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After a preliminary stage, divided in five groups, in which 42 teams participated, 10 teams qualified for the single round-robin that served as the final stage. The eventual winners from Monte Carlo fielded an international, strong team which included Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia), Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia), Pia Cramling (Sweden), Elisabeth Paehtz (Germany) and Monika Socko (Poland).
The eventual winners secured the title with one round to spare:
𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐝❜𝐄𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞-𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨 🇲🇨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧❜𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞!
— European Chess Union (@ECUonline) December 22, 2020
Congratulations! 👏
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In round 8, Elisabeth Paehtz managed to trap Szidonia Lazarne’s queen in unique fashion:
How to play the Sicilian Defence!
The continuous stream of new ideas in the Sicilian makes 1..c5 the most popular answer to 1.e4. On this DVD I do give an introduction to the most important Sicilian systems.
| Rk. | Team | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo | 14 | 20,5 |
| 2 | UGRA | 11 | 21,0 |
| 3 | GAMBIT Volgograd | 11 | 20,0 |
| 4 | Poland Hussars | 10 | 19,5 |
| 5 | Kyiv Chess Federation - Greco | 9 | 20,0 |
| 6 | Clichy-Echecs-92 | 8 | 17,0 |
| 7 | Hello Sakk | 8 | 15,0 |
| 8 | TREMBLAY EN FRANCE | 7 | 15,5 |
| 9 | Odlar Yurdu | 6 | 16,5 |
| 10 | SK Schwäbisch Hall | 6 | 15,0 |
