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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Obiettivo Risarcimento (2) | 2.5 | 3.5 | SOCAR Azerbaijan (1) | |
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| 1.1 | 2801 | Caruana, Fabiano | 1 | 0 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2756 |
| 1.2 | 2782 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 0 | 1 | Topalov, Veselin | 2784 |
| 1.3 | 2768 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½ | ½ | Adams, Michael | 2752 |
| 1.4 | 2729 | Bacrot, Etienne | ½ | ½ | Giri, Anish | 2758 |
| 1.5 | 2712 | Fressinet, Laurent | ½ | ½ | Radjabov, Teimour | 2717 |
| 1.6 | 2626 | Georgiev, Kiril | 0 | 1 | Korobov, Anton | 2673 |
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Ladya (11) | 2 | 4 | Malakhite (3) | |
| 2.1 | 2681 | Kamsky, Gata | ½ | ½ | Leko, Peter | 2734 |
| 2.2 | 2598 | Timofeev, Artyom | 0 | 1 | Shirov, Alexei | 2701 |
| 2.3 | 2544 | Ibragimov, Ildar | ½ | ½ | Malakhov, Vladimir | 2696 |
| 2.4 | 2410 | Makhmutov, Rail | ½ | ½ | Motylev, Alexander | 2686 |
| 2.5 | 2351 | Sadykov, Ramil | ½ | ½ | Lysyj, Igor | 2684 |
| 2.6 | 2344 | Faizrakhmanov, Ramil | 0 | 1 | Bologan, Viktor | 2648 |
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Odlar Yourdu (7) | 2.5 | 3.5 | G-Team Novy Bor (5) | |
| 3.1 | 2632 | Sutovsky, Emil | 0 | 1 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 2736 |
| 3.2 | 2614 | Durarbayli, Vasif | 1 | 0 | Navara, David | 2722 |
| 3.3 | 2660 | Mamedov, Rauf | 0 | 1 | Harikrishna, P. | 2725 |
| 3.4 | 2615 | Guseinov, Gadir | ½ | ½ | Sasikiran, Krishnan | 2680 |
| 3.5 | 2624 | Mamedov, Nidjat | 1 | 0 | Bartel, Mateusz | 2636 |
| 3.6 | 2514 | Rasulov, Vugar | 0 | 1 | Hracek, Zbynek | 2638 |
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SK Rockaden (20) | 0 | 6 | SHSM Nashe Nasledie (6) | |
| 4.1 | 2506 | Blomqvist, Erik | 0 | 1 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2710 |
| 4.2 | 2422 | Bator, Robert | 0 | 1 | Morozevich, Alexander | 2731 |
| 4.3 | 2362 | Hedman, Erik | 0 | 1 | Grachev, Boris | 2673 |
| 4.4 | 2348 | Engqvist, Thomas | 0 | 1 | Dubov, Daniil | 2614 |
| 4.5 | 2347 | Lokander, Martin | 0 | 1 | Popov, Ivan | 2627 |
| 4.6 | 2285 | Kenneskog, Theodor | 0 | 1 | Potkin, Vladimir | 2610 |
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Haladas VSE (13) | 2.5 | 3.5 | Huginn Chessclub (21) | |
| 5.1 | 2572 | Ruck, Robert | ½ | ½ | Jones, Gawain C B | 2664 |
| 5.2 | 2494 | Nemeth, Miklos | 0 | 1 | Van Kampen, Robin | 2637 |
| 5.3 | 2463 | Kovacs, Gabor | 1 | 0 | Thorhallsson, Throstur | 2437 |
| 5.4 | 2414 | Nagy, Gabor | 0 | 1 | Jensson, Einar Hjalti | 2349 |
| 5.5 | 2339 | Csonka, Attila Istvan | ½ | ½ | Hreinsson, Hlidar | 2229 |
| 5.6 | 2241 | Pergel, Laszlo | ½ | ½ | Teitsson, Magnus | 2197 |
Only the top 5 matches are shown
The top match between Obiettivo Risarcimento and SOCAR was very close. Caruana struck on the first board with a win against Mamedyarov as the player from SOCAR sacrificed two pawns, but was only able to get one back. The Italian player, who continues his meteoric rise and is now only 20 points away from Carlsen, converted in a long endgame that proved the value of a bishop against a knight.
Caruana reaches 2842 rating in the live list
Topalov out-maneuvered the American #1 Nakamura in a long King's Indian Defense. Eventually White obtained some material and also converted in a very long endgame.
Topalov continues with amazing performances
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave used the Scotch against Michael Adams, maybe a funny choice considering today's elections (though MVL claimed it was a coincidence), but he only obtained a draw. Actually all the other games were drawn, except for the last board. Korobov came huge for SOCAR as he vanquished Georgiev in a well played game by white.
Shirov won a game and his victory coupled with Bologan's on the last board was sufficient to give Malakhite the victory over Ladya.
Novy Bor continues the hunt with a narrow victory over Odlar Yourdu. SHSM smashed the SK Rockaden, though somewhat expectedly. Meanwhile the Islandic team of Huginn Chessclub gives a surprise on board five by beating Haladas VSE from Hungary.
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| 3 | 5 | G-Team Novy Bor | CZE | |
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| 4 | 6 | SHSM Nashe Nasledie | RUS | |
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| 5 | 15 | Minsk | BLR | |
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| 6 | 21 | Huginn Chessclub | ISL | |
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| 7 | 2 | Obiettivo Risarcimento | ITA | |
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| 8 | 4 | SPB | RUS | |
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| 9 | 7 | Odlar Yourdu | AZE | |
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| 10 | 11 | Ladya | RUS | |
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Rishon Letzion (3) | 0 | 4 | SHSM Nashe Nasledie (8) | |
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| 1.1 | 2331 | Efroimski, Marsel | 0 | 1 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 2543 |
| 1.2 | 0 | Madivani, Maka | 0 | 1 | Girya, Olga | 2476 |
| 1.3 | 1957 | Vardi, Shlomit | 0 | 1 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | 2433 |
| 1.4 | 1937 | Federovski, Adi | 0 | 1 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | 2431 |
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Batumi Chess Club "Nona" (4) | 2.5 | 1.5 | Ladya (2) | |
| 2.1 | 2566 | Dzagnidze, Nana | ½ | ½ | Galliamova, Alisa | 2472 |
| 2.2 | 2507 | Khotenashvili, Bela | ½ | ½ | Zatonskih, Anna | 2469 |
| 2.3 | 2464 | Melia, Salome | ½ | ½ | Atalik, Ekaterina | 2421 |
| 2.4 | 2426 | Batsiashvili, Nino | 1 | 0 | Zaiatz, Elena | 2401 |
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Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo (5) | 3.5 | 0.5 | Ugra (1) | |
| 3.1 | 2663 | Hou, Yifan | 1 | 0 | Ushenina, Anna | 2481 |
| 3.2 | 2551 | Muzychuk, Anna | ½ | ½ | Pogonina, Natalija | 2482 |
| 3.3 | 2540 | Lagno, Kateryna | 1 | 0 | Kovanova, Baira | 2399 |
| 3.4 | 2516 | Cramling, Pia | 1 | 0 | Guseva, Marina | 2352 |
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SC Bad Konigshofen (6) | 4 | 0 | Herzliya Chess Club (7) | |
| 4.1 | 2467 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | 1 | 0 | Len, Irina | 2133 |
| 4.2 | 2457 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | 1 | 0 | Yakovleva, Tatiana | 2047 |
| 4.3 | 2373 | Savina, Anastasia | 1 | 0 | Lian, Marina | 1871 |
| 4.4 | 2261 | Schoene, Maria | 1 | 0 | Haitovich, Avital | 1891 |
Nona keeps gathering important wins, and this time their narrow victory against Ladya virtually gives them the tournament victory. They have two rounds left, and one against the strong team of SHSM who trails them by 1.5 match points, but one of their other rivals is Rishon Letzion, and short of a miracle Nona should take at least that match and win the tournament.
Monte-Carlo finally showed what they are made of and smashed Ugra, at least trying to get on the podium. Both of the Israeli teams, as usual, were easily overwhelmed by their opponents.
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| 1 | 4 | Batumi Chess Club "Nona" | GEO | |
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| 3 | 5 | Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo | MNC | |
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| 5 | 6 | SC Bad Konigshofen | GER | |
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| 6 | 1 | Ugra | RUS | |
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| 7 | 3 | Rishon Letzion | ISR | |
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| 8 | 7 | Herzliya Chess Club | ISR | |
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