The European Chess Club Cup will be played online this year

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3/14/2021 – The European Chess Club Cup will be played online on March 27-31. So far, 47 teams have registered to participate, with Novy Bor, 4NCL Guildford, Clichy Eches 92 and Poland Hussars the top seeds. Over forty 2600+ rated players will be playing.

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Rapid chess

The European Chess Club Cup will be played online, on the Tornelo platform, on March 27-31. The rapid tournament will be split in three stages. Every game will be played with a time control of 15 minutes for the game plus 5-second increments per move.

  • Qualification phase (March 27-28) – Groups consisting of 8 or 10 teams play robin round tournaments of 7 or 9 rounds. The groups will be divided according to the average rating of the four (4) regular players, with the FIDE March 2021 rating list taken in account. At least two teams from each group qualify to the play-offs.   
  • Play-offs (March 29) – The qualifiers from the first phase fight for 9 spots in the final.
  • Final group (March 30-31) – 10 teams play a single round robin tournament. The winner of the European Women’s Online Chess Club Cup, Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo, will be the tenth team in contention.

Registrations for the 1st European Online Chess Club Cup are open till March 19, and can be done online on this link. See the full official regulations of the event.

A number of strong teams have already registered to participate, with six 2700+ rated players included in the lineups: Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland Hussars); Harikrishna, Vidit and Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Novy Bor); Michael Adams (4NCL Guildford); and Vladislav Artemiev (Ladya Kazan).

The likes of Vasyl ivanchuk, Gata Kamsky, Luke McShane and Aleksey Dreev will also be playing.

 
  1. Novy Bor (RtgAvg:2715 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Boleslav, Petr
Bo.   Name Rtg FED FideID Gr Games
1 GM Harikrishna Pentala 2732 IND 5007003   0,0
2 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2726 IND 5029465   0,0
3 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2705 POL 1118358   0,0
4 GM Navara David 2697 CZE 309095   0,0
5 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2647 IND 5004985   0,0
6 GM Ragger Markus 2680 AUT 1610856   0,0
 
  2. 4NCL Guildford (RtgAvg:2682 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Emerson, Roger
Bo.   Name Rtg FED FideID Gr Games
1 GM Adams Michael 2716 ENG 400041   0,0
2 GM Howell David W L 2658 ENG 410608   0,0
3 GM Mcshane Luke J 2674 ENG 404853   0,0
4 GM Jones Gawain C B 2670 ENG 409561   0,0
5 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2667 BUL 2905540   0,0
 
  3. Clichy Echecs 92 (RtgAvg:2666 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Bonvalot, Isabelle
Bo.   Name Rtg FED FideID Gr Games
1 GM Van Foreest Jorden 2671 NED 1039784   0,0
2 GM Maghsoodloo Parham 2676 IRI 12539929   0,0
3 GM Amin Bassem 2695 EGY 10601457   0,0
4 GM Van Wely Loek 2620 NED 1000268   0,0
5 GM Hamdouchi Hicham 2561 MAR 9000011   0,0
6 GM Delorme Axel 2480 FRA 632023   0,0
 
  4. Poland Hussars (RtgAvg:2647 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Bartel, Michal
Bo.   Name Rtg FED FideID Gr Games
1 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2743 POL 1170546   0,0
2 GM Moranda Wojciech 2618 POL 1122401   0,0
3 GM Socko Bartosz 2618 POL 1107038   0,0
4 GM Tomczak Jacek 2610 POL 1124668   0,0
5 GM Klekowski Maciej 2510 POL 1132717   0,0
6 IM Teclaf Pawel 2507 POL 1185934   0,0
 
  5. Ladya Kazan (RtgAvg:2625 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Ibragimov, Ildar
Bo.   Name Rtg FED FideID Gr Games
1 GM Artemiev Vladislav 2709 RUS 24101605   0,0
2 GM Kamsky Gata 2665 USA 2000024   0,0
3 GM Timofeev Artyom 2594 RUS 4140419   0,0
4 GM Iljin Artem 2506 RUS 4156021   0,0
5 IM Sharafiev Azat 2432 RUS 4186214   0,0
6 GM Ibragimov Ildar 2533 RUS 4102878   0,0

...46 teams

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