2014 European Club Cup
This 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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Open Section
| 1 |
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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 |
| 2 |
|
SPB (4) |
3 |
3 |
Obiettivo Risarcimento (2) |
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| 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 |
| 3 |
|
Beer Sheva (8) |
3 |
3 |
Malakhite (3) |
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| 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 |
| 4 |
|
G-Team Novy Bor (5) |
6 |
0 |
SK Rockaden (20) |
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| 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 |
| 5 |
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Odlar Yourdu (7) |
3 |
3 |
SG Solingen (9) |
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| 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:
[Event "30th ECC Open 2014"] [Site "Bilbao ESP"] [Date "2014.09.16"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2678"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2014.09.14"] [WhiteTeam "Malakhite"] [BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 e5 6. Nxc4 e4 7. Nfe5 {Already a very unusual game. White's centralized knights are annoying, but at the same time they can be vulnerable to an attack.} Qc7 8. d4 f6 $6 {This probably beings Rodshtein's problems.} 9. Ne3 Be6 10. N5c4 f5 {White's position looks cramped, but in fact after a timely f3 it is Black's underdevelopment that will come into play.} 11. O-O Nf6 12. f3 $1 exf3 13. Rxf3 g6 14. g4 $1 {Why not? Going forward with the attack. Grischuk simply opens up lines.} f4 (14... Nxg4 15. Nxg4 fxg4 16. Re3 {is ugly to say the least.}) 15. g5 Nh5 16. d5 $1 { More powerful play!} cxd5 17. Nxd5 Qc5+ 18. Nce3 $1 {The beautiful point of White's position. d5 is defended and Black's position surprisingly collapses.} fxe3 (18... Bg7 19. b4 $16) (18... Bxd5 19. b4 Qb6 20. Qxd5 $18) 19. b4 Qd6 20. Rxe3 {Rxe6 and Nc7+ is a threat.} Na6 21. Bb2 Bg7 22. Nf6+ {A wonderful victory by Grischuk.} (22. Nf6+ Ke7 23. Qxd6+ Kxd6 24. Rd1+ Ke7 25. Rd7+ Kf8 26. Rxe6 $18) 1-0
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
Standings
| Rk |
ID |
Team |
Fed |
Games
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=
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-
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Pts
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| 1 |
5 |
G-Team Novy Bor |
CZE |
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
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6
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| 2 |
1 |
SOCAR Azerbaijan |
AZE |
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
6
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| 3 |
9 |
SG Solingen |
GER |
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
| 4 |
8 |
Beer Sheva |
ISR |
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
| 5 |
3 |
Malakhite |
RUS |
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
| 6 |
7 |
Odlar Yourdu |
AZE |
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
5
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| 7 |
4 |
SPB |
RUS |
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
5
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| 8 |
2 |
Obiettivo Risarcimento |
ITA |
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
5
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| 9 |
11 |
Ladya |
RUS |
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
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5
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| 10 |
12 |
Gros Xake Taldea |
ESP |
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3
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2
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0
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1
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4
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Round Three Games
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Women's Section
| 1 |
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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 |
| 2 |
|
Rishon Letzion (3) |
0 |
4 |
Ugra (1) |
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| 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 |
| 3 |
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Batumi Chess Club "Nona" (4) |
4 |
0 |
Herzliya Chess Club (7) |
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| 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 |
| 4 |
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Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo (5) |
2.5 |
1.5 |
SC Bad Konigshofen (6) |
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| 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
Standings
| Rk |
ID |
Team |
Fed |
Games
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=
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-
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Pts
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| 1 |
4 |
Batumi Chess Club "Nona" |
GEO |
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
| 2 |
1 |
Ugra |
RUS |
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
| 3 |
2 |
Ladya |
RUS |
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
| 4 |
8 |
SHSM Nashe Nasledie |
RUS |
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
| 5 |
6 |
SC Bad Konigshofen |
GER |
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
| 6 |
5 |
Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo |
MNC |
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
| 7 |
3 |
Rishon Letzion |
ISR |
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
| 8 |
7 |
Herzliya Chess Club |
ISR |
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
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Round Three Games
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Photos by Manu de Alba from Bilbao's Facebook site
