
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 two report
SHSM-64, one of the five teams with a rating average of over 2700, could only
draw against OSG Baden-Baden e.V., in spite of a win by World Championship challenger
Boris Gelfand over Britain's Michael Adams (in return Arkadij Naiditsch defeated
Anish Giri). The other "upset" was Ashdod, average rating 2668, defeating
Ugra, 2706, by 3½:2½, with wins by Ivanchuk and Eljanov and a loss by Smirin.
After two rounds there are five teams with four points each: Ashdod, Saint-Petersburg
Chess Federation, Economist-SGSEU Saratov, Tammer-Shakki and Tomsk-400. It's
too early to be very meaningful, but you will find the full rankings here.
Top pairing results from round two
Bo. |
2 |
SHSM-64 |
Rtg |
3:3 |
6 |
OSG Baden-Baden e.V. |
Rtg |
1.1 |
GM |
Gelfand, Boris |
2736 |
1-0 |
GM |
Adams, Michael |
2720 |
1.2 |
GM |
Leko, Peter |
2734 |
½-½ |
GM |
Bacrot, Etienne |
2705 |
1.3 |
GM |
Giri, Anish |
2730 |
0-1 |
GM |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
2704 |
1.4 |
GM |
Riazantsev, Alexander |
2712 |
½-½ |
GM |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2690 |
1.5 |
GM |
Grachev, Boris |
2672 |
½-½ |
GM |
Nielsen, Peter Heine |
2662 |
1.6 |
GM |
Potkin, Vladimir |
2663 |
½-½ |
GM |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
2661 |
Bo. |
8 |
G-Team Novy Bor |
Rtg |
2½:3½ |
3 |
Economist-SGSEU Saratov |
Rtg |
2.1 |
GM |
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw |
2733 |
½-½ |
GM |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2718 |
2.2 |
GM |
Navara, David |
2722 |
½-½ |
GM |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
2704 |
2.3 |
GM |
Laznicka, Viktor |
2678 |
½-½ |
GM |
Alekseev, Evgeny |
2683 |
2.4 |
GM |
Sasikiran, Krishnan |
2680 |
½-½ |
GM |
Morozevich, Alexander |
2758 |
2.5 |
GM |
Bartel, Mateusz |
2635 |
0-1 |
GM |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
2720 |
2.6 |
GM |
Hracek, Zbynek |
2612 |
½-½ |
GM |
Moiseenko, Alexander |
2700 |
Bo. |
4 |
Saint-Petersburg CF |
Rtg |
5:1 |
17 |
Vesnianka Gran |
Rtg |
3.1 |
GM |
Svidler, Peter |
2747 |
½-½ |
GM |
Zhigalko, Andrey |
2582 |
3.2 |
GM |
Vitiugov, Nikita |
2691 |
½-½ |
GM |
Teterev, Vitaly |
2529 |
3.3 |
GM |
Movsesian, Sergei |
2699 |
1-0 |
IM |
Kovalev, Vladislav |
2473 |
3.4 |
GM |
Efimenko, Zahar |
2689 |
1-0 |
IM |
Gorovets, Andrey |
2459 |
3.5 |
GM |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
2678 |
1-0 |
IM |
Mochalov, Evgeny V |
2403 |
3.6 |
GM |
Matlakov, Maxim |
2665 |
1-0 |
|
Oblamski, Vladimir |
2114 |
Bo. |
9 |
Ashdod |
Rtg |
3½:2½ |
5 |
Ugra |
Rtg |
4.1 |
GM |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
2771 |
1-0 |
GM |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2732 |
4.2 |
GM |
Volokitin, Andrei |
2724 |
½-½ |
GM |
Shirov, Alexei |
2718 |
4.3 |
GM |
Eljanov, Pavel |
2681 |
1-0 |
GM |
Malakhov, Vladimir |
2713 |
4.4 |
GM |
Smirin, Ilia |
2638 |
0-1 |
GM |
Korobov, Anton |
2705 |
4.5 |
GM |
Romanov, Evgeny |
2611 |
½-½ |
GM |
Rublevsky, Sergei |
2693 |
4.6 |
GM |
Avrukh, Boris |
2585 |
½-½ |
GM |
Dreev, Aleksey |
2677 |
Bo. |
22 |
Gambit Aseko-See |
Rtg |
½ :5½ |
1 |
SOCAR Azerbaijan |
Rtg |
5.1 |
IM |
Arnaudov, G. Petar |
2471 |
½-½ |
GM |
Radjabov, Teimour |
2792 |
5.2 |
IM |
Mitkov, Marjan |
2331 |
0-1 |
GM |
Topalov, Veselin |
2751 |
5.3 |
IM |
Dancevski, Orce |
2389 |
0-1 |
GM |
Kamsky, Gata |
2755 |
5.4 |
FM |
Stojcevski, Zoran |
2325 |
0-1 |
GM |
Sutovsky, Emil |
2685 |
5.5 |
FM |
Andonovski, Ljubisa |
2274 |
0-1 |
GM |
Safarli, Eltaj |
2616 |
5.6 |
FM |
Dinev, Dejan |
2348 |
0-1 |
GM |
Guseinov, Gadir |
2608 |
Bo. |
13 |
Rishon Le-Zion |
Rtg |
0:6 |
7 |
Tomsk-400 |
Rtg |
6.1 |
IM |
Popilski, Gil |
2475 |
0-1 |
GM |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
2735 |
6.2 |
GM |
Kosashvili, Yona |
2529 |
0-1 |
GM |
Bologan, Viktor |
2695 |
6.3 |
GM |
Baron, Tal |
2454 |
0-1 |
GM |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
2683 |
6.4 |
GM |
Liss, Eran |
2464 |
0-1 |
GM |
Kurnosov, Igor |
2660 |
6.5 |
IM |
Caspi, Israel |
2451 |
0-1 |
GM |
Motylev, Alexander |
2655 |
6.6 |
IM |
Klenburg, Mikhail |
2366 |
0-1 |
GM |
Khismatullin, Denis |
2638 |

The start of round two of the European Club Cup 2012 in Eilat

G-Team Novy Bor, with Wojtaszek, Navara, Laznicka, Sasikiran, Bartel, and Hracek,
playing Economist-SGSEU with Andreikin, Nepomniachtchi, et al. Ecomomist won
3½:2½

Ashdod, with Ivanchuk, Volokitin and Eljanov, defeated Ugra 3½:2½
Selection of games

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 c5 7.Bxb4 cxb4 8.Ne5 0-0 9.a3 Nc6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.axb4 Bb7 12.0-0 a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.Rxa5 Qxa5 15.Qd2 Qa7 16.Nxc4 Rd8 17.Rd1 c5 18.Qa5 Qxa5 19.Nxa5 Ba8 20.Nb3 cxd4 21.Rxd4 Rb8 22.Nc5 g5 23.Nc3 Kg7 24.Nd3 Nd5 25.Nxd5 Bxd5 26.f3 f5 27.Kf2 Kf6 28.Ke3 Rb6 29.Kd2 h6 30.e4 fxe4 31.fxe4 Ba8 32.Ke3 Ke7 33.Rb4 Ra6 34.Rb8 Ra4 35.b4 Kd6 36.Rb6+ Kc7 37.Rxe6 Bc6 38.Rxh6 Bb5 39.Nc5 Rxb4 40.Ne6+ 1–0
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Gelfand,B | 2736 | Adams,M | 2720 | 1–0 | 2012 | E04 | 28th European Club Cup | 2.1 |
Bacrot,E | 2705 | Leko,P | 2734 | ½–½ | 2012 | A15 | 28th European Club Cup | 2.2 |
Giri,A | 2730 | Naiditsch,A | 2704 | 0–1 | 2012 | E04 | 28th European Club Cup | 2.3 |
Gorovets,A | 2459 | Efimenko,Z | 2689 | 0–1 | 2012 | A28 | 28th European Club Cup | 2.4 |
Zvjaginsev,V | 2678 | Mochalov,E | 2403 | 1–0 | 2012 | B40 | 28th European Club Cup | 2.5 |
Oblamski,V | 2114 | Matlakov,M | 2665 | 0–1 | 2012 | B14 | 28th European Club Cup | 2.6 |
Ivanchuk,V | 2771 | Jakovenko,D | 2732 | 1–0 | 2012 | B13 | 28th European Club Cup | 2.1 |
Dancevski,O | 2389 | Kamsky,G | 2755 | 0–1 | 2012 | A30 | 28th European Club Cup | 2.3 |
Sutovsky,E | 2685 | Stojcevski,Z | 2325 | 1–0 | 2012 | C63 | 28th European Club Cup | 2.4 |
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Women's section
Yesterday she was beaten by a former women's world champion, today the reigning
women's world champion, Hou Yifan, beat another former women's world champion:
GM Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria. That gave Hou's team Cercle d'Echecs Monte-Carlo
a second straight win. Mika, with two GMs and two IMs was beaten by Ugra, which
fielded one IM and three WGMs.
Bo. |
8 |
SHSM-Nashe Nasledie |
Rtg |
2:2 |
5 |
Chigorin Club |
Rtg |
1.1 |
GM |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2490 |
½-½ |
IM |
Bodnaruk, Anastasia |
2425 |
1.2 |
IM |
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina |
2405 |
½-½ |
WIM |
Bronnikova, Elizaveta |
2244 |
1.3 |
WGM |
Kashlinskaya, Alina |
2368 |
0-1 |
WIM |
Ivkina, Olga |
2266 |
1.4 |
IM |
Savina, Anastasia |
2303 |
1-0 |
|
Ivanova-Skripova, Tatiana |
2173 |
Bo. |
6 |
Rishon Le-Zion |
Rtg |
1:3 |
4 |
Ashdod |
Rtg |
2.1 |
WIM |
Efroimski, Marsel |
2162 |
½-½ |
IM |
Klinova, Masha |
2324 |
2.2 |
|
Reprun, Nadejda |
2143 |
0-1 |
WIM |
Vasiliev, Olga |
2240 |
2.3 |
|
Federovski, Adi |
1829 |
0-1 |
WIM |
Tsifanskaya, Ludmila A |
2087 |
2.4 |
|
Lahav, Michal |
1732 |
½-½ |
WFM |
Dotan, Valeria |
2064 |
Bo. |
7 |
Ugra |
Rtg |
2½:1½ |
3 |
Mika |
Rtg |
3.1 |
WGM |
Kovanova, Baira |
2408 |
0-1 |
GM |
Danielian, Elina |
2476 |
3.2 |
WGM |
Girya, Olga |
2454 |
1-0 |
GM |
Harika, Dronavalli |
2512 |
3.3 |
IM |
Romanko, Marina |
2365 |
½-½ |
IM |
Mkrtchian, Lilit |
2456 |
3.4 |
WGM |
Shadrina, Tatiana |
2361 |
1-0 |
IM |
Javakhishvili, Lela |
2444 |
Bo. |
1 |
Cercle d'Echecs Monte-Carlo |
Rtg |
2½:1½ |
2 |
AVS |
Rtg |
4.1 |
GM |
Hou, Yifan |
2605 |
1-0 |
GM |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2493 |
4.2 |
GM |
Koneru, Humpy |
2607 |
½-½ |
GM |
Lahno, Kateryna |
2551 |
4.3 |
GM |
Muzychuk, Anna |
2587 |
½-½ |
GM |
Cmilyte, Viktorija |
2528 |
4.4 |
GM |
Cramling, Pia |
2514 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Pogonina, Natalija |
2476 |

A determined Hou Yifan about to defeat Antoaneta Stefanova (in the background,
standing: Almira Skripchenko, seated: Anna Muzychuk)
Photos by WGM Anastasiya Karlovich
Selection of games

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bf3 Be6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.a5 Rc8 12.Re1 Rc4 13.Re3 Qc8 14.h3 Rd8 15.Rd3 h6 16.Nd2 Rc6 17.Nf1 Nf8 18.Ne3 Ng6 19.Ncd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Rc7 21.Ra4 Nf4 22.Rd2 Nd7 23.Bg4 g6 24.g3 h5 25.gxf4 hxg4 26.f5 gxh3 27.fxg6 fxg6 28.Qg4 Nf8 29.Qg3 Bf6 30.Rg4 Rh7 31.Kh2 Kh8 32.Nc4 g5 33.Qf3 Rh6 34.Rd3 Qc7 35.Qf5 Qh7 36.Qxh7+ Nxh7 37.Rxh3 Kg7 38.Rxh6 Kxh6 39.Ne3 Kg6 40.b3 Be7 41.Rc4 Rd7 42.Kg2 Nf6 43.Kf3 Bd8 44.Bd2 Bc7 45.Ra4 Bb8 46.Ra1 Ba7 47.Rg1 Rf7 48.Ke2 Nxd5 49.Rh1 Bxe3 50.Bxe3 Nxe3 51.Kxe3 d5 52.Rh8 Kf5 53.Re8 d4+ 54.Kf3 g4+ 55.Ke2 Rg7 56.Rf8+ Ke4 57.Kd2 Rg5 58.Ke2 g3 59.fxg3 Rxg3 60.Rf7 Rg2+ 61.Kd1 Ke3 62.Kc1 e4 63.Rxb7 Rg1+ 64.Kb2 d3 65.cxd3 exd3 66.Re7+ Kd2 67.Rd7 Rg2 68.b4 Ke3+ 69.Kc3 Rc2+ 70.Kb3 Rc1 71.Re7+ Kf2 72.Rf7+ Ke2 73.Re7+ Kd1 74.Re6 Rb1+ 75.Kc4 Kc2 76.Rxa6 d2 77.Rd6 Ra1 78.Kc5 Ra3 79.Rxd2+ Kxd2 80.Kb6 Kc3 81.b5 Kb4 82.a6 Ra5 83.a7 Rxb5+ 84.Kc7 Ra5 85.Kb7 Kc5 86.a8Q Rxa8 87.Kxa8 ½–½
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Kosteniuk,A | 2490 | Bodnaruk,A | 2425 | ½–½ | 2012 | B92 | 17th European Club Cup w | 2.1 |
Bronnikova,E | 2244 | Kovalevskaya,E | 2405 | ½–½ | 2012 | B58 | 17th European Club Cup w | 2.2 |
Kashlinskaya,A | 2368 | Ivkina,O | 2266 | 0–1 | 2012 | A62 | 17th European Club Cup w | 2.3 |
Dotan,V | 2064 | Lahav,M | 1732 | ½–½ | 2012 | D63 | 17th European Club Cup w | 2.4 |
Kovanova,B | 2408 | Danielian,E | 2476 | 0–1 | 2012 | D31 | 17th European Club Cup w | 2.3 |
Javakhishvili,L | 2444 | Shadrina,T | 2361 | 0–1 | 2012 | A09 | 17th European Club Cup w | 2.4 |
Lahno,K | 2551 | Koneru,H | 2607 | ½–½ | 2012 | C45 | 17th European Club Cup w | 2.2 |
Muzychuk,A | 2587 | Cmilyte,V | 2528 | ½–½ | 2012 | B76 | 17th European Club Cup w | 2.3 |
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