Javier Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 I reported last week on the first half of the European Team Chess Championship at the Creta Maris Conference Hotel in Crete, where Russia were setting a cracking pace. A humiliating 15th at the previous European Chess Championship in Gothenburg and just 6th in last year's Turin Olympiad, the Russians certainly had something to prove and they did so in style, dropping just a single drawn match - against Spain in the penultimate round - to finish on a superb 17/18 match points and 25/36 game points, streets ahead of Armenia 14 (21.5), Azerbaijan 13 (20.5) and then three chess teams with 12/18 match points: Poland 12 (21.5), the Ukraine 12 (21) and Israel 12 (20.5). It's well known that Russian chess teams in the past haven't always been harmonious. Mikhail Botvinnik once ... View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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