ECCC Eilat: three teams catch Saint-Petersburg
10/17/2012 – In a dramatic sixth round defending champions Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation lost for the first time, 2.5:3.5 to Socar Azerbaijan. With that they were caught by the Azeris, as well as by Ashdod, who beat Economist Saratov 3.5:2.5 and Tomsk who crushed Ugra 4.5:1.5. The women's section has already been decided, with Monte-Carlo winning the Cup deservedly. Big illustrated report.
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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 six report
Saint-Petersburg with Peter Svidler, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Nikita Vitiugov,
Sergei
Movsesian and Zahar Efimenko facing SOCAR Azerbaijan with Teimour Radjabov
Economist-SGSEU Saratov, with Dmitry Andreikin, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Evgeny Alekseev,
Alexander Morozevich, Evgeny Tomashevsky and Alexander Moiseenko, playing Ashdod
with Vassily Ivanchuk, and Andrei Volokitin
Top pairing results from round six
| Bo. | 4 | Saint-Petersburg CF | Rtg | 2½:3½ |
1 | SOCAR Azerbaijan | Rtg |
| 1.1 | GM | Svidler, Peter | 2747 | ½-½ |
GM | Radjabov, Teimour | 2792 |
| 1.2 | GM | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2734 | ½-½ |
GM | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2748 |
| 1.3 | GM | Vitiugov, Nikita | 2691 | ½-½ |
GM | Topalov, Veselin | 2751 |
| 1.4 | GM | Movsesian, Sergei | 2699 | 0-1 |
GM | Grischuk, Alexander | 2752 |
| 1.5 | GM | Efimenko, Zahar | 2689 | ½-½ |
GM | Kamsky, Gata | 2755 |
| 1.6 | GM | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | 2678 | ½-½ |
GM | Sutovsky, Emil | 2685 |
| Bo. | 3 | Economist-SGSEU Saratov | Rtg | 2½:3½ |
9 | Ashdod | Rtg |
| 2.1 | GM | Andreikin, Dmitry | 2718 | ½-½ |
GM | Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2771 |
| 2.2 | GM | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2704 | ½-½ |
GM | Volokitin, Andrei | 2724 |
| 2.3 | GM | Alekseev, Evgeny | 2683 | ½-½ |
GM | Eljanov, Pavel | 2681 |
| 2.4 | GM | Morozevich, Alexander | 2758 | 0-1 |
GM | Smirin, Ilia | 2638 |
| 2.5 | GM | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2720 | ½-½ |
GM | Romanov, Evgeny | 2611 |
| 2.6 | GM | Moiseenko, Alexander | 2700 | ½-½ |
GM | Avrukh, Boris | 2585 |
| Bo. | 5 | Ugra | Rtg | 1½:4½ |
7 | Tomsk-400 | Rtg |
| 3.1 | GM | Jakovenko, Dmitry | 2732 | ½-½ |
GM | Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2735 |
| 3.2 | GM | Shirov, Alexei | 2718 | 0-1 |
GM | Areshchenko, Alexander | 2710 |
| 3.3 | GM | Malakhov, Vladimir | 2713 | ½-½ |
GM | Bologan, Viktor | 2695 |
| 3.4 | GM | Korobov, Anton | 2705 | 0-1 |
GM | Inarkiev, Ernesto | 2683 |
| 3.5 | GM | Rublevsky, Sergei | 2693 | ½-½ |
GM | Kurnosov, Igor | 2660 |
| 3.6 | GM | Dreev, Aleksey | 2677 | 0-1 |
GM | Khismatullin, Denis | 2638 |
| Bo. | 2 | SHSM-64 | Rtg | 5:1 |
15 | Schachgesellschaft Zürich | Rtg |
| 4.1 | GM | Gelfand, Boris | 2736 | 1-0 |
GM | Timofeev, Artyom | 2631 |
| 4.2 | GM | Leko, Peter | 2734 | ½-½ |
GM | Pelletier, Yannick | 2601 |
| 4.3 | GM | Giri, Anish | 2730 | 1-0 |
GM | Brunner, Lucas | 2448 |
| 4.4 | GM | Grachev, Boris | 2672 | 1-0 |
GM | Vogt, Lothar | 2397 |
| 4.5 | GM | Najer, Evgeniy | 2664 | 1-0 |
FM | Goldstern, Filip | 2334 |
| 4.6 | GM | Potkin, Vladimir | 2663 | ½-½ |
FM | Friedrich, Norbert | 2302 |
| Bo. | 8 | G-Team Novy Bor | Rtg | 5:1 |
19 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | Rtg |
| 5.1 | GM | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 2733 | 1-0 |
IM | Raznikov, Danny | 2465 |
| 5.2 | GM | Navara, David | 2722 | 1-0 |
IM | Boruchovsky, Avital | 2435 |
| 5.3 | GM | Laznicka, Viktor | 2678 | 1-0 |
FM | Givon, Asaf | 2405 |
| 5.4 | GM | Sasikiran, Krishnan | 2680 | 1-0 |
Galburd, Yan | 2331 | |
| 5.5 | GM | Hracek, Zbynek | 2612 | ½-½ |
Ben Artzi, Ido | 2286 | |
| 5.6 | GM | Cvek, Robert | 2540 | ½-½ |
Mindlin, Alon | 2237 | |
| Bo. | 12 | Gros Xake Taldea | Rtg | 3½:2½ |
10 | Beer Sheba | Rtg |
| 6.1 | GM | Van Wely, Loek | 2688 | ½-½ |
GM | Roiz, Michael | 2618 |
| 6.2 | GM | Bauer, Christian | 2664 | 0-1 |
GM | Rodshtein, Maxim | 2616 |
| 6.3 | GM | Landa, Konstantin | 2641 | 1-0 |
GM | Huzman, Alexander | 2591 |
| 6.4 | IM | Franco Alonso, Alejandro | 2479 | 1-0 |
GM | Nabaty, Tamir | 2586 |
| 6.5 | IM | Gonzalez De La Torre, Santiago | 2442 | 0-1 |
GM | Postny, Evgeny | 2647 |
| 6.6 | IM | Argandona Riveiro, Inigo | 2402 | 1-0 |
GM | Greenfeld, Alon | 2559 |
Top current rankings
Before the final round Saint-Petersburg has a significantly better tiebreak than the other contenders, but the final round games will decide it all: Socar vs Tomsk and Ashdod vs Saint-Petersburg. The final round starts at 10:30 on Wednesday. All top games will be broadcast live in this site, as well as live video by Chess TV (see below).
Rk. |
SNo |
Team | Gms |
+ |
= |
– |
TB1 |
TB2 |
TB3 |
1 |
4 |
Saint-Petersburg CF | 6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
523.5 |
25.5 |
2 |
1 |
SOCAR Azerbaijan | 6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
465.0 |
27.0 |
3 |
7 |
Tomsk-400 | 6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
464.3 |
27.0 |
4 |
9 |
Ashdod | 6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
460.8 |
21.0 |
5 |
2 |
SHSM-64 | 6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
412.0 |
23.5 |
6 |
3 |
Economist Saratov | 6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
470.0 |
22.0 |
7 |
5 |
Ugra | 6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
443.0 |
20.5 |
8 |
8 |
G-Team Novy Bor | 6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
425.0 |
23.0 |
9 |
17 |
Vesnianka Gran | 6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
390.3 |
22.5 |
10 |
12 |
Gros Xake Taldea | 6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
346.3 |
18.5 |
Selection of games
Women's section
The winners: Cercle d'Echecs Monte-Carlo with Hou Yifan, Humpy Koneru, Anna
Muzychuk and Almira Skripchenko, playing Rishon Le-Zion with Marsel Efroimski
(right)
In contrast to the open section, the fight for the first place in the women's event has already been decided. Monte-Carlo won the cup deservedly after winning all of their six matches, today against Rishon Le-Zion with a 4-0 score.
Ugra, with Olga Girya and Baira Kovanova, vs Nashe Nasledie with Alexandra
Kosteniuk
Ugra, which kept chances alive for Gold before the sixth round, lost against SHSM-Nashe Nasledie 3:1. The club, which placed second with nine points before the last round, has already ensured the bronze medals, but can try to fight for silver tomorrow.
Mika, with Elina Danielian, Harika Dronavalli, Lilit Mkrtchian and Lela
Javakhishvili,
won against Ashdot today and is on the third place with eight points.
AVS won against Chigorin Club with a 4:0 score, but has no chances to fight for the medals in the last round.
All pictures above by Anastasiya Karlovich
| Bo. | 8 | SHSM-Nashe Nasledie | Rtg | 3:1 |
7 | Ugra | Rtg |
| 1.1 | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 2490 | 1-0 |
WGM | Kovanova, Baira | 2408 |
| 1.2 | IM | Gunina, Valentina | 2514 | ½-½ |
WGM | Girya, Olga | 2454 |
| 1.3 | IM | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | 2405 | ½-½ |
IM | Romanko, Marina | 2365 |
| 1.4 | IM | Savina, Anastasia | 2303 | 1-0 |
WGM | Shadrina, Tatiana | 2361 |
| Bo. | 1 | Cercle d'Echecs Monte-Carlo | Rtg | 4:0 |
6 | Rishon Le-Zion | Rtg |
| 2.1 | GM | Hou, Yifan | 2605 | 1-0 |
WIM | Efroimski, Marsel | 2162 |
| 2.2 | GM | Koneru, Humpy | 2607 | 1-0 |
Reprun, Nadejda | 2143 | |
| 2.3 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | 2587 | 1-0 |
Vardi, Shlomit | 2010 | |
| 2.4 | IM | Skripchenko, Almira | 2437 | 1-0 |
Federovski, Adi | 1829 | |
| Bo. | 2 | AVS | Rtg | 4:0 |
5 | Chigorin Club | Rtg |
| 3.1 | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | 2493 | 1-0 |
IM | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | 2425 |
| 3.2 | GM | Lahno, Kateryna | 2551 | 1-0 |
WIM | Bronnikova, Elizaveta | 2244 |
| 3.3 | GM | Cmilyte, Viktorija | 2528 | 1-0 |
WIM | Ivkina, Olga | 2266 |
| 3.4 | IM | Muzychuk, Mariya | 2474 | 1-0 |
Ivanova-Skripova, Tatiana | 2173 | |
| Bo. | 3 | Mika | Rtg |
3½:½ |
4 | Ashdod | Rtg |
| 4.1 | GM | Danielian, Elina | 2476 | ½-½ |
IM | Klinova, Masha | 2324 |
| 4.2 | GM | Harika, Dronavalli | 2512 | 1-0 |
IM | Borsuk, Angela | 2260 |
| 4.3 | IM | Mkrtchian, Lilit | 2456 | 1-0 |
WIM | Vasiliev, Olga | 2240 |
| 4.4 | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | 2444 | 1-0 |
WIM | Tsifanskaya, Ludmila A | 2087 |
Selection of games
Pictorial impressions from Eilat by Vladimír Jagr
The playing hall during round six
Teimour Radjabov, board one of SOCAR Azerbaijan, takes a stroll
Socar captain Vladimir Tukmakov follows the game Mamedyarov-Dominguez
Dmitry Jakovenko vs Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexei Shirov vs Alexander Areshchenko,
Vladimir
Malakhov vs Viktor Bologan, Anton Korobov vs Ernesto Inarkiev, in the match
Ugra vs Tomsk
GMs Vladimir Malachov and Viktor Bologan being helped in their analysis
by IM Valentina Gunina
Boris Gelfand analysing the game he won against GM Artyom Timofeev
Peter Leko and Yannick Pelletier discuss their (drawn) game
IM Avital Boruchovsky, 2435 and GM David Navara, 2722, analysing (Navara
won the game)
FM Asaf Givon and IM Avital Boruchovsky playing for Hapoel Kfar Saba
Cutout figures floating in the main hall of the Royal Beach Hotel
The beach front in Eilat, with recreational boats for water sports
Pictures by Vladimir Jagr for Novy Bor
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