Germany Wins European Team Chess Championship-2011 |
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| Sunday, 13 November 2011 | ||||||||||||||||
 The German team & its captains Photo by Vladimir Barsky, russiachess.org The Open section ended with a sensational result: the German team (10th seed) defeated Armenia in the final round and won the gold medal! Azerbaijan crushed Romania 3-1 to secure silver, while Hungary heroically wiped out Bulgaria 4-0 to barely clinch bronze from the Armenian players. The top-10 teams were: 1. Germany 15 (22.5) 2. Azerbaijan 14 (23) 3. Hungary 13 (23) 4. Armenia 13 (22.5) 5. Russia 13 (21.5) 6. Netherlands 12 (19) 7. Bulgaria 12 (18.5) 8. Poland 11 (22) 9. Romania 11 (20) 10. Spain 11 (19.5) The 2nd seed (Ukraine) finished 15th. The players whose won individual medals for best board performances were: Board 1 Michael Adams (2734), ENG - gold Levon Aronian (2802), ARM - silver Arkadij Naidich (2712), GER - bronze Board 2 Alexander Grischuk (2752), RUS - gold Zoltan Almashi (2707), HUN - silver Vugar Gashimov (2757), AZE -bronze Board 3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2733), AZE - gold Sergey Karjakin (2763), RUS - silver Vladimir Akopian (2681), ARM - bronze Board 4 Alexander Morozevich (2762), RUS - gold Gabriel Sargissian (2671), ARM - silver Jan Gustaffson (2633), GER - bronze Board 5 Christina Bauer (2641), FRA - gold Helgi Olaffson (2531), ISL - silver Evgeny Postny (2640), ISR - bronze Video from the Closing Ceremony: Full standings View the games 
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