European Team Championships

Gothenburg, Sweden

July 29-August 7, 2005

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Scotland team competing at EURO championship - Any four from five play.

In board order: 1) GM Colin McNab 2) IM John Shaw 3) IM Andrew Muir 4) Jonathan Grant 5) Tim Upton

Team captain: IM Jacob Aagaard

Final Results : 1 Netherlands 15mpts/22gpts; 2 Israel 14/23½; 3 France 13/21½; 4 Greece 13/21½; 5 Ukraine 12/23½... 13 England 10/21; 14 Russia 10/20½... 32 Ireland 7/15... 38 Scotland 5/13½; 39 Wales 4/11.

 

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Final Results

Scotland	DEN	TUR	UKR	RUS	OST	SPA	CYP	WLS	LUX	%	Total
McNab	0	1	½	0		0	1	½	1	50	4
Shaw	½	½	½	0	½		1	½	0	44	3.5
Muir	0	1		0	½	0	1		½	43	3
Grant	0		0		0	0	1	0	½	21	1.5
Upton		1	0	0	0	0		½		25	1.5
Total	½	3½	1	0	1	0	4	1½	2	38	13.5

Round by Round Results

Round 1 - July 30

Scotland	½-3½	Denmark
GM Colin McNab 2451 (b)	0-1	GM Nielsen, Peter 2668
IM John Shaw 2449	½-½	GM Schandorff, Lars 2519
IM Andrew Muir 2322	0-1	GM Hansen, Lars 2567
Jonathan Grant 2273	0-1	IM Palo, Davor 2519

Round 2 - July 31

Scotland	3½-½	Turkey
GM Colin McNab 2451 (w)	1-0	IM Atakisi, Umut 2437
IM John Shaw 2449	½-½	IM Haznedaroglu, Kivanc 2430
IM Andrew Muir 2322	1-0	IM Erdogdu, Mert 2403
FM Tim Upton 2250	1-0	FM Erturan, Yakup 2311

Round 3 - August 1

Scotland	1-3	Ukraine
GM Colin McNab 2451 (w)	½-½	GM Ivanchuk, Vassily 2752
IM John Shaw 2449	½-½	GM Eljanov, Pavel 2639
Jonathan Grant 2273	0-1	GM Moiseenko, Alexander 2664
FM Tim Upton 2250	0-1	GM Karjakin, Sergey 2645

Round 4 - August 2

Scotland	0-4	Russia
GM Colin McNab 2451 (b)	0-1	GM Svidler, Peter 2738
IM John Shaw 2449	0-1	GM Dreev, Alexey 2698
IM Andrew Muir 2322	0-1	GM Motylev, Alexander 2675
FM Tim Upton 2250	0-1	GM Timofeev, Artyom 2661

Round 5 - August 3

Scotland	1-3	Austria
IM John Shaw 2449 (w)	½-½	IM Neubauer, Martin 2468
IM Andrew Muir 2322	½-½	IM Pilaj, Herwig 2425
Jonathan Grant 2273	0-1	IM Lendwai, Reinhard 2416
FM Tim Upton 2250	0-1	IM Danner, Georg 2408

Round 6 - August 4

Scotland	0-4	Spain
GM Colin McNab 2451 (b)	0-1	GM Illescas, Miguel 2624
IM Andrew Muir 2322	0-1	GM San Segundo, Pablo 2514
Jonathan Grant 2273	0-1	IM Perez, Manuel 2504
FM Tim Upton 2250	0-1	GM Del Rio Angelis, Salvador 2470

Round 7 - August 5

Scotland	4-0	Cyprus
GM Colin McNab 2451 (w)	1-0	Kassinopoullus, Doros 2094
IM John Shaw 2449	1-0	Kyriakidis, Thrasos 2144
IM Andrew Muir 2322	1-0	Klerides, Paris 2224
Jonathan Grant 2273	1-0	Florentiades, Michalis

Round 8 - August 6

Scotland	1½-2½	Wales
GM Colin McNab 2451 (b)	½-½	James, David 2213
IM John Shaw 2449	½-½	Kett, Tim 2192
Jonathan Grant 2273	0-1	Trevelyan, John 2196
FM Tim Upton 2250	½-½	Spice, Alan 2175

Round 9 - August 7

Scotland	2-2	Luxembourg
GM Colin McNab 2451 (w)	1-0	Bakalarz, Mieczyslaw 2423
IM John Shaw 2449	0-1	Berend, Fred 2374
IM Andrew Muir 2322	½-½	Berend, Elvira 2350
Jonathan Grant 2273	½-½	Weber, Jean-Marie 2262