OlimpBase :: 3rd European U18 Girls' Team Chess Championship, Balatonlelle 2002, information

Basic data

3rd European U18 Girls' Team Chess Championship

Date:

11th - 20th June 2002

City:

Balatonlelle, Hungary

Venue:

Hotel Postás

Head of Organizing Committee:

N/A

Tournament Director:

N/A

Head Referee:

N/A

Teams participating:

11 (including Slovenia "B", Yugoslavia "B" and Turkey "B")

Players participating:

28 (including 1 WIM and 7 WFMs)

Games played:

Game system:

Four board seven round Swiss.

Tie-breaks:

1. Game points; 2. Match points; 3. Berger

Clock routine:

all moves in 90 minutes + 30 sec. increment per move

WWW home page:

http://web.axelero.hu/passant/u18/ (cached)

Other interesting WWW sites:

Report prepared by German team coach [in German]

Downloadable game file:

02eurotch-g.zip

Tournament review

The 2002 girl's championship was not as strong as that from previous year. The top player was rated at mere 2297. There was just one WIM and a few WFMs. Best team according to ELO tables were Ukraine (2295) ahead of Romania (2228) and Yugoslavia (2197).

As it happened, the top three dominated the field from stem to sern. They defeated all other teams with just one exception (Yugoslavia-Slovenia 1-1). As far as the matches between the top teams are concerned, Ukraine first beat Romania 2-0 but lost to Yugoslavia on the next day. The Yugoslavs took the lead but were all in all capped by the Ukraine who squeezed more points out of the weaker opposition. Yugoslavia's top board WFM Dimitrijević lost the decisive game vs WFM Srebrenič of Slovenia. Romiania came third and there was a huge gap between the medal winners and the rest. Best individual result was achieved by Aleksandra Dimitrijević of Yugoslavia (5½/7).