7) EUROPIAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Einar Karlsson reported a good result for the Icelandic team Taflfelag
Reykjavikur, when they beat Bayern Muenchen to qualify for the finals
of the European Team Championships. The final will be contested between
eight teams.

   Bosnia Sarajevo         (Kasparov, Sokolov I, Nikolic ...)
   Lyon Oyonnax            (Lautier, Kramnik, Anand, Salov ...)
   Honved Mediflora Budap. (Almasi, Pinter, Horvath ...)
   Be'er Sheva (Israel)    (Yudasin, Greenfeld, Huzman ...)
   Chess Club Novosibirsk  (Dreev, Dolmatov, Goldin, Pigusov ...)
   Taflfelag Reykjavikur   (Olafsson H, Stefansson H, Arnason J ...)

Here is how the Icelandic team did it.

ROUND 1
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SK Rockaden Stockholm           1-5     Bayern Muenchen
Koninklijke Antwepse Schaakring 1.5-4.5 Taflfelag Reykjavikur
Skolernes Skaakklub Aarhus      2.5-3.5 Maidstone Chess Club

ROUND 2
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Taflfelag Reykjavikur           5-1     SK Rochaden Eupen-Kelmis
Bayern Muenchen                 5-1     Maidstone Chess Club
Skolernes Skaakklub Aarhus      4.5-1.5 Koninklijke Antwepse Schaakring

ROUND 3
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Bayern Muenchen                 3-3     Taflfelag Reykjavikur
Maidstone Chess Club            1-5     SK Rochaden Eupen-Kelmis
SK Rockaden                     4.5-1.5 Skolernes Skaakklub Aarhus

The key result in full.

            Bayern Muenchen    Taflfelag Reykjavikur
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   Board 1  Robert Hubner  -  Helgi Olafsson       1/2 - 1/2
   Board 2  Yusupov        -  Hannes Stefansson      0 - 1
   Board 3  Ribli          -  Jon L. Arnason       1/2 - 1/2
   Board 4  Hjartarson     -  Karl Torsteinsson      1 - 0
   Board 5  Stangl         -  Helgi A. Gretarsson    1 - 0
   Board 6  Bischoff       -  Benedikt Jonasson      0 - 1
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