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The European Club Cup began on Sunday, at 14:00 UTC (15:00 CET / 9:00 AM EST). There are a total of seven rounds through Saturday, November 17th with no rest days. The venue is the Karisma Hotel in Ulcinj (Montenegro).
In the Open, the Italian club Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova maintained its unblemished record to win the tournament. Georgian powerhouse NONA now edged out rivals in the Women's tournament.
| Rk. | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | |
| 1 |
|
Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 237,0 |
| 2 |
|
AVE Novy Bor | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 214,5 |
| 3 |
|
Mednyi Vsadnik | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 225,5 |
| 4 |
|
Alkaloid | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 237,5 |
| 5 |
|
Moscow Chess Team | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 221,5 |
| 6 |
|
Valerenga | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 218,0 |
| 7 |
|
Molodezka | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 204,0 |
| 8 |
|
Vugar Gashimov | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 194,0 |
| 9 |
|
Koge SK | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 184,0 |
| 10 |
|
Primorsky District | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 182,5 |
Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
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| Rk. | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | |
| 1 |
|
Nona | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 130,0 |
| 2 |
|
Kyiv Chess Federation | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 118,0 |
| 3 |
|
Cercle d`Echecs Monte Carlo | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 110,5 |
| 4 |
|
Odlar Yurdu | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 114,0 |
| 5 |
|
Ugra | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 97,5 |
| 6 |
|
AVE Novy Bor | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 92,0 |
| 7 |
|
SPB Chess and Draughts Sport School | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 87,0 |
| 8 |
|
ZSK Maribor | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 75,5 |
| 9 |
|
Caissa Pentole Agnelli | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 82,0 |
| 10 |
|
Jelica PEP | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 67,5 |
As is customary for many years, there are two parallel events, an open tournament and a women's team tournament.
The open tournament will be attended by 66 teams. The team of Alkaloid from North Macedonia is the nominally strongest team with an average of 2701. It is headed by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Dmitry Andreikin. Mednyi Vsadnik (Russia, Leinier Dominguez at 1), Novy Bor (Czech Republic, Harikrishna behind Babula at 2) and Padova (Rapport) take the next places in the seedling list.
| No. | FED | Team | RtgAvg | |
| 1 |
|
MKD | Alkaloid | 2701 |
| 2 |
|
RUS | Mednyi Vsadnik | 2689 |
| 3 |
|
CZE | AVE Novy Bor | 2687 |
| 4 |
|
ITA | Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova | 2686 |
| 5 |
|
RUS | Primorsky District | 2615 |
| 6 |
|
RUS | Molodezka | 2605 |
| 7 |
|
RUS | Moscow Chess Team | 2605 |
| 8 |
|
NOR | Valerenga | 2601 |
| 9 |
|
ISR | Beer Sheva | 2580 |
| 10 |
|
DEN | Koge SK | 2567 |
| 11 |
|
CZE | SK Joly Lysa nad Labem | 2554 |
| 12 |
|
ITA | WorldTradingLab Club64 | 2500 |
| 13 |
|
AZE | Vugar Gashimov | 2485 |
| 14 |
|
SRB | Sloven Ruma | 2484 |
| 15 |
|
SUI | Riehen Schachgesellschaft | 2459 |
| 16 |
|
SRB | Itaka | 2458 |
| 17 |
|
AUT | Raika Rapid Feffernitz | 2448 |
| 18 |
|
SUI | Zurich Schachgesellschaft | 2420 |
| 19 |
|
NED | LSG IntelliMagic | 2392 |
| 20 |
|
ISL | Reykjavik Chess Club | 2388 |
| 21 |
|
NED | HWP Sas van Gent | 2381 |
| 22 |
|
ISR | Rehovot | 2380 |
| 23 |
|
SVK | Dunajska Streda | 2376 |
| 24 |
|
LTU | MRU-ROSK Consulting | 2363 |
| 25 |
|
FRA | Mulhouse | 2362 |
| 26 |
|
GER | Viernheim 1934 | 2361 |
| 27 |
|
BEL | KGSRL Gent | 2361 |
| 28 |
|
BEL | Wachtebeke | 2358 |
| 29 |
|
MNE | Buducnost | 2358 |
| 30 |
|
SLO | ZSK Maribor | 2342 |
| 31 |
|
FRA | Asnieres | 2342 |
| 32 |
|
GER | Schachfreunde Berlin | 2335 |
...66 Teams
The women's tournament will be held with 14 teams. The purely Ukrainian team of the Kiev Chess Federation with the two Muzychuk siblings on the first boards is the Elo favorite. It is followed by Monaco (with Humpy Koneru) and Nona (Georgia).
| No. | FED | Team | RtgAvg | |
| 1 |
|
UKR | Kyiv Chess Federation | 2499 |
| 2 |
|
MNC | Cercle d`Echecs | 2466 |
| 3 |
|
GEO | Nona | 2457 |
| 4 |
|
ITA | Caissa Pentole Agnelli | 2440 |
| 5 |
|
RUS | Ugra | 2438 |
| 6 |
|
AZE | Odlar Yurdu | 2383 |
| 7 |
|
CZE | AVE Novy Bor | 2366 |
| 8 |
|
RUS | SPB Chess and Draughts Sport School | 2337 |
| 9 |
|
SRB | Jelica PEP | 2242 |
| 10 |
|
MKD | Gambit Asseco SEE | 2241 |
| 11 |
|
SLO | ZSK Maribor | 2241 |
| 12 |
|
MNE | MNE Woman Chess | 2043 |
| 13 |
|
ISR | Rishon Lezion | 2038 |
| 14 |
|
ISR | Hertzeliya Chess Club | 1958 |
