| Location: | Floreal Blankenberge |
|---|---|
| Time period: | 11th October - 15 October 2021 |
| Modus: | 7 rounds swiss system, (team/ single score) Teamscore: Best 4 players of 6 players team |
| Organisation Committee: |
Tournament director: Kimball Rosseel |
| Patronage: | Gilles Colmant, Navy Captain |
| Tournament logo: | 
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| A drinking bottle as gift: | Each participant got a drinking bottle. |
| Reports: | Link to website NCC2021 from Belgian Military Chess for the results |
| Particularities: |
Jan Cheung and Carl Portman were awarded with the NATO Chess Friends of Chess medal for their many contributions in the field of NATO Chess. |
Team ranking after 7 rounds
| Rank | Flag | Country | Teampoints | Buchholz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |
Poland | 21 | 111 |
| 2. |  |
Greece | 20,5 | 114 |
| 3. |  |
Germany | 19 | 123,5 |
| 4. |  |
Denmark | 18,5 | 111,5 |
| 5. |  |
USA | 17 | 111 |
| 6. |  |
Lithuania | 17 | 101,5 |
| 7. |  |
Italy | 16,5 | 110,5 |
| 8. |  |
Slovenia | 16 | 109 |
| 9. |  |
Belgium | 14,5 | 108,5 |
| 10. |  |
NATO Team 2 | 14 | 99,5 |
| 11. |  |
Netherlands | 14 | 94 |
| 12. |  |
Latvia | 14 | 91 |
| 13. |  |
United Kingdom | 13,5 | 80 |
| 14. | |
NATO Team 1 | 12,5 | 104,5 |
| 15. |  |
Estonia | 12,5 | 97,5 |
| 16. | |
NATO LTM | 12 | 104 |
| 17. |  |
Canada | 10,5 | 70,5 |
| 18. |  |
Luxembourg | 9,5 | 89,5 |
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
Post tournament reports
Article in Chessbase (German)
Twitter PL in NATO Article in Polish Government Article in Polish Forces Article in 5th Artillery Regiment Twitter Faculty of Cybernetics Article in Special Branch of Military Police in Minsk Mazowiecki Article in MAT Article in Szachista, March 2022
Official photo by photographer Alain Mijngheer
