10/14/2017 – Globus edged out Odlar Yurdu in the final round by beating SHSM Legacy Square Capital 4½ : 1½ on the second table, while Oldar Yurdu lost the Czech team of AVE Nový Bor 3½ : 2½. In the Women's competition, Batumi Chess Club NONA and Odlar Yurdu were even on match points, but the Batumi team had the better Sonneborn-Berger tiebreak score. Live games and commentary from 14:00 (CEST) | Photo: David Llada
new: ChessBase Magazine 225
Chess Festival Prague 2025 with analyses by Aravindh, Giri, Gurel, Navara and others. ‘Special’: 27 highly entertaining miniatures. Opening videos by Werle, King and Ris. 10 opening articles with new repertoire ideas and much more. ChessBase Magazine offers first-class training material for club players and professionals! World-class players analyse their brilliant games and explain the ideas behind the moves. Opening specialists present the latest trends in opening theory and exciting ideas for your repertoire. Master trainers in tactics, strategy and endgames show you the tricks and techniques you need to be a successful tournament player! Available as a direct download (incl. booklet as pdf file) or booklet with download key by post. Included in delivery: ChessBase Magazine #225 as “ChessBase Book” for iPad, tablet, Mac etc.!
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Round 7 LIVE
The European Club Cup takes place this year from October 8th to 14th in Antalya, Turkey. The Open and Women's tournaments are both a 7-round Swiss team tournament with a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move one. No draw offers are allowed before move 30.
In the Open section, 36 clubs are taking part, with defending champions Alkaloid and rating favourite, Globus. Each match is played over six boards, with two points for a team win and one point for a draw.
Open
Live commentary by GM Bartlomiej Herberla, IM Can Arduman, and WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili
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Women
The Women's tournament is contested between 12 clubs, with Batumi Chess Club NONA as the top seeds. Each match is played over four boards, with two points for a team win and one point for a draw.
YOUR PERSONAL CHESS COACH - Whether you’re taking your first steps into the world of club chess, or already playing at a tournament level: with FRITZ, you can train more efficiently, intelligently and with a more personalised approach than ever before.
Videos: Felix Blohberger presents the surprise weapon 4…a6 in the Four Knights Game. Mihail Marin analyses the English Opening with 1.c4 e5 2.g3 g6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Bg2 Nc6. Plus the ‘Lucky bag’ featuring 37 analyses by Berg, Radjabov and others.
Renowned for its solidity and strategic soundness, it has been a cornerstone of the repertoires of elite grandmasters including Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi, who relied on it successfully in the Candidates Tournament.
The Benko Gambit is back at the very highest level - and it's easy to see why. Black sacrifices a pawn to seize the initiative on the queenside, obtaining long-lasting pressure, active pieces and open files that make life difficult for White.
The Hyper-Accelerated Dragon is fast, from the very first moves, your bishop heads to g7, seizes the long diagonal, and turns into the most feared piece on the board.
It rewards players who love initiative and clear attacking plans.
The Hyper-Accelerated Dragon is fast, from the very first moves, your bishop heads to g7, seizes the long diagonal, and turns into the most feared piece on the board.
It rewards players who love initiative and clear attacking plans.
The Hyper-Accelerated dragon is fast, from the very first moves, your bishop heads to g7, seizes the long diagonal, and turns into the most feared piece on the board.
It rewards players who love initiative and clear attacking plans.
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