Serbia takes the sole lead at the European Team Chess Championship 2025

The European Team Chess Championship 2025, that takes place in Batumi, Georgia, has a sole leader after four rounds. The defending champions from Serbia are now clear first with 4,0/4 victories. They managed to defeat the R3 co-leader Greece and are now in pole position at the ETCC.

They are followed by Ukraine, which remains undefeated with three matches won and one draw.

It is a tough tournament for the top seeds. The rating favorites Germany are having a difficult start. They lost their second match in the event and are now trailing with 2 wins and 2 loses at 16th position. Things look a bit better for the second seeded The Netherlands, as they are 4th with two wins and two draws – two match points behind the leader, but still undefeated. The third seeded Hungary are 14th with two matches won, one draw, and one loss.

The European Team Championship so far

All about ETCC 2025:European Team Chess Championship 2025 – information, schedule and participants / Participants open / Participants women / Live games open / Live games women

Round 1: ETCC 2025, team pairings round 1 / European Women Team Chess Championship 2025, round 1 board pairings / European Team Chess Championship 2025, round 1 board pairings
Round 2: ETCC 2025, team pairings round 2 / European Women Team Chess Championship 2025, round 2 board pairings / European Team Chess Championship 2025, round 2 board pairings
Round 3: ETCC 2025, team pairings round 3 / European Women Team Chess Championship 2025, round 3 board pairings / European Team Chess Championship 2025, round 3 board pairings
Round 4: ETCC 2025, team pairings round 4 / Serbia takes the sole lead at the European Team Chess Championship 2025

European Team Chess Championship results round 4

Round 4 on 2025/10/08 at 15:00
Bo.	10	Greece	Rtg	–	7	Serbia	Rtg	1½:2½
1/1	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas (w)	2652	–	GM	Predke, Alexandr (b)	2634	1 – 0
1/2	GM	Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis (b)	2583	–	GM	Sarana, Alexey (w)	2661	½ – ½
1/3	GM	Papaioannou, Ioannis (w)	2623	–	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar (b)	2618	0 – 1
1/4	GM	Pavlidis, Antonios (b)	2579	–	GM	Ivic, Velimir (w)	2628	0 – 1
Bo.	4	Azerbaijan	Rtg	–	2	Netherlands	Rtg	2 : 2
2/1	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (w)	2742	–	GM	Giri, Anish (b)	2759	½ – ½
2/2	GM	Safarli, Eltaj (b)	2630	–	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden (w)	2697	½ – ½
2/3	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin (w)	2614	–	GM	Warmerdam, Max (b)	2582	½ – ½
2/4	GM	Muradli, Mahammad (b)	2584	–	GM	L’Ami, Erwin (w)	2615	½ – ½
Bo.	9	Ukraine	Rtg	–	1	Germany	Rtg	2½:1½
3/1	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan (w)	2633	–	GM	Keymer, Vincent (b)	2755	½ – ½
3/2	GM	Volokitin, Andrei (b)	2617	–	GM	Bluebaum, Matthias (w)	2687	1 – 0
3/3	GM	Korobov, Anton (w)	2596	–	GM	Kollars, Dmitrij (b)	2642	½ – ½
3/4	GM	Samunenkov, Ihor (b)	2568	–	GM	Svane, Frederik (w)	2638	½ – ½
Bo.	14	Czech Republic	Rtg	–	3	Hungary	Rtg	2 : 2
4/1	GM	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van (w)	2664	–	GM	Rapport, Richard (b)	2724	½ – ½
4/2	GM	Navara, David (b)	2656	–	GM	Leko, Peter (w)	2666	½ – ½
4/3	IM	Finek, Vaclav (w)	2518	–	GM	Sjugirov, Sanan (b)	2632	½ – ½
4/4	IM	Stalmach, Richard (b)	2410	–	GM	Gledura, Benjamin (w)	2643	½ – ½
Bo.	18	Turkiye	Rtg	–	5	England	Rtg	1½:2½
5/1	GM	Gurel, Ediz (w)	2634	–	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita (b)	2654	½ – ½
5/2	GM	Yilmaz, Mustafa (b)	2591	–	GM	Adams, Michael (w)	2646	½ – ½
5/3	GM	Can, Emre (w)	2552	–	GM	McShane, Luke J (b)	2614	0 – 1
5/4	GM	Sanal, Vahap (b)	2538	–	GM	Royal, Shreyas (w)	2501	½ – ½
Bo.	6	Armenia	Rtg	–	15	Romania	Rtg	2 : 2
6/1	GM	Sargsyan, Shant (w)	2667	–	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel (b)	2655	½ – ½
6/2	GM	Hovhannisyan, Robert (b)	2633	–	GM	Lupulescu, Constantin (w)	2577	½ – ½
6/3	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M. (w)	2626	–	GM	Gavrilescu, David (b)	2535	1 – 0
6/4	GM	Hakobyan, Aram (b)	2624	–	IM	Magold, Filip (w)	2459	0 – 1
Bo.	20	Italy	Rtg	–	8	Spain	Rtg	1½:2½
7/1	GM	Moroni, Luca Jr (w)	2544	–	GM	Shirov, Alexei (b)	2636	½ – ½
7/2	GM	Vocaturo, Daniele (b)	2563	–	GM	Chigaev, Maksim (w)	2634	½ – ½
7/3	GM	Lodici, Lorenzo (w)	2560	–	GM	Anton Guijarro, David (b)	2631	0 – 1
7/4	GM	Sonis, Francesco (b)	2561	–	GM	Santos Latasa, Jaime (w)	2609	½ – ½
Bo.	11	France	Rtg	–	25	Sweden	Rtg	2½:1½
8/1	GM	Maurizzi, Marcandria (w)	2624	–	GM	Grandelius, Nils (b)	2645	½ – ½
8/2	GM	Laurent-Paoli, Pierre (b)	2570	–	IM	Seo, Jung Min (w)	2483	½ – ½
8/3	GM	Lagarde, Maxime (w)	2617	–	GM	Blomqvist, Erik (b)	2478	1 – 0
8/4	GM	Boyer, Mahel (b)	2532	–	IM	Trost, Edvin (w)	2457	½ – ½
Bo.	22	Bulgaria	Rtg	–	12	Slovenia	Rtg	1½:2½
9/1	GM	Naiditsch, Arkadij (w)	2587	–	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir (b)	2720	0 – 1
9/2	GM	Petrov, Martin (b)	2540	–	GM	Demchenko, Anton (w)	2628	½ – ½
9/3	GM	Petkov, Momchil (w)	2509	–	GM	Subelj, Jan (b)	2545	½ – ½
9/4	GM	Georgiev, Kiril (b)	2526	–	IM	Lavrencic, Matic (w)	2479	½ – ½
Bo.	27	Montenegro	Rtg	–	13	Poland	Rtg	2 : 2
10/1	GM	Kadric, Denis (w)	2533	–	GM	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (b)	2654	½ – ½
10/2	GM	Petrov, Nikita (b)	2576	–	GM	Gumularz, Szymon (w)	2592	½ – ½
10/3	GM	Draskovic, Luka (w)	2486	–	GM	Kosakowski, Jakub (b)	2550	1 – 0
10/4	GM	Kosic, Dragan (b)	2351	–	GM	Malek, Jan (w)	2508	0 – 1
Bo.	30	Moldova	Rtg	–	16	Croatia	Rtg	2 : 2
11/1	IM	Lashkin, Jegor (w)	2497	–	GM	Saric, Ivan (b)	2661	½ – ½
11/2	GM	Schitco, Ivan (b)	2483	–	GM	Brkic, Ante (w)	2578	½ – ½
11/3	IM	Baltag, Iulian (w)	2394	–	GM	Livaic, Leon (b)	2551	½ – ½
11/4		Gubin, Dmitrii (b)	2275	–	GM	Martinovic, Sasa (w)	2553	½ – ½
Bo.	21	Denmark	Rtg	–	28	Switzerland	Rtg	2 : 2
12/1	GM	Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard (w)	2578	–	GM	Bogner, Sebastian (b)	2555	½ – ½
12/2	GM	Andersen, Mads (b)	2556	–	GM	Peng, Li Min (w)	2498	½ – ½
12/3	IM	Olsen, Filip Boe (w)	2451	–	IM	Kurmann, Oliver (b)	2409	½ – ½
12/4	GM	Ochsner, Bjorn Moller (b)	2461	–	FM	Fecker, Noah (w)	2364	½ – ½
Bo.	26	Lithuania	Rtg	–	17	Austria	Rtg	2½:1½
13/1	GM	Kazakouski, Valery (w)	2581	–	GM	Alekseenko, Kirill (b)	2679	1 – 0
13/2	GM	Stremavicius, Titas (b)	2531	–	GM	Dragnev, Valentin (w)	2539	½ – ½
13/3	GM	Pultinevicius, Paulius (w)	2532	–	GM	Ragger, Markus (b)	2567	½ – ½
13/4	FM	Morkunas, Gustas (b)	2324	–	GM	Blohberger, Felix (w)	2513	½ – ½
Bo.	19	Israel	Rtg	–	29	Georgia 2	Rtg	2 : 2
14/1	GM	Rodshtein, Maxim (w)	2647	–	IM	Petriashvili, Nikoloz (b)	2489	½ – ½
14/2	GM	Gorshtein, Ido (b)	2537	–	IM	Tutisani, Noe (w)	2424	½ – ½
14/3	GM	Sokolovsky, Yahli (w)	2539	–	GM	Quparadze, Giga (b)	2493	½ – ½
14/4	GM	Parkhov, Yair (b)	2503	–	IM	Akhvlediani, Irakli (w)	2436	½ – ½
Bo.	31	Belgium	Rtg	–	23	Georgia 1	Rtg	1 : 3
15/1	GM	Dardha, Daniel (w)	2605	–	GM	Kacharava, Nikolozi (b)	2486	0 – 1
15/2	IM	Maerevoet, Sim (b)	2426	–	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan (w)	2457	0 – 1
15/3	GM	Glek, Igor (w)	2432	–	GM	Jobava, Baadur (b)	2573	½ – ½
15/4	FM	De Waele, Warre (b)	2326	–	GM	Paichadze, Luka (w)	2502	½ – ½
Bo.	24	Slovakia	Rtg	–	35	Georgia 3	Rtg	3 : 1
16/1	GM	Pechac, Jergus (w)	2539	–	FM	Nemsadze, Daviti (b)	2348	1 – 0
16/2	IM	Sahidi, Samir (b)	2490	–	FM	Qalichava, Akaki (w)	2333	½ – ½
16/3	IM	Haring, Filip (w)	2479	–	FM	Shamatava, Nikolozi (b)	2296	½ – ½
16/4	IM	Druska, Juraj (b)	2451	–	FM	Safarov, Deniel (w)	2280	1 – 0
Bo.	33	Iceland	Rtg	–	38	Georgia 4	Rtg	4 : 0
17/1	GM	Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar (w)	2506	–	IM	Lortkipanidze, Nodar (b)	2371	1 – 0
17/2	GM	Kjartansson, Gudmundur (b)	2422	–		Makharadze, Jambul (w)	2291	1 – 0
17/3	IM	Ragnarsson, Dagur (w)	2385	–		Didmanidze, Tengiz (b)	1995	1 – 0
17/4	GM	Stefansson, Hannes (b)	2408	–		Diasamidze, Lulu (w)	1839	1 – 0
Bo.	37	Kosovo	Rtg	–	40	Ireland	Rtg	3½: ½
18/1	IM	Saraci, Nderim (w)	2445	–	FM	Nemeth, Zalan (b)	2212	1 – 0
18/2	FM	Uruci, Endrit (b)	2347	–	CM	Melaugh, Shane (w)	2192	½ – ½
18/3	CM	Asllani, Muhamet (w)	2251	–	CM	Tureshbayev, Anuar (b)	2285	1 – 0
18/4	CM	Saraci, Korab (b)	2197	–		O`Gorman, Alice (w)	1960	1 – 0
Bo.	36	Faroe Islands	Rtg	–	32	Finland	Rtg	1 : 3
19/1	IM	Nielsen, Hogni Egilstoft (w)	2389	–	IM	Keinanen, Toivo (b)	2503	½ – ½
19/2	FM	Apol, Luitjen Akselsson (b)	2318	–	IM	Sipila, Vilka (w)	2487	0 – 1
19/3	FM	Egilstoft, Rogvi (w)	2304	–	IM	Sklyarov, Dmitry V. (b)	2428	½ – ½
19/4	FM	Poulsen, Martin (b)	2276	–	IM	Sammalvuo, Tapani (w)	2376	0 – 1
Bo.	39	Scotland	Rtg	–	34	Portugal	Rtg	½ :3½
20/1	FM	Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick (w)	2389	–	IM	Sousa, Andre Ventura (b)	2433	½ – ½
20/2		Grant, Jonathan I M (b)	2134	–	FM	Barria, Jose (w)	2376	0 – 1
20/3		Mitchell, Martin (w)	2117	–	FM	Martins, Bruno Andre Leite (b)	2363	0 – 1
20/4		Morrison, Chris (b)	2174	–	IM	Martins, David Pires Tavares (w)	2430	0 – 1

European Team Chess Championship standings after round 4

Rk.	Team	Games	+	=	–	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Serbia	4	4	0	0	8	42.5	10
2	Ukraine	4	3	1	0	7	28	9.5
3	Greece	4	3	0	1	6	39	9.5
4	Netherlands	4	2	2	0	6	38.5	10
5	Azerbaijan	4	2	2	0	6	34	9.5
6	France	4	3	0	1	6	32	9
7	Spain	4	2	2	0	6	30	9.5
8	England	4	3	0	1	6	29	9.5
9	Slovenia	4	3	0	1	6	29	9.5
10	Romania	4	2	1	1	5	37	9.5
11	Czech Republic	4	1	3	0	5	32	9
12	Armenia	4	1	3	0	5	30	8.5
13	Montenegro	4	2	1	1	5	29	9
14	Hungary	4	2	1	1	5	28	10.5
15	Turkiye	4	1	2	1	4	35	9
16	Germany	4	2	0	2	4	34.5	9
17	Poland	4	1	2	1	4	31	8
18	Croatia	4	1	2	1	4	28.5	9
19	Denmark	4	1	2	1	4	27	8
20	Italy	4	2	0	2	4	25.5	9
21	Sweden	4	2	0	2	4	25	9.5
22	Switzerland	4	1	2	1	4	24	7.5
23	Georgia 1	4	2	0	2	4	22.5	7.5
24	Moldova	4	1	2	1	4	22	8.5
25	Bulgaria	4	2	0	2	4	19.5	7.5
26	Slovakia	4	2	0	2	4	17	8
27	Lithuania	4	2	0	2	4	15.5	8
28	Georgia 2	4	1	1	2	3	22.5	9
29	Israel	4	1	1	2	3	22.5	8.5
30	Iceland	4	1	1	2	3	18	9
31	Kosovo	4	1	1	2	3	18	7
32	Austria	4	1	0	3	2	22	7.5
33	Belgium	4	1	0	3	2	17	7.5
34	Finland	4	1	0	3	2	12	5.5
35	Portugal	4	1	0	3	2	11	6.5
36	Georgia 3	4	1	0	3	2	11	6
37	Ireland	4	1	0	3	2	3.5	3.5
38	Georgia 4	4	1	0	3	2	2	3.5
39	Faroe Islands	4	0	0	4	0	7	3.5
40	Scotland	4	0	0	4	0	4.5	2