
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).
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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