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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.
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.
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 |