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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. Tha 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 | 2 | G-Team Novy Bor (5) | |
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| 1.1 | 2756 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | ½ | ½ | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 2736 |
| 1.2 | 2784 | Topalov, Veselin | 1 | 0 | Navara, David | 2722 |
| 1.3 | 2752 | Adams, Michael | ½ | ½ | Harikrishna, P. | 2725 |
| 1.4 | 2758 | Giri, Anish | 1 | 0 | Laznicka, Viktor | 2675 |
| 1.5 | 2717 | Radjabov, Teimour | 1 | 0 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | 2680 |
| 1.6 | 2730 | Wang, Hao | 0 | 1 | Bartel, Mateusz | 2636 |
| 2 | |
Obiettivo Risarcimento (2) | 4.5 | 1.5 | Beer Sheva (8) | |
| 2.1 | 2801 | Caruana, Fabiano | 1 | 0 | Roiz, Michael | 2579 |
| 2.2 | 2782 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 1 | 0 | Rodshtein, Maxim | 2678 |
| 2.3 | 2768 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½ | ½ | Postny, Evgeny | 2641 |
| 2.4 | 2729 | Bacrot, Etienne | 1 | 0 | Greenfeld, Alon | 2551 |
| 2.5 | 2626 | Georgiev, Kiril | ½ | ½ | Huzman, Alexander | 2573 |
| 2.6 | 2585 | Vocaturo, Daniele | ½ | ½ | Khmelniker, Ilya | 2495 |
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Malakhite (3) | 4 | 2 | SPB (4) | |
| 3.1 | 2777 | Karjakin, Sergey | ½ | ½ | Svidler, Peter | 2732 |
| 3.2 | 2789 | Grischuk, Alexander | 1 | 0 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2755 |
| 3.3 | 2734 | Leko, Peter | ½ | ½ | Vitiugov, Nikita | 2742 |
| 3.4 | 2696 | Malakhov, Vladimir | 1 | 0 | Movsesian, Sergei | 2663 |
| 3.5 | 2684 | Lysyj, Igor | ½ | ½ | Efimenko, Zahar | 2641 |
| 3.6 | 2648 | Bologan, Viktor | ½ | ½ | Khairullin, Ildar | 2638 |
| 4 | |
Ladya (11) | 3.5 | 2.5 | SG Solingen (9) | |
| 4.1 | 2681 | Kamsky, Gata | 1 | 0 | Ragger, Markus | 2657 |
| 4.2 | 2598 | Timofeev, Artyom | ½ | ½ | L'Ami, Erwin | 2630 |
| 4.3 | 2544 | Ibragimov, Ildar | ½ | ½ | Sandipan, Chanda | 2619 |
| 4.4 | 2410 | Makhmutov, Rail | ½ | ½ | Naumann, Alexander | 2558 |
| 4.5 | 2351 | Sadykov, Ramil | ½ | ½ | Andersen, Mads | 2470 |
| 4.6 | 2344 | Faizrakhmanov, Ramil | ½ | ½ | Wegerle, Joerg | 2435 |
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Gros Xake Taldea (12) | 2 | 4 | Odlar Yourdu (7) | |
| 5.1 | 2715 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 0 | 1 | Sutovsky, Emil | 2632 |
| 5.2 | 2650 | Van Wely, Loek | 1 | 0 | Durarbayli, Vasif | 2614 |
| 5.3 | 2471 | Franco Alonso, Alejandro | 0 | 1 | Mamedov, Rauf | 2660 |
| 5.4 | 2450 | Gonzalez De La Torre, Santiago | ½ | ½ | Bajarani, Ulvi | 2483 |
| 5.5 | 2434 | Argandona Riveiro, Inigo | ½ | ½ | Abasov, Nijat | 2527 |
| 5.6 | 2298 | Martin Alvarez, Inigo | 0 | 1 | Mamedov, Nidjat | 2624 |
Only the top 5 matches are shown
SOCAR was able to vanquish the defending champions without too may issues. Radjabov and Giri basically won out of the opening, while Topalov beat Navara in a long endgame. Despite Bartel's efforts SOCAR beat Novy Bor 4-2.
Obiettivo Risarcimento also had no problems in their match. Caruana continues his crushing streak and is now only 25 rating points away from the World Champion. Nakamura beat Rodsthein in another long endgame, a much needed win for the American who won with his usual persistence. 4.5-1.5 for the Italian team.
Round four under way
The Russian duel favored Malakhite as both Dominguez and Movsesian, playing with White, underestimated how dangerous the heavy piece endgames were for them. Grischuk and Malakhov took advantage of this perfectly and those two wins gave Malakhite the win over SPB. Grischuk passes Aronian in the live rating list, and for the first time in a long time Aronian is fourth in the live rating list.
Giri won without problems against Laznicka
Tomorrow's match between SOCAR and Obiettivo is definitely a must see.
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| 1 | 1 | SOCAR Azerbaijan | AZE | |
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| 2 | 2 | Obiettivo Risarcimento | ITA | |
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| 3 | 3 | Malakhite | RUS | |
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| 4 | 7 | Odlar Yourdu | AZE | |
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| 5 | 11 | Ladya | RUS | |
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| 6 | 5 | G-Team Novy Bor | CZE | |
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| 7 | 6 | SHSM Nashe Nasledie | RUS | |
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| 8 | 14 | SK Hohenems | AUT | |
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| 9 | 21 | Huginn Chessclub | ISL | |
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| 10 | 13 | Haladas VSE | HUN | |
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SHSM Nashe Nasledie (8) | 2 | 2 | SC Bad Konigshofen (6) | |
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| 1.1 | 2540 | Gunina, Valentina | ½ | ½ | Paehtz, Elisabeth | 2467 |
| 1.2 | 2543 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | ½ | ½ | Mkrtchian, Lilit | 2457 |
| 1.3 | 2476 | Girya, Olga | 0 | 1 | Savina, Anastasia | 2373 |
| 1.4 | 2431 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | 1 | 0 | Schoene, Maria | 2261 |
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Herzliya Chess Club (7) | 0 | 4 | Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo (5) | |
| 2.1 | 2133 | Len, Irina | 0 | 1 | Muzychuk, Anna | 2551 |
| 2.2 | 2047 | Yakovleva, Tatiana | 0 | 1 | Lagno, Kateryna | 2540 |
| 2.3 | 1871 | Lian, Marina | 0 | 1 | Cramling, Pia | 2516 |
| 2.4 | 1891 | Haitovich, Avital | 0 | 1 | Skripchenko, Almira | 2430 |
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Ugra (1) | 1.5 | 2.5 | Batumi Chess Club "Nona" (4) | |
| 3.1 | 2481 | Ushenina, Anna | 0 | 1 | Dzagnidze, Nana | 2566 |
| 3.2 | 2482 | Pogonina, Natalija | 0 | 1 | Khotenashvili, Bela | 2507 |
| 3.3 | 2399 | Kovanova, Baira | 1 | 0 | Melia, Salome | 2464 |
| 3.4 | 2352 | Guseva, Marina | ½ | ½ | Batsiashvili, Nino | 2426 |
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Ladya (2) | 3.5 | 0.5 | Rishon Letzion (3) | |
| 4.1 | 2472 | Galliamova, Alisa | 1 | 0 | Efroimski, Marsel | 2331 |
| 4.2 | 2469 | Zatonskih, Anna | 1 | 0 | Madivani, Maka | 0 |
| 4.3 | 2421 | Atalik, Ekaterina | ½ | ½ | Vardi, Shlomit | 1957 |
| 4.4 | 2401 | Zaiatz, Elena | 1 | 0 | Federovski, Adi | 1937 |
SHSM lost an important half match point by only drawing SC Bad Konigshofen, who were not big underdogs but were outrated by almost 100 points in every board. The match of the day certainly was Ugra-Nona, and the Russian team needed to win to keep pace. However it was Nona that struck the blow! With wins by Dzagnidze and Khotenashvili over Ushenina and Pogonina, all it took was a draw in the last round for the Georgian team to secure their fourth match win in a row.
The two Israeli teams were, again, annihilated, though Rishon Letzion did save half a game point with a draw by Vardi against Atalik.
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| 1 | Batumi Chess Club "Nona" | GEO | |
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| 2 | Ladya | RUS | |
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| 3 | SHSM Nashe Nasledie | RUS | |
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| 4 | Ugra | RUS | |
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| 5 | Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo | MNC | |
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| 6 | SC Bad Konigshofen | GER | |
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| 7 | Rishon Letzion | ISR | |
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| 8 | 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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