
The 28th European Club Cup 2012 is taking place in Eilat, Israel, as a seven-round
Swiss from October 11 to 18 (no free day). The rounds starts at 15:00
local time. The time controls are 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes
for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting
from move one. The zero tolerance rule (6.6a of the FIDE Laws of Chess) will
be applied: any player who arrives at the chessboard after the start of the
session loses the game.
Round one report
The shocker was the victory of Ashdod, with an average rating of 2668, over
Socar Azerbaijan, the top team with an average rating of 2747. Andrei Volokitin
and Pavel Eljanov were instrumental, defeating Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Veselin
Topalov respectively (with Gata Kamsky picking up a grace point against Evgeny
Romanov).
Top pairing results from round one
Bo. |
1 |
SOCAR Azerbaijan |
Rtg |
2½:3½ |
9 |
Ashdod |
Rtg |
1.1 |
GM |
Radjabov, Teimour |
2792 |
½-½ |
GM |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
2771 |
1.2 |
GM |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2748 |
0-1 |
GM |
Volokitin, Andrei |
2724 |
1.3 |
GM |
Topalov, Veselin |
2751 |
0-1 |
GM |
Eljanov, Pavel |
2681 |
1.4 |
GM |
Grischuk, Alexander |
2752 |
½-½ |
GM |
Smirin, Ilia |
2638 |
1.5 |
GM |
Kamsky, Gata |
2755 |
1-0 |
GM |
Romanov, Evgeny |
2611 |
1.6 |
GM |
Sutovsky, Emil |
2685 |
½-½ |
GM |
Avrukh, Boris |
2585 |
Bo. |
10 |
Beer Sheba |
Rtg |
1½:4½ |
2 |
SHSM-64 |
Rtg |
2.1 |
GM |
Roiz, Michael |
2618 |
½-½ |
GM |
Leko, Peter |
2734 |
2.2 |
GM |
Rodshtein, Maxim |
2616 |
0-1 |
GM |
Giri, Anish |
2730 |
2.3 |
GM |
Huzman, Alexander |
2591 |
½-½ |
GM |
Riazantsev, Alexander |
2712 |
2.4 |
GM |
Nabaty, Tamir |
2586 |
0-1 |
GM |
Grachev, Boris |
2672 |
2.5 |
GM |
Postny, Evgeny |
2647 |
½-½ |
GM |
Najer, Evgeniy |
2664 |
2.6 |
GM |
Greenfeld, Alon |
2559 |
0-1 |
GM |
Potkin, Vladimir |
2663 |
Bo. |
3 |
Economist-SGSEU Saratov |
Rtg |
5:1 |
11 |
Obiettive Risarcimento |
Rtg |
3.1 |
GM |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2718 |
1-0 |
GM |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2786 |
3.2 |
GM |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
2704 |
½-½ |
GM |
Georgiev, Kiril |
2668 |
3.3 |
GM |
Alekseev, Evgeny |
2683 |
1-0 |
GM |
Godena, Michele |
2526 |
3.4 |
GM |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
2720 |
1-0 |
IM |
Bellini, Fabio |
2492 |
3.5 |
GM |
Moiseenko, Alexander |
2700 |
1-0 |
IM |
Collutiis, Duilio |
2501 |
3.6 |
GM |
Lysyj, Igor |
2628 |
½-½ |
IM |
Valsecchi, Alessio |
2415 |
Bo. |
12 |
Gros Xake Taldea |
Rtg |
1:5 |
4 |
Saint-Petersburg CCF |
Rtg |
4.1 |
GM |
Van Wely, Loek |
2688 |
½-½ |
GM |
Dominguez Perez, Leinier |
2734 |
4.2 |
GM |
Bauer, Christian |
2664 |
0-1 |
GM |
Vitiugov, Nikita |
2691 |
4.3 |
GM |
Landa, Konstantin |
2641 |
½-½ |
GM |
Movsesian, Sergei |
2699 |
4.4 |
IM |
Franco Alonso, Alejandro |
2479 |
0-1 |
GM |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
2678 |
4.5 |
IM |
Gonzalez, Santiago |
2442 |
0-1 |
GM |
Matlakov, Maxim |
2665 |
4.6 |
IM |
Argandona Riveiro, Inigo |
2402 |
0-1 |
GM |
Khairullin, Ildar |
2639 |
Bo. |
5 |
Ugra |
Rtg |
5½:½ |
13 |
Rishon Le-Zion |
Rtg |
5.1 |
GM |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2732 |
1-0 |
IM |
Popilski, Gil |
2475 |
5.2 |
GM |
Shirov, Alexei |
2718 |
1-0 |
GM |
Kosashvili, Yona |
2529 |
5.3 |
GM |
Korobov, Anton |
2705 |
1-0 |
GM |
Baron, Tal |
2454 |
5.4 |
GM |
Dreev, Aleksey |
2677 |
½-½ |
GM |
Liss, Eran |
2464 |
5.5 |
GM |
Pridorozhni, Aleksei |
2539 |
1-0 |
IM |
Caspi, Israel |
2451 |
5.6 |
GM |
Kabanov, Nikolai |
2482 |
1-0 |
IM |
Klenburg, Mikhail |
2366 |
Bo. |
14 |
Siroki Brijeg |
Rtg |
1:5 |
6 |
OSG Baden-Baden e.V. |
Rtg |
6.1 |
GM |
Palac, Mladen |
2600 |
½-½ |
GM |
Adams, Michael |
2720 |
6.2 |
GM |
Brkic, Ante |
2575 |
0-1 |
GM |
Bacrot, Etienne |
2705 |
6.3 |
GM |
Kurajica, Bojan |
2558 |
½-½ |
GM |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
2704 |
6.4 |
GM |
Dizdarevic, Emir |
2491 |
0-1 |
GM |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2690 |
6.5 |
IM |
Bogut, Zeljko |
2441 |
0-1 |
GM |
Nielsen, Peter Heine |
2662 |
6.6 |
WFM |
Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra |
2270 |
0-1 |
GM |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
2661 |
Bo. |
7 |
Tomsk-400 |
Rtg |
5:1 |
15 |
Schachgesellschaft Zürich |
Rtg |
7.1 |
GM |
Areshchenko, Alexander |
2710 |
½-½ |
GM |
Timofeev, Artyom |
2631 |
7.2 |
GM |
Bologan, Viktor |
2695 |
1-0 |
GM |
Pelletier, Yannick |
2601 |
7.3 |
GM |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
2683 |
1-0 |
GM |
Brunner, Lucas |
2448 |
7.4 |
GM |
Kurnosov, Igor |
2660 |
1-0 |
GM |
Vogt, Lothar |
2397 |
7.5 |
GM |
Motylev, Alexander |
2655 |
1-0 |
FM |
Goldstern, Filip |
2334 |
7.6 |
GM |
Khismatullin, Denis |
2638 |
½-½ |
FM |
Friedrich, Norbert |
2302 |
Bo. |
16 |
Eynatten |
Rtg |
2:4 |
8 |
G-Team Novy Bor |
Rtg |
8.1 |
IM |
Bok, Benjamin |
2530 |
½-½ |
GM |
Navara, David |
2722 |
8.2 |
IM |
Dambacher, Martijn |
2471 |
½-½ |
GM |
Laznicka, Viktor |
2678 |
8.3 |
GM |
Swinkels, Robin |
2494 |
1-0 |
GM |
Sasikiran, Krishnan |
2680 |
8.4 |
IM |
Koch, Thomas |
2431 |
0-1 |
GM |
Bartel, Mateusz |
2635 |
8.5 |
IM |
Coenen, Norbert |
2327 |
0-1 |
GM |
Markos, Jan |
2581 |
8.6 |
FM |
Kaufeld, Juergen |
2326 |
0-1 |
GM |
Cvek, Robert |
2540 |
Selection of games

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1.Nf3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 Bb4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.e5 Ne4 8.0-0 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bxc3 10.Rb1 Nc6 11.Be3 Nb4 12.Bb5+ c6 13.a3 cxb5 14.axb4 Qd7 15.Rb3 Rc8 16.Bd2 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 Rc4 18.Ra1 a6 19.Ne1 Qe7 20.Rab1 0-0 21.Rg3 f5 22.exf6 Qxf6 23.c3 e5 24.Nd3 e4 25.Ne5 Rc7 26.Ra1 Bc8 27.Re3 Qg5 28.Qa2 Qd8 29.Rae1 Kh8 30.f3 exf3 31.Nxf3 Rcf7 32.Re5 h6 33.Qxd5 Qxd5 34.Rxd5 Bb7 35.Rd6 Bxf3 36.gxf3 Rxf3 37.Rxb6 Rxc3 38.Rxa6 Rc2 39.Rf1 Rxf1+ 40.Kxf1 Rxh2 41.Rb6 Rd2 42.Rxb5 Rxd4 43.Ke2 Kh7 44.Ke3 Rg4 45.Kd3 Kg6 46.Rb6+ Kg5 47.b5 h5 48.Rd6 Rg1 49.Rd5+ Kg4 50.Rd4+ Kf3 51.Rb4 Rd1+ 52.Kc2 Rd7 53.b6 Rb7 54.Kd1 g5 55.Ke1 Kg2 56.Rb2+ Kg1 57.Ke2 g4 58.Ke3 g3 59.Kf3 h4 60.Kg4 g2 61.Kh3 Kf1 62.Rxg2 Rxb6 63.Rg4 Rh6 64.Rxh4 Rxh4+ 65.Kxh4 ½–½
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Radjabov,T | 2792 | Ivanchuk,V | 2771 | ½–½ | 2012 | B00 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.1 |
Volokitin,A | 2724 | Mamedyarov,S | 2748 | 1–0 | 2012 | B94 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.1 |
Topalov,V | 2751 | Eljanov,P | 2681 | 0–1 | 2012 | D11 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.1 |
Smirin,I | 2638 | Grischuk,A | 2752 | ½–½ | 2012 | C67 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.1 |
Kamsky,G | 2755 | Romanov,E | 2611 | 1–0 | 2012 | D02 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.1 |
Avrukh,B | 2585 | Sutovsky,E | 2685 | ½–½ | 2012 | D71 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.1 |
Roiz,M | 2618 | Leko,P | 2734 | ½–½ | 2012 | A35 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.2 |
Giri,A | 2730 | Rodshtein,M | 2616 | 1–0 | 2012 | A50 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.2 |
Huzman,A | 2591 | Riazantsev,A | 2712 | ½–½ | 2012 | A17 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.2 |
Grachev,B | 2672 | Nabaty,T | 2586 | 1–0 | 2012 | D11 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.2 |
Postny,E | 2647 | Najer,E | 2664 | ½–½ | 2012 | D17 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.2 |
Potkin,V | 2663 | Greenfeld,A | 2559 | 1–0 | 2012 | D41 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.2 |
Andreikin,D | 2718 | Nakamura,H | 2786 | 1–0 | 2012 | E92 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.3 |
Georgiev,K | 2668 | Nepomniashtchi,I | 2704 | ½–½ | 2012 | A34 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.3 |
Alekseev,E | 2683 | Godena,M | 2526 | 1–0 | 2012 | C65 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.3 |
Bellini,F | 2492 | Tomashevsky,E | 2720 | 0–1 | 2012 | C50 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.3 |
Moiseenko,A | 2700 | Collutiis,D | 2501 | 1–0 | 2012 | D17 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.3 |
Valsecchi,A | 2415 | Lysyj,I | 2628 | ½–½ | 2012 | A17 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.3 |
Van Wely,L | 2688 | Dominguez Perez,L | 2734 | ½–½ | 2012 | A33 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.4 |
Vitiugov,N | 2691 | Bauer,C | 2664 | 1–0 | 2012 | E21 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.4 |
Landa,K | 2641 | Movsesian,S | 2699 | ½–½ | 2012 | D10 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.4 |
Zvjaginsev,V | 2678 | Franco Alonso,A | 2479 | 1–0 | 2012 | B40 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.4 |
Gonzalez de la Torre,S | 2442 | Matlakov,M | 2665 | 0–1 | 2012 | B48 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.4 |
Khairullin,I | 2639 | Argandona Riveiro,I | 2402 | 1–0 | 2012 | A43 | 28th European Club Cup Eilat | 1.4 |
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Women's section
Here the notable results were former women's world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk
defeating the current world champion Hou Yifan, and Ugra defeating the higher
rated team AVS, with Cmilyte and Muzychuk losing to far lower ranked players.
Bo. |
1 |
Cercle d'Echecs Monte-Carlo |
Rtg |
2½:1½ |
8 |
SHSM-Nashe Nasledie |
Rtg |
1.1 |
GM |
Hou, Yifan |
2605 |
0-1 |
GM |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2490 |
1.2 |
GM |
Koneru, Humpy |
2607 |
1-0 |
IM |
Gunina, Valentina |
2514 |
1.3 |
GM |
Muzychuk, Anna |
2587 |
½-½ |
IM |
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina |
2405 |
1.4 |
GM |
Cramling, Pia |
2514 |
1-0 |
WGM |
Kashlinskaya, Alina |
2368 |
Bo. |
2 |
AVS |
Rtg |
1½:2½ |
7 |
Ugra |
Rtg |
2.1 |
GM |
Lahno, Kateryna |
2551 |
1-0 |
WGM |
Kovanova, Baira |
2408 |
2.2 |
GM |
Cmilyte, Viktorija |
2528 |
0-1 |
WGM |
Girya, Olga |
2454 |
2.3 |
WGM |
Pogonina, Natalija |
2476 |
½-½ |
IM |
Romanko, Marina |
2365 |
2.4 |
IM |
Muzychuk, Mariya |
2474 |
0-1 |
WGM |
Shadrina, Tatiana |
2361 |
Bo. |
3 |
Mika |
Rtg |
3:1 |
6 |
Rishon Le-Zion |
Rtg |
3.1 |
GM |
Danielian, Elina |
2476 |
½-½ |
WIM |
Efroimski, Marsel |
2162 |
3.2 |
GM |
Harika, Dronavalli |
2512 |
½-½ |
|
Reprun, Nadejda |
2143 |
3.3 |
IM |
Mkrtchian, Lilit |
2456 |
1-0 |
|
Vardi, Shlomit |
2010 |
3.4 |
IM |
Javakhishvili, Lela |
2444 |
1-0 |
|
Lahav, Michal |
1732 |
Bo. |
4 |
Ashdod |
Rtg |
2½:1½ |
5 |
Chigorin Club |
Rtg |
4.1 |
IM |
Klinova, Masha |
2324 |
½-½ |
IM |
Bodnaruk, Anastasia |
2425 |
4.2 |
IM |
Borsuk, Angela |
2260 |
½-½ |
WIM |
Bronnikova, Elizaveta |
2244 |
4.3 |
WIM |
Vasiliev, Olga |
2240 |
1-0 |
WIM |
Ivkina, Olga |
2266 |
4.4 |
WIM |
Tsifanskaya, Ludmila A |
2087 |
½-½ |
|
Ivanova-Skripova, Tatiana |
2173 |
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1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e5 4.Ngf3 Bd6 5.d4 exd4 6.exd5 Nf6 7.dxc6 Nxc6 8.Be2 0-0 9.Nb3 Re8 10.0-0 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Be5 13.Nc5 Rc8 14.Nd3 Bb8 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 Bxg3 18.fxg3 Qd6 19.Rf2 Kg7 20.Qd2 Qxg3 21.Raf1 Re7 22.c3 Ne5 23.cxd4 Nc4 24.Qb4 Rcc7 25.Rc1 Ne3 26.Rxc7 Rxc7 27.Qd2 Nf5 28.Ne5 Nd6 29.Rf1 Qh4 30.Qd3 Qg3 31.Qd2 Nf5 32.Qd3 Nd6 33.Qd2 Nf5 34.Qd3 Qf4 35.Bxb7 Qxd4+ 36.Qxd4 Nxd4 37.Ba6 Rc2 38.Rf2 Rc1+ 39.Rf1 Rc2 40.Rf2 Rc1+ 41.Kh2 h5 42.Rd2 Nf5 43.Rf2 Nd6 44.Bd3 h4 45.Rf1 Rc7 46.g3 Re7 47.Nf3 Re3 48.Ba6 hxg3+ 49.Kxg3 Nf5+ 50.Kh2 g4 51.hxg4 Nxg4+ 52.Kh3 Ne5 53.Bb7 Nd6 54.Ba8 f5 55.Kg3 Nd3 56.Kh4 Kf6 57.b3 Re8 58.Rd1 Rxa8 59.Rxd3 Ne4 0–1
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Hou,Y | 2605 | Kosteniuk,A | 2490 | 0–1 | 2012 | B10 | 17th ECC Women Eilat | 1.1 |
Gunina,V | 2514 | Koneru,H | 2607 | 0–1 | 2012 | D38 | 17th ECC Women Eilat | 1.1 |
Muzychuk,A | 2587 | Kovalevskaya,E | 2405 | ½–½ | 2012 | B32 | 17th ECC Women Eilat | 1.1 |
Kashlinskaya,A | 2368 | Cramling,P | 2514 | 0–1 | 2012 | E56 | 17th ECC Women Eilat | 1.1 |
Lahno,K | 2551 | Kovanova,B | 2408 | 1–0 | 2012 | A13 | 17th ECC Women Eilat | 1.2 |
Girya,O | 2454 | Cmilyte,V | 2528 | 1–0 | 2012 | A85 | 17th ECC Women Eilat | 1.2 |
Pogonina,N | 2476 | Romanko,M | 2365 | ½–½ | 2012 | B12 | 17th ECC Women Eilat | 1.2 |
Shadrina,T | 2361 | Muzychuk,M | 2474 | 1–0 | 2012 | B42 | 17th ECC Women Eilat | 1.2 |
Danielian,E | 2476 | Efroimski,M | 2162 | ½–½ | 2012 | A11 | 17th ECC Women Eilat | 1.3 |
Reprun,N | 2143 | Harika,D | 2512 | ½–½ | 2012 | B76 | 17th ECC Women Eilat | 1.3 |
Mkrtchian,L | 2456 | Vardi,S | 2010 | 1–0 | 2012 | D00 | 17th ECC Women Eilat | 1.3 |
Lahav,M | 1732 | Javakhishvili,L | 2444 | 0–1 | 2012 | B40 | 17th ECC Women Eilat | 1.3 |
Klinova,M | 2324 | Bodnaruk,A | 2425 | ½–½ | 2012 | B51 | 17th ECC Women Eilat | 1.4 |
Bronnikova,E | 2244 | Borsuk,A | 2260 | ½–½ | 2012 | C41 | 17th ECC Women Eilat | 1.4 |
Vasiliev,O | 2240 | Ivkina,O | 2266 | 1–0 | 2012 | C02 | 17th ECC Women Eilat | 1.4 |
Ivanova Skripova,T | 2173 | Tsifanskaya,L | 2087 | ½–½ | 2012 | D93 | 17th ECC Women Eilat | 1.4 |
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Pictorial impressions from Eilat by Vladimir Jagr

Dawn over the half-empty highway from Tel Aviv to Eilat...

... a two-hour drive through the Negev Desert...

... which is quite empty, except for the ubiquitous Golden Arches

Arrival in Eilat, a harbour full of recreational yachts...

... and speedboats floating in the clear green-blue waters

The highly imaginative local architecture

Our living quarters: the Eilatské Hilton Hotels and Lagoona

Everywhere in the city: promotion for the 2012 European Chess Cup

The seven-star Royal Beach Hotel, where the Club Cup is being played

At the opening ceremony just before round one of the 28th European Club Cup

The top encounter: Socar Azerbaijan vs Ashdod, with Radjabov vs Ivanchuk on
board one

A loss in round one (to Andrei Volokitin): GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ob board
two of Socar

Women's world champion Hou Yifan lost her first game, challenger Humpy Koneru
won hers...

... while teammate Anna Muzychuk drew hers for Cercle d'Echecs Monte-Carlo

GM Viktorija Cmilyte WGM Natalija Pogonina playing for AVS
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