5th European Team Chess Championship: Bath 1973

[ Information || Preliminaries | Final Group || Statistics ]

Preliminaries

[ AUT | BEL | BUL | CSR | DEN | ENG | ESP | FAI | FIN | GDR | GER | GRE |
HUN | IRL | LUX | MAR | NED | POL | ROM | SUI | SWE | TUN | TUR | YUG ]

General information
Teams participating: 21 (MAR, FAI and IRL withdrew)
Number of groups: 6
Qualifying system: Winners of all groups qualified.
Runners-up from group 6 qualified as well.
USSR qualified by default as title holders.
Tie-breaks: 1. Game points; 2. Match points
Downloadable game file: 73prel.zip


Group 1


no. team code 1 2 3 ∑ + = -
1.* Switzerland SUI ● 8 8 0 1 0
2. Spain ESP 8 ● 11½ 8 0 1 0
3. Tunisia TUN 4½ ● Withdrawn.
Morocco MAR Withdrawn.
* Switzerland qualified on a basis of board count.


Tunis (Tunisia), 1971
TUN Tunisia 4½ : 11½ Spain ESP
   
Tunisia withdrew after this defeat.


Martigny (Switzerland), 1973
SUI Switzerland 8 : 8 Spain ESP
3½ : 4½ 4½ : 3½
Hug ½ - ½ Pomar Salamanca
½ - ½
Lombard 0 - 1 Díez del Corral
1 - 0
Schaufelberger ½ - ½ Medina García
½ - ½
Wirthensohn ½ - ½ Bellón López
0 - 1
Kupper 1 - 0 Martín Gonzáles
1 - 0
Hohler ½ - ½ Merina
½ - ½ Sicilia Pardo
Glauser 0 - 1 Sicilia Pardo
½ - ½ Palacios de la Prida
Schauwecker ½ - ½ Palacios de la Prida
½ - ½ Angurea



Group 2

no. team code 1 2 3 4 ∑ + = -
1. England ENG ● 9 9 1 0 0
2. Netherlands NED 7 ● 7 0 0 1
Faroe Islands FAI Withdrawn.
Ireland IRL Withdrawn.


London (England), 30th - 31st October 1971
ENG England 9 : 7 Netherlands NED
4½ : 3½ 4½ : 3½
Keene 0 - 1 Donner
0 - 1
Hartston 1 - 0 Ree
1 - 0
Penrose ½ - ½ Hartoch
½ - ½
Wade ½ - ½ Langeweg
1 - 0
Botterill ½ - ½ Kuijpers
1 - 0
Markland 1 - 0 Scholl
½ - ½
Whiteley ½ - ½ Bouwmeester
½ - ½
Cafferty ½ - ½ Enklaar
0 - 1



Group 3

Århus (Denmark), 5th-12th November 1971

no. team code 1 2 3 4 ∑ + = -
1. Poland POL ● 4 4 3½ 6½ 6 6 30 3 2 1
2. East Germany GDR 4 4 ● 5 4 6½ 6 29½ 3 3 0
3. Denmark DEN 4½ 1½ 3 4 ● 4½ 5 22½ 3 1 2
4. Finland FIN 2 2 1½ 2 3½ 3 ● 14 0 0 6


POL Poland 3½ : 4½ Denmark DEN
Schmidt 0 - 1 Larsen
Kostro 0 - 1 Jakobsen
Sydor ½ - ½ Hamann
Filipowicz 1 - 0 Sloth
Grąbczewski ½ - ½ Pedersen
Doda ½ - ½ Holm
Pytel 1 - 0 Petersen
Balcerowski 0 - 1 Kølbæk


FIN Finland 1½ : 6½ East Germany GDR
Saren 0 - 1 Uhlmann
Kanko ½ - ½ Malich
Hurme ½ - ½ Hennings
Sorri 0 - 1 Espig
Gostawski 0 - 1 Zinn
Kivipelto ½ - ½ Liebert
Morant 0 - 1 Vogt
Raaste 0 - 1 Schöneberg


POL Poland 6 : 2 Finland FIN
Schmidt 1 - 0 Saren
Kostro ½ - ½ Kanko
Bednarski 1 - 0 Hurme
Sydor 1 - 0 Sorri
Filipowicz 1 - 0 Gostowski
Grąbczewski 0 - 1 Kivipelto
Doda ½ - ½ Morant
Pytel 1 - 0 Raaste


DEN Denmark 3 : 5 East Germany GDR
Larsen 1 - 0 Uhlmann
Jakobsen 0 - 1 Malich
Hamann ½ - ½ Hennings
Sloth ½ - ½ Espig
Pedersen ½ - ½ Zinn
Holm 0 - 1 Liebert
Kølbæk ½ - ½ Schöneberg
Bjerre 0 - 1 Böhnisch


FIN Finland 3½ : 4½ Denmark DEN
Saren 0 - 1 Larsen
Kanko 1 - 0 Jakobsen
Hurme 1 - 0 Hamann
Gostowski 0 - 1 Sloth
Kivipelto 0 - 1 Holm
Morant 1 - 0 Petersen
Raaste ½ - ½ Kølbæk
Alivirta 0 - 1 Andersen


GDR East Germany 4 : 4 Poland POL
Uhlmann ½ - ½ Schmidt
Malich 0 - 1 Kostro
Hennings 1 - 0 Bednarski
Espig 0 - 1 Sydor
Zinn ½ - ½ Filipowicz
Liebert ½ - ½ Doda
Vogt 1 - 0 Pytel
Baumbach ½ - ½ Balcerowski


GDR East Germany 6 : 2 Finland FIN
Uhlmann 1 - 0 Saren
Malich 1 - 0 Kanko
Hennings 1 - 0 Hurme
Espig ½ - ½ Sorri
Zinn ½ - ½ Kivipelto
Vogt ½ - ½ Morant
Schöneberg 1 - 0 Raaste
Bohnisch ½ - ½ Alivirta


DEN Denmark 1½ : 6½ Poland POL
Larsen 0 - 1 Schmidt
Jakobsen 0 - 1 Kostro
Hamann 0 - 1 Bednarski
Sloth ½ - ½ Sydor
Pedersen 0 - 1 Filipowicz
Kølbæk ½ - ½ Grąbczewski
Bjerre 0 - 1 Doda
Andersen ½ - ½ Pytel


FIN Finland 2 : 6 Poland POL
Kanko ½ - ½ Schmidt
Hurme ½ - ½ Kostro
Sorri 0 - 1 Bednarski
Gostowski ½ - ½ Sydor
Kivipelto ½ - ½ Grąbczewski
Morant 0 - 1 Pytel
Raaste 0 - 1 Balcerowski
Alivirta 0 - 1 Witkowski


GDR East Germany 4 : 4 Denmark DEN
Uhlmann 0 - 1 Larsen
Malich ½ - ½ Jakobsen
Hennings 0 - 1 Hamann
Espig ½ - ½ Sloth
Zinn ½ - ½ Pedersen
Liebert 0 - 1 Holm
Vogt 1 - 0 Petersen
Schöneberg ½ - ½ Andersen


POL Poland 4 : 4 East Germany GDR
Schmidt ½ - ½ Uhlmann
Kostro 1 - 0 Malich
Bednarski ½ - ½ Hennings
Sydor ½ - ½ Espig
Filipowicz 1 - 0 Zinn
Doda 0 - 1 Vogt
Pytel 0 - 1 Schöneberg
Balcerowski ½ - ½ Böhnisch


DEN Denmark 5 : 3 Finland FIN
Larsen 1 - 0 Saren
Jakobsen 1 - 0 Kanko
Hamann 1 - 0 Hurme
Sloth ½ - ½ Sorri
Pedersen 0 - 1 Gostowski
Holm 1 - 0 Kivipelto
Kølbæk ½ - ½ Morant
Bjerre 0 - 1 Raaste



Group 4

no. team code 1 2 3 4 ∑ + = -
1. West Germany GER ● 10 37½ 3 0 0
2. Czechoslovakia CSR 6 ● 14 15 35 2 0 1
3. Belgium BEL 2 ● 16½ 1 0 2
4. Luxembourg LUX 1 ● 7 0 0 3


Czechoslovakia
CSR Czechoslovakia 14 : 2 Belgium BEL
7½ - ½ 6½ : 1½
Hort   1½ : ½ Boey
 
Smejkal   2 : 0 Verstraeten
 
...


Bamberg (West Germany), 1972
GER West Germany 10 : 6 Czechoslovakia CSR
3½ : 4½ 6½ : 1½
Hübner 0 - 1 Hort
1 - 0
Unzicker 0 - 1 Smejkal
½ - ½
Schmid ½ - ½ Filip
½ - ½
Pfleger 1 - 0 Jansa
Darga 1 - 0
Hecht 1 - 0 Přibyl
Pfleger 1 - 0
Dueball ½ - ½ Kupka
Hecht 1 - 0
Kestler 0 - 1 Fichtl
Dueball 1 - 0
Borngässer ½ - ½ Novák
½ - ½



Group 5

no. team code 1 2 3 4 ∑ + = -
1. Romania ROM ● 8½ 8½ 1 0 0
Bulgaria BUL 7½ ● 7½ 0 0 1
Austria AUT Withdrawn.
Sweden SWE Withdrawn.


Bucharest (Romania)
ROM Romania 8½ : 7½ Bulgaria BUL
5 : 3 3½ : 4½
Gheorghiu   2 : 0 Tringov
 
...



Group 6

Pula (Yugoslavia), 1972

no. team code 1 2 3 4 ∑ + = -
1. Yugoslavia YUG ● 4½ 18½ 3 0 0
2. Hungary HUN 3½ ● 17½ 2 0 1
3. Greece GRE ● 9½ 1 0 2
4. Turkey TUR ● 2½ 0 0 3


YUG Yugoslavia 4½ : 3½ Hungary HUN
Gligorić 0 - 1 Portisch
Ivkov 1 - 0 Bilek
Matanović ½ - ½ Lengyel
Parma ½ - ½ Bárczay
Minić ½ - ½ Forintos
Ljubojević ½ - ½ Dely
Velimirović ½ - ½ Csom
Marović 1 - 0 Adorján