13th European club championship, preliminary 2, Eupen

22-09-1997 > 23-09-1997

Round 1
ŠK Bosna Sarajevo	BIH	6-0	Cardiff CC	WLS
Espergærde SK	DEN	3½-2½	KSK Rochade Eupen-Kelmis	BEL
Barbican London	ENG	1½-4½	Clichy Échecs	FRA
Herzliya CC	ISR	3-3	Baltika Liepāja	LAT
Semi-final
Herzliya CC	ISR	3½-2½	Espergærde SK	DEN
ŠK Bosna Sarajevo	BIH	3-3	Clichy Échecs	FRA
Play-down
KSK Rochade Eupen-Kelmis	BEL	2½-3½	Barbican London	ENG
Cardiff CC	WLS	1-5	Baltika Liepāja	LAT
Final
ŠK Bosna Sarajevo	BIH	3-3	Herzliya CC	ISR
3rd place play-off
Clichy Échecs	FRA	5-1	Espergærde SK	DEN
5th place play-off
Baltika Liepāja	LAT	4½-1½	Barbican London	ENG
7th place play-off
Cardiff CC	WLS	0-6	KSK Rochade Eupen-Kelmis	BEL

[2] has full results, games, and standings – but they seem implausible and are incompatible with the results given in [1]. There are some suspicious games for which I have changed the results:

a) Clichy-Espergærde ended 5-1 according to [1], 4-2 according to [2]. Sahl-Renet and Ejsing-Nataf ended in position that were equal, but both were won for the Danish player according to [2].

b) The match Liepāja-London should end in 4½-1½ according to [1], but [2] gives 5-1. The game Krakops-Wilson ends in an approximately equal position, so I suspect that was actually a draw.

c) In the match Cardiff-Eupen, [1] gives all games as won for white, while [2] gives the result as 0-6. The three games presumably won by Welshmen all end in position very favourable to black, i.e. the Eupen players.

The Israeli team managed to take first place, with 9½/18 – a score barely above 50%!

GM	Psakhis, Lev Borisovich	ISR	2565	2	3
IM	Zilberman, Yaacov	ISR	2560	1	3
IM	Zifroni, Dov	ISR	2500	3	3
GM	Lev, Ronen	ISR	2455	1½	3
FM	Slutzky, Leonid	ISR	2355	1½	3
	Haimovich, Tal	ISR	2285	0	1
FM	Ben Menachem, Itzhak	ISR	2315	½	2
1	Herzliya CC	ISR		9½	18

GM	Nikolić, Predrag	BIH	2630	2½	3
GM	Sokolov, Ivan	BIH	2635	2½	3
GM	Kožul, Zdenko	CRO	2605	1	3
GM	Kurajica, Bojan	BIH	2545	2	3
GM	Dizdarević, Emir	BIH	2555	1½	3
IM	Borić, Muhamed	BIH	2405	2½	3
2	ŠK Bosna Sarajevo	BIH		12	18

IM	Degraeve, Jean-Marc	FRA	2540	1½	3
GM	Renet, Olivier	FRA	2520	1½	3
GM	Apicella, Manuel	FRA	2500	3	3
IM	Relange, Éloi	FRA	2505	3	3
IM	Koch, Jean-René	FRA	2495	2	3
IM	Nataf, Igor-Alexandre	FRA	2440	1½	3
3	Clichy Échecs ’92	FRA		12½	18

IM	Borge, Nikolaj	DEN	2360	0	3
	Sahl, Bjarke	DEN	2430	1	3
IM	Christensen, Tobias	DEN	2395	½	3
	Jaksland, Tim	DEN	2245	1	3
	Larsen, Steen Skovlund	DEN	2320	2	3
	Ejsing, Esben	DEN		2½	3
4	Espergærde SK	DEN		7	18

GM	Khalifman, Alexander	RUS	2655	2½	3
GM	Ehlvest, Jaan	EST	2610	3	3
GM	Ķenġis, Edvīns	LAT	2590	1	2
GM	Rausis, Igors	LAT	2490	1½	2
IM	Miezis, Normunds	LAT	2515	2	3
IM	Krakops, Māris	LAT	2530	2½	3
	Ozoliņš, Āris	LAT		0	1
5	Baltika Liepāja	LAT		12½	17

IM	Crouch, Colin Stamford	ENG	2375	1	3
FM	Lewis, Andrew Paul	ENG	2320	½	3
FM	Lehtivaara, Petri	FIN	2370	0	3
	Sands, David	ENG	2255	1	3
FM	Wilson, Jonathan	ENG	2315	2	3
	Kenworthy, Gary	ENG	2265	2	3
6	Barbicans London	ENG		6½	18

GM	Gurevich, Mikhail Naumovich	BEL	2620	2½	3
GM	Chuchelov, Vladimir	BEL	2540	2½	3
GM	Kishnev, Sergey	RUS	2500	2½	3
FM	Ahn, Martin	BEL	2310	0	2
FM	Coenen, Norbert	GER	2335	1	2
	Meessen, Rudolf	BEL	2310	0	1
	Bergmans, Norbert	BEL		1½	2
	Rössler, Eckhard	GER		0	1
	Plumanns, Dieter	BEL		1	1
7	SK Rochade Eupen-Kelmis	BEL		11	18

	Cobb, James	ENG	2335	3
	Spice, Alan	WLS	2205	3
	Trevelyan, John	WLS		2
	Adams, Mark	WLS	2025	3
	Borg, Andrew	MLT		3
	Fletcher, John	WLS		3
8	Cardiff CC	WLS		17

Wanted

Some confirmation for my attempts at corrections.
The game Borg-Miezis, if it was played.

Sources

Le Pion f No.90
OlimpBase

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