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I'm pleased to announce that the England teams for the 2011 European Team Championships are as follows:

Open:

GM Michael Adams
GM Nigel Short
GM David Howell
GM Gawain Jones
GM Nick Pert

Captain: To be confirmed.

Women:

IM Jovanka Houska
IM Dagne Ciuksyte
WFM Maria Yurenok
WFM Kanwal Bhatia
WFM Sarah Hegarty

Captain: Glenn Flear

Dates: 3rd-11th November 2011

Accommodation: Porto Carras Grand Resort, Halkidiki, Greece

Venue: Olympic Hall Congress Centre, Porto Carras Grand Resort, Halkidiki, Greece


Round Times: 1-8 15:00 (3-10 Nov) Rd 9: Nov 11 13:00.

Time Control: 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 second increment from move 1.

Registration Deadline: 16th September 2011

Deadline for team changes: 3rd October 2011

Website: www.euroteams2011.com

Best wishes,
Lawrence Cooper
Director of International Chess
English Chess Federation

Congratulations to all those selected, well done Loz for raising the finance, and good luck to all!

Dagne's returned from inactivity? Yay.

Another good job done by Loz!! Brilliant, all the best to everyone.

I'm surprised it says 'Captain: To be confirmed' for the Men's team. I think you'd be the ideal person for that role, Loz.

benedgell wrote:I'm surprised it says 'Captain: To be confirmed' for the Men's team. I think you'd be the ideal person for that role, Loz.

He would be good in that role, but I think he's holding off on confirming it until after the ECF board elections, just in case he isn't re-elected.

But that would clearly be ridiculous if he isn't! He has been amazing in the role. Again we have got a strong team out and that is thanks to Loz and his hard work in obtaining funding and supporting our players throughout the year.

IM Jack Rudd wrote:

benedgell wrote:I'm surprised it says 'Captain: To be confirmed' for the Men's team. I think you'd be the ideal person for that role, Loz.

He would be good in that role, but I think he's holding off on confirming it until after the ECF board elections, just in case he isn't re-elected.

That would make very little sense to me. For a start, he isn't opposed at the elections. But moreover, even if he were, accepting the role has nothing to do with elections. Captains have, I believe, normally been chosen by the selection commitee along with the players, so unless that has changed (and I hope that it hasn't) there is no question of conflicts - Loz does not have the power to select himself as captain, and so, if he were appointed and were then opposed and deposed at the election, there would be no reason why the committee's decision to appoint him as captain should be a problem for the successor, any more than the selction of any of the players.

I don't know why the role is currently vacant, but would guess that either Loz has been offered it but is trying to evoke interest in a stronger player who would more likely be able to assist with opening preparation, or to similar effect, the committe is looking for someone else, and is allowing time to pass because it is understood that Loz would be able to step into the breach if required. I would guess that Loz will be going anyway, as head of delegation.

If there is serious money available, there would be no reason not to want to appoint a very experienced GM and captain from abroad.

List of teams and players:

http://euro2011.chessdom.com/wp-content ... p_list.pdf

http://euro2011.chessdom.com/wp-content ... m_list.pdf

A few teams with some decent players missing, so hopefully England will do well.

Round 1 pairings:

Bo. 27 Latvia Rtg - 8 England Rtg 0 : 0
8.1 GM Miezis Normunds 2547 - GM Adams Michael 2734
8.2 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny 2514 - GM Short Nigel D 2698
8.3 IM Neiksans Arturs 2502 - GM Howell David W L 2633
8.4 GM Starostits Ilmars 2456 - GM Jones Gawain C B 2635

Bo. 22 England Rtg - 8 Bulgaria Rtg 0 : 0
8.1 IM Houska Jovanka 2415 - WGM Videnova Iva 2297
8.2 IM Ciuksyte Dagne 2327 - WGM Voiska Margarita 2328
8.3 WFM Yurenok Maria S 2106 - WGM Djingarova Emilia 2309
8.4 WFM Bhatia Kanwal K 2087 - WGM Nikolova Adriana 2286

Rounds 1-8 start at 15:00 local time and 13:00 English time, round 9 is two hours earlier.

Links:

Open: http://chess-results.com/tnr57856.aspx? ... ES&flag=30
Women: http://chess-results.com/tnr57855.aspx? ... ES&flag=30
Official site: http://euro2011.chessdom.com/

Thanks for that. Maybe someone will start a new thread for the actual games and results. Best of luck to all the England players in both competitions. Hope the eurozone crisis doesn't affect things too much (not that it should, but it must be "interesting" times over there right now).

Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Thanks for that. Maybe someone will start a new thread for the actual games and results. Best of luck to all the England players in both competitions. Hope the eurozone crisis doesn't affect things too much (not that it should, but it must be "interesting" times over there right now).

Well Chris, no-one is stopping you

Good luck to all

http://euro2011.chessdom.com/etcc-2011- ... n-section/ which confirms Nigel and Gawain are white

England Womens match not being broadcast (http://euro2011.chessdom.com/etcc-2011- ... n-section/), unless I'm missing something?

Mens team looking very good on all boards imo.

Simon Ansell wrote:Mens team looking very good on all boards imo.

Oh dear, Howell has played a red move.