Tomsk wins European Club Cup

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9/25/2005 – It was as close as you can get: three teams tied for first, with an equal number of match points. Tomsk-400 won the title by half a point in board points. And the women's section? It was as close as you can get: three teams tied for first, with an equal number of match points. NTN Tbilisi won the title by half a point in board points! Big illustrated report.

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European Club Cup 2005, Saint-Vincent, Italy


Gold for Tomsk-400 with Tkachiev, Inarkiev, Bologan, Jakovenko, Belozerov,
Smirnov, Aronian, captain Boris Shaidullin

The leading team Tomsk-400 lost to Polonia, but the margin of 2½:3½ points were enough for the final victory.

  Tomsk-400
2½:3½
 Polonia Plus GSM
1 Aronian Levon 2724
½:½
 Gelfand Boris 2724
2 Bologan Viktor 2700
0:1
 Ivanchuk Vassily 2752
3 Jakovenko Dmitry 2627
0:1
 Krasenkow Michal 2663
4 Tkachiev Vladislav 2625
½:½
 Kempinski Robert 2619
5 Smirnov Pavel 2635
½:½
 Macieja Bartlomiej 2593
6 Inarkiev Ernesto 2618
1:0
 Markowski Tomasz 2564

NAO defeated SK Rockaden Stockholm convincingly by 4½:1½ to join the leaders in match points. Tomsk won the title of European Club Champions on half a tiebreak point.

1 Tomsk-400 6 0 1
12
 29½
2 Polonia Plus GSM 6 0 1
12
 29
3 NAO Chess Club 6 0 1
12
 27½

The players for the top teams were Tomsk: Levon Aronian, Viktor Bologan, Dmitry Jakovenko, Vladislav Tkachiev, Pavel Smirnov, Ernesto Inarkiev, Andrei Belozerov (who played just one game, in round one instead of Inarkiev); Polonia: Boris Gelfand, Vassily Ivanchuk, Michal Krasenkow, Robert Kempinski, Bartlomiej Macieja, Tomasz Markowski, Bartosz Socko; NAO: Vladimir Kramnik, Etienne Bacrot, Alexander Grischuk, Teimour Radjabov, Joel Lautier, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Sergey Karjakin, Laurent Fressinet.


Gold for NTN Tbilisi, with captain Gaprindashvili and players Tsereteli,
Lomineishvili, Javakhishvili, Matnadze, Dzagnidze

In the women's section the situation was almost exactly the same. NTN Tbilisi lost the last match against Internet CG Podgorica, but 1½:2½, but the individal board points were enough for the final victory. Southern Ural fought to the end, winning their final match against Stukkenjagers 4:0, but missing the overall victory by half a tiebreak point.

1 NTN Tbilisi 4 2 1
10
 18½
2 Southern Ural 4 2 1
10
 18
3 Internet CG Podgorica 4 2 1
10
 16½

Final Standings of all teams

  Team + = –
M
 Pts.
1 Tomsk-400 6 0 1
12
 29½
2 Polonia Plus GSM 6 0 1
12
 29
3 NAO Chess Club 6 0 1
12
 27½
4 Ural 4 2 1
10
 28
5 Werder Bremen 5 0 2
10
 27
6 TV Tegernsee 4 2 1
10
 25½
7 I & A Tbilisi 4 2 1
10
 24½
8 TPS 5 0 2
10
 24½
9 Ashdod City Club 4 1 2
9
 25½
10 Beer Sheva Chess Club 4 1 2
9
 25½
11 Union Ansfelden 4 1 2
9
 25½
12 SK Rockaden Stockholm 4 1 2
9
 25
13 KSK 47 Eynatten 4 1 2
9
 24½
14 Csuti-Hydroc.Zalaegerszeg 4 1 2
9
 21½
15 HMC Calder 4 0 3
8
 25½
16 Ladya Kazan 4 0 3
8
 25
17 Vesnianka Minsk 4 0 3
8
 24
18 Marmaris Munic. SC 3 2 2
8
 23½
19 LSG 3 2 2
8
 22
20 SK Alkaloid Skopje 3 2 2
8
 21½
21 Zeljeznicar Chess Club 4 0 3
8
 20½
22 Buducnost Podgorica 3 1 3
7
 23½
23 SG Biel-Bienne 3 1 3
7
 21
24 Eczacibasi Istanbul 3 1 3
7
 20½
25 SF Neukoelln 3 1 3
7
 20
26 ASA Penne 2 3 2
7
 18½
27 Rochade Eupen-Kelmis 3 0 4
6
 23
28 Sparkasse Schwarzach 3 0 4
6
 22½
29 Reykjavik ChessClub 2 2 3
6
 21½
30 Chess Cl."NSEL30"Vilnius 2 2 3
6
 21½
 
31 Matinkylan Shakkikerho 3 0 4 6 19
32 Hellir 2 2 3 6 19
33 C.E. Dudelange 3 0 4 6 19
34 Oslo Schakselskap 2 2 3 6 18
35 Barbican London 3 0 4 6 18
36 Jyvas-Shakki 3 0 4 6 17½
37 Cercle Royal de Liege 3 0 4 6 16½
38 Asker Sjakklubb 2 1 4 5 19
39 Cardiff Chess Club 2 1 4 5 18½
40 SK1968 Aarhus 1 2 4 4 18
41 Klubi shahut Prishtina 2 0 5 4 17½
42 Niederrohrdorf 1 2 4 4 16½
43 Limhamns SK 2 0 5 4 16
44 "de Sprenger" Echternach 2 0 5 4 14
45 KSH Mitrovica 2 0 5 4 13½
46 Phibsboro Chess Club 1 1 5 3 14
47 Ennis 1 0 6 2 7
48 Cwmbran Chess Club 0 0 7 0 10

Women's Section
1 NTN Tbilisi 4 2 1
10
 18½
2 Southern Ural 4 2 1
10
 18
3 Internet CG Podgorica 4 2 1
10
 16½
4 BAS Beograd 3 3 1
9
 15
5 FINEK St. Petersburg 4 1 2
9
 14½
6 Platina 4 1 2
9
 13
7 MTK Budapest 4 0 3
8
 15½
8 AVS 3 1 3
7
 16
9 MIKA Yerevan 3 0 4
6
 13½
10 Obudovac 1 1 5
3
 7
11 Stukkenjagers 1 1 5
3
 6½

Performances of individual players in the top teams

1. Tomsk-400 Elo FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts. Opp. Perf.
1 Aronian Levon 2724 ARM ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4.5 2616 2718
2 Bologan Viktor 2700 MDA 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 3.5 2612 2612
3 Jakovenko Dmitry 2627 RUS 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 5.0 2576 2734
4 Tkachiev Vladislav 2625 FRA 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 6.0 2526 2835
5 Smirnov Pavel 2635 RUS 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5.0 2521 2679
6 Inarkiev Ernesto 2618 RUS   1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5.0 2538 2811
7 Belozerov Andrei 2549 RUS ½             0.5 2271  

2. Polonia Plus GSM Elo FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts. Opp. Perf.
1 Gelfand Boris 2724 ISR   ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 3.5 2652 2709
2 Ivanchuk Vassily 2752 UKR 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6.0 2631 2940
3 Krasenkow Michal 2663 POL 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5.5 2573 2803
4 Kempinski Robert 2619 POL 1 ½ ½ 1 ½   ½ 4.0 2534 2659
5 Socko Bartosz 2615 POL ½ 0   1 ½ 1   3.0 2473 2545
6 Macieja Bartlomiej 2593 POL 1 1 0   1 1 ½ 4.5 2528 2721
7 Markowski Tomasz 2564 POL 1   0 1   ½ 0 2.5 2478 2478

3. NAO Chess Club Elo FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts. Opp. Perf.
1 Kramnik Vladimir 2744 RUS     ½ ½ ½ 1   2.5 2693 2788
2 Bacrot Etienne 2729 FRA   ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3.0 2642 2642
3 Grischuk Alexander 2720 RUS 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 3.5 2594 2594
4 Radjabov Teimour 2682 AZE ½ 0 ½     1 1 3.0 2542 2614
5 Lautier Joel 2672 FRA 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 6.0 2552 2861
6 Vallejo Pons Francisco 2681 ESP 1 ½   0   ½   2.0 2527 2527
7 Karjakin Sergey 2645 UKR 1 1 1 ½ ½   1 5.0 2525 2798
8 Fressinet Laurent 2627 FRA 1       ½   1 2.5 2427 2700

Top Scorers Men

No. Name Elo Team Perf Pts
Gms
%
Brd
1 Ivanchuk Vassily 2752 Polonia Plus GSM 2940 6.0
7
 85.7
1
2 Mamedyarov Shakh. 2646 Eczacibasi Istanbul 2913 4.5
5
 90.0
1
3 Lautier Joel 2672 NAO Chess Club 2861 6.0
7
 85.7
4
4 Tkachiev Vladislav 2625 Tomsk-400 2835 6.0
7
 85.7
4
5 Inarkiev Ernesto 2618 Tomsk-400 2811 5.0
6
 83.3
6
6 Krasenkow Michal 2663 Polonia Plus GSM 2803 5.5
7
 78.6
2
7 Karjakin Sergey 2645 NAO Chess Club 2798 5.0
6
 83.3
5
8 Kramnik Vladimir 2744 NAO Chess Club 2788 2.5
4
 62.5
1
9 Dreev Alexey 2698 Ural 2759 5.0
7
 71.4
1
10 Karlsson Lars 2472 Rockaden Stockholm 2752 4.0
5
 80.0
1
11 Naiditsch Arkadij 2612 KSK 47 Eynatten 2743 5.5
7
 78.6
2
12 Jakovenko Dmitry 2627 Tomsk-400 2734 5.0
7
 71.4
3
13 Macieja Bartlomiej 2593 Polonia Plus GSM 2721 4.5
6
 75.0
5
14 Iljin Artem 2500 Ladya Kazan 2719 5.5
7
 78.6
4
15 Aronian Levon 2724 Tomsk-400 2718 4.5
7
 64.3
1
16 Aleksandrov Aleksej 2630 Ural 2712 5.5
7
 78.6
4
17 Gelfand Boris 2724 Polonia Plus GSM 2709 3.5
6
 58.3
1
18 Akopian Vladimir 2705 Ural 2704 4.0
6
 66.7
2
19 Fressinet Laurent 2627 NAO Chess Club 2700 2.5
3
 83.3
6
20 Rublevsky Sergei 2645 Ladya Kazan 2693 4.5
7
 64.3
1

Top Scorers Women

No.   Name Elo Team Perf Pkt.
Gms
%
Brd
1 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2447 Southern Ural 2660 6.0
7
 85.7
3
2 IM Dzagnidze Nana 2438 NTN Tbilisi 2651 4.0
5
 80.0
1
3 WG Korbut Ekaterina 2409 FINEK St. Petersb. 2635 4.0
5
 80.0
2
4 IM Hoang Thanh Trang 2476 MTK Budapest 2623 4.0
5
 80.0
1
5 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2410 NTN Tbilisi 2575 5.5
7
 78.6
2
6 GM Cramling Pia 2494 Internet Podgorica 2562 5.5
7
 78.6
2
7 WG Grabuzova Tatiana 2332 Platina 2507 4.0
6
 66.7
3
8 WIM Kochetkova Julia 2346 Southern Ural 2471 4.0
5
 80.0
4
9 WFM Fominykh Maria 2335 Platina 2465 2.5
4
 62.5
4
10 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2501 AVS 2464 5.0
7
 71.4
1
11 IM Peptan Corina-Isabela 2411 Internet Podgorica 2462 4.5
7
 64.3
3
12 IM Lomineishvili Maia 2420 NTN Tbilisi 2421 3.0
6
 50.0
1
13 WG Matnadze Ana 2389 NTN Tbilisi 2419 5.0
7
 71.4
3
14 IM Maric Alisa 2415 Internet Podgorica 2419 4.5
7
 64.3
1
15 WG Prudnikova Svetlana 2370 BAS Beograd 2410 4.0
6
 66.7
4
16 IM Lahno Kateryna 2498 Southern Ural 2405 3.5
7
 50.0
2
17 IM Kovalevskaya Ekat. 2471 Southern Ural 2398 3.5
7
 50.0
1
18 WG Pogonina Natalija 2413 Platina 2392 2.0
5
 40.0
1
19 IM Vasilevich Irina 2407 Platina 2365 2.0
5
 40.0
1
20 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2490 AVS 2350 4.0
7
 57.1
2

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Note that we only have games from rounds 1-6. The files will be updated as soon as the games of the final round seven are available.

Picture Gallery

By Frits Agterdenbos


Via E. Chanoux in the beautiful city of Saint-Vincent


Chiesa di San Vincenzo, the beautiful and well-known church in Saint-Vincent


Palais Saint-Vincent, the playing hall


The games under way in round six


A match in progress: on the left Aronian and Bologan, right Kramnik


The sensation of round 4: Tomsk-400 beats NAO


Dmitry Jakovenko of Tomsk-400, who beat Grischuk


Alexander Grischuk: 2594 performance in seven games


Germany's Arkadij Naiditsch with a stirling 2743 performance


Luke McShane on board 1 for Werder Bremen


WFM Maria Fominykh, 2335, playing for Platina with a 2465 performance


Vladimir Kramnik, top board for NAO


Armenian Lilit Mkrtchian, playing a 2660 TPR for Southern Ural


IM Nana Dzagnidze, with the second-best performance of 2651


Teimour Radjabov, playing for the NAO Chess Club


European Champion Kateryna Lahno, 2498, playing for Southern Ural


Vladislav Tkachiev with a 2835 performance for Tomsk


Maria Kursova and Nadezhda Kosintseva, both playing for AVS.


Members of the TPS team on a morning stroll: Volkov, Kiriakov, Sutovsky, Yemelin and Ivanov


IM Ennio Arlandi (ASA Penne) and Adolivio Capece, press officer and editor of l'Italia Scacchistica

Frits Agterdenbos, 45, lives in Heemstede, not far from Amsterdam, and was one of the leading chess photographers in the eighties. From 1979–1991 his pictures appeared in several magazins, including New in Chess, Schakend Nederland, Inside Chess, BCM, Chess, Europe Echecs and Schach. In 1984 his Dutch book “64 Schaakportretten” (in English “64 Chess Portraits”) was published. In 1991 he “retired” as a chess photographer to finish his studies and in 1997 he received a diploma as an insurance mathematician (actuary). Since 1998 he has been a self-employed, working under the company name “Acturix”, which is his actuarial consultancy firm.

Now Frits is back as a chess photographer! In January 2005 he picked up his old passion, and publications show he still knows how to handle his camera. He combines his insurance job and chess photography with being a husband and a father of the beautiful Elena (three years old). You will find his photos on Chessbase.com, Schaakbond.nl, Schaaklog.nl and Schakers.info, and many more websites and magazines. You can contact him under f.agterdenbos (at) acturix.com.

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