The team pairings of round 1 for the European Team Chess Championships are already known. In the open section Russia – Moldova, Slovenia – Ukraine, and Azerbaijan – Italy are the top three matches. In the women section Russia will play against Israel, Armenia vs Czech Republic, while the hosts of Greece play against Ukraine.
Here are all the team pairings, the individual board pairings will be published at the official website.
Live games start today at 15:00 local time and can be viewed at this link.
ETCC 2011 pairings round 1 open
1 Russia – Moldova
2 Slovenia – Ukraine
3 Azerbaidjan – Italy
4 Austria – Armenia
5 Hungary – Denmark
6 Sweden – France
7 Bulgaria – Switzerland
8 Latvia – England
9 Netherlands – Finland
10 Montenegro – Germany
11 Israel – FYROM
12 Norway – Czech Republic
13 Spain – Iceland
14 Lithuania – Poland
15 Georgia – Turkey
16 Scotland – Croatia
17 Romania – Wales
18 Luxembourg – Serbia
19 Greece – Cyprus
ETCC 2011 pairings round 1 women
1 Russia – Israel
2 Greece – Ukraine
3 Georgia – Azerbaidjan
4 Czech Republic – Armenia
5 Poland – Croatia
6 Latvia – Hungary
7 Germany – Austria
8 England – Bulgaria
9 Romania – Italy
10 Montenegro – Spain
11 Slovenia – Switzerland
12 Lithuania – France
13 Netherlands – Turkey
14 Norway – Serbia
