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Alkaloid triumphs at the European Club Cup in Novi Sad

11/15/2016 – Alkaloid, a team from Macedonia, won the European Club Cup. Alkaloid won the first five matches and drew the last two to finish first. Best scorer on the team was Chinese Grandmaster Yu Yangyi (photo). Place two went to Mednyi Vsadnik with Peter Svidler on top board. Vasily Ivanchuk won gold for the best performance on board one.

Novi Sad, Rd. 3: first surprises

11/9/2016 – Round three of the strong European Clup Cup brought the first surprises. The Italian team Padova which has Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Levon Aronian on the top boards lost against the Serbian team Sveti Nikolaj Srpski. And the Czech team Novy Bor, winner of the ECC 2013, lost against the Russian team Zhiguli. Favorite Syberia played with Vladimir Kramnik on board one and scored a narrow victory. Results, tables, games...

Novi Sad, Rd 2: Favorites continue to win

11/8/2016 – In round two of the European Club Cup in Novi Sad the favorite teams continued to live up to their role as favorites. After two rounds twelve teams still have 4 out of possible 4 team points and six of these teams even have 11 out of 12 possible board points and lead the field. Results, tables, games...

Kick off at the European Club Cup

11/6/2016 – The European Club Cup, the strongest club tournament of the year, began this weekend in Novi Sad, Serbia. The event lasts from 5th to 13th November and attracted 20 of the world's best 30 players, among them Vladimir Kramnik, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Levon Aronian. The best player in the Women's Tournament is reigning Women's World Champion Hou Yifan.
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