European Women's Team Chess Championship

Standings after R4: Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 1 2 Georgia GEO 4 4 0 0 8 11,5 39,5 2 20 Azerbaijan AZE 4 3 1 0 7 11,5 34,0 3 3 Ukraine UKR 4 3 1 0 7 10,5 36,5 4 4 Poland POL 4 3 0 1 6 12,0 27,0 5 1 Russia RUS 4 3 0 1 6 11,0 30,5 6 5 Armenia ARM 4 3 0 1 6 10,0 43,5 7 12 Slovenia SLO 4 2 1 1 5 11,0 26,0 8 14 Greece GRE 4 2 1 1 5 10,0 30,0 9 7 Germany GER 4 2 1 1 5 9,5 37,5 10 13 Romania ROU 4 2 1 1 5 9,5 34,5 11 6 France FRA 4 2 1 1 5 9,5 32,5 12 16 Czech Republic CZE 4 2 1 1 5 9,0 35,5 13 11 Netherlands NED 4 2 0 2 4 9,5 25,5 14 19 Italy ITA 4 2 0 2 4 9,0 26,0 15 10 Hungary HUN 4 2 0 2 4 8,0 36,0 16 9 Serbia SRB 4 2 0 2 4 7,5 38,0 17 15 Spain ESP 4 2 0 2 4 7,5 33,0 18 17 Israel ISR 4 2 0 2 4 7,5 30,5 19 21 Austria AUT 4 1 1 2 3 6,5 28,0 20 22 England ENG 4 0 2 2 2 6,5 23,0 21 24 Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH 4 1 0 3 2 6,0 23,5 22 18 Croatia CRO 4 1 0 3 2 5,5 33,0 23 23 Montenegro MNE 4 0 2 2 2 5,5 28,0 24 8 Bulgaria BUL 4 1 0 3 2 4,0 37,0 25 28 Turkey TUR 4 1 0 3 2 3,5 36,5 26 27 Norway NOR 4 0 1 3 1 4,5 29,0 27 25 Former Yug Rep of Macedonia MKD 4 0 1 3 1 4,5 27,0 28 26 Finland FIN 4 0 1 3 1 3,5 35,0 It’s a surprise to see Azerbaijan currently in second place. WIM Narmin Kazimova, a young player I started following during the 2007 European Women’s Chess Championship, is on the Azerbaijani team. She currently has 1.5/3. The Georgian women’s team is playing like they’ve got something to prove. Round 5 today, then only 2 more rounds to go. I imagine lots of strategizing will be going on as teams look to make their moves now up the rankings. Georgia has already played and defeated the Russians, Germans, Armenians and the Czech Republic. Today they face Ukraine.