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.
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).
| 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 |
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 |
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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All pictures in this report are by Vladimir Jagr, a native of Brno, who lives in Humpolec. He has been engaged in photography as an amateur for four years and "catching things through the lens" has become his great hobby. Accidentally, three years ago he came to the chess club in Novy Bor and initiated a cooperation with the club, which has continued until today. Within two years Vladimir Jagr prepared for the chess server Novy Bor a number of excellent reports from the chess world that contributed in no small part to high visitor rate to the server. The best chess players of the world and the Czech Republic have become the central theme of his creation. |
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