Azerbaijan Wins European Team Championship
And this is largely thanks to Daniel Stellwagen, who shockingly lost a drawn rook ending to Gashimov in the sole decisive game of the Azerbaijan-Netherlands match. As Russia could only draw with Spain, the Azeris didn’t have to worry about tiebreaks and took clear first with 15 points. Russia came in second with 14, and although both Ukraine and Armenia finished with 13 points, it was Ukraine that won the bronze on tiebreak. (Full results here.)
When it came to individual performances, Pavel Eljanov had the best TPR with 2823, followed by Morozevich (2820), Gashimov (2813) and early TPR leader Hammer with 2792. (Full results here.) A note about Topalov. A few rounds ago I noted that he was in danger of slipping behind Carlsen on the top spot on the list; intriguingly, he insured that this didn’t happen by taking the last four rounds off. (It’s possible that he was pulling a “Brave Sir Robin” – I mean, these were the last four rounds, after all – but maybe he was ill or had another playing commitment somewhere else. Does anyone know?)
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