The teams of Azerbaijan in the Open section and Ukraine in Women's section are the new winners of the European Team Chess Championship, which was held in Warsaw/Poland 7-18 November, 2013.
Azerbaijan tied with Armenia in the last round, but Russia defeated the leader France in the last round, thanks to the victory of Andreikin, which helped Azerbaijan to win the gold. Silver went to France, and bronze went to Russia.

In the Women's section the leading Ukraine lost to Russia in the last 9th round, but since they were leading by 3 points, they became the winners afterall. Silver medal went to Russia, and bronze to Poland.

The Championship was held under the under the auspices of Bronisaw Komorowski, the President of the Republic of Poland. The organizer was The Polish Chess Federation under the auspices of the European Chess Union. The tournament was played according to the Swiss system in 9 rounds, with the time control 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 seconds increment per move starting from move one.

For more information you can visit the official website of the Championship http://etcc2013.com


/ taken from www.europechess.net /

See results of 2013 European Team Championship: men and women

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Azerbaijan - the winners of open championship