7th European Team Chess Championship - preliminaries

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Preliminaries

[ ALG | AUT | BEL | BUL | CSR | DEN | ENG | ESP | GER |
GRE | HUN | ISR | NED | POL | ROM | SUI | SWE | YUG | WLS ]

General information
Teams participating: 18 (Belgium, Denmark, Spain and Algeria withdrew)
Number of groups: 6
Qualifying system: Winners of all groups qualified.
Runner-up from group 5 qualified as well.
USSR qualified by default as title holders.
Tie-breaks: Game points
Downloadable game file: 80prel.zip



Group 1

no. team code info
1. Yugoslavia YUG Qualified without play.
Spain ESP Withdrew.
Algeria ALG Withdrew.



Group 2

no. team code 1 2 3 ∑ + = -
1. England ENG ● 7½ 14 21½ 1 0 1
2. West Germany GER 8½ ● 12½ 21 2 0 0
3. Wales WLS 2 3½ ● 5½ 0 0 2


Cardiff (Wales), 30th October - 1st November 1978
WLS Wales 2 : 14 England ENG
½ : 7½ 1½ : 6½
Botterill 0 - 1 Miles
0 - 1
Williams 0 - 1 Mestel
0 - 1
Hutchings 0 - 1 Nunn
0 - 1
Cooper ½ - ½ Speelman
½ - ½
Jones 0 - 1 Webb
0 - 1
Trevelyan 0 - 1 Taulbut
½ - ½
Sully 0 - 1 Bellin
½ - ½
Botto 0 - 1 Basman
0 - 1


Germany, 20th - 21st January 1979
GER West Germany 12½ : 3½ Wales WLS
6 : 2 6½ : 1½
Hecht 1 - 0 Botterill
1 - 0
Soos 1 - 0 Cooper
½ - ½
Dueball 0 - 1 Williams
½ - ½
Borik 1 - 0 Jones
½ - ½
Kestler 1 - 0 Trevelyan
Darga 1 - 0
Fahnenschmidt 1 - 0 Botto
1 - 0 James
Lau 0 - 1 James
1 - 0 Varley
Lobron 1 - 0 Varley
1 - 0 Thornton


Hartley Wintney (England), February 1979
ENG England 7½ : 8½ West Germany GER
4 : 4 3½ : 4½
GM Miles 0 - 1 GM Hübner
½ - ½
GM Stean 1 - 0 GM Unzicker
½ - ½
GM Keene 0 - 1 GM Pfleger
0 - 1
IM Hartston ½ - ½ GM Hecht
0 - 1
GM Nunn 1 - 0 GM Darga
½ - ½ IM Soos
IM Speelman ½ - ½ IM Soos
½ - ½ Lau
IM Mestel 0 - 1 Lobron
1 - 0
IM Webb 1 - 0 Borik
½ - ½



Group 3

Amsterdam (Netherlands), 16th - 21st October 1978

no. team code 1 2 3 ∑ + = -
1. Israel ISR ● 4½ 4 4½ 6 19 3 1 0
2. Netherlands NED 3½ 4 ● 6 5½ 19 2 1 1
3. Austria AUT 3½ 2 2 2½ ● 10 0 0 4


ISR Israel 4½ : 3½ Netherlands NED
Dzindzichashvili ½ - ½ Timman
Liberzon ½ - ½ Sosonko
Kagan ½ - ½ Donner
Bleiman ½ - ½ Ree
Birnboim ½ - ½ Ligterink
Grünfeld 1 - 0 Langeweg
Radashkovich 0 - 1 Van Wijgerden
Bernstein 1 - 0 Bohm


AUT Austria 2 : 6 Netherlands NED
Robatsch 0 - 1 Timman
Dückstein ½ - ½ Sosonko
Hölzl ½ - ½ Donner
Stoppel 0 - 1 Ree
Wittmann ½ - ½ Ligterink
Janetschek ½ - ½ Langeweg
Ager 0 - 1 Van Wijngerden
Lambert 0 - 1 Bohm


AUT Austria 3½ : 4½ Israel ISR
Robatsch ½ - ½ Dzindzichashvili
Dückstein 0 - 1 Liberzon
Hölzl 1 - 0 Kagan
Stoppel ½ - ½ Bleiman
Wittmann 0 - 1 Birnboim
Janetschek 0 - 1 Grünfeld
Ager ½ - ½ Radashkovich
Herzog 1 - 0 Bernstein


NED Netherlands 4 : 4 Israel ISR
Timman 1 - 0 Dzindzichashvili
Sosonko ½ - ½ Liberzon
Donner 0 - 1 Kagan
Ree ½ - ½ Bleiman
Ligterink ½ - ½ Birnboim
Langeweg ½ - ½ Grünfeld
Van Wijgerden ½ - ½ Radashkovich
Bohm ½ - ½ Berstein


NED Netherlands 5½ : 2½ Austria AUT
Timman 1 - 0 Robatsch
Sosonko 1 - 0 Dückstein
Donner 0 - 1 Hölzl
Ree 1 - 0 Stoppel
Ligterink ½ - ½ Wittmann
Langeweg 1 - 0 Janetschek
Van Wijgerden 0 - 1 Lambert
Van der Sterren 1 - 0 Herzog


ISR Israel 6 : 2 Austria AUT
Dzindzichashvili 1 - 0 Robatsch
Liberzon 0 - 1 Dückstein
Kagan 1 - 0 Hölzl
Bleiman ½ - ½ Wittmann
Birnboim ½ - ½ Janetschek
Grünfeld 1 - 0 Ager
Radashkovich 1 - 0 Lambert
Bernstein 1 - 0 Herzog



Group 4

no. team code 1 2 3 ∑ + = -
1. Czechoslovakia CSR ● 10½ 9 19½ 2 0 0
2. Poland POL 5½ ● 9½ 15 1 0 1
3. Switzerland SUI 7 6½ ● 13½ 0 0 2


Biel (Switzerland), 6th - 8th October 1978
SUI Switzerland 6½ : 9½ Poland POL
1½ : 6½ 5 : 3
IM Hug ½ - ½ GM Schmidt
½ - ½
IM Wirthensohn 0 - 1 Kuligowski
½ - ½
IM Lombard 0 - 1 IM Adamski
1 - 0
IM Bhend ½ - ½ IM Sznapik
½ - ½
IM Keller 0 - 1 IM Pytel
1 - 0
Huss 0 - 1 IM Doda
½ - ½ Skrobek
Schaufelberger ½ - ½ Skrobek
½ - ½ Bielczyk
Rüfenacht 0 - 1 Bielczyk
Bichsel ½ - ½ Świć


Karlovy Vary (Czechoslovakia), 8th - 10th December 1978
CSR Czechoslovakia 9 : 7 Switzerland SUI
4½ : 3½ 4½ : 3½
Smejkal ½ - ½ Hug
½ - ½
Jansa ½ - ½ Lombard
½ - ½
Plachetka ½ - ½ Huss
1 - 0
Prandstetter ½ - ½ Schauwecker
½ - ½
Ftáčnik ½ - ½ Henner
1 - 0
Lechtýnský 1 - 0 Schaufelberger
Sikora-Lerch ½ - ½
Sikora-Lerch ½ - ½ Rüfenacht
Meduna ½ - ½
Meduna ½ - ½ Bichsel
Ambrož 0 - 1 Ammann


Warsaw (Poland), 19th - 21st December 1978
POL Poland 6½ : 9½ Czechoslovakia CSR
2 : 6 3½ : 4½
Schmidt 0 - 1 Hort
½ - ½
Kuligowski 0 - 1 Smejkal
½ - ½
Adamski ½ - ½ Jansa
½ - ½
Pytel 1 - 0 Prandstetter
0 - 1
Skrobek 0 - 1 Ftáčnik
1 - 0
Bielczyk 0 - 1 Lechtýnský
Pokojowczyk ½ - ½
Pokojowczyk 0 - 1 Sikora-Lerch
Świć ½ - ½
Filipowicz ½ - ½ Meduna
0 - 1


Group 5

Boras (Sweden), 8th - 10th September 1978

no. team code 1 2 3 4 ∑ + = -
1. Hungary HUN ● 6 3½ 9½ 1 0 1
2. Sweden SWE 2 ● 6½ 8½ 1 0 1
3. Romania ROM 4½ 1½ ● 6 1 0 1
4. Belgium BEL Withdrew.


SWE Sweden 6½ : 1½ Romania ROM
Andersson ½ - ½ Gheorghiu
Ornstein 1 - 0 Ciocâltea
Schneider ½ - ½ Ghindă
Kaiszauri 1 - 0 Ghiţescu
Schüssler 1 - 0 Subă
Wedberg 1 - 0 Stoica
Niklasson ½ - ½ Ungureanu
Jansson 1 - 0 Pavlov


HUN Hungary 6 : 2 Sweden SWE
Sax ½ - ½ Andersson
Adorján 1 - 0 Ornstein
Csom ½ - ½ Schneider
Vadász 1 - 0 Kaiszauri
Faragó 1 - 0 Schüssler
Bárczay 1 - 0 Wedberg
Portisch, F. 1 - 0 Niklasson
Pintér 0 - 1 Jansson


ROM Romania 4½ : 3½ Hungary HUN
Gheorghiu ½ - ½ Sax
Ciocâltea ½ - ½ Adorján
Ghindă ½ - ½ Csom
Ghiţescu ½ - ½ Vadász
Subă ½ - ½ Faragó
Stoica 1 - 0 Bárczay
Ungureanu ½ - ½ Portisch, F.
Pavlov ½ - ½ Lukacs

Group 6

no. team code 1 2 3 ∑ + = -
1. Bulgaria BUL ● 10 10 1 0 0
2. Greece GRE 6 ● 6 0 0 1
3. Denmark DEN Withdrew.


Athens (Greece)
GRE Greece 6 : 10 Bulgaria BUL
4 : 4 2 : 6
Makropoulos ½ - ½ Radulov
½ - ½
Skalkotas   ½ - 1½   Ermenkov
   
Geszosz   ½ - 1½   Tringov
   
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Skembris 1 - 0 Velikov
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Livieros 1 - 0 Popov
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