Kick off at the European Club Cup

by Marco Baldauf
11/6/2016 – The European Club Cup, the strongest club tournament of the year, began this weekend in Novi Sad, Serbia. The event lasts from 5th to 13th November and attracted 20 of the world's best 30 players, among them Vladimir Kramnik, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Levon Aronian. The best player in the Women's Tournament is reigning Women's World Champion Hou Yifan.
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The European Club Cup started

The 32nd European Club Cup kicked off with a festive opening ceremony. 62 teams start in the open section, 14 teams start in the women's tournament. All in all, 354 players came to play in Novi Sad, 154 of them are grandmasters. Top seed in the open section is the Russian team Syberia, which has Vladimir Kramnik, Anish Giri and Alexander Grischuk on the top three boards.

Defending champion Syberia, here at the award ceremony in Skopje 2015, is
again favorite. (Photo: europeanchessclubcup2015.com)

But the competition is strong: Alkaloid of Macedonia has six players with 2700+ in its line-up, and Padova from Italy came with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian and Boris Gelfand on the top boards.

Tension before the first round (Photo: Tournament Webpage)

In the first round the top teams came off to a good start and dominated their opponents:

Results of round 1

No. SNo Team MP Res. : Res. MP Team SNo
1 32 Oslo Schakselskap 0 1 : 5 0 Syberia 1
2 2 Alkaloid 0 5 : 1 0 Schachfreunde Berlin 33
3 34 En Passant 0 ½ : 5½ 0 OR Padova 3
4 4 Mednyi Vsadnik 0 5½ : ½ 0 KSK Rochade Eupen-Kelmis 35
5 36 Club d'Echecs de Geneve 0 ½ : 5½ 0 AVE Novy Bor 5
6 6 VSK Sveti Nikolaj Srpski 0 6 : 0 0 Perfect 37
7 38 JSV SISSA 0 1½ : 4½ 0 Ashdod 7
8 8 SHSM "Legacy Square" Moscow 0 5½ : ½ 0 SK Modra 39
9 40 The Smashing Pawns Bieles 0 0 : 6 0 Odlar Yurdu 9
10 10 Zhiguli 0 4½ : 1½ 0 Tammer-Shakki 41
11 42 Salon Shakkikerho 0 1 : 5 0 Ladya Kazan 11
12 12 Beer Sheva Chess Club 0 5 : 1 0 Skakklubben Nordkalotten 43
13 44 Gambit Bonnevoie 0 0 : 6 0 Vaalerenga Chess Club 13
14 14 Itaka 0 5 : 1 0 LugPokerChess 45
15 46 Nordea Skanderborg 0 ½ : 5½ 0 Schachgesellschaft Zurich 15
16 16 AEM Luxten Timisoara 0 5½ : ½ 0 Cercle d'Echecs Fontainois 47
17 48 Ezerelio Vaivorykste 0 2½ : 3½ 0 Cheddleton 17
18 18 CSM Baia Mare 0 4½ : 1½ 0 Sjakklubben AV 1911 49
19 50 Bronshoj Skakforening 0 1 : 5 0 SV Werder Bremen 19
20 20 Schachgesellschaft Riehen 0 5 : 1 0 White Rose 51
21 52 DLF Steinitz Roma 0 1 : 5 0 SK Dunajska Streda 21
22 22 SC MPO Maria Saal 0 5 : 1 0 Cercle d'Echecs Monte-Carlo 53
23 54 Edinburgh Chess Club 0 1 : 5 0 LSG IntelliMagic 23
24 24 Jelica PEP - Goracici 0 4½ : 1½ 0 Chania Chess Academy 55
25 56 Gonzaga 0 1 : 5 0 KSK47 Eynatten 25
26 26 SK Rockaden 0 5 : 1 0 De Sprenger Echternach 57
27 58 Abergavenny 0 ½ : 5½ 0 Crvena Zvezda 27
28 28 KGSRL Gent 0 6 : 0 0 Trinity College Dublin 59
29 60 Cardigan 0 0 : 6 0 Gambit ASSECO SEE 29
30 30 Kennemer Combinatie 0 5 : 1 0 Butrinti 61
31 62 Hatay Metropolitan 0 0 : 6 0 Omladinski Sahovski Klub "Paracin" 31

Source: chess-results.com...

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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Getz,N2434Grischuk,A2751½–½2016B9032nd ECC Open 20161.1
Tomashevsky,E2722Hauge,L2415½–½2016E9032nd ECC Open 20161.2
Mihajlov,S2359Li,C27300–12016A8432nd ECC Open 20161.3
Korobov,A2689Kovachev,D23091–02016D5132nd ECC Open 20161.4
Persson,M2314Rublevsky,S26890–12016D0232nd ECC Open 20161.5
Bocharov,D2593Stubberud,O22811–02016E6332nd ECC Open 20161.6
Ding,L2764Lauber,A24341–02016E1532nd ECC Open 20161.1
Baldauf,M2431Andreikin,D27360–12016A4232nd ECC Open 20161.2
Jakovenko,D2709Polzin,R2413½–½2016E9032nd ECC Open 20161.3
Wendt,J2332Yu,Y27210–12016A1332nd ECC Open 20161.4
Kryvoruchko,Y2702Lundin,J2264½–½2016B1232nd ECC Open 20161.5
Noetzel,F2209Pancevski,F25030–12016C4132nd ECC Open 20161.6
Nijboer,F2550Gelfand,B27200–12016B9432nd ECC Open 20161.1
Leko,P2693Vedder,H23701–02016C1132nd ECC Open 20161.2
Peng,Z2380Bacrot,E26910–12016E1532nd ECC Open 20161.3
Vocaturo,D2599Van de Griendt,J23571–02016C1832nd ECC Open 20161.4
Vedder,R2208David,A25740–12016B8432nd ECC Open 20161.5
Dvirnyy,D2552De Graaf,D2207½–½2016E1532nd ECC Open 20161.6
Vitiugov,N2718Feygin,M24731–02016C1132nd ECC Open 20161.1
Coenen,M2393Bu,X26980–12016B9032nd ECC Open 20161.2
Matlakov,M2691Klein,F23211–02016D1132nd ECC Open 20161.3
Meessen,R2297Rodshtein,M26960–12016A4532nd ECC Open 20161.4
Fedoseev,V2673Ahn,M22361–02016E6732nd ECC Open 20161.5
Coenen,N2304Khairullin,I2630½–½2016B9232nd ECC Open 20161.6
Petrov,N2509Wojtaszek,R2744½–½2016A1532nd ECC Open 20161.1
Navara,D2725Vuilleumier,A23501–02016B0732nd ECC Open 20161.2
Fioramonti,H2325Shirov,A26770–12016A1232nd ECC Open 20161.3
Wang,H2680Gerber,R23261–02016B7632nd ECC Open 20161.4
Landenbergue,C2334Sasikiran,K26540–12016B5532nd ECC Open 20161.5
Bartel,M2646Kovacevic,V21601–02016C0032nd ECC Open 20161.6
Mamedyarov,S2762Korsunsky,Y24111–02016D3232nd ECC Open 20161.1
Slavin,G2300Rapport,R27300–12016B3032nd ECC Open 20161.2
Morozevich,A2683Kurochkin,V24101–02016B9032nd ECC Open 20161.3
Bokan,D2223Ivanisevic,I26450–12016B4832nd ECC Open 20161.4
Markus,R2652Alekseev,A23371–02016A5532nd ECC Open 20161.5
Pleshkov,M1888Perunovic,M26160–12016D0532nd ECC Open 20161.6
Van Foreest,J2614Ivanchuk,V27330–12016B9032nd ECC Open 20161.1
Volokitin,A2668Van Foreest,L23840–12016C8932nd ECC Open 20161.2
Lambrechts,K2284Moiseenko,A26500–12016B4232nd ECC Open 20161.3
Georgiev,K2621Hummel,E2280½–½2016A6132nd ECC Open 20161.4
Ten Vergert,P2210Kogan,A25220–12016B4332nd ECC Open 20161.5
Golod,V2545Dijkstra,A21051–02016A6732nd ECC Open 20161.6
Dubov,D2648Martinovic,S2560½–½2016C0232nd ECC Open 20161.1
Maslik,M2337Malakhov,V26980–12016A4032nd ECC Open 20161.2
Zvjaginsev,V2675Schwarz,D22781–02016B0132nd ECC Open 20161.3
Federic,J2290Grachev,B26320–12016A4732nd ECC Open 20161.4
Najer,E2683Banas,K22431–02016D3132nd ECC Open 20161.5
Mydlarik,M2084Popov,I25960–12016A4632nd ECC Open 20161.6
Frischmann,R2312Mamedov,R26840–12016B0632nd ECC Open 20161.1
Radjabov,T2696Commercon,S22661–02016B0132nd ECC Open 20161.2
Wild,A2230Guseinov,G26290–12016A0432nd ECC Open 20161.3
Naiditsch,A2686Jeitz,C21731–02016B3132nd ECC Open 20161.4
Linster,P2229Safarli,E26940–12016A3732nd ECC Open 20161.5
Abasov,N2565Jacques,R21291–02016A0532nd ECC Open 20161.6
Sjugirov,S2664Karttunen,M2452½–½2016A5732nd ECC Open 20161.1
Pohjala,H2377Oparin,G2621½–½2016E1432nd ECC Open 20161.2
Predke,A2579Ahvenjarvi,J23331–02016C9032nd ECC Open 20161.3
Torkkola,H2223Frolyanov,D25390–12016A4532nd ECC Open 20161.4
Geller,J2488Nieminen,S21611–02016B1232nd ECC Open 20161.5
Iivonen,M2052Brodsky,M2523½–½2016B9232nd ECC Open 20161.6
Kiik,K2403Artemiev,V26580–12016B2232nd ECC Open 20161.1
Kamsky,G2648Niemi,K23371–02016A1332nd ECC Open 20161.2
Jarvenpaa,J2249Timofeev,A2598½–½2016C1032nd ECC Open 20161.3
Hasangatin,R2505Hynninen,J22201–02016A4532nd ECC Open 20161.4
Pihlajasalo,H2205Faizrakhmanov,R2422½–½2016A4632nd ECC Open 20161.5
Murtazin,B2384Kivijarvi,J21931–02016A8032nd ECC Open 20161.6
Postny,E2616Sylvan,J23761–02016E9032nd ECC Open 20161.1
Hove,E2279Roiz,M26050–12016A4532nd ECC Open 20161.2
Huzman,A2567Nielsen,L2241½–½2016D3732nd ECC Open 20161.3
Ejsing,E2205Greenfeld,A25621–02016A4632nd ECC Open 20161.4
Mikhalevski,V2508Jakobsen,P22011–02016A0732nd ECC Open 20161.5
Noer,M1899Sidorenko,I24130–12016A4532nd ECC Open 20161.6
Heinzel,O2358Predojevic,B26360–12016A4132nd ECC Open 20161.1
Romanov,E2633Rusev,R23641–02016D0232nd ECC Open 20161.2
Dishman,S2330Bosiocic,M25860–12016A4532nd ECC Open 20161.3
Holm,K2420Filipovic,S22631–02016E6032nd ECC Open 20161.4
Upton,T2142Christiansen,J24250–12016C4432nd ECC Open 20161.5
Svendsen,B2229Stern,G19211–02016D3032nd ECC Open 20161.6
Sethuraman,S2649Kharchenko,B24501–02016D1232nd ECC Open 20161.1
Shagbazyan,T2423Indjic,A25730–12016B5132nd ECC Open 20161.2
Vuckovic,B2584Kostromin,M23061–02016B9032nd ECC Open 20161.3
Palkovich,D2118Szuhanek,R24960–12016D0032nd ECC Open 20161.4
Nenezic,M2479Maratkanov,E21411–02016A0732nd ECC Open 20161.5
Shvyriaev,A2116Damjanovic,V14611–02016B1032nd ECC Open 20161.6
Svane,R2546Van Wely,L2685½–½2016D9032nd ECC Open 20161.1
Bauer,C2632Semcesen,D24691–02016A2032nd ECC Open 20161.2
Pedersen,N2377Pelletier,Y25660–12016A0732nd ECC Open 20161.3
Studer,N2436Grove,P21701–02016E0432nd ECC Open 20161.4
Munk,K2039Vogt,L24090–12016E9132nd ECC Open 20161.5
Rosenthal,J2333Jessen,C19521–02016D8532nd ECC Open 20161.6

Only 14 teams start in the women's tournament, but the whole world elite has gathered in Novi Sad. The great favourite is the team of CE Monte Carlo, where Women's World Champion Hou Yifan plays on top board. Behind Hou Yifan follow former Women's World Champion Mariya Muzychuk, her sister Anna Muzychuk, Swedish chess legend Pia Cramling and six-time French champion Almira Skripchenko. The biggest rival of Monte Carlo is probably the Georgian team NONA Batumi.

NONA Batumi won the last two ECCs, this picture was taken in Bilbao 2014 (Phooto: Tournament Webpage)

Results of round 1

No. SNo   Team MP Res. : Res. MP Team   SNo
1 1   Cercle d'Echecs Monte-Carlo 0 3 : 1 0 SS Lazio Scacchi   8
2 9   Ladya Kazan 0 ½ : 3½ 0 NONA Batumi   2
3 3   "Ugra" Chess Club 0 3 : 1 0 ASD C.S.R. Fischer Chieti   10
4 11   Midland Monarchs 0 ½ : 3½ 0 SHSM "Legacy Square" Moscow   4
5 5   Odlar Yurdu 0 3½ : ½ 0 Rishon Le Zion   12
6 13   ASVOE Pamhagen 0 ½ : 3½ 0 Chigorin Chess Club St Petersburg   6
7 7   Jelica PEP - Goracici 0 3 : 1 0 Kaunas CC Margiris   14

Source: chess-results.com...

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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Muzychuk,A2561Paehtz,E2474½–½2016B5032nd ECC Women 20161.1
Brunello,M2349Muzychuk,M25320–12016C5032nd ECC Women 20161.2
Cramling,P2461Di Benedetto,D2137½–½2016D3732nd ECC Women 20161.3
Messina,R2082Skripchenko,A24550–12016E6232nd ECC Women 20161.4
Galliamova,A2434Dzagnidze,N2507½–½2016E6032nd ECC Women 20161.1
Batsiashvili,N2489Ambartsumova,K22881–02016E6332nd ECC Women 20161.2
Nebolsina,V2178Khotenashvili,B24260–12016A2932nd ECC Women 20161.3
Mikadze,M2233Markelova,L21331–02016D0232nd ECC Women 20161.4
Ushenina,A2453Socko,M24281–02016D8532nd ECC Women 20161.1
Zimina,O2394Mkrtchian,L24391–02016A0732nd ECC Women 20161.2
Nechaeva,M2420Paolillo,G20131–02016A5832nd ECC Women 20161.3
Di Primio,E1928Kovanova,B23820–12016C5532nd ECC Women 20161.4
Sandu,M2207Kashlinskaya,A2450½–½2016C1132nd ECC Women 20161.1
Pustovoitova,D2427Srebrnic,A22161–02016E7032nd ECC Women 20161.2
Chevannes,S2012Savina,A23630–12016E6332nd ECC Women 20161.3
Shuvalova,P2390Manelidou,M20841–02016C6032nd ECC Women 20161.4
Mammadzada,G2371Efroimski,M2312½–½2016B5632nd ECC Women 20161.1
Lahav,M2251Mammadova,G23640–12016C0532nd ECC Women 20161.2
Kazimova,N2323Mdivani,M19581–02016E2132nd ECC Women 20161.3
Federovski,A1937Hojjatova,A23160–12016C0732nd ECC Women 20161.4
Hapala,E2042Bodnaruk,A2470½–½2016B9032nd ECC Women 20161.1
Ovod,E2375Mira,H20471–02016D0032nd ECC Women 20161.2
Horvath,M1975Belenkaya,D23320–12016D2732nd ECC Women 20161.3
Balaian,A2216Kosc,R20161–02016B4732nd ECC Women 20161.4
Zhukova,N2448Berzina,I2283½–½2016D1232nd ECC Women 20161.1
Sibajeva,M1869Velikic,A22070–12016B1732nd ECC Women 20161.2
Rakic,M2334Gailiunaite,S18041–02016A8832nd ECC Women 20161.3
Perminaite,G1762Eric,J2209½–½2016B2232nd ECC Women 20161.4

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Marco Baldauf, born 1990, has been playing since he was eight. In 2000 and 2002 he became German Junior Champion, in 2014 he became International Master. He plays for SF Berlin in the Bundesliga.

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