Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo wins European Women’s Clup Cup

by Klaus Besenthal
12/24/2020 – The European Women’s Club Cup was played online on December 19-22. The favourites from Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo won the event despite losing their direct encounter against the tail-enders from SK Schwäbisch Hall. Two Russian teams, UGRA and Gambit Volgograd, completed the podium.
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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:

In round 8, Elisabeth Paehtz managed to trap Szidonia Lazarne’s queen in unique fashion:

 
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1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 e6 5.Nd2 Bd6 6.Bg3 0-0 7.Ngf3 Qc7 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.Ne5 b6 10.f4 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.0-0 Nc7 13.Rf3 Ne4
Black's last move leaves a somewhat uneasy feeling: after all, the knight from f6 was protecting the h7-square, which Paehtz obviously wants to attack. In addition, the uncovered queen on d6 allows for dangerous tactical motives. The latter factor decided the game, and sooner than expected. It was possible to start with 13...Qe7 14.dxc5 After this move the black queen needs to be very careful. Nxc5 Only move. 14...bxc5?? 15.Nxe4 14...Qxc5? 15.Nd7 15.Rh3 g6 16.b4 Nd7?? A fatal mistake - White's pressure is too much to handle! Necessary was 16...Nb7 17.Ne4 There is the motif with the unprotected queen on d6. Qe7 18.Nc6 Qe8 19.Nd6
The final position is worth a diagram for its visual impact alone! 1–0
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Paehtz,E2467Lazarne Vajda,S23451–02020EWCCC Online Final 20208.2

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Final standings

Rk. Team  TB1 
1 Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo 14
2 UGRA 11
3 GAMBIT Volgograd 11
4 Poland Hussars 10
5 Kyiv Chess Federation - Greco 9
6 Clichy-Echecs-92 8
7 Hello Sakk 8
8 TREMBLAY EN FRANCE 7
9 Odlar Yurdu 6
10 SK Schwäbisch Hall 6

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Klaus Besenthal is computer scientist, has followed and still follows the chess scene avidly since 1972 and since then has also regularly played in tournaments.

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