Round 9 at a Glance, 20.10.2003 Only eight minutes had passed from the start of the round and two matches already completed peacefully: Belarus - Russia and Slovenia - Israel. The players of these countries signed draws in all games...
Round 8 at a Glance, 19.10.2003 The eighth penultimate round was the passionate emotional peak of the Championship for palyers and the audience alike, but maybe the most for the organisers. In the climax of the round, when the hand...
Round 7 at a Glance, 18.10.2003 The ultimate three rounds of each Swiss event are decisive for the final ranking. Therefore, the struggle becomes even more fierce with the finish line in sight. Those willing to improve their ranking...
Round 6 at a Glance, 17.10.2003 After the free day, the fight continued again. In the centerstage encounter of the men Azerbaijan - Russia the Russians had the upper hand. They won their sixth victory in a row - by 2½:1½ again. The ...
Round 5 at a Glance, 16.10.2003 The central encounter in this round was the Russia - Israel match. Only these two teams had full scores - 8 m.p. each. The Russians won their fifth consecutive victory by 2½:1½ again, the only win be...
Round 4 at a Glance, 14.10.2003 The preliminary ranking favourites Russia scored another victory. On third board A. Grischuk (Black) was the first to succeed against I. Ivanisevic. This added confidence to the efforts of his teammat...
Round 3 at a Glance, 13.10.2003 One of the major traits of this European Championship that the ranking is not by game-points (as it used to be), but by match-points. Any match victory is awarded 2 points, for an equal match both tea...
Round 2 at a glance, 12.10.2003 The Chmapionship has just started, but as early as the second round the pairing matched among themselves four of the major medal contenders. Russia - Spain and Israel - France were the central encount...
Copyright Fraud by ICC, 11.10.2003 The popular American web-site Internet Chess Club (www.chessclub.com) has violated the law of copyright by transmitting without permission the ga...
The First Round at a Glance, 11.10.2003 The central encouter of the men's competition in this round was the match Russia - Bulgaria. A curios coincidence is that twenty years ago the match USSR - Bulgaria was played also in the first round....
It starts!, 10.10.2003 The whirlpool of arrivals is over. Old friends met in the lobbies of "Novotel Plovdiv", "Trimontium" and "Maritsa". Gens una sumus" came to life.
The ancient amphitheater in the Old City could not...
The European Team Championship is coming soon, 24.09.2003 The beautiful city of Plovdiv in Bulgaria is soon going to host the major chess event of the year 2003 - The European team championship. It will be held from October 10th to 21st. 38 men's and 32 wome...
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