8th European Team Chess Championship: Plovdiv 1983

[ Information || Preliminaries | Final group standings || Statistics ]

Preliminaries

[ AUT | BUL | CSR | DEN | ENG | FRA | GER | GRE | HUN | ISL |
ISR | NED | NOR | POL | ROM | SUI | SWE | TUR | YUG | WLS ]

General information
Teams participating: 20
Number of groups: 6
Qualifying system: Winners of all groups qualified.
Runner-up from group YUG/BUL/ROM/GRE/TUR qualified as well.
USSR qualified by default as title holders.
Tie-breaks: Game points
Downloadable game file: 83prel.zip

Group ENG/ISL/SWE

no. team code 1 2 3 ∑ + = -
1. England ENG ● 8½ 9½ 18 2 0 0
2. Iceland ISL 7½ ● 9 16½ 1 0 1
3. Sweden SWE 6½ 7 ● 13½ 0 0 2


Reykjavik (Iceland), 27th - 28th February 1982
ISL Iceland 9 : 7 Sweden SWE
5 : 3 4 : 4
Ólafsson, F. 0 - 1 Schüssler
½ - ½
...
Angantýsson 1 - 0 Kaiszauri
1 - 0
...
Bjarnason 1 - 0 Renman


Gothenburg (Sweden), 13th - 14th March, 1982
SWE Sweden 6½ : 9½ England ENG
1 : 7 5½ : 2½
Schüssler 1 - 0 Miles
0 - 1
Wedberg 0 - 1 Speelman
½ - ½
Ornstein 0 - 1 Mestel
1 - 0
Schneider 0 - 1 Short
1 - 0
Cramling 0 - 1 Littlewood
1 - 0
Åkesson 0 - 1 Hartston
0 - 1
Sjöberg 0 - 1 Taulbut
1 - 0
Carlson 0 - 1 Davies
Bergström 1 - 0 Hebden


Middlesbrough (England), 10th - 11th July, 1982
ENG England 8½ : 7½ Iceland ISL
5 : 3 3½ : 4½
Nunn 1 - 0 Ólafsson, F.
1 - 0
Speelman ½ - ½ Sigurjónsson
½ - ½
Stean 0 - 1 Pétursson
0 - 1
Keene ½ - ½ Árnason
½ - ½
Mestel ½ - ½ Ólafsson, H.
Chandler 0 - 1
Chandler 1 - 0 Angantýsson
Littlewood 1 - 0 Jóhannsson
Littlewood 1 - 0 Jóhannsson
Hartston 0 - 1 Hjartarson
Hartston ½ - ½ Hjartarson
Taulbut ½ - ½ Bjarnason



Group CSR/DEN/NOR

no. team code 1 2 3 ∑ + = -
1. Denmark DEN ● 8½ 10½ 19 2 0 0
2. Czechoslovakia CSR 7½ ● 10 17½ 1 0 1
3. Norway NOR 5½ 6 ● 11½ 0 0 2


Oslo (Norway), 10th - 11th October, 1981
NOR Norway 5½ : 10½ Denmark DEN
3 : 5 2½ : 5½
Øgaard 1 - 0 Mortensen
½ - ½
Heim 0 - 1 Kristiansen
0 - 1
Gulbrandsen 0 - 1 Jakobsen
½ - ½
Hoen ½ - ½ Iskov
0 - 1
Johannessen 0 - 1 Fedder
½ - ½
Wibe 1 - 0 Hamann
0 - 1
Tiller ½ - ½ Kristensen
1 - 0
Moen 0 - 1 Øst-Hansen
0 - 1


Czechoslovakia, 1982
CSR Czechoslovakia 10 : 6 Norway NOR
7 : 1 3 : 5


Elsinore/Helsingør (Denmark), 5th - 6th June 1982
DEN Denmark 8½ : 7½ Czechoslovakia CSR
4½ : 3½ 4 : 4
Larsen ½ - ½ Smejkal
½ - ½
Kristiansen 1 - 0 Ftáčnik
1 - 0
Mortensen ½ - ½ Jansa
1 - 0
Fedder ½ - ½ Meduna
0 - 1
Høi ½ - ½ Ambrož
½ - ½
Jakobsen 1 - 0 Plachetka
½ - ½
Øst-Hansen ½ - ½ Lechtýnský
0 - 1
Fries-Nielsen 0 - 1 Hausner
½ - ½


Group GER/ISR/SUI

Lucerne (Switzerland), 28th March - 2nd April 1982

no. team code 1 2 3 ∑ + = -
1. West Germany GER ● 4½ 5½ 5 5½ 20½ 4 0 0
2. Israel ISR 3½ 2½ ● 4½ 4½ 15 2 0 2
3. Switzerland SUI 3 2½ 3½ 3½ ● 12½ 0 0 4



SUI Switzerland 3½ : 4½ Israel ISR
Korchnoi 2645 1 - 0 2505 Grünfeld
Wirthensohn 2435 ½ - ½ 2425 Kagan
Partos 2405 ½ - ½ 2460 Birnboim
Züger 2335 0 - 1 2450 Gutman
Keller 2410 1 - 0 2305 Greenfeld
Bichsel 2305 0 - 1 2460 Bleiman
Wittwer 2200 ½ - ½ 2435 Bernstein
Franzoni 2295 0 - 1 2415 Lederman


GER West Germany 5 : 3 Switzerland SUI
Schmid 2525 ½ - ½ 2645 Korchnoi
Pfleger 2500 ½ - ½ 2435 Wirthensohn
Hecht 2460 ½ - ½ 2405 Partos
Lobron 2440 1 - 0 2335 Züger
Kindermann 2410 1 - 0 2410 Keller
Ostermeyer 2410 ½ - ½ 2305 Bichsel
Lau 2415 ½ - ½ 2200 Wittwer
Bischoff 2385 ½ - ½ 2310 Huss


ISR Israel 3½ : 4½ West Germany GER
Grünfeld 2505 ½ - ½ 2620 Hübner
Kagan 2425 0 - 1 2525 Schmid
Birnboim 2460 ½ - ½ 2500 Pfleger
Gutman 2450 ½ - ½ 2460 Hecht
Greenfeld 2305 ½ - ½ 2495 Darga
Bleiman 2460 0 - 1 2440 Lobron
Bernstein 2435 1 - 0 2410 Kindermann
Lederman 2415 ½ - ½ 2410 Ostermeyer


ISR Israel 4½ : 3½ Switzerland SUI
Grünfeld 2505 ½ - ½ 2645 Korchnoi
Kagan 2425 ½ - ½ 2405 Partos
Birnboim 2460 1 - 0 2335 Züger
Gutman 2450 1 - 0 2410 Keller
Greenfeld 2305 0 - 1 2305 Bichsel
Bleiman 2460 ½ - ½ 2200 Wittwer
Bernstein 2435 ½ - ½ 2295 Franzoni
Gelfer 2340 ½ - ½ 2310 Huss


SUI Switzerland 2½ : 5½ West Germany GER
Korchnoi 2645 ½ - ½ 2620 Hübner
Wirthensohn 2435 ½ - ½ 2525 Schmid
Partos 2405 0 - 1 2500 Pfleger
Keller 2410 ½ - ½ 2460 Hecht
Bichsel 2305 0 - 1 2440 Lobron
Wittwer 2200 0 - 1 2410 Kindermann
Franzoni 2295 ½ - ½ 2415 Lau
Huss 2310 ½ - ½ 2385 Bischoff


GER West Germany 5½ : 2½ Israel ISR
Hübner 2620 1 - 0 2505 Grünfeld
Pfleger 2500 0 - 1 2425 Kagan
Hecht 2460 ½ - ½ 2460 Birnboim
Darga 2495 ½ - ½ 2450 Gutman
Lobron 2440 1 - 0 2460 Bleiman
Kindermann 2410 ½ - ½ 2435 Bernstein
Ostermeyer 2410 1 - 0 2415 Lederman
Lau 2415 1 - 0 2340 Gelfer


Group HUN/FRA/WLS

no. team code 1 2 3 ∑ + = -
1. Hungary HUN ● 12 13 25 2 0 0
2. France FRA 4 ● 10½ 14½ 1 0 1
3. Wales WLS 3 5½ ● 8½ 0 0 2



Cardiff (Wales), 2nd - 3rd May, 1982
WLS Wales 3 : 13 Hungary HUN
2½ : 5½ ½ : 7½
Williams 0 - 1 Portisch
½ - ½
Cooper ½ - ½ Ribli
0 - 1
Hutchings 0 - 1 Sax
0 - 1
Jones 0 - 1 Adorján
0 - 1
Johnston ½ - ½ Pintér
0 - 1
Lamford ½ - ½ Csom
Morris 0 - 1 Faragó
Morris 0 - 1 Faragó
Cunningham 0 - 1 Lukacs
Cunningham 1 - 0 Lukacs
Sully 0 - 1 Hazai


Paris (France), 4th - 5th June, 1982
FRA France 10½ : 5½ Wales WLS
5 : 3 5½ : 2½
Haïk 1 - 0 Williams
½ - ½
Seret 0 - 1 Botterill
0 - 1
Kouatly 1 - 0 Cooper
1 - 0
Giffard ½ - ½ Jones
Fayard ½ - ½
Manouck ½ - ½ Johnston
1 - 0
Andruet 1 - 0 Lamford
1 - 0
Chevaldonnet ½ - ½ Morris
1 - 0
Goldenberg ½ - ½ Cunningham
½ - ½


Budapest (Hungary), 8th - 9th October, 1982
HUN Hungary 12 : 4 France FRA
6½ : 1½ 5½ : 2½
Sax 1 - 0 Kouatly
1 - 0
Pintér 1 - 0 Giffard
1 - 0
Adorján ½ - ½ Bernard
Faragó ½ - ½
Csom ½ - ½ Manouk
Grószpéter ½ - ½
Faragó ½ - ½ Seret
Hazai ½ - ½
Grószpéter 1 - 0 Preissmann
Forintos ½ - ½
Hazai 1 - 0 Andruet
Dely 1 - 0
Forintos 1 - 0 Mercier
Székely ½ - ½


Group NED/POL/AUT

Holzoster am See (Austria), 25th - 30th October 1981

no. team code 1 2 3 ∑ + = -
1. Netherlands NED ● 9½ 11 20½ 2 0 0
2. Poland POL 6½ ● 11 17½ 1 0 1
3. Austria AUT 5 5 ● 10 0 0 2


POL Poland 11 : 5 Austria AUT
5 : 3 6 : 2
GM Schmidt 1 - 0 FM Hölzl
0 - 1
IM Sznapik 1 - 0 FM Herzog
1 - 0
GM Kuligowski ½ - ½ IM Wittmann
IM Pytel ½ - ½
IM Bielczyk ½ - ½ Baumgartner
GM Kuligowski 1 - 0
IM Pokojowczyk ½ - ½ IM Dückstein
IM Bielczyk 1 - 0
IM Sydor ½ - ½ FM Dür
IM Pokojowczyk ½ - ½
IM Szymczak ½ - ½ Roth
IM Sydor 1 - 0
IM Adamski ½ - ½ Janetschek
IM Szymczak 1 - 0


AUT Austria 5 : 11 Netherlands NED
2½ : 5½ 2½ : 5½
FM Hölzl 0 - 1 GM Timman
0 - 1
FM Herzog ½ - ½ GM Sosonko
0 - 1
IM Wittmann ½ - ½ GM Ree
1 - 0
Baumgartner 0 - 1 IM Van der Wiel
½ - ½
Dür 1 - 0 IM Langeweg
0 - 1 IM Ligterink
Roth 0 - 1 IM Ligterink
0 - 1 IM Van der Sterren
Janetschek 0 - 1 IM Van der Sterren
½ - ½ IM Böhm
Pils ½ - ½ IM Böhm
½ - ½ IM Van der Vliet


NED Netherlands 9½ : 6½ Poland POL
5 : 3 4½ : 3½
GM Timman ½ - ½ GM Schmidt
½ - ½
GM Sosonko ½ - ½ IM Sznapik
1 - 0
GM Ree 1 - 0 IM Pytel
0 - 1 GM Kuligowski
IM Van der Wiel ½ - ½ GM Kuligowski
½ - ½ IM Bielczyk
IM Langeweg ½ - ½ IM Bielczyk
IM Ligternik ½ - ½ IM Pokojowczyk
IM Ligterink ½ - ½ IM Pokojowczyk
IM Van der Sterren 1 - 0 IM Sydor
IM Van der Sterren ½ - ½ IM Sydor
IM Böhm ½ - ½ IM Szymczak
IM Hartoch 1 - 0 IM Szymczak
IM Van der Vliet ½ - ½ IM Adamski


Group YUG/BUL/ROM/GRE/TUR

Athens (Greece), 1981

no. team code
Yugoslavia YUG
Bulgaria BUL
Romania ROM
Greece GRE
Turkey TUR


YUG Yugoslavia   Bulgaria BUL
Simić 1 - 0 Spassov
Knezević 1 - 0 Velikov


YUG Yugoslavia   Romania ROM
Simić ½ - ½ Ciocâltea
Krnić ½ - ½ Stoica


YUG Yugoslavia   Greece GRE
Ljubojević ½ - ½ Makropoulos
Simić 1 - 0 Trikaliotis
Krnić ½ - ½ Lirindzakis


BUL Bulgaria   Romania ROM
Inkiov 0 - 1 Ghindă
Georgiev 0 - 1 Subă
Spassov ½ - ½ Stoica


BUL Bulgaria   Greece GRE
Georgiev 1 - 0 Makropoulos
Spassov 1 - 0 Pandavos
Radulov 1 - 0 Makropoulos
Velikov 1 - 0 Skalkotas


BUL Bulgaria   Turkey TUR
Radulov 1 - 0 Soylu


ROM Romania   Greece GRE
Ghindă 1 - 0 Gesos


ROM Romania   Turkey TUR
Gheorghiu 1 - 0 Soylu