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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