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The 27th European Club Cup and the 16th ECC for women took place from September 24th to October 2nd, 2011, in Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia.
Rogaška Slatina (German: Rohitsch-Sauerbrunn) is famous for its curative mineral water, spa and crystal glass. For centuries the curative mineral water, rich in magnesium, the picturesque countryside and other local attractions have drawn visitors to the area. Roman inscriptions referring to the spa waters have been found.
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Many top GMs were to be found in the seven-round tournament, including three of the World Cup finalists. There were 65 men's and 12 women's teams. The seven-round event was won by the team from St Petersburg, headed by World Cup winner Peter Svidler, who scored 50% on board one (performance: 2664). Second was SOCAR, headed by Teimour Radjabov, who scored 4.5/5 points with a 3019 performance. Teimour, we hear, is to get married tomorrow (October 7th). Clearly this was very motivating for the Azeri GM. Here are the final standings of the top twenty clubs:
| # | Team | + |
= |
– |
MP |
Pts. |
BH. |
| 1 | Saint-Petersburg CF | 6 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
31½ |
177 |
| 2 | SOCAR | 6 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
31½ |
158½ |
| 3 | G-Team Novy Bor | 5 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
31½ |
153½ |
| 4 | Ekonomist SGSEU Saratov | 5 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
30½ |
161½ |
| 5 | SHSM-64 | 5 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
30 |
177½ |
| 6 | OSG Baden Baden | 5 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
29 |
184½ |
| 7 | Bosna Sarajevo | 5 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
27 |
177½ |
| 8 | Ugra | 5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
30 |
160 |
| 9 | Mika | 5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
28 |
178 |
| 10 | A DAN DZO & PGMB | 5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
27½ |
170½ |
| 11 | Tomsk-400 | 5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
27 |
184 |
| 12 | ZSK Maribor | 5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
26 |
146½ |
| 13 | Libertas Nereto | 4 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
22½ |
159½ |
| 14 | Bolungarvik Chess Club | 4 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
21½ |
161 |
| 15 | Naiden Voinov | 4 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
21½ |
150½ |
| 16 | Vesnianka Gran | 4 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
26½ |
152 |
| 17 | SF Berlin | 4 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
24 |
149½ |
| 18 | Accres Apeldoorn | 3 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
24 |
138 |
| 19 | Beer Sheba | 4 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
23 |
173 |
| 20 | KSK Eynatten 47 | 3 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
21½ |
147 |
The winners Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation with Peter Svidler holding
up the trophy
Second place for SOCAR, with Mamedov, Mamedyarov, Tukmakov (captain),
Kasimdzhanov, Sutovsky, Radjabov, Volokitin, Safarli and Grischuk
In third place the G-Team Novy Bor, with the same number of match points
as four
other teams, but with the highest number of board points
Here are the top performers (who played at least five games) on the different boards. We bring you the results from all boards because there are some well-known names on the bottom boards as well. Full lists are available at the link location given below.
Board one
| # | Ti | Name | Team | Rtg |
Perf |
| 1 | GM | Radjabov Teimour | SOCAR | 2752 |
3019 |
| 2 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | Ekonomist Saratov | 2710 |
2837 |
| 3 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | Ugra | 2716 |
2821 |
| 4 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | Mika | 2658 |
2794 |
| 5 | GM | Adams Michael | OSG Baden Baden | 2733 |
2744 |
| 6 | GM | Zhigalko Andrey | Vesnianka Gran | 2555 |
2734 |
| 7 | GM | Smirin Ilia | Perfect | 2678 |
2732 |
| 8 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | Bosna Sarajevo | 2706 |
2726 |
| 9 | GM | Van Wely Loek | Gros Xake Taldea | 2689 |
2713 |
| 10 | GM | Ostenstad Berge | Asker | 2469 |
2673 |
| 11 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | G-Team Novy Bor | 2701 |
2669 |
| 12 | GM | Svidler Peter | Saint-Petersburg CF | 2740 |
2664 |
| 13 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | Tomsk-400 | 2758 |
2660 |
| 14 | GM | Delchev Aleksander | Naiden Voinov | 2620 |
2654 |
| 15 | GM | Solak Dragan | Glasinac Sokolac | 2622 |
2650 |
| 16 | IM | Pruijssers Roeland | Accres Apeldoorn | 2475 |
2649 |
| 17 | GM | Beliavsky Alexander G | SD Tehcenter Ptuj | 2616 |
2629 |
| 18 | GM | Berelowitsch Alexander | KSK Rochade | 2563 |
2621 |
| 19 | GM | Nyback Tomi | Aatos Chessclub | 2627 |
2617 |
| 20 | GM | Istratescu Andrei | Marseille Echecs | 2650 |
2615 |
Top performances by Dmitry Jakovenko, Teimour Radjabov and Evgeny Tomashevsky
Board two
| # | Ti | Name | Team | Rtg |
Perf |
| 1 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | Saint-Petersburg CF | 2726 |
2835 |
| 2 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | Ekonomist Saratov | 2683 |
2821 |
| 3 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | Ekonomist Saratov | 2718 |
2808 |
| 4 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | SOCAR | 2757 |
2791 |
| 5 | GM | Wang Hao | SHSM-64 | 2733 |
2777 |
| 6 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | SHSM-64 | 2712 |
2761 |
| 7 | GM | Teterev Vitaly | Vesnianka Gran | 2519 |
2744 |
| 8 | GM | Shirov Alexei | OSG Baden Baden | 2713 |
2730 |
| 9 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | Beer Sheba | 2641 |
2724 |
| 10 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | G-Team Novy Bor | 2704 |
2700 |
| 11 | GM | Rublevsky Sergei | Ugra | 2681 |
2698 |
| 12 | IM | Gozzoli Yannick | Marseille Echecs | 2522 |
2694 |
| 13 | IM | Bok Benjamin | KSK Eynatten 47 | 2488 |
2676 |
| 14 | GM | Ragger Markus | Bosna Sarajevo | 2655 |
2668 |
| 15 | GM | Bauer Christian | Gros Xake Taldea | 2631 |
2638 |
| 16 | GM | Kogan Artur | Libertas Nereto | 2563 |
2632 |
| 17 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | SOCAR | 2746 |
2624 |
| 18 | GM | Jankovic Alojzije | ZSK Maribor | 2584 |
2615 |
| 19 | GM | Korobov Anton | A Dan Dzo & Pgmb | 2671 |
2610 |
| 20 | GM | Kovacevic Aleksandar | Glasinac Sokolac | 2568 |
2587 |
Board three
| # | Ti | Name | Team |
Rtg |
Perf |
| 1 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | G-Team Novy Bor | 2627 | 2844 |
| 2 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | OSG Baden Baden | 2705 | 2827 |
| 3 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | Saint-Petersburg CF | 2715 | 2792 |
| 4 | GM | Azarov Sergei | A DAN DZO & PGMB | 2648 | 2726 |
| 5 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | SOCAR | 2690 | 2718 |
| 6 | GM | Andreikin Dmitry | Ekonomist Saratov | 2705 | 2691 |
| 7 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | Ugra | 2710 | 2687 |
| 8 | GM | Predojevic Borki | Bosna Sarajevo | 2643 | 2663 |
| 9 | GM | Postny Evgeny | Beer Sheba | 2622 | 2662 |
| 10 | GM | Borisek Jure | SD Tehcenter Ptuj | 2534 | 2602 |
Board four
| # | Ti | Name | Team |
Rtg |
Perf |
| 1 | GM | Riazantsev Alexander | SHSM-64 | 2688 | 2963 |
| 2 | GM | Areshchenko Alexander | Tomsk-400 | 2672 | 2876 |
| 3 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | OSG Baden Baden | 2707 | 2756 |
| 4 | GM | Kozul Zdenko | ZSK Maribor | 2541 | 2729 |
| 5 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | SOCAR | 2686 | 2724 |
| 6 | GM | Nikolic Predrag | Bosna Sarajevo | 2636 | 2722 |
| 7 | GM | Efimenko Zahar | Saint-Petersburg CF | 2703 | 2696 |
| 8 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | Ekonomist Saratov | 2726 | 2677 |
| 9 | GM | Dreev Aleksey | Ugra | 2711 | 2675 |
| 10 | GM | Pashikian Arman | Mika | 2618 | 2671 |
Board five
| # | Ti | Name | Team |
Rtg |
Perf |
| 1 | GM | Zvjaginsev Vadim | Saint-Petersburg CF | 2666 | 2794 |
| 2 | GM | Nielsen Peter Heine | OSG Baden Baden | 2687 | 2737 |
| 3 | GM | Bologan Viktor | Tomsk-400 | 2657 | 2686 |
| 4 | GM | Potkin Vladimir | SHSM-64 | 2671 | 2675 |
| 5 | GM | Savchenko Boris | A DAN DZO & PGMB | 2630 | 2638 |
| 6 | GM | Andriasian Zaven | Mika | 2615 | 2631 |
| 7 | IM | Stojanovic Dalibor | Bosna Sarajevo | 2466 | 2614 |
| 8 | GM | Kurnosov Igor | Tomsk-400 | 2648 | 2605 |
| 9 | GM | Ni Hua | Ekonomist Saratov | 2670 | 2602 |
| 10 | GM | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | SOCAR | 2678 | 2594 |
Board six
| # | Ti | Name | Team |
Rtg |
Perf |
| 1 | GM | Khismatullin Denis | Tomsk-400 | 2635 | 3199 |
| 2 | GM | Grigoryan Avetik | Mika | 2614 | 2708 |
| 3 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | SOCAR | 2627 | 2706 |
| 4 | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | A DAN DZO & PGMB | 2580 | 2681 |
| 5 | GM | Khairullin Ildar | Saint-Petersburg CF | 2642 | 2657 |
| 6 | IM | Sakelsek Tadej | ZSK Maribor | 2407 | 2609 |
| 7 | GM | Cvek Robert | G-Team Novy Bor | 2518 | 2592 |
| 8 | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | OSG Baden Baden | 2638 | 2556 |
| 9 | FM | Nogly Christoph | SF Berlin | 2231 | 2484 |
| 10 | IM | Csonka Attila Istvan | Haladás VSE | 2380 | 2422 |
In the women's section there were eleven teams. The tournament was won by AVS, a team headed by former women's world champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria. She scored 4.5/6 points with a rating performance of 2674. The team also included GMs Kateryna Lahno and GM Viktorija Cmilyte. Here are the final standings:
| # | Team | + |
= |
– |
MP |
Pts. |
BH. |
| 1 | AVS | 6 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
18½ |
105½ |
| 2 | AEM Luxten Timisoara | 5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
17½ |
100½ |
| 3 | Mika | 5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
17½ |
98½ |
| 4 | Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo | 4 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
19 |
96 |
| 5 | SHSM-RGSU | 4 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
16½ |
85½ |
| 6 | CS R. Fischer Chieti | 4 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
14 |
74½ |
| 7 | BAS | 3 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
14 |
87 |
| 8 | Giprorechtrans | 3 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
103 |
| 9 | Anatolia | 3 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
80 |
| 10 | ZSK Maribor | 2 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
84 |
| 11 | Oslo Schakselskap | 1 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
82 |
There were two further 2600+ performances, by IM Anna Muzychuk for Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo and IM Yelena Dembo for BAS, both on board two.
The winners, AVS, with Antoaneta Stefanova holding up the cup
Second place for AEM Luxten Timisoara, with IM Cristina-Adela Foisor, IM
Nana
Dzagnidze, IM Anna Zatonskih, IM Lela Javakhishvili, and IM Anastasia Bodnaruk
The team of Mika, which finished in third place, with the captain and the
players
GM Elina Danielian, IM Harika Dronavalli, GM Zhu Chen, IM Lilit Mkrtchian
All pictures by WGM Irina Sudakova
Links
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