise Armenia-Russia, Poland-Azerbaijan and Ukraine-Netherlands.