Romania edge into the lead

Russia v Poland

In the open section of the European team championship the leader keeps changing each round! Romania beat Greece in a tight match and are just ahead of Azerbaijan and Bulgaria on game points. In the women's section, Russia still lead but were held today by Poland who are third. Ukraine are in second place after winning the big clash with Georgia..

Here are the results of the sixth round:

Match/ Board	Seed/ Title	White team (on odds)	Rating		Seed/ Title	Black team (on odds)	Rating	Result
Bo.	6	France	Rtg	-	7	Bulgaria	Rtg	2 : 2
1.1	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2714	-	GM	Topalov Veselin	2768	½ - ½
1.2	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2710	-	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2650	0 - 1
1.3	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2700	-	GM	Delchev Aleksander	2629	½ - ½
1.4	GM	Istratescu Andrei	2627	-	GM	Georgiev Kiril	2666	1 - 0
Bo.	19	Greece	Rtg	-	17	Romania	Rtg	1½:2½
2.1	GM	Banikas Hristos	2620	-	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2657	½ - ½
2.2	GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	2621	-	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	2650	0 - 1
2.3	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2600	-	GM	Vajda Levente	2584	½ - ½
2.4	GM	Halkias Stelios	2593	-	GM	Marin Mihail	2534	½ - ½
Bo.	1	Russia	Rtg	-	3	Azerbaijan	Rtg	1½:2½
3.1	GM	Svidler Peter	2755	-	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2781	0 - 1
3.2	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2752	-	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2757	½ - ½
3.3	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2763	-	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2733	½ - ½
3.4	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2730	-	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2636	½ - ½
Bo.	4	Armenia	Rtg	-	13	Spain	Rtg	2½:1½
4.1	GM	Aronian Levon	2802	-	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2705	½ - ½
4.2	GM	Movsesian Sergei	2710	-	GM	Salgado Lopez Ivan	2621	½ - ½
4.3	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2681	-	GM	Illescas Cordoba Miguel	2609	½ - ½
4.4	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2671	-	GM	Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis	2568	1 - 0
Bo.	10	Germany	Rtg	-	22	Italy	Rtg	3 : 1
5.1	GM	Meier Georg	2659	-	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2727	1 - 0
5.2	GM	Fridman Daniel	2661	-	IM	Dvirnyy Daniyyl	2475	½ - ½
5.3	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2633	-	GM	Brunello Sabino	2575	½ - ½
5.4	GM	Buhmann Rainer	2612	-	IM	Rombaldoni Axel	2459	1 - 0
Bo.	9	Netherlands	Rtg	-	14	Poland	Rtg	2½:1½
6.1	GM	Giri Anish	2714	-	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2705	½ - ½
6.2	GM	Van Wely Loek	2686	-	GM	Socko Bartosz	2635	1 - 0
6.3	GM	Sokolov Ivan	2646	-	GM	Bartel Mateusz	2653	½ - ½
6.4	GM	Stellwagen Daniel	2627	-	GM	Miton Kamil	2622	½ - ½
Bo.	21	Slovenia	Rtg	-	15	Georgia	Rtg	2½:1½
7.1	GM	Beliavsky Alexander G	2617	-	GM	Jobava Baadur	2678	½ - ½
7.2	GM	Lenic Luka	2634	-	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2588	1 - 0
7.3	GM	Borisek Jure	2541	-	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	2636	½ - ½
7.4	IM	Sebenik Matej	2518	-		Zarkua Davit	2443	½ - ½
Bo.	27	Latvia	Rtg	-	5	Hungary	Rtg	1½:2½
8.1	GM	Miezis Normunds	2547	-	GM	Leko Peter	2720	½ - ½
8.2	GM	Sveshnikov Evgeny	2514	-	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2707	0 - 1
8.3	IM	Neiksans Arturs	2502	-	GM	Berkes Ferenc	2705	1 - 0
8.4	GM	Starostits Ilmars	2456	-	GM	Balogh Csaba	2662	0 - 1
Bo.	2	Ukraine	Rtg	-	11	Israel	Rtg	2 : 2
9.1	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2775	-	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2645	½ - ½
9.2	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2723	-	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2696	½ - ½
9.3	GM	Eljanov Pavel	2691	-	GM	Smirin Ilia	2670	1 - 0
9.4	GM	Moiseenko Alexander	2715	-	GM	Postny Evgeny	2640	0 - 1
Bo.	12	Czech Rep.	Rtg	-	8	England	Rtg	2 : 2
10.1	GM	Navara David	2724	-	GM	Adams Michael	2734	0 - 1
10.2	GM	Laznicka Viktor	2703	-	GM	Short Nigel D	2698	1 - 0
10.3	GM	Hracek Zbynek	2628	-	GM	Jones Gawain C B	2635	½ - ½
10.4	GM	Stocek Jiri	2600	-	GM	Pert Nicholas	2563	½ - ½
Bo.	16	Croatia	Rtg	-	26	Switzerland	Rtg	2 : 2
11.1	GM	Stevic Hrvoje	2612	-	GM	Pelletier Yannick	2581	½ - ½
11.2	GM	Saric Ivan	2648	-	GM	Korchnoi Viktor	2567	1 - 0
11.3	GM	Brkic Ante	2605	-	IM	Kurmann Oliver	2451	0 - 1
11.4	GM	Jovanovic Zoran	2581	-	IM	Forster Richard	2458	½ - ½
Bo.	20	Moldova	Rtg	-	24	Denmark	Rtg	3 : 1
12.1	GM	Bologan Viktor	2665	-	GM	Hansen Sune Berg	2566	1 - 0
12.2	GM	Iordachescu Viorel	2648	-	GM	Rasmussen Allan Stig	2541	1 - 0
12.3	GM	Svetushkin Dmitry	2621	-	GM	Aagaard Jacob	2522	½ - ½
12.4	IM	Hamitevici Vladimir	2428	-	IM	Glud Jakob Vang	2497	½ - ½
Bo.	23	Austria	Rtg	-	29	Montenegro	Rtg	2 : 2
13.1	GM	Ragger Markus	2662	-	GM	Djukic Nikola	2493	1 - 0
13.2	GM	Shengelia David	2551	-	GM	Blagojevic Dragisa	2514	½ - ½
13.3	IM	Kreisl Robert	2415	-	GM	Drasko Milan	2478	½ - ½
13.4	IM	Neubauer Martin	2431	-	GM	Kosic Dragan	2502	0 - 1
Bo.	30	FYROM	Rtg	-	32	Iceland	Rtg	1½:2½
14.1	GM	Georgiev Vladimir	2553	-	GM	Danielsen Henrik	2542	0 - 1
14.2	GM	Nedev Trajko	2493	-	FM	Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn	2452	0 - 1
14.3	IM	Pancevski Filip	2442	-	IM	Thorfinnsson Bragi	2421	1 - 0
14.4	GM	Stanojoski Zvonko	2470	-	IM	Thorfinnsson Bjorn	2402	½ - ½
Bo.	18	Serbia	Rtg	-	33	Lithuania	Rtg	3 : 1
15.1	GM	Ivanisevic Ivan	2636	-	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	2577	1 - 0
15.2	GM	Solak Dragan	2629	-	IM	Zagorskis Darius	2497	0 - 1
15.3	GM	Damljanovic Branko	2597	-	IM	Labeckas Kestutis	2410	1 - 0
15.4	GM	Perunovic Milos	2576	-		Klabis Rokas	2100	1 - 0
Bo.	31	Norway	Rtg	-	28	Finland	Rtg	3 : 1
16.1	GM	Lie Kjetil A	2560	-	GM	Nyback Tomi	2631	0 - 1
16.2	IM	Elsness Frode	2506	-	IM	Agopov Mikael	2450	1 - 0
16.3	GM	Johannessen Leif Erlend	2515	-	IM	Karttunen Mika	2434	1 - 0
16.4	IM	Getz Nicolai	2369	-	IM	Nyysti Sampsa	2345	1 - 0
Bo.	37	Luxembourg	Rtg	-	25	Sweden	Rtg	1 : 3
17.1	IM	Berend Fred	2381	-	GM	Tikkanen Hans	2586	0 - 1
17.2		Schartz Alain	2160	-	GM	Grandelius Nils	2543	½ - ½
17.3	FM	Mossong Hubert	2119	-	IM	Semcesen Daniel	2490	½ - ½
17.4	WIM	Steil-Antoni Fiona	2104	-	GM	Brynell Stellan	2486	0 - 1
Bo.	38	Cyprus	Rtg	-	34	Turkey	Rtg	1 : 3
18.1		Bryan-Vissi Mark	1808	-	IM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2515	0 - 1
18.2		Aristotelous Vassilis	1921	-	GM	Can Emre	2465	0 - 1
18.3		Boulos Vrachimis	0	-	FM	Ali Marandi Cemil Can	2275	0 - 1
18.4		Constantinou Pavlos	2068	-	CM	Sanal Vahap	2275	1 - 0
Bo.	36	Wales	Rtg	-	35	Scotland	Rtg	½ :3½
19.1	FM	Williams A Howard	2353	-	FM	Morrison Graham	2339	0 - 1
19.2	CM	Jones Iolo C	2282	-	IM	Muir Andrew J	2311	0 - 1
19.3		Kett Tim	2184	-	CM	Roberts Paul	2222	½ - ½
19.4		Pleasants Allan J	2089	-		Mitchell Martin	2215	0 - 1

The standings after six rounds:

Rank	Seed	Team	Games	+	=	-	Match points	Game points	Tie-Break
1	17	Romania	6	5	0	1	10	15.5	61.5
2	3	Azerbaijan	6	4	2	0	10	15.0	83.0
3	7	Bulgaria	6	4	2	0	10	15.0	82.0
4	4	Armenia	6	4	1	1	9	15.5	73.5
5	10	Germany	6	4	1	1	9	15.0	78.5
6	6	France	6	3	3	0	9	14.5	78.5
7	19	Greece	6	4	0	2	8	14.0	75.5
8	5	Hungary	6	3	2	1	8	14.0	72.5
9	9	Netherlands	6	3	2	1	8	13.0	79.0
10	21	Slovenia	6	3	2	1	8	12.5	81.5
11	20	Moldova	6	3	1	2	7	15.0	66.5
12	13	Spain	6	3	1	2	7	13.0	87.0
13	1	Russia	6	3	1	2	7	13.0	82.5
14	22	Italy	6	3	1	2	7	13.0	70.0

In the Women's tournament Russia were held, giving Ukraine the chance to narrow the gap after beating Georgia.

Match/ Board	Seed/ Title	White team (on odds)	Rating	vs.	Seed/ Title	Black team (on odds)	Rating	Results
Bo.	1	Russia	Rtg	-	5	Poland	Rtg	2 : 2
1.1	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2546	-	GM	Socko Monika	2479	1 - 0
1.2	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2526	-	WGM	Zawadzka Jolanta	2326	½ - ½
1.3	IM	Gunina Valentina	2514	-	WGM	Majdan Gajewska Joanna	2386	0 - 1
1.4	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2439	-	WGM	Szczepkowska-H. Karina	2379	½ - ½
Bo.	2	Ukraine	Rtg	-	3	Georgia	Rtg	2½:1½
2.1	GM	Lahno Kateryna	2549	-	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2516	1 - 0
2.2	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2427	-	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2475	½ - ½
2.3	IM	Ushenina Anna	2463	-	WGM	Paikidze Nazi	2422	1 - 0
2.4	IM	Muzychuk Mariya	2460	-	IM	Khurtsidze Nino	2440	0 - 1
Bo.	18	Czech Rep.	Rtg	-	12	France	Rtg	1½:2½
3.1	WGM	Kulovana Eva	2297	-	IM	Milliet Sophie	2386	½ - ½
3.2	WGM	Nemcova Katerina	2276	-	WGM	Maisuradze Nino	2315	½ - ½
3.3	WIM	Havlikova Kristyna	2285	-	WGM	Guichard Pauline	2305	½ - ½
3.4	WIM	Olsarova Karolina	2167	-	WGM	Leconte Maria	2282	0 - 1
Bo.	6	Hungary	Rtg	-	11	Slovenia	Rtg	1½:2½
4.1	GM	Hoang Thanh Trang	2446	-	IM	Muzychuk Anna	2557	0 - 1
4.2	IM	Madl Ildiko	2399	-	WGM	Krivec Jana	2291	½ - ½
4.3	WGM	Rudolf Anna	2347	-	WGM	Srebrnic Ana	2219	½ - ½
4.4	WGM	Gara Ticia	2375	-	WIM	Rozic Vesna	2263	½ - ½
Bo.	14	Serbia	Rtg	-	13	Netherlands	Rtg	2½:1½
5.1	IM	Bojkovic Natasa	2396	-	GM	Peng Zhaoqin	2379	½ - ½
5.2	WGM	Chelushkina Irina	2276	-	WIM	Schut Lisa	2284	½ - ½
5.3	WGM	Stojanovic Andjelija	2280	-	IM	Lanchava Tea	2320	½ - ½
5.4	WIM	Eric Jovana	2236	-	WIM	Haast Anne	2268	1 - 0
Bo.	16	Greece	Rtg	-	4	Armenia	Rtg	1 : 3
6.1	IM	Dembo Yelena	2468	-	GM	Danielian Elina	2507	½ - ½
6.2	WGM	Botsari Anna-Maria	2313	-	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2469	0 - 1
6.3	WIM	Fakhiridou Ekaterini	2180	-	IM	Galojan Lilit	2383	½ - ½
6.4	WIM	Pavlidou Ekaterini	2176	-	WGM	Aginian Nelly	2263	0 - 1
Bo.	7	Germany	Rtg	-	9	Romania	Rtg	3 : 1
7.1	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	2457	-	IM	Foisor Cristina-Adela	2418	1 - 0
7.2	WGM	Michna Marta	2382	-	WGM	Cosma Elena-Luminita	2335	1 - 0
7.3	WIM	Ohme Melanie	2361	-	WIM	Bulmaga Irina	2334	1 - 0
7.4	WGM	Levushkina Elena	2307	-	WGM	Voicu Jagodzinsky Carmen	2300	0 - 1
Bo.	8	Bulgaria	Rtg	-	27	Turkey	Rtg	3 : 1
8.1	WGM	Videnova Iva	2297	-	WIM	Yildiz Betul Cemre	2301	1 - 0
8.2	WGM	Voiska Margarita	2328	-	WIM	Ozturk Kubra	2239	0 - 1
8.3	WGM	Djingarova Emilia	2309	-	WCM	Kaya Emel	2005	1 - 0
8.4	WGM	Nikolova Adriana	2286	-		Menzi Nezihe Ezgi	1911	1 - 0
Bo.	15	Israel	Rtg	-	17	Azerbaijan	Rtg	1½:2½
9.1	WIM	Porat Maya	2299	-	WGM	Mamedjarova Zeinab	2314	½ - ½
9.2	WIM	Efroimski Marsel	2230	-	WIM	Mammadova Gulnar	2290	½ - ½
9.3	IM	Borsuk Angela	2257	-	WGM	Mamedjarova Turkan	2277	½ - ½
9.4	WIM	Vasiliev Olga	2305	-	WIM	Umudova Nargiz	2210	0 - 1
Bo.	19	Croatia	Rtg	-	10	Spain	Rtg	2 : 2
10.1	WGM	Golubenko Valentina	2293	-	IM	Alexandrova Olga	2423	1 - 0
10.2	WIM	Franciskovic Borka	2280	-	WGM	Vega Gutierrez Sabrina	2327	½ - ½
10.3	WIM	Saric Kristina	2255	-	WIM	Hernandez Estevez Yudania	2284	0 - 1
10.4	WIM	Jelica Mara	2234	-	WFM	Pascual Palomo Lucia	2104	½ - ½
Bo.	20	Latvia	Rtg	-	26	Lithuania	Rtg	3 : 1
11.1	WGM	Reizniece-Ozola Dana	2281	-	WGM	Daulyte Deimante	2238	½ - ½
11.2	WGM	Berzina Ilze	2320	-	WIM	Zaksaite Salomeja	2200	1 - 0
11.3	WIM	Skinke Katrina	2227	-		Batkovskyte Dominyka	2102	1 - 0
11.4	WFM	Ungure Liga	2066	-		Vanagaite Giedre	1958	½ - ½
Bo.	21	Austria	Rtg	-	24	Montenegro	Rtg	3 : 1
12.1	IM	Moser Eva	2448	-	WGM	Vojinovic Jovana	2346	½ - ½
12.2	WFM	Exler Veronika	2124	-	WFM	Milovic Aleksandra	2171	½ - ½
12.3	WIM	Kopinits Anna-Christina	2276	-	WFM	Stojanovic Marija R	2095	1 - 0
12.4	WFM	Newrkla Katharina	2131	-		Bacic Kristina	1803	1 - 0
Bo.	23	Italy	Rtg	-	25	Switzerland	Rtg	2½:1½
13.1	IM	Sedina Elena	2343	-	WIM	Seps Monika	2198	1 - 0
13.2	IM	Zimina Olga	2338	-	WIM	Heinatz Dr Gundula	2205	½ - ½
13.3	WIM	Brunello Marina	2221	-		De Seroux Camille	2056	1 - 0
13.4		Messina Roberta	1964	-		Stoeri Laura	1939	0 - 1
Bo.	28	Norway	Rtg	-	22	England	Rtg	0 : 4
14.1	WFM	Johnsen Sylvia	2028	-	IM	Ciuksyte Dagne	2327	0 - 1
14.2		Reppen Ellisiv	1949	-	WFM	Yurenok Maria S	2106	0 - 1
14.3		Carlsen Ellen Oen	1931	-	WFM	Bhatia Kanwal K	2087	0 - 1
14.4		Hansen Erle Andrea Marki	1762	-	WFM	Hegarty Sarah N	2060	0 - 1

The table has Russia ahead of Ukraine by one point, followed by Poland. The teams in fourth to sixth are all playing well above expectations.

Rank	Seed	Team	Games	+	=	-	Match points	Game points	Tie-Break
1	1	Russia	6	5	1	0	11	17.0	78.0
2	2	Ukraine	6	5	0	1	10	16.0	76.0
3	5	Poland	6	4	1	1	9	16.0	76.0
4	14	Serbia	6	3	2	1	8	15.5	55.0
5	11	Slovenia	6	3	2	1	8	15.0	55.0
6	12	France	6	4	0	2	8	14.0	67.0
7	3	Georgia	6	4	0	2	8	13.5	91.0
8	4	Armenia	6	3	2	1	8	13.0	77.5
9	7	Germany	6	3	1	2	7	14.5	69.0
10	17	Azerbaijan	6	3	1	2	7	13.5	64.5
11	8	Bulgaria	6	3	1	2	7	13.0	78.0
12	18	Czech Rep.	6	2	3	1	7	12.5	80.0

Some useful information:

3pm in Greece is equivalent to 2pm in Paris and Madrid, 1pm in London, 3pm in Moscow.

Other world starting times include New York 9am, Los Angeles 6am and Sydney 2am the next morning!

Official site: http://euro2011.chessdom.com/

You can also find the team composition, results and statistics here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr57856.aspx?art=8&lan=1&turdet=YES&flag=30

And for the women event's: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr57855.aspx?art=8&lan=1&turdet=YES&flag=30