The European Team Championship celebrates these days its jubillee of 15th edition yet it is as old as 48 years, as the very first edition was held in 1957. It used to be round robin event but since 1989 the overwhelming Swiss Sytsem is in use. Unlike the Olympiads the distance is 9 rounds and the Match Points are major tie-break (which, by the way, dramatically affects the nature of the competition).

38 teams in open event and 25 teams in women's event will apeear in Gothenburg, Sweden, which hosts the 2005 Championship. Among them many world's top players like Ivanchuk, Svidler, Bacrot, Lautier, Akopian, Karjakin, McShane and others. Russia are top seeds with average ELO of 2692 ahead of Israel (2659) and Armenia (2653). Other teams aiming at reaching medal zone are France, Ukraine, Poland, Holland and Sweden (yep!).

We will provide you with daily reports including game overview and highlight preview, so stay tuned! Moreover, within a week we will provide you with a complete history of the European Chess Team Championship (both men and women), with every game, every player and ever result available online one click away from you!

Please don't forget the must links:

http://www.goteborgchess2005.se - Championship Official page. Includes results, games, photos, comments and more.
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniereET.asp?tnr=2498&lan=1 - Official results page. Includes detailed results, rankings, statistics.
http://www.chessbase.com - daily reports with results, photos and links, including IM Aagaard's daily audio analyses in the Broadcast room at Playchess (available for guest users as well!)