Teams of Russia took double gold at European Team Chess Championship 2019 in Batumi, Georgia.
Russian Women team defended the title of European Team Chess Champion from 2017, while Russian team in Open section defended the position of the top seed from the beginning of the Championship.
After intense finish of the event in Open section, Russia took narrow 2.5-1.5 victory over Poland, and became the sole Winner with score of 15 match points.

Ukraine, who tied for the top with Russians after round 8, played a draw in a match against Croatia, and thanks to the tiebreaks took silver medals.

Team of England tied for the second place with Ukraine, but eventually came third and took bronze.

Russian Women team convincingly won in the Women’s section, and maintained the leadership from the very beginning of the Championship. With a sound victory against Turkey, Russian ladies scored 16 match points, and successfully defended the title of European Team Chess Champion from 2017.

Second place came to team of Georgia with 15 match points, who was running-up after the Russians for the whole tournament.

After narrow victory over Armenia, team of Azerbaijan took bronze medals scoring 14 match points.

The best players per boards in Open section were:
Board 1-
1 | GM | Andreikin Dmitry | 2741 | RUS | Russia | 2817 | 0 | 8 | 68,8 | 1 |
2 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2758 | ARM | Armenia | 2790 | 0 | 8 | 62,5 | 4 |
3 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2686 | UKR | Ukraine | 2771 | 0 | 9 | 61,1 | 2 |
Board 2-
1 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2732 | RUS | Russia | 2749 | 0 | 7 | 64,3 | 1 |
2 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2694 | ESP | Spain | 2735 | 0 | 8 | 68,8 | 7 |
3 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2670 | GEO | Georgia | 2733 | 0 | 9 | 72,2 | 11 |
Board 3-
1 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2667 | HUN | Hungary | 2844 | 0 | 7 | 85,7 | 26 |
2 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2664 | ESP | Spain | 2781 | 0 | 8 | 81,3 | 7 |
3 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | 2627 | UKR | Ukraine | 2748 | 0 | 7 | 64,3 | 2 |
Board 4-
1 | GM | Halkias Stelios | 2530 | GRE | Greece | 2781 | 0 | 7 | 78,6 | 14 |
2 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2688 | ENG | England | 2713 | 0 | 8 | 68,8 | 3 |
3 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | 2660 | AZE | Azerbaijan | 2709 | 0 | 9 | 66,7 | 6 |
Board 5-
1 | GM | Dubov Daniil | 2699 | RUS | Russia | 2805 | 0 | 7 | 78,6 | 1 |
2 | GM | Onischuk Vladimir | 2616 | UKR | Ukraine | 2760 | 0 | 8 | 75,0 | 2 |
3 | GM | Pashikian Arman | 2599 | ARM | Armenia | 2695 | 0 | 6 | 66,7 | 4 |
In Women section, the best players per board were:
Board 1-
1 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2502 | GEO | Georgia | 2639 | 0 | 9 | 77,8 | 2 |
2 | GM | Cramling Pia | 2462 | SWE | Sweden | 2621 | 0 | 9 | 88,9 | 26 |
3 | IM | Mammadzada Gunay | 2427 | AZE | Azerbaijan | 2565 | 0 | 8 | 68,8 | 3 |
Board 2-
1 | GM | Lagno Kateryna | 2549 | RUS | Russia | 2597 | 0 | 8 | 81,3 | 1 |
2 | IM | Peptan Corina-Isabela | 2371 | ROU | Romania | 2586 | 0 | 8 | 81,3 | 6 |
3 | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2457 | GEO | Georgia | 2472 | 0 | 8 | 62,5 | 2 |
Board 3-
1 | IM | Matnadze Ana | 2383 | ESP | Spain | 2488 | 0 | 8 | 75,0 | 20 |
2 | IM | Skripchenko Almira | 2403 | FRA | France | 2466 | 0 | 7 | 71,4 | 14 |
3 | WGM | Klek Hanna Marie | 2248 | GER | Germany | 2441 | 0 | 8 | 81,3 | 21 |
Board 4-
1 | IM | Arabidze Meri | 2398 | GEO | Georgia | 2571 | 0 | 8 | 81,3 | 2 |
2 | IM | Mammadova Gulnar | 2369 | AZE | Azerbaijan | 2532 | 0 | 8 | 81,3 | 3 |
3 | GM | Gunina Valentina | 2509 | RUS | Russia | 2414 | 0 | 7 | 64,3 | 1 |
Board 5-
1 | WIM | Sargsyan Anna M. | 2242 | ARM | Armenia | 2626 | 0 | 8 | 87,5 | 7 |
2 | WFM | Movileanu Daniela | 2173 | ITA | Italy | 2478 | 0 | 7 | 78,6 | 15 |
3 | IM | Kashlinskaya Alina | 2481 | RUS | Russia | 2442 | 0 | 5 | 70,0 | 1 |

Closing ceremony of the event took place yesterday evening. The closing ceremony was attended by President of European Chess Union, Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili, who addressed the teams, and officially declared the event closed.

European Team Chess Championship 2019 took place from 23rd October-3rd November, in Hotel Sheraton, Batumi, Georgia.