Novi Sad, Rd 2: Favorites continue to win

by Johannes Fischer
11/8/2016 – In round two of the European Club Cup in Novi Sad the favorite teams continued to live up to their role as favorites. After two rounds twelve teams still have 4 out of possible 4 team points and six of these teams even have 11 out of 12 possible board points and lead the field. Results, tables, games...

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European Clup Cup

Novi Sad (Photo: Tournament page)

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Round 2 Open

The three nominally strongest teams in Novi Sad are Syberia (Elo average 2745), Alkaloid (Elo average 2732) and Padova (Elo average 2718) and all three scored convincing victories in round two. However, there were some top encounters in individual games, e.g. in the match between Padova and Maria Saal, in which Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, currently the world's number three, played against Markus Ragger, currently number 45 on the world's ranking list. Padova won the match 5.5-0.5 and Vachier-Lagrave also scored a convincing win.

 

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Results of round 2

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

Source: Chess-results.com...

Standings after round 2

Rk. SNo Team Games  TB1   TB2 
1 3 OR Padova 2 4 11,0
2 8 SHSM Legacy Square Moscow 2 4 11,0
3 15 Schachgesellschaft Zurich 2 4 11,0
4 5 AVE Novy Bor 2 4 11,0
5 2 Alkaloid 2 4 11,0
6 10 Zhiguli 2 4 11,0
7 1 Syberia 2 4 10,0
8 4 Mednyi Vsadnik 2 4 9,0
9 7 Ashdod 2 4 9,0
10 6 VSK Sveti Nikolaj Srpski 2 4 8,0
11 17 Cheddleton 2 4 7,0
12 19 SV Werder Bremen 2 4 7,0
13 9 Odlar Yurdu 2 3 9,0
14 13 Vaalerenga Chess Club 2 3 9,0
15 29 Gambit ASSECO SEE 2 3 9,0
16 31 Omladinski Sahovski Klub Paracin 2 3 9,0
17 14 Itaka 2 3 9,0
18 12 Beer Sheva Chess Club 2 3 9,0
19 21 SK Dunajska Streda 2 3 9,0
20 20 Schachgesellschaft Riehen 2 3 9,0
21 28 KGSRL Gent 2 2 10,0
22 48 Ezerelio Vaivorykste 2 2 10,0
23 11 Ladya Kazan 2 2 8,0
24 18 CSM Baia Mare 2 2 8,0
25 16 AEM Luxten Timisoara 2 2 6,0

... 62 teams

Source: Chess-Results.com

Games

 

Round  2 - Women's Tournament

The favorite teams in the women's tournament are Monte Carlo (Elo average 2547), NONA Batumi (Elo average 2464) and Ugra (Elo average 2451) and after two rounds these three teams indeed already lead the field.

Women's World Champion Hou Yifan plays on top board
for the team of Cercle d'Echecs Monte Carlo

Results round 2

No. SNo   Team MP Res. : Res. MP Team   SNo
1 2   NONA Batumi 2 2½ : 1½ 2 Chigorin Chess Club St Petersburg   6
2 4   SHSM Legacy Square Moscow 2 1 : 3 2 Cercle d'Echecs Monte-Carlo   1
3 3   Ugra Chess Club 2 2½ : 1½ 2 Odlar Yurdu   5
4 8   SS Lazio Scacchi 0 3 : 1 2 Jelica PEP - Goracici   7
5 10   ASD C.S.R. Fischer Chieti 0 2½ : 1½ 0 Midland Monarchs   11
6 14   Kaunas CC Margiris 0 2½ : 1½ 0 Rishon Le Zion   12
7 13   ASVOE Pamhagen 0 ½ : 3½ 0 Ladya Kazan   9

Source: Chess-results.com...

Standings after round 2

Rk. Team  TB1 
1 NONA Batumi 4
2 Cercle d'Echecs Monte-Carlo 4
3 Ugra Chess Club 4
4 Odlar Yurdu 2
5 Chigorin Chess Club St Petersburg 2
6 Jelica PEP - Goracici 2
7 SHSM Legacy Square Moscow 2
8 SS Lazio Scacchi 2
9 ASD C.S.R. Fischer Chieti 2
10 Ladya Kazan 2
11 Kaunas CC Margiris 2
12 Rishon Le Zion 0
13 Midland Monarchs 0
14 ASVOE Pamhagen 0

Source: Chess-Results.com

Games

 

Photos: Lennart Ootes

Tournament page

Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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