2014 European Club CupThis mega swiss tournament brings together the top teams from the top leagues in Europe to compete for the European Club Champion title. Most teams have reinforcementes specifically for this event, while others send their local players that have served them throughout the seasons. Many 2700+ players are participating in the event. The tournament is a seven round swiss system that coincides with the Bilbao Grand Slam Finals, for which we will have separate reports. The matches in the Open section will be six-on-six, while on the Women's section will be four-on-four. |
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SOCAR Azerbaijan (1) | 4.5 | 1.5 | Oslo Schakselskap (24) | |
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| 1.1 | 2756 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | ½ | ½ | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | 2630 |
| 1.2 | 2784 | Topalov, Veselin | 0 | 1 | Agdestein, Simen | 2622 |
| 1.3 | 2758 | Giri, Anish | 1 | 0 | Stubberud, Ornulf | 2342 |
| 1.4 | 2730 | Wang, Hao | 1 | 0 | Hauge, Lars Oskar | 2322 |
| 1.5 | 2673 | Korobov, Anton | 1 | 0 | Mihajlov, Sebastian | 2257 |
| 1.6 | 2655 | Safarli, Eltaj | 1 | 0 | Persson, Mats | 2239 |
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SPB (4) | 3 | 3 | Obiettivo Risarcimento (2) | |
| 2.1 | 2732 | Svidler, Peter | ½ | ½ | Caruana, Fabiano | 2801 |
| 2.2 | 2755 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | ½ | ½ | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2782 |
| 2.3 | 2742 | Vitiugov, Nikita | ½ | ½ | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2768 |
| 2.4 | 2694 | Matlakov, Maxim | ½ | ½ | Bacrot, Etienne | 2729 |
| 2.5 | 2641 | Efimenko, Zahar | ½ | ½ | Fressinet, Laurent | 2712 |
| 2.6 | 2638 | Khairullin, Ildar | ½ | ½ | Georgiev, Kiril | 2626 |
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Beer Sheva (8) | 3 | 3 | Malakhite (3) | |
| 3.1 | 2579 | Roiz, Michael | ½ | ½ | Karjakin, Sergey | 2777 |
| 3.2 | 2678 | Rodshtein, Maxim | 0 | 1 | Grischuk, Alexander | 2789 |
| 3.3 | 2641 | Postny, Evgeny | ½ | ½ | Leko, Peter | 2734 |
| 3.4 | 2551 | Greenfeld, Alon | 1 | 0 | Shirov, Alexei | 2701 |
| 3.5 | 2573 | Huzman, Alexander | ½ | ½ | Motylev, Alexander | 2686 |
| 3.6 | 2495 | Khmelniker, Ilya | ½ | ½ | Bologan, Viktor | 2648 |
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G-Team Novy Bor (5) | 6 | 0 | SK Rockaden (20) | |
| 4.1 | 2736 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 1 | 0 | Blomqvist, Erik | 2506 |
| 4.2 | 2722 | Navara, David | 1 | 0 | Hermansson, Emil | 2455 |
| 4.3 | 2725 | Harikrishna, P. | 1 | 0 | Bator, Robert | 2422 |
| 4.4 | 2680 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | 1 | 0 | Hedman, Erik | 2362 |
| 4.5 | 2636 | Bartel, Mateusz | 1 | 0 | Engqvist, Thomas | 2348 |
| 4.6 | 2638 | Hracek, Zbynek | 1 | 0 | Kenneskog, Theodor | 2285 |
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Odlar Yourdu (7) | 3 | 3 | SG Solingen (9) | |
| 5.1 | 2632 | Sutovsky, Emil | 1 | 0 | Ragger, Markus | 2657 |
| 5.2 | 2614 | Durarbayli, Vasif | ½ | ½ | L'Ami, Erwin | 2630 |
| 5.3 | 2660 | Mamedov, Rauf | 1 | 0 | Sandipan, Chanda | 2619 |
| 5.4 | 2483 | Bajarani, Ulvi | ½ | ½ | Naumann, Alexander | 2558 |
| 5.5 | 2615 | Guseinov, Gadir | 0 | 1 | Andersen, Mads | 2470 |
| 5.6 | 2514 | Rasulov, Vugar | 0 | 1 | Wegerle, Joerg | 2435 |
Only the top 5 matches are shown
SOCAR was able to fullfill prediction and beat Oslo, even though Agdestein somewehat surprisingly beat Topalov. SPB ended up splitting 3-3 against Obiettivo Risarcimento in an usual six draw match.
Meanwhile Beer Sheva drew Malakhite after Shirov lost his game (he has had a horrible tournament thus far with two losses against lower rated players) while Grischuk won a brilliancy against Rodshtein:
The defending champions, Novy Bor, vanquished SK Rockaden without any problems while Odlar Yourdu, a very slight favorite against SG Solingen, was only able to take half a point as both of their bottom boards suffered a loss.
Some of the players have mentioned that the organization would have been of great quality, but they didn't expect or were able to handle so many players. The website has had some technical difficulties as well.
Ladya (right) barely edged out Gros Xake Taldea 3.5-2.5
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| 1 | 5 | G-Team Novy Bor | CZE | |
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| 3 | 9 | SG Solingen | GER | |
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| 4 | 8 | Beer Sheva | ISR | |
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| 5 | 3 | Malakhite | RUS | |
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| 6 | 7 | Odlar Yourdu | AZE | |
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| 7 | 4 | SPB | RUS | |
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| 8 | 2 | Obiettivo Risarcimento | ITA | |
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| 9 | 11 | Ladya | RUS | |
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| 10 | 12 | Gros Xake Taldea | ESP | |
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Ladya (2) | 2.5 | 1.5 | SHSM Nashe Nasledie (8) | |
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| 1.1 | 2472 | Galliamova, Alisa | 1 | 0 | Gunina, Valentina | 2540 |
| 1.2 | 2469 | Zatonskih, Anna | 1 | 0 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 2543 |
| 1.3 | 2421 | Atalik, Ekaterina | ½ | ½ | Girya, Olga | 2476 |
| 1.4 | 2401 | Zaiatz, Elena | 0 | 1 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | 2433 |
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Rishon Letzion (3) | 0 | 4 | Ugra (1) | |
| 2.1 | 2331 | Efroimski, Marsel | 0 | 1 | Ushenina, Anna | 2481 |
| 2.2 | 0 | Madivani, Maka | 0 | 1 | Kovanova, Baira | 2399 |
| 2.3 | 1957 | Vardi, Shlomit | 0 | 1 | Guseva, Marina | 2352 |
| 2.4 | 1937 | Federovski, Adi | 0 | 1 | Shadrina, Tatiana | 2327 |
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Batumi Chess Club "Nona" (4) | 4 | 0 | Herzliya Chess Club (7) | |
| 3.1 | 2507 | Khotenashvili, Bela | 1 | 0 | Len, Irina | 2133 |
| 3.2 | 2464 | Melia, Salome | 1 | 0 | Yakovleva, Tatiana | 2047 |
| 3.3 | 2426 | Batsiashvili, Nino | 1 | 0 | Lian, Marina | 1871 |
| 3.4 | 2242 | Mikadze, Miranda | 1 | 0 | Haitovich, Avital | 1891 |
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Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo (5) | 2.5 | 1.5 | SC Bad Konigshofen (6) | |
| 4.1 | 2663 | Hou, Yifan | ½ | ½ | Paehtz, Elisabeth | 2467 |
| 4.2 | 2551 | Muzychuk, Anna | ½ | ½ | Mkrtchian, Lilit | 2457 |
| 4.3 | 2540 | Lagno, Kateryna | ½ | ½ | Savina, Anastasia | 2373 |
| 4.4 | 2430 | Skripchenko, Almira | 1 | 0 | Schoene, Maria | 2261 |
Despite Gunina's and Kosteniuk's recent string of successes, today it was their losses that cost SHSM the match. Ladya takes it with wins by Galliamova and Zatonskih, while Atalik just had to hold Girya to a draw. Despite Kashlinskaya's effort, SHSM falls to Ladya 2.5-1.5.
Hou Yifan overseeing her teammates' games
Kateryna Lagno (right) struck a crucial blow to China
in the Olympiad by beating Hou Yifan, but now they are teammates!
Both of the Israeli teams got destroyed 4-0, which is not entirely surprising.
Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo finally won a match as Skripchenko took the last board against Schoene. A closer match than the top seeded team would have liked.
SHSM suffered a tough defeat allowing Ladya to
catch up to them, and leaving Nona in clear first
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| 1 | 4 | Batumi Chess Club "Nona" | GEO | |
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| 2 | 1 | Ugra | RUS | |
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| 3 | 2 | Ladya | RUS | |
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| 4 | 8 | SHSM Nashe Nasledie | RUS | |
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| 5 | 6 | SC Bad Konigshofen | GER | |
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| 6 | 5 | Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo | MNC | |
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| 7 | 3 | Rishon Letzion | ISR | |
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| 8 | 7 | Herzliya Chess Club | ISR | |
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Photos by Manu de Alba from Bilbao's Facebook site
LinksThe games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 12 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs. |
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