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The 23rd European Club Cup for Men and the 12th European Club Cup for Women took place from October 2nd to 10th in Kemer, Antalya, Turkey. There were 56 teams participating in the men's section and 18 teams in the women's.
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The winner in the men's section was Linex Magic Merida, which won six of seven matches, drawing just one and thus scoring 13 match points. The team chalked up a total of 28.5 board points. Ural Sverdlovskaya scored 31 board points but won only five matches, drawing two (= 12 points), and so took second place. Two teams followed with 11 match points each: Tomsk-400 and OSC Baden-Baden.
1 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2724 | USA |
2 | GM | Adams Michael | 2729 | ENG |
3 | GM | Rublevsky Sergei | 2676 | RUS |
4 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2673 | ARM |
5 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2670 | BUL |
6 | IM | Perez Candelario Manuel | 2525 | ESP |
FM | Cabezas Ayala Ivan | 2313 | ESP |
Rank | Team | Gms | + | = | – | MP | Pts. |
1 |
Linex Magic - Merida |
7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
28½ |
2 |
Ural Sverdlovskaya |
7 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
31 |
3 |
Tomsk-400 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
29 |
4 |
OSC Baden-Baden e.V. |
7 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
11 |
28½ |
5 |
Chess Club Zagreb |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
31½ |
6 |
Economist SGSEU-1 Saratov |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
28 |
7 |
Chess Club Zeljeznicar Sarajevo |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
28 |
8 |
Keystone |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
27½ |
9 |
Bosna Sarajevo |
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
26 |
10 |
Aquaprofit Nagykanisza |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
26 |
11 |
Bank King Yerevan |
7 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
9 |
26 |
12 |
Clichy Echecs 92 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
25 |
13 |
Gros Xake Taldea |
7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
24½ |
14 |
1. Novoborsky SK |
7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
22 |
15 |
Sollentuna Chessclub |
7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
21 |
16 |
Vesnianka Gran |
7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
20½ |
17 |
Schachfreunde Reichenstein |
7 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
26½ |
18 |
Reykjavik Chess Club |
7 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
25½ |
19 |
Cercle d'Echecs de Strasbourg |
7 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
25 |
20 |
Alkaloid |
7 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
24½ |
21 |
Utrecht |
7 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
24½ |
22 |
Ashdod City Club |
7 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
23½ |
23 |
Cannes Echecs |
7 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
22 |
24 |
SK Rochade Eupen Kelmis |
7 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
22 |
25 |
Csuti - Hydrocomp Chess Club |
7 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
20½ |
26 |
Herzliya Chess Club |
7 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
27 |
27 |
Asker SK |
7 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
24 |
28 |
Hamburger SK |
7 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
22½ |
29 |
C.R.E. Liège E.L. |
7 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
22½ |
30 |
Vilnius ''NSEL30'' |
7 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
19 |
In the women's section Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo came first with 11 match points and 20 board points, ahead of AVS Krasnoturinsk with the same number of match points but 19 board points. Three teams follow with ten match points each.
1 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2606 | IND |
2 | GM | Cramling Pia | 2531 | SWE |
3 | GM | Zhu Chen | 2531 | QAT |
4 | IM | Socko Monika | 2473 | POL |
IM | Skripchenko Almira | 2438 | FRA |
Rank | Team | Gms. | + | = | – | MP | Pts. |
1 |
Monte-Carlo |
7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
20 |
2 |
AVS Krasnoturinsk |
7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
19 |
3 |
MIKA Yerevan |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
19 |
4 |
Southern Ural Cheliabinsk |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
18 |
5 |
Finec St.Petersburg |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
18 |
6 |
Economist Saratov |
7 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
17½ |
7 |
SK T-Com Podgorica |
7 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
16 |
8 |
Interplast Tbilisi |
7 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
15½ |
9 |
Utrecht |
7 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
14 |
10 |
Ladya Kazan |
7 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
11 |
SK Bihac - Capital Brokers |
7 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
12 |
USV Volksbank Halle |
7 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
12 |
13 |
Turk Hava Yollari |
7 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
10½ |
14 |
BGU Minsk |
7 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
12 |
15 |
Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu |
7 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
11 |
16 |
Antalya Deniz Genclik |
7 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
11½ |
17 |
Vandoeuvre |
7 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
9 |
18 |
Tarsus Zeka Satranc SK |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
The individual performances of the players saw Rafael Vaganian scoring 4.5/5 with a sterling 2904 performance, followed by the extraordinary Alexei Shirov, who played seven games, scored six points and performed like a 2875 player. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov drew his final game to drop from a 2900+ performance to 2848, the third best in the tournament. In addition Ivan Cheparinov, Pavel Eljanov, Sergei Rublevsky, Peter Svidler and Krishnan Sasikiran all performed above the 2800 level. In the following list we have included all players who took part in at least five games and scored higher than 2600.
Alexei Shirov on board two of Ural Sverdlovskaya, where he scored 6/7 with a
2875 performance. Visible behind him are his teammates Alexander Grischuk and
Vladimir Malakhov.
Alexander Morozevich, who flew in after the Mexico World Championship and only
played four games
Top performance (2848) on board one, with 4.5/6: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with
his team from Alkaloid, Kiril Georgiev, Sergey Volkov, Zdenko Kozul and Trajce
Nedev.
World Champion Vishy Anand playing for Baden-Baden against Jannick Pelletier
for Clichy (Anand won). In the background Anand's team mate Magnus Carlsen kiebitzes
other games.
French IM Marie Sebag, playing on board one for Liège men's team (!)
with 5/7 and a 2555 performance
Brd. | Ti. | Name | Rtg | Club | % | gms | perf. | pts. |
3 |
GM |
Vaganian Rafael A |
2600 |
Bank King Yerevan |
90,0 |
5 |
2904 |
4½ |
2 |
GM |
Shirov Alexei |
2739 |
Ural Sverdlovskaya |
85,7 |
7 |
2875 |
6 |
1 |
GM |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2752 |
Alkaloid |
75,0 |
6 |
2848 |
4½ |
5 |
GM |
Cheparinov Ivan |
2670 |
Linex Magic - Merida |
85,7 |
7 |
2846 |
6 |
1 |
GM |
Eljanov Pavel |
2681 |
Ashdod City Club |
66,7 |
6 |
2823 |
4 |
3 |
GM |
Rublevsky Sergei |
2676 |
Linex Magic - Merida |
78,6 |
7 |
2820 |
5½ |
2 |
GM |
Svidler Peter |
2732 |
OSC Baden-Baden e.V. |
70,0 |
5 |
2814 |
3½ |
1 |
GM |
Sasikiran Krishnan |
2661 |
Chess Club Zagreb |
85,7 |
7 |
2806 |
6 |
1 |
GM |
Ponomariov Ruslan |
2705 |
Keystone |
71,4 |
7 |
2788 |
5 |
1 |
GM |
Radjabov Teimour |
2742 |
Ural Sverdlovskaya |
71,4 |
7 |
2765 |
5 |
4 |
GM |
Tregubov Pavel V |
2609 |
Clichy Echecs 92 |
78,6 |
7 |
2762 |
5½ |
5 |
GM |
Efimenko Zahar |
2624 |
Keystone |
75,0 |
6 |
2752 |
4½ |
1 |
GM |
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2787 |
Bosna Sarajevo |
64,3 |
7 |
2747 |
4½ |
2 |
GM |
Karjakin Sergey |
2694 |
Tomsk-400 |
71,4 |
7 |
2743 |
5 |
4 |
GM |
Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter |
2668 |
OSC Baden-Baden e.V. |
75,0 |
6 |
2736 |
4½ |
5 |
GM |
Moiseenko Alexander |
2646 |
Ashdod City Club |
71,4 |
7 |
2736 |
5 |
2 |
IM |
Feygin Michael |
2531 |
Rochade Eupen Kelmis |
92,9 |
7 |
2733 |
6½ |
5 |
GM |
Tkachiev Vladislav |
2661 |
Tomsk-400 |
80,0 |
5 |
2728 |
4 |
2 |
GM |
Adams Michael |
2729 |
Linex Magic - Merida |
64,3 |
7 |
2721 |
4½ |
3 |
GM |
Areshchenko Alexander |
2638 |
Keystone |
71,4 |
7 |
2713 |
5 |
1 |
GM |
Nikolic Predrag |
2657 |
Zeljeznicar Sarajevo |
71,4 |
7 |
2712 |
5 |
3 |
GM |
Grischuk Alexander |
2715 |
Ural Sverdlovskaya |
71,4 |
7 |
2711 |
5 |
3 |
GM |
Zhang Pengxiang |
2644 |
Gros Xake Taldea |
71,4 |
7 |
2702 |
5 |
2 |
GM |
Milov Vadim |
2680 |
Gros Xake Taldea |
64,3 |
7 |
2692 |
4½ |
2 |
GM |
Carlsen Magnus |
2714 |
OSC Baden-Baden e.V. |
64,3 |
7 |
2689 |
4½ |
2 |
GM |
Tomashevsky Evgeny |
2646 |
Economist Saratov |
66,7 |
6 |
2688 |
4 |
3 |
GM |
Movsesian Sergei |
2670 |
Bosna Sarajevo |
64,3 |
7 |
2682 |
4½ |
1 |
GM |
Van Wely Loek |
2680 |
Gros Xake Taldea |
50,0 |
5 |
2677 |
2½ |
5 |
GM |
Bologan Viktor |
2657 |
Tomsk-400 |
70,0 |
5 |
2674 |
3½ |
3 |
IM |
Lenic Luka |
2531 |
Aquaprofit Nagykanisza |
71,4 |
7 |
2668 |
5 |
4 |
Huschenbeth Niclas |
2318 |
Hamburger SK |
78,6 |
7 |
2666 |
5½ |
|
2 |
GM |
Almasi Zoltan |
2691 |
Bosna Sarajevo |
57,1 |
7 |
2665 |
4 |
3 |
GM |
Bacrot Etienne |
2695 |
OSC Baden-Baden e.V. |
64,3 |
7 |
2665 |
4½ |
4 |
GM |
Sokolov Ivan |
2673 |
Bosna Sarajevo |
64,3 |
7 |
2662 |
4½ |
1 |
GM |
Haba Petr |
2525 |
1. Novoborsky SK |
71,4 |
7 |
2660 |
5 |
5 |
GM |
David Alberto |
2536 |
Clichy Echecs 92 |
71,4 |
7 |
2659 |
5 |
1 |
GM |
Asrian Karen |
2623 |
Bank King Yerevan |
57,1 |
7 |
2658 |
4 |
2 |
GM |
Fontaine Robert |
2562 |
Cannes Echecs |
71,4 |
7 |
2654 |
5 |
2 |
GM |
Georgiev Kiril |
2649 |
Alkaloid |
57,1 |
7 |
2653 |
4 |
5 |
GM |
Harikrishna Pentala |
2668 |
OSC Baden-Baden e.V. |
66,7 |
6 |
2653 |
4 |
3 |
GM |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam |
2690 |
Tomsk-400 |
66,7 |
6 |
2649 |
4 |
6 |
GM |
Dreev Alexey |
2607 |
Ural Sverdlovskaya |
85,7 |
7 |
2649 |
6 |
1 |
GM |
Alekseev Evgeny |
2716 |
Economist Saratov |
57,1 |
7 |
2648 |
4 |
6 |
GM |
Kogan Artur |
2569 |
Ashdod City Club |
66,7 |
6 |
2647 |
4 |
4 |
GM |
Inarkiev Ernesto |
2674 |
Tomsk-400 |
66,7 |
6 |
2646 |
4 |
5 |
GM |
Short Nigel D |
2649 |
Bosna Sarajevo |
64,3 |
7 |
2646 |
4½ |
4 |
GM |
Sargissian Gabriel |
2673 |
Linex Magic - Merida |
64,3 |
7 |
2645 |
4½ |
4 |
GM |
Akopian Vladimir |
2713 |
Ural Sverdlovskaya |
64,3 |
7 |
2644 |
4½ |
4 |
GM |
Zelcic Robert |
2578 |
Chess Club Zagreb |
78,6 |
7 |
2637 |
5½ |
1 |
GM |
Gyimesi Zoltan |
2610 |
Csuti - Hydrocomp |
66,7 |
6 |
2634 |
4 |
5 |
GM |
Dizdar Goran |
2549 |
Chess Club Zagreb |
80,0 |
5 |
2634 |
4 |
5 |
GM |
Minasian Artashes |
2571 |
Bank King Yerevan |
71,4 |
7 |
2630 |
5 |
4 |
GM |
Galkin Alexander |
2608 |
Economist Saratov |
66,7 |
6 |
2629 |
4 |
1 |
GM |
Kotronias Vasilios |
2614 |
Aquaprofit Nagykanisza |
58,3 |
6 |
2628 |
3½ |
1 |
GM |
Kamsky Gata |
2724 |
Linex Magic - Merida |
42,9 |
7 |
2625 |
3 |
3 |
GM |
Zhigalko Sergei |
2562 |
Vesnianka Gran |
64,3 |
7 |
2622 |
4½ |
3 |
GM |
Volkov Sergey |
2648 |
Alkaloid |
57,1 |
7 |
2621 |
4 |
2 |
GM |
Naiditsch Arkadij |
2647 |
Clichy Echecs 92 |
50,0 |
7 |
2619 |
3½ |
6 |
GM |
Smirnov Pavel |
2636 |
Tomsk-400 |
70,0 |
5 |
2618 |
3½ |
2 |
GM |
Azarov Sergei |
2586 |
Vesnianka Gran |
57,1 |
7 |
2616 |
4 |
1 |
GM |
Kazhgaleyev Murtas |
2599 |
Cannes Echecs |
60,0 |
5 |
2614 |
3 |
6 |
GM |
Vysochin Spartak |
2524 |
Keystone |
80,0 |
5 |
2613 |
4 |
2 |
GM |
Jobava Baadur |
2644 |
Chess Club Zagreb |
71,4 |
7 |
2611 |
5 |
3 |
IM |
Cornette Matthieu |
2494 |
Cannes Echecs |
71,4 |
7 |
2611 |
5 |
1 |
GM |
Gustafsson Jan |
2606 |
Hamburger SK |
58,3 |
6 |
2610 |
3½ |
2 |
GM |
Kempinski Robert |
2596 |
Hamburger SK |
64,3 |
7 |
2610 |
4½ |
6 |
IM |
Perez Candelario Manuel |
2525 |
Linex Magic - Merida |
71,4 |
7 |
2609 |
5 |
2 |
GM |
Horvath Adam |
2501 |
Csuti - Hydrocomp |
66,7 |
6 |
2602 |
4 |
4 |
GM |
Avrukh Boris |
2645 |
Ashdod City Club |
50,0 |
7 |
2601 |
3½ |
3 |
GM |
Tiviakov Sergei |
2643 |
Economist Saratov |
58,3 |
6 |
2600 |
3½ |
The highest performer by a long margin in the women's section is Koneru Humpy, who scored 5.5 points in six games on board one with an Elo performance of 2800! Anyone doubt that we will soon have two Indian world champions in chess (after all, not too long ago it was two Bulgarians). Behind Humpy we have IM Nana Dzagnidze with a 5/6 on board three and a 2638 performance, GM Xu Yuhua with 4/6 on board one and a 2591 performance, GM Kateryna Lahno with 4.5/7 on board one and 2556, and 13-year-old WGM Hou Yifan with 5/7 on board two and 2547.
GM Koneru Humpy of India with 5.5/6 and a 2800 performance! [Photo Fred
Lucas]
GM Kateryna Lahno, with 4.5/7 and a 2556 performance
IM Alisa Maric playing for T-Com Podgorica with 4.5/7 and a 2413 performance
We list all players with at least four games who scored more than 2300 points.
Brd. | Ti. | Name | Rtg | Club | % | gms | perf. | pts. |
1 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2606 |
Monte-Carlo |
91,7 |
6 |
2800 |
5½ |
3 |
IM |
Dzagnidze Nana |
2416 |
Interplast Tbilisi |
83,3 |
6 |
2638 |
5 |
1 |
GM |
Xu Yuhua |
2517 |
AVS Krasnoturinsk |
66,7 |
6 |
2591 |
4 |
1 |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna |
2459 |
Southern Ural Cheliabinsk |
64,3 |
7 |
2556 |
4½ |
2 |
WGM |
Hou Yifan |
2502 |
Southern Ural Cheliabinsk |
71,4 |
7 |
2547 |
5 |
1 |
IM |
Korbut Ekaterina |
2443 |
Finec St.Petersburg |
71,4 |
7 |
2542 |
5 |
3 |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina |
2448 |
Southern Ural Cheliabinsk |
71,4 |
7 |
2527 |
5 |
2 |
IM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2464 |
Finec St.Petersburg |
71,4 |
7 |
2524 |
5 |
2 |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2463 |
AVS Krasnoturinsk |
70,0 |
5 |
2518 |
3½ |
4 |
WGM |
Pogonina Natalija |
2462 |
AVS Krasnoturinsk |
78,6 |
7 |
2500 |
5½ |
2 |
GM |
Cramling Pia |
2531 |
Monte-Carlo |
64,3 |
7 |
2496 |
4½ |
1 |
IM |
Javakhishvili Lela |
2474 |
Interplast Tbilisi |
50,0 |
5 |
2492 |
2½ |
3 |
GM |
Zhu Chen |
2531 |
Monte-Carlo |
66,7 |
6 |
2489 |
4 |
2 |
IM |
Danielian Elina |
2458 |
MIKA Yerevan |
71,4 |
7 |
2476 |
5 |
4 |
IM |
Lomineishvili Maia |
2409 |
Interplast Tbilisi |
66,7 |
6 |
2448 |
4 |
2 |
IM |
Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan |
2432 |
Interplast Tbilisi |
50,0 |
6 |
2434 |
3 |
3 |
WGM |
Muzychuk Anna |
2469 |
AVS Krasnoturinsk |
70,0 |
5 |
2424 |
3½ |
1 |
WGM |
Zhao Xue |
2530 |
Economist Saratov |
64,3 |
7 |
2422 |
4½ |
1 |
GM |
Chiburdanidze Maia |
2500 |
MIKA Yerevan |
58,3 |
6 |
2419 |
3½ |
2 |
IM |
Matveeva Svetlana |
2433 |
AVS Krasnoturinsk |
50,0 |
5 |
2417 |
2½ |
2 |
IM |
Maric Alisa |
2408 |
SK T-Com Podgorica |
64,3 |
7 |
2413 |
4½ |
4 |
IM |
Socko Monika |
2473 |
Monte-Carlo |
58,3 |
6 |
2406 |
3½ |
3 |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino |
2450 |
MIKA Yerevan |
78,6 |
7 |
2398 |
5½ |
4 |
WGM |
Benderac Ana |
2328 |
SK T-Com Podgorica |
66,7 |
6 |
2391 |
4 |
1 |
WIM |
Topel Zehra |
2246 |
Turk Hava Yollari |
50,0 |
7 |
2375 |
3½ |
2 |
IM |
Zaiatz Elena |
2366 |
Ladya Kazan |
50,0 |
7 |
2359 |
3½ |
2 |
IM |
Paehtz Elisabeth |
2452 |
Economist Saratov |
50,0 |
5 |
2340 |
2½ |
1 |
WGM |
Zhukova Natalia |
2452 |
SK T-Com Podgorica |
42,9 |
7 |
2336 |
3 |
1 |
WGM |
Sharevich Anna |
2289 |
USV Volksbank Halle |
50,0 |
7 |
2335 |
3½ |
1 |
IM |
Madl Ildiko |
2381 |
SK Bihac - Capital Brokers |
57,1 |
7 |
2321 |
4 |
1 |
WIM |
Bensdorp Marlies |
2263 |
Utrecht |
57,1 |
7 |
2309 |
4 |
4 |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit |
2402 |
MIKA Yerevan |
71,4 |
7 |
2303 |
5 |