Ten of the 192 players celebrate thei birthdy in the course of this European
Championship. Last Saturday Aleksandar Zarkov (Macedonia) celebrated his
30th birthday and Spanish world class player Talant Dushebaev will be
thirty tomorrow. Croatian player Ivica Obrvan (32), Germany’s Henning Siemen
(24) and Serguei Pogorelov (24), of European and World chanpion Russia will
celebrate tomorrow as well. On Thursday it is his teammate Igor Lavrov’s turn
(25) and on Friday Hungary’s Istvan Pasztor will complete 27 years. On Saturday
Swedish player Hansson-Wigercup (24) and Germany’s Nils Lehmann (30) will
celebrate their birthday. Playing in the semi final would be their most
desirable birthday present.
