12th European club championship, qualification group 4, Berlin

06-09-1996 > 08-09-1996

Round 1
KSK Rochade Eupen-Kelmis BEL 3-3 SK Rockaden Stockholm SWE
Agrouniverzal Zemun YUG 5½-½ Nidum Liberals WLS
SV Empor Berlin GER 5-1 ŠK Dům Armády Prague
 CZE
CE Strasbourg FRA 1½-4½ Paide MK EST

 

Places 1-4
Agrouniverzal Zemun YUG 2-4 SV Empor Berlin GER
Paide MK EST 3-3 KSK Rochade Eupen-Kelmis BEL
Places 5-8
Nidum Liberals WLS 2-4 SK Rockaden Stockholm SWE
ŠK Dům Armády Prague CZE 4½-1½ CE Strasbourg FRA

 

Final
SV Empor Berlin GER 3½-2½ KSK Rochade Eupen-Kelmis BEL
3rd place play-off
Paide MK EST 1½-4½ Agrouniverzal Zemun YUG
5th place play-off
SK Rockaden Stockholm SWE 2½-3½ ŠK Dům Armády Prague CZE
7th place play-off
CE Strasbourg FRA 5-1 Nidum Liberals WLS

Eupen qualified for the final group without winning a single match. This was mainly due to the very strong top boards and the fact that victories on higher boards were used as a tie-breaking system. All my information comes from [1]. Here are the round-by-round results.

1 GM Andersson, Ulf SWE 2640 ½
2 IM Sepp, Olav EST 2420 1
3 GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2765 0
Tot GM Glek, Igor RUS 2670 1½

 

1 GM Karlsson, Lars SWE 2470 ½
2 IM Külaots, Kaido EST 2405 1
3 GM Širovs, Aleksejs ESP 2685 0
Tot GM Gurevich, Mikhail Naumovich BEL 2605 1½

 

1 IM Bator, Robert SWE 2445 1
2 FM Maidla, Vallo EST 2375 ½
3 GM Lobron, Eric GER 2585 1
Tot GM Chuchelov, Valdimir BEL 2490 2½

 

1 IM Barkhagen, Jonas SWE 2405 0
2 Seeman, Tarvo EST 2345 0
3 GM Bönsch, Uwe GER 2525 ½
Tot Ahn, Martin BEL 2320 ½

 

1 IM Lyrberg, Patrik SWE 2415 1
2 Lauk, Ular EST 2330 0
3 GM Tischbierek, Raj GER 2500 1
Tot Meessen, Rudolf BEL 2

 

1 IM Sjöberg, Mats SWE 2430 0
2 Olde, Hendrik EST 2290 ½
3 IM Muse, Mladen GER 2445 0
Tot Plumanns, Dieter GER ½

Wanted

  • Not much.

Sources

  1. OlimpBase
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