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Azerbaijan and France agreed a package deal draw in Round 5 of the European Team Championships with all games finishing in less than 20 moves. Personally I would be in favour of these draws being banned. Teams can't be trusted not to do it so I guess it has to be Sofia rules, but there seems no appetite for change within FIDE. Time after time I see potentially interesting matches in the Olympiads and European Teams end like this. This is in my view a bigger problem than individual draws which have reduced in recent years.

Apparently the draw was agreed after Vugar Gashimov started to feel unwell and then France offered the draw. This is a slightly better circumstance but I still do not believe agreeing all games drawn is in the spirit of the game. By all means Gashimov's opponent could have agreed a draw.

Bulgarian went top beating Germany 3-1 Veselin Topalov won again on top board, with black against Arkadij Naiditsch. Topalov kept posing problems and Naiditsch's position fell apart on the run up to the first time control. Ivan Cheparinov kept the pressure up on Georg Meier with out and out aggression until he broke through. The other games were drawn.

Ivan Cheparinov's style is often all or nothing. Here it seems his judgement is correct and white must break through.

30. Bf6! gxf6 31. exf6 Qxd1 32. Bxd1 Rf8 33. Bh5 Nxf6 34. Be8 Re7 35. Qxh6+ Nh7 36. Bg6 Rf6 37. Qh4 1-0

Hosts Greece won yet again. Francisco Vallejo Pons and Hristos Banikas agreed a draw by mutual cowardice in the position below. Dimitrios Mastrovasilis held on to draw against Alexei Shirov, Salgado drew with Papaioannou and then Stelios Halkias the only player in the Greek team more highly rated than his opponent beat Arizmendi Martinez in 54 moves for a final score of Greece 2.5 Spain 1.5.

Levente Vajda beat Ivan Sokolov in a game where Sokolov was pressing until just after first time control but then things rapidly spun out of control for him and Vajda finished things nicely. This allowed Romania to beat the Netherlands.

43... c4 44. b4 Qxa4 45. e6 fxe6 46. fxe6 Rd5 47. e7 Re8 48. Qf8+ Kh7 49. Rf1 Bxh5 50. Rg3 Rg5 51. Rxg5 hxg5 52. Qf5+ Bg6 53. Qh3+ Kg8 54. Qe6+ Kh7 55. Kf2 Bh5 56. Rh1 g6 57. Qf7+ Kh6 58. Qf8+ Kh7 59. Ne4 1-0

In the match of the under-performers Russia beat Ukraine 2.5-1.5. Peter Svidler probably missed something concrete against Vassily Ivanchuk before the game finished in a draw. Ponomariov-Grischuk was also drawn. Alexander Morozevich beat Alexander Moiseenko in the only decisive game. Efimenko-Nepomnichtchi was a short draw.

42. f4+ Kd4 43. exf5 exf5 44. Kd1 Rc8 45. Nf3+ Ke3 46. Ne5 f6 47. Re2+ Kd4 48. Nf3+ Kd3 49. Ne1+ Kd4 50. Nc2+ Kc5 51. Ne3 Re8 52. Nxf5 Rxe2 53. Kxe2 Na4 54. Nxh6 Nxb2 55. h4 c3 56. Nf5 Kd5 57. h5 Ke6 58. h6 1-0

England beat Lithuania 3-1 with wins for Adams, Jones and Pert. David Howell who is now at University seems very short of form.

Armenia beat Denmark 3.5-0.5. The game between Sune Berg Hansen and Levon Aronian looks to have finished in a mad time scramble. Aronian was mostly on top but blundered with 34...Rg7 after which Hansen could have won on the spot with 35.Qxe8!! Hansen was winning for the next few moves before 38. fxe8=Q?? allowed Aronian to give mate. There were further wins for Vladimir Akopian and Gabriel Sargissian.

35. Rg1?

35.Qxe8!! Rex8 36.Nxf6 mate was stronger.

35....Nf7 36. g6+ Kh8 37. gxf7 Qxe3 38. fxe8=Q??

38.Rg6 or 38.Ng5.

38....Qh3+ 39. Rh2 Rxg1+ 0-1

18th European Team Porto Carras GRE Thu 3rd Nov 2011 - Fri 11th Nov 2011 Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	SNo	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	7	Bulgaria	5	4	1	0	9	13.0	57.5
2	17	Romania	5	4	0	1	8	13.0	39.0
3	3	Azerbaijan	5	3	2	0	8	12.5	61.5
4	6	France	5	3	2	0	8	12.5	52.0
5	19	Greece	5	4	0	1	8	12.5	51.5
6	4	Armenia	5	3	1	1	7	13.0	51.0
7	10	Germany	5	3	1	1	7	12.0	55.0
8	22	Italy	5	3	1	1	7	12.0	44.5
9	13	Spain	5	3	1	1	7	11.5	59.5
10	1	Russia	5	3	1	1	7	11.5	56.0
11	15	Georgia	5	3	0	2	6	13.5	37.5
12	14	Poland	5	2	2	1	6	12.5	48.0
13	5	Hungary	5	2	2	1	6	11.5	51.0
14	9	Netherlands	5	2	2	1	6	10.5	54.0
15	21	Slovenia	5	2	2	1	6	10.0	56.5
16	20	Moldova	5	2	1	2	5	12.0	47.5
17	26	Switzerland	5	2	1	2	5	11.0	37.0
18	11	Israel	5	2	1	2	5	10.5	57.0
19	2	Ukraine	5	2	1	2	5	10.5	56.0
20	8	England	5	2	1	2	5	10.5	54.5
21	27	Latvia	5	2	1	2	5	10.5	46.0
22	12	Czech Rep.	5	1	3	1	5	10.0	52.5
23	16	Croatia	5	2	1	2	5	9.5	50.0
24	24	Denmark	5	2	1	2	5	9.5	48.0
25	18	Serbia	5	2	0	3	4	12.5	42.5
26	30	FYROM	5	2	0	3	4	10.0	41.5
27	29	Montenegro	5	2	0	3	4	9.5	47.0
28	32	Iceland	5	2	0	3	4	9.0	48.5
29	23	Austria	5	2	0	3	4	9.0	46.5
30	25	Sweden	5	1	1	3	3	9.0	52.5
31	33	Lithuania	5	1	1	3	3	8.0	59.5
32	28	Finland	5	1	1	3	3	8.0	47.0
33	31	Norway	5	1	1	3	3	7.0	47.0
34	34	Turkey	5	1	0	4	2	6.5	60.0
35	37	Luxembourg	5	1	0	4	2	4.0	46.5
36	35	Scotland	5	0	1	4	1	6.0	47.5
37	38	Cyprus	5	0	1	4	1	3.5	42.5
38	36	Wales	5	0	1	4	1	2.5	48.5

18th European Team Porto Carras GRE Thu 3rd Nov 2011 - Fri 11th Nov 2011 Leading Round 5 (of 9) Results:
Round 5 on 2011/11/07 at 15:00
Bo.	3	Azerbaijan	Rtg	-	6	France	Rtg	2 : 2
1.1	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2781	-	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2714	½ - ½
1.2	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2757	-	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2710	½ - ½
1.3	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2733	-	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2700	½ - ½
1.4	GM	Safarli Eltaj	2630	-	GM	Bauer Christian	2641	½ - ½
Bo.	10	Germany	Rtg	-	7	Bulgaria	Rtg	1 : 3
2.1	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	2712	-	GM	Topalov Veselin	2768	0 - 1
2.2	GM	Meier Georg	2659	-	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2650	0 - 1
2.3	GM	Fridman Daniel	2661	-	GM	Delchev Aleksander	2629	½ - ½
2.4	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2633	-	GM	Georgiev Kiril	2666	½ - ½
Bo.	13	Spain	Rtg	-	19	Greece	Rtg	1½:2½
3.1	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2705	-	GM	Banikas Hristos	2620	½ - ½
3.2	GM	Shirov Alexei	2705	-	GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	2621	½ - ½
3.3	GM	Salgado Lopez Ivan	2621	-	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2600	½ - ½
3.4	GM	Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis	2568	-	GM	Halkias Stelios	2593	0 - 1
Bo.	17	Romania	Rtg	-	9	Netherlands	Rtg	2½:1½
4.1	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2657	-	GM	Giri Anish	2714	½ - ½
4.2	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	2650	-	GM	Van Wely Loek	2686	½ - ½
4.3	GM	Vajda Levente	2584	-	GM	Sokolov Ivan	2646	1 - 0
4.4	GM	Marin Mihail	2534	-	GM	Smeets Jan	2615	½ - ½
Bo.	1	Russia	Rtg	-	2	Ukraine	Rtg	2½:1½
5.1	GM	Svidler Peter	2755	-	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2775	½ - ½
5.2	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2752	-	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2723	½ - ½
5.3	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2762	-	GM	Moiseenko Alexander	2715	1 - 0
5.4	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2730	-	GM	Efimenko Zahar	2702	½ - ½
Bo.	24	Denmark	Rtg	-	4	Armenia	Rtg	½ :3½
6.1	GM	Hansen Sune Berg	2566	-	GM	Aronian Levon	2802	0 - 1
6.2	GM	Rasmussen Allan Stig	2541	-	GM	Movsesian Sergei	2710	½ - ½
6.3	GM	Aagaard Jacob	2522	-	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2681	0 - 1
6.4	IM	Glud Jakob Vang	2497	-	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2671	0 - 1
Bo.	22	Italy	Rtg	-	11	Israel	Rtg	2½:1½
7.1	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2727	-	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2645	1 - 0
7.2	GM	Godena Michele	2548	-	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2696	0 - 1
7.3	IM	Dvirnyy Daniyyl	2475	-	GM	Roiz Michael	2651	½ - ½
7.4	GM	Brunello Sabino	2575	-	GM	Postny Evgeny	2640	1 - 0
Bo.	5	Hungary	Rtg	-	30	FYROM	Rtg	3 : 1
8.1	GM	Leko Peter	2720	-	GM	Georgiev Vladimir	2553	1 - 0
8.2	GM	Berkes Ferenc	2705	-	GM	Nedev Trajko	2493	1 - 0
8.3	GM	Balogh Csaba	2662	-	IM	Colovic Aleksandar	2451	1 - 0
8.4	GM	Gyimesi Zoltan	2652	-	IM	Pancevski Filip	2442	0 - 1
Bo.	20	Moldova	Rtg	-	12	Czech Rep.	Rtg	2 : 2
9.1	GM	Bologan Viktor	2665	-	GM	Navara David	2724	½ - ½
9.2	GM	Iordachescu Viorel	2648	-	GM	Laznicka Viktor	2703	½ - ½
9.3	GM	Svetushkin Dmitry	2621	-	GM	Stocek Jiri	2600	½ - ½
9.4	IM	Hamitevici Vladimir	2428	-	GM	Babula Vlastimil	2565	½ - ½
Bo.	23	Austria	Rtg	-	14	Poland	Rtg	1 : 3
10.1	GM	Ragger Markus	2662	-	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2705	½ - ½
10.2	GM	Kindermann Stefan	2519	-	GM	Socko Bartosz	2635	0 - 1
10.3	GM	Shengelia David	2551	-	GM	Bartel Mateusz	2653	½ - ½
10.4	IM	Neubauer Martin	2431	-	GM	Miton Kamil	2622	0 - 1
Bo.	15	Georgia	Rtg	-	32	Iceland	Rtg	3 : 1
11.1	GM	Jobava Baadur	2678	-	FM	Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn	2452	1 - 0
11.2	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2588	-	IM	Thorfinnsson Bragi	2421	1 - 0
11.3	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	2636	-	IM	Thorfinnsson Bjorn	2402	1 - 0
11.4	GM	Gagunashvili Merab	2577	-	GM	Olafsson Helgi	2531	0 - 1
Bo.	18	Serbia	Rtg	-	21	Slovenia	Rtg	1½:2½
12.1	GM	Ivanisevic Ivan	2636	-	GM	Beliavsky Alexander G	2617	½ - ½
12.2	GM	Solak Dragan	2629	-	GM	Lenic Luka	2634	0 - 1
12.3	GM	Kovacevic Aleksandar	2563	-	GM	Borisek Jure	2541	½ - ½
12.4	GM	Perunovic Milos	2576	-	GM	Skoberne Jure	2533	½ - ½
Bo.	8	England	Rtg	-	33	Lithuania	Rtg	3 : 1
13.1	GM	Adams Michael	2734	-	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	2577	1 - 0
13.2	GM	Howell David W L	2633	-	IM	Zagorskis Darius	2497	0 - 1
13.3	GM	Jones Gawain C B	2635	-	IM	Labeckas Kestutis	2410	1 - 0
13.4	GM	Pert Nicholas	2563	-		Klabis Rokas	2100	1 - 0
Bo.	25	Sweden	Rtg	-	16	Croatia	Rtg	1½:2½
14.1	GM	Tikkanen Hans	2586	-	GM	Stevic Hrvoje	2612	½ - ½
14.2	GM	Grandelius Nils	2543	-	GM	Saric Ivan	2648	½ - ½
14.3	GM	Carlsson Pontus	2502	-	GM	Brkic Ante	2605	½ - ½
14.4	GM	Brynell Stellan	2486	-	GM	Jovanovic Zoran	2581	0 - 1
Bo.	27	Latvia	Rtg	-	31	Norway	Rtg	2½:1½
15.1	GM	Miezis Normunds	2547	-	GM	Lie Kjetil A	2560	½ - ½
15.2	GM	Sveshnikov Evgeny	2514	-	IM	Elsness Frode	2506	1 - 0
15.3	IM	Neiksans Arturs	2502	-	GM	Johannessen Leif Erlend	2515	½ - ½
15.4	GM	Starostits Ilmars	2456	-	IM	Getz Nicolai	2369	½ - ½
Bo.	34	Turkey	Rtg	-	26	Switzerland	Rtg	1½:2½
16.1	IM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2515	-	GM	Pelletier Yannick	2581	½ - ½
16.2	IM	Firat Burak	2393	-	GM	Korchnoi Viktor	2567	½ - ½
16.3	FM	Ali Marandi Cemil Can	2275	-	GM	Gallagher Joseph G	2500	½ - ½
16.4	CM	Sanal Vahap	2275	-	IM	Forster Richard	2458	0 - 1
Bo.	29	Montenegro	Rtg	-	37	Luxembourg	Rtg	3½: ½
17.1	GM	Djukic Nikola	2493	-	IM	Berend Fred	2381	1 - 0
17.2	GM	Blagojevic Dragisa	2514	-		Jeitz Christian	2171	1 - 0
17.3	GM	Drasko Milan	2478	-		Schartz Alain	2160	1 - 0
17.4	IM	Kalezic Blazo	2461	-	WIM	Steil-Antoni Fiona	2104	½ - ½
Bo.	35	Scotland	Rtg	-	28	Finland	Rtg	1 : 3
18.1	FM	Tate Alan	2334	-	IM	Sammalvuo Tapani	2492	1 - 0
18.2	IM	Muir Andrew J	2311	-	IM	Agopov Mikael	2450	0 - 1
18.3	CM	Roberts Paul	2222	-	IM	Karttunen Mika	2434	0 - 1
18.4		Mitchell Martin	2215	-	IM	Nyysti Sampsa	2345	0 - 1
Bo.	36	Wales	Rtg	-	38	Cyprus	Rtg	2 : 2
19.1	FM	Williams A Howard	2353	-		Aristotelous Vassilis	1921	1 - 0
19.2	CM	Jones Iolo C	2282	-		Boulos Vrachimis	0	0 - 1
19.3		Kett Tim	2184	-		Constantinou Pavlos	2068	½ - ½
19.4		Young Alan	2042	-	FM	Klerides Paris	2162	½ - ½

18th European Team w Porto Carras GRE Thu 3rd Nov 2011 - Fri 11th Nov 2011 Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	SNo	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Russia	5	5	0	0	10	15.0	54.0
2	5	Poland	5	4	0	1	8	14.0	48.5
3	2	Ukraine	5	4	0	1	8	13.5	54.0
4	3	Georgia	5	4	0	1	8	12.0	63.0
5	18	Czech Rep.	5	2	3	0	7	11.0	54.5
6	14	Serbia	5	2	2	1	6	13.0	38.0
7	11	Slovenia	5	2	2	1	6	12.5	36.5
8	12	France	5	3	0	2	6	11.5	47.5
9	6	Hungary	5	2	2	1	6	10.0	58.5
10	13	Netherlands	5	2	2	1	6	10.0	56.0
11	4	Armenia	5	2	2	1	6	10.0	55.5
12	7	Germany	5	2	1	2	5	11.5	46.5
13	17	Azerbaijan	5	2	1	2	5	11.0	45.5
14	16	Greece	5	1	3	1	5	10.5	51.5
15	27	Turkey	5	2	1	2	5	10.5	47.0
16	8	Bulgaria	5	2	1	2	5	10.0	55.5
17	15	Israel	5	2	1	2	5	10.0	49.0
18	9	Romania	5	2	1	2	5	8.5	62.5
19	10	Spain	5	2	0	3	4	10.0	50.5
20	19	Croatia	5	2	0	3	4	8.5	50.5
21	23	Italy	5	1	1	3	3	9.5	35.5
22	20	Latvia	5	1	1	3	3	9.5	34.5
23	26	Lithuania	5	0	3	2	3	8.0	52.5
24	21	Austria	5	1	1	3	3	8.0	39.5
25	24	Montenegro	5	1	1	3	3	7.0	52.0
26	25	Switzerland	5	1	1	3	3	6.5	59.5
27	22	England	5	1	0	4	2	7.5	49.5
28	28	Norway	5	0	0	5	0	1.0	52.5

18th European Team w Porto Carras GRE Thu 3rd Nov 2011 - Fri 11th Nov 2011 Leading Round 5 (of 9) Results:
Round 5 on 2011/11/07 at 15:00
Bo.	3	Georgia	Rtg	-	1	Russia	Rtg	1½:2½
1.1	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2516	-	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2546	1 - 0
1.2	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2475	-	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2526	½ - ½
1.3	WGM	Paikidze Nazi	2422	-	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2439	0 - 1
1.4	IM	Melia Salome	2392	-	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2451	0 - 1
Bo.	12	France	Rtg	-	5	Poland	Rtg	1 : 3
2.1	IM	Milliet Sophie	2386	-	GM	Socko Monika	2479	½ - ½
2.2	WGM	Maisuradze Nino	2315	-	WGM	Zawadzka Jolanta	2326	½ - ½
2.3	WGM	Guichard Pauline	2305	-	WGM	Majdan Gajewska Joanna	2386	0 - 1
2.4	IM	Collas Silvia	2287	-	WGM	Szczepkowska-H. Karina	2379	0 - 1
Bo.	9	Romania	Rtg	-	2	Ukraine	Rtg	1 : 3
3.1	IM	Foisor Cristina-Adela	2418	-	GM	Lahno Kateryna	2549	½ - ½
3.2	WGM	L'ami Alina	2364	-	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2427	0 - 1
3.3	WGM	Cosma Elena-Luminita	2335	-	IM	Ushenina Anna	2463	0 - 1
3.4	WIM	Bulmaga Irina	2334	-	IM	Gaponenko Inna	2435	½ - ½
Bo.	11	Slovenia	Rtg	-	4	Armenia	Rtg	2 : 2
4.1	IM	Muzychuk Anna	2557	-	GM	Danielian Elina	2507	1 - 0
4.2	WGM	Krivec Jana	2291	-	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2469	0 - 1
4.3	WGM	Srebrnic Ana	2219	-	IM	Galojan Lilit	2383	0 - 1
4.4	WIM	Rozic Vesna	2263	-	WGM	Kursova Maria	2315	1 - 0
Bo.	6	Hungary	Rtg	-	14	Serbia	Rtg	2 : 2
5.1	GM	Hoang Thanh Trang	2446	-	IM	Bojkovic Natasa	2396	0 - 1
5.2	IM	Madl Ildiko	2399	-	WGM	Chelushkina Irina	2276	½ - ½
5.3	WGM	Rudolf Anna	2347	-	WIM	Drljevic Ljilja	2273	1 - 0
5.4	IM	Gara Anita	2340	-	WIM	Eric Jovana	2236	½ - ½
Bo.	7	Germany	Rtg	-	18	Czech Rep.	Rtg	1½:2½
6.1	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	2457	-	WGM	Kulovana Eva	2297	½ - ½
6.2	WGM	Michna Marta	2382	-	WGM	Nemcova Katerina	2276	0 - 1
6.3	WGM	Levushkina Elena	2307	-	WIM	Havlikova Kristyna	2285	1 - 0
6.4	WIM	Hoolt Sarah	2286	-	WIM	Olsarova Tereza	2232	0 - 1
Bo.	8	Bulgaria	Rtg	-	16	Greece	Rtg	2 : 2
7.1	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2531	-	IM	Dembo Yelena	2468	½ - ½
7.2	WGM	Videnova Iva	2297	-	WGM	Botsari Anna-Maria	2313	1 - 0
7.3	WGM	Voiska Margarita	2328	-	WGM	Makropoulou Marina	2201	½ - ½
7.4	WGM	Djingarova Emilia	2309	-	WIM	Pavlidou Ekaterini	2176	0 - 1
Bo.	10	Spain	Rtg	-	13	Netherlands	Rtg	1 : 3
8.1	IM	Alexandrova Olga	2423	-	WIM	Schut Lisa	2284	½ - ½
8.2	WGM	Vega Gutierrez Sabrina	2327	-	IM	Lanchava Tea	2320	0 - 1
8.3	WGM	Calzetta Ruiz Monica	2301	-	WIM	Bensdorp Marlies	2242	½ - ½
8.4	WIM	Hernandez Estevez Yudania	2284	-	WIM	Haast Anne	2268	0 - 1
Bo.	20	Latvia	Rtg	-	15	Israel	Rtg	1 : 3
9.1	WGM	Reizniece-Ozola Dana	2281	-	IM	Klinova Masha	2316	1 - 0
9.2	WGM	Berzina Ilze	2320	-	WIM	Efroimski Marsel	2230	0 - 1
9.3	WGM	Erneste Inguna	2218	-	IM	Borsuk Angela	2257	0 - 1
9.4	WFM	Ungure Liga	2066	-	WIM	Vasiliev Olga	2305	0 - 1
Bo.	17	Azerbaijan	Rtg	-	24	Montenegro	Rtg	4 : 0
10.1	WGM	Mamedjarova Zeinab	2314	-	WGM	Vojinovic Jovana	2346	1 - 0
10.2	WIM	Kazimova Narmin	2241	-	WFM	Milovic Aleksandra	2171	1 - 0
10.3	WIM	Mammadova Gulnar	2290	-	WFM	Stojanovic Marija R	2095	1 - 0
10.4	WGM	Mamedjarova Turkan	2277	-		Blagojevic Tijana	1925	1 - 0
Bo.	27	Turkey	Rtg	-	25	Switzerland	Rtg	3 : 1
11.1	WIM	Yildiz Betul Cemre	2301	-	WIM	Heinatz Dr Gundula	2205	½ - ½
11.2	WIM	Ozturk Kubra	2239	-		De Seroux Camille	2056	1 - 0
11.3	WCM	Kaya Emel	2005	-		Stoeri Laura	1939	1 - 0
11.4		Cemhan Kardelen	1881	-		Thuerig Catherine	2049	½ - ½
Bo.	22	England	Rtg	-	19	Croatia	Rtg	1½:2½
12.1	IM	Houska Jovanka	2415	-	WGM	Golubenko Valentina	2293	½ - ½
12.2	IM	Ciuksyte Dagne	2327	-	WIM	Franciskovic Borka	2280	½ - ½
12.3	WFM	Bhatia Kanwal K	2087	-	WGM	Medic Mirjana	2236	½ - ½
12.4	WFM	Hegarty Sarah N	2060	-	WIM	Jelica Mara	2234	0 - 1
Bo.	26	Lithuania	Rtg	-	23	Italy	Rtg	2 : 2
13.1	WGM	Daulyte Deimante	2238	-	IM	Sedina Elena	2343	0 - 1
13.2	WIM	Zaksaite Salomeja	2200	-	IM	Zimina Olga	2338	0 - 1
13.3		Batkovskyte Dominyka	2102	-	WIM	Brunello Marina	2221	1 - 0
13.4		Vanagaite Giedre	1958	-		Panella Fiammetta	2014	1 - 0
Bo.	21	Austria	Rtg	-	28	Norway	Rtg	3½: ½
14.1	IM	Moser Eva	2448	-	WFM	Johnsen Sylvia	2028	1 - 0
14.2	WFM	Exler Veronika	2124	-		Reppen Ellisiv	1949	1 - 0
14.3	WIM	Kopinits Anna-Christina	2276	-		Carlsen Ellen Oen	1931	1 - 0
14.4	WFM	Newrkla Katharina	2131	-		Hansen Erle Andrea Marki	1762	½ - ½

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