Location: | Julius-Leber-Barracks Kurt-Schumacher-Damm 41 13405 Berlin ![]() ![]() |
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Time period: | 16th September - 20th September 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Modus: | 7 rounds swiss system, (team/ single score) Teamscore: Best 4 players of 6 players team |
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Organisation Committee: |
Tournament directors: Jörg Hilgert, KAS e.V. Captain Senior Grade Karl Koopmeiners Chief arbiter: Luc Cornet (BEL) Deputy arbiter: Martin Sebastian (GER) |
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Patronage: | Vice Admiral Joachim Rühle, Vice Chief of Defence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tournament logo: | ![]() |
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Reports: |
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Blitz: |
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Team ranking after 7 rounds!
Rank | Flag | Country | Teampoints | Buchholz |
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Germany | 21,5 | 115 |
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Poland | 21 | 118,5 |
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Greece | 19 | 119,5 |
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Italy | 18 | 112 |
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The Netherlands | 18 | 109 |
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Denmark | 18 | 102,5 |
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United States of America |
17,5 | 116 |
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Hungary | 17 | 115,5 |
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Slovenia | 16,5 | 108,5 |
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Belgium | 14 | 100 |
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NATO Team 1 | 13,5 | 103 |
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Latvia | 13,5 | 99 |
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NATO Team 3 | 13,5 | 84 |
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NATO Team 5 | 13,5 | 83 |
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NATO Team 2 | 13 | 92,5 |
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United Kingdom | 12,5 | 105 |
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NATO Team 4 | 12,5 | 96 |
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Estonia | 12,5 | 92,5 | 19. | ![]() |
Lithuania | 11 | 87,5 |
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Canada | 10,5 | 92 |
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Luxembourg | 5 | 48 |
from www.3dflagsplus.com

Explanation:
- Every participating nation team consists of maximum six national players.
- Officials, lifetime members and extra players can form a NATO-team, but they cannot win the cup.
- Rule: Players of the same nationality may not play against each other.
- In order to build a team-ranking, the points of the four best players of a team are gathered.
- Please check the individual ranking list to see which player is in which team.
Several articles by the press
Pre tournament report:

Chessbase article about Polish participation in NATO Chess
English German Spanish
Post tournament reports part 1:

US makes history at 30th NATO Championship,
US Chess Org, 27 Sept 2019

Performance Dutch NATO Chess team 2019
Dutch Military Sport Organization, 27 Sept 2019

Deutschland gewinnt Nato Meisterschaft,
Chessbase (German edition), 01 Oct 2019 NATO-Schachmeisterschaft: Ein besonderer Sieg,
Chessbase (German edition), 05 Oct 2019 NATO Chess Championship: A special victory,
Chessbase, 12 Oct 2019 Article in a well known german chess magazine:
Link to "Schach Magazin 64"
Post tournament reports part 2:

Performance Polish team at 30th NATO CC
Mat, 21 Sep 2019 for mat online on Berlin 2019
Another article, 23 Sep 2019 for 5th Artillery Regiment on Berlin 2019 Article on Polska Zbrojna, 23.09.2019 on Berlin 2019 Polish Chess Federation on Berlin 2019, 24.09.2019 Another article, 26 Sep 2019 for Special Unit of Military Gendarmerie on Berlin 2019 NATO Chess on Twitter (Polish report), 13 Dec 2019
Post tournament reports part 3:
An education article about a game between a lower and higher rated player in the 1st Round of NATO Chess 2019
Some exercises of the 1st Round of NATO Chess 2019
Official photo
