“Ymosodiad Dewr; Amddyffyniad Sicr”

Crete 07

R6_23R6_47R7_47
R9_27

Wales in the foreground!

Wales ½ v 3½ Montenegro

FM Jones v GM Djukic

Round 7

Luxembourg 0 v 2 Wales

R.Jones, T.Kett, C.Morris, J.Trevelyan

Round 9

Austria 3½ v ½ Wales

Ragger v jones

Spot the Captain

Captain Stuart Hutchings in the background

Photos with permission from ETCC 2007

http://www.greekchess.com/euro2007

 

  37. WALES

Bo.

 

Name

Rtg

FED

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Pts.

RtgAvg

Rp

w

we

w-we

K

rtg+/-

1

FM

Jones Richard S

2327

WLS

0

0

0

 

½

0

1

1

0

2,5

2485

2344

2,5

2,52

-0,02

15

-0,3

2

 

Kett Tim

2257

WLS

0

0

 

 

½

½

0

0

½

1,5

2387

2157

1,5

2,42

-0,92

15

-13,8

3

 

Morris Charles F

2198

WLS

0

0

0

 

 

 

1

1

0

2,0

2362

2237

2

1,89

0,11

15

1,6

4

 

Spice Alan

2170

WLS

 

0

0

 

1

0

 

0

0

1,0

2370

2097

1

1,61

-0,61

15

-9,1

5

 

Trevelyan John

2191

WLS

0

 

0

 

1

0

0

 

 

1,0

2340

2100

1

1,69

-0,69

15

-10,4

Closing report

As promised, a few additional comments about the final round and the closing events .....

Analysing the round 9 games afterwards, Alan had one opportunity to completely turn his game on its head, and have forced a win. Tim also had a chance to increase his small advantage, so on a really good day we may have also drawn this match. But these are fleeting opportunities which have sometimes passed before you know they are there, and such is the strength of the opposition, that it is often the only brief chance one gets.

So, overall we finished in our seeding position, 37th out of 39. To make this absolutely clear, we started as seed 38 out of 40, but with Bosnia failing to turn up, this became 37 out of 39, even though the officials continued to include Bosnia in position 40.

The final round was followed a couple of hours later by an enjoyable Closing Ceremony, with traditional Greek and Cretan music and dancing, and the presentation of the team and board prizes. Afterwards the captains, dignitaries and the Russian Men’s team attended a reception with a buffet and free drinks (the things I’m forced to do !!), where I managed to lay my hands on the trophy.

Thanks to Mark for putting the reports on the website, for adding the games, and for the summary of the Welsh players’ performances. The really significant column is the Average Rating of opponents, which as one can see in all cases is well above the Welsh players’ ratings. And even these are somewhat distorted by the presence of one lower rated player e.g. in Richard’s case, 7 of his 8 players had an average of over 2540 (!), and the 3rd lowest rated person he played (GM Efimov of Monaco) has beaten Kasparov (!). In all we played 16 GMs (half our opponents !), 6 IMs, 3 FMs and only 7 untitled players.

So a really good effort by all the team, and in the matches against the 2 teams below us, and the team immediately above us, we won 1 and drew the other 2, being a bit unlucky not to have won both these matches. So we had no trouble against teams round about our own standard (Scotland was the 5th country in what I called the ‘mini tournament’, but we didn’t play them), but the teams above the bottom 5 seeds were all significantly stronger than us on paper.

All in all it was a very enjoyable experience, with, allied to the fighting chess, the hotel, food and weather all being very good, and new friendships being made. In the latter case, we formed a good relationship with Norway in particular, which started with our match against them, then extended after Tim had I had finished a game of crazy golf (even crazier than normal as we finished in the dark !). As we were walking back to the hotel, some people ran past us on the way to the floodlit 5-a-side pitch, and they were a player short (one of the drawbacks of having only 4 players is you can’t form a 5-a-side team !), and as I was wearing open toed sandals, Tim stepped in and made his debut for Norway in their annual match against Sweden. Norway plus Tim won, and we were thereafter taking a keen interest in each other’s matches, and regularly chatting with their players. All Wales needs to do now is find our own Magnus (!).

My thanks to all the players, we had a very good team spirit, everyone tried their best in what was a particularly tough championship, and we had a great time, which is all I, as captain, could ever have asked for.

Stuart Hutchings
Captain, Wales

 

Round 1 on 2007/10/28 at 15:30

Bo.

38

  WALES (WLS)

Rtg

-

18

  CROATIA (CRO)

Rtg

0 : 4

18.1

FM

Jones Richard S

2327

-

GM

Kozul Zdenko

2609

0 - 1

18.2

 

Kett Tim

2257

-

GM

Palac Mladen

2567

0 - 1

18.3

 

Morris Charles F

2198

-

GM

Zelcic Robert

2578

0 - 1

18.4

 

Trevelyan John

2191

-

GM

Brkic Ante

2577

0 - 1

 

Round 2 on 2007/10/29 at 15:30

Bo.

27

  NORWAY (NOR)

Rtg

-

38

  WALES (WLS)

Rtg

4 : 0

17.1

GM

Carlsen Magnus

2714

-

FM

Jones Richard S

2327

1 - 0

17.2

GM

Lie Kjetil A

2563

-

 

Kett Tim

2257

1 - 0

17.3

IM

Lie Espen

2421

-

 

Morris Charles F

2198

1 - 0

17.4

IM

Hammer Jon Ludvig

2402

-

 

Spice Alan

2170

1 - 0

 

Round 3 on 2007/10/30 at 15:30

Bo.

28

  SWITZERLAND (SUI)

Rtg

-

38

  WALES (WLS)

Rtg

4 : 0

18.1

GM

Pelletier Yannick

2609

-

FM

Jones Richard S

2327

1 - 0

18.2

GM

Jenni Florian

2511

-

 

Morris Charles F

2198

1 - 0

18.3

GM

Gallagher Joseph G

2497

-

 

Spice Alan

2170

1 - 0

18.4

IM

Ekstroem Roland

2478

-

 

Trevelyan John

2191

1 - 0

 

Round 5 on 2007/11/01 at 15:30

Bo.

38

  WALES (WLS)

Rtg

-

39

  MONACO (MNC)

Rtg

3 : 1

19.1

FM

Jones Richard S

2327

-

GM

Efimov Igor

2446

½ - ½

19.2

 

Kett Tim

2257

-

FM

Van Hoolandt Patrick

2245

½ - ½

19.3

 

Spice Alan

2170

-

 

Iclicki Willy

2147

1 - 0

19.4

 

Trevelyan John

2191

-

 

Rapaire Jean-Michel

1966

1 - 0

 

Round 6 on 2007/11/03 at 15:30

Bo.

38

  WALES (WLS)

Rtg

-

30

  MONTENEGRO (MNE)

Rtg

½ :3½

17.1

FM

Jones Richard S

2327

-

GM

Djukic Nikola

2528

0 - 1

17.2

 

Kett Tim

2257

-

GM

Ivanovic Bozidar

2434

½ - ½

17.3

 

Spice Alan

2170

-

GM

Blagojevic Dragisa

2513

0 - 1

17.4

 

Trevelyan John

2191

-

GM

Kosic Dragan

2482

0 - 1

 

Round 7 on 2007/11/04 at 15:30

Bo.

37

  LUXEMBOURG (LUX)

Rtg

-

38

  WALES (WLS)

Rtg

2 : 2

18.1

IM

Berend Fred

2344

-

FM

Jones Richard S

2327

0 - 1

18.2

FM

Brittner Serge

2274

-

 

Kett Tim

2257

1 - 0

18.3

 

Weber Jean-Marie

2248

-

 

Morris Charles F

2198

0 - 1

18.4

 

Gengler Pierre

2195

-

 

Trevelyan John

2191

1 - 0

 

Round 8 on 2007/11/05 at 15:30

Bo.

38

  WALES (WLS)

Rtg

-

40

  CYPRUS (CYP)

Rtg

2 : 2

18.1

FM

Jones Richard S

2327

-

CM

Savva Panikos

2099

1 - 0

18.2

 

Kett Tim

2257

-

CM

Antoniou Antonis

2163

0 - 1

18.3

 

Morris Charles F

2198

-

 

Aristotelous Vassilis

1960

1 - 0

18.4

 

Spice Alan

2170

-

FM

Klerides Paris

2183

0 - 1

 

Round 9 on 2007/11/06 at 11:00

Bo.

32

  AUSTRIA (AUT)

Rtg

-

38

  WALES (WLS)

Rtg

3½: ½

17.1

IM

Ragger Markus

2528

-

FM

Jones Richard S

2327

1 - 0

17.2

IM

Weiss Christian

2460

-

 

Kett Tim

2257

½ - ½

17.3

IM

Neubauer Martin

2453

-

 

Morris Charles F

2198

1 - 0

17.4

GM

Balinov Ilia

2475

-

 

Spice Alan

2170

1 - 0

Jones Richard S FM 2327 WLS Rp:2344

Rd.

SNo

 

Name

Rtg

FED

Rp

Pts.

Res.

Bo.

1

11

GM

Kozul Zdenko

2609

CRO

2556

3,0

w 0

1

2

113

GM

Carlsen Magnus

2714

NOR

2757

6,5

s 0

1

3

146

GM

Pelletier Yannick

2609

SUI

2563

4,5

s 0

1

5

98

GM

Efimov Igor

2446

MNC

2538

5,0

w ½

1

6

104

GM

Djukic Nikola

2528

MNE

2573

3,5

w 0

1

7

93

IM

Berend Fred

2344

LUX

2236

2,0

s 1

1

8

16

CM

Savva Panikos

2099

CYP

1792

0,0

w 1

1

9

186

IM

Ragger Markus

2528

AUT

2635

5,5

s 0

1

 

Kett Tim 2257 WLS Rp:2157

Rd.

SNo

 

Name

Rtg

FED

Rp

Pts.

Res.

Bo.

1

12

GM

Palac Mladen

2567

CRO

2564

4,0

s 0

2

2

114

GM

Lie Kjetil A

2563

NOR

2517

4,0

w 0

2

5

99

FM

Van Hoolandt Patrick

2245

MNC

1959

0,5

s ½

2

6

103

GM

Ivanovic Bozidar

2434

MNE

2317

1,0

s ½

2

7

95

FM

Brittner Serge

2274

LUX

2219

2,5

w 0

2

8

17

CM

Antoniou Antonis

2163

CYP

2331

3,0

s 0

2

9

195

IM

Weiss Christian

2460

AUT

2341

3,0

w ½

2

 

Morris Charles F 2198 WLS Rp:2237

Rd.

SNo

 

Name

Rtg

FED

Rp

Pts.

Res.

Bo.

1

13

GM

Zelcic Robert

2578

CRO

2430

3,0

w 0

3

2

115

IM

Lie Espen

2421

NOR

2478

4,0

s 0

3

3

147

GM

Jenni Florian

2511

SUI

2582

5,0

w 0

2

7

96

 

Weber Jean-Marie

2248

LUX

2031

0,5

s 1

3

8

20

 

Aristotelous Vassilis

1960

CYP

1716

0,0

w 1

3

9

188

IM

Neubauer Martin

2453

AUT

2336

2,0

s 0

3

 

Spice Alan 2170 WLS Rp:2097

Rd.

SNo

 

Name

Rtg

FED

Rp

Pts.

Res.

Bo.

2

116

IM

Hammer Jon Ludvig

2402

NOR

2502

4,5

w 0

4

3

148

GM

Gallagher Joseph G

2497

SUI

2524

4,0

s 0

3

5

100

 

Iclicki Willy

2147

MNC

2051

1,0

w 1

3

6

107

GM

Blagojevic Dragisa

2513

MNE

2549

4,5

w 0

3

8

18

FM

Klerides Paris

2183

CYP

2302

3,5

s 0

4

9

189

GM

Balinov Ilia

2475

AUT

2440

2,5

w 0

4

 

Trevelyan John 2191 WLS Rp:2100

Rd.

SNo

 

Name

Rtg

FED

Rp

Pts.

Res.

Bo.

1

14

GM

Brkic Ante

2577

CRO

2465

3,0

s 0

4

3

150

IM

Ekstroem Roland

2478

SUI

2430

2,5

w 0

4

5

101

 

Rapaire Jean-Michel

1966

MNC

1917

0,5

s 1

4

6

105

GM

Kosic Dragan

2482

MNE

2564

5,5

s 0

4

7

97

 

Gengler Pierre

2195

LUX

2337

3,5

w 0

4