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The 23rd European Club Cup for Men and the 12th European Club Cup for Women are taking place from October 2nd to 10th in Kemer, Antalya, Turkey. There are 56 teams participating in the men's section and 18 teams in the women's. Amongst the players are Anand, Ivanchuk, Svidler, Carlsen, Karjakin, Kamsky, Radjabov, Shirov, Girschuk, Kasimdzhanov, Bologan, Short, Atalik, Adams, Ponomariov, Mamedyarov, Morozevich, van Wely, Sasikiran; and in the women's section Humpy, Cramling, Zhu Chen, Stefanova, Skripchenko, Chiburdanidze, Lahno, Hou Yifan; and many others.
After four rounds the Alkaloid team with Mamedyarov, Kiril Georgiev, Volkov and Kozul was in the lead, but two consecutive losses set them back to place 12! The new leader after six rounds is Linex Magic Merida with Kamsky, Adams, Rublevsky, Sargissian and Cheparinov, followed by three teams: Ural Sverdlovskaya, with Radjabov, Shirov, Grischuk, Akopian, Malakhov, Dreev, Motylev and Rashkovsky;Economist SGSEU-1 Saratov with Alekseev, Tomashevsky, Tiviakov, Galkin, Roiz, Dyachkov, Kornev, and Iljushin; and Bosna Sarajevo with Ivanchuk, Almasi, Movsesian, Sokolov, Short, Predojevic and Atalik Suat (only GMs named in the lists above).
The teams of Tomsk-400 (Morozevich, Jakovenko, Karjakin, Kasimdzhanov, Inarkiev, Tkachiev, Bologan and Smirnov), and OSC Baden-Baden with Anand, Svidler, Carlsen, Bacrot, Nisipeanu, Harikrishna, Nielsen and Schlosser, the highest ranked with a rating average of 2713, follow a point behind (and two behind the leader).
| Rank | Team | Gms | + | = | – | MP | Pts. |
| 1 |
Linex Magic - Merida |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
24½ |
| 2 |
Ural Sverdlovskaya |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
27 |
| 3 |
Economist SGSEU-1 Saratov |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
26 |
| 4 |
Bosna Sarajevo |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
24 |
| 5 |
Tomsk-400 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
25½ |
| 6 |
OSC Baden-Baden e.V. |
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
24½ |
| 7 |
Clichy Echecs 92 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
23 |
| 8 |
Gros Xake Taldea |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
22 |
| 9 |
Chess Club Zagreb |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
27 |
| 10 |
Keystone |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
24 |
| 11 |
Bank King Yerevan |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
23 |
| 12 |
Alkaloid |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
22½ |
| 13 |
Chess Club Zeljeznicar Sarajevo |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
22½ |
| 14 |
Aquaprofit Chess Club Nagykanisza |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
22 |
| 15 |
Ashdod City Club |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
21 |
| 16 |
Csuti - Hydrocomp Chess Club |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
19 |
| 17 |
Vesnianka Gran |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
17½ |
| 18 |
Herzliya Chess Club |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
25 |
| 19 |
C.R.E. Liège E.L. |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
20½ |
| 20 |
1. Novoborsky SK |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
18 |
In the women's section the team of Monte Carlo continues to lead, and is now two full points ahead. The team fields Koneru Humpy, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Pia Cramling, Sopio Gvetadze, Zhu Chen, Nana Dzagnidze and Monika Socko (rating average 2535). Second is now AVS Krasnoturinsk with Xu Yuhua, Stefanova, Matveeva, Muzychuk, and Pogonina (average 2478). Six teams are a point behind them, aiming for second place.
| Rank | Team | Gms. | + | = | – | MP | Pts. |
| 1 |
Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
19 |
| 2 |
AVS Krasnoturinsk |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
16 |
| 3 |
Economist Saratov |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
17 |
| 4 |
MIKA Yerevan |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
16 |
| 5 |
SK T-Com Podgorica |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
15½ |
| 6 |
Interplast Tbilisi |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
14½ |
| 7 |
Southern Ural Cheliabinsk |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
14½ |
| 8 |
Finec St.Petersburg |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
14½ |
| 9 |
Ladya Kazan |
6 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
11 |
| 10 |
Utrecht |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
| 11 |
SK Bihac - Capital Brokers |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
10½ |
| 12 |
BGU Minsk |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
10½ |
| 13 |
Turk Hava Yollari |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
8½ |
| 14 |
Antalya Deniz Genclik |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
10½ |
| 15 |
USV Volksbank Halle |
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
8½ |
| 16 |
Vandoeuvre |
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
8½ |
| 17 |
Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu |
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
| 18 |
Tarsus Zeka Satranc SK |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
At the bottom of this report you will find the performances of individual players on each of the boards.
Round five under way at the European Team Championship in Kemer-Antalya
Fresh from Mexico: the new world champion Vishy Anand in his first game
for OSC Baden-Baden against GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev of Cannes Echecs (draw). Anand
was greeted with a standing ovation when he entered.
Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Tomsk-400 watches Michael Adams of Linex Magic start
his game
Alexander Morozevich, board one of Tomsk-400, faces Gata Kamsky of Linex Magic
in round six (draw)
Two Turkish teams face each other, with WIM Zehra Topel (2246) beating WFM Kübra
Öztürk (2174)
German IM Elisabeth Pähtz playing for Economist Saratov
Indian GM Krishnan Sasikiran playing (at 2751 on board one) for Chess Club Zagreb
Top performance with 2903 on board one: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov playing for Alkaloid
This time we have put all the individual performances of the players together, rather than group them according to boards. As you can see the highest score was achieved by Rafael Vaganian on board three, where he scored 4.5/7 with a rating performance of 2904. We have included all players who took part in at least four games and scored higher than 2600.
| Brd. | Ti. | Name | Rtg | Club | % | gms | perf. | pts. |
| 3 |
GM |
Vaganian Rafael A |
2600 |
Bank King Yerevan |
90,0 |
5 |
2904 |
4½ |
| 1 |
GM |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2752 |
Alkaloid |
80,0 |
5 |
2903 |
4 |
| 2 |
GM |
Svidler Peter |
2732 |
OSC Baden-Baden e.V. |
75,0 |
4 |
2863 |
3 |
| 1 |
GM |
Eljanov Pavel |
2681 |
Ashdod City Club |
70,0 |
5 |
2846 |
3½ |
| 1 |
GM |
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2787 |
Bosna Sarajevo |
75,0 |
6 |
2821 |
4½ |
| 2 |
GM |
Shirov Alexei |
2739 |
Ural Sverdlovskaya |
83,3 |
6 |
2818 |
5 |
| 1 |
GM |
Ponomariov Ruslan |
2705 |
Keystone |
75,0 |
6 |
2815 |
4½ |
| 6 |
GM |
Tkachiev Vladislav |
2661 |
Tomsk-400 |
87,5 |
4 |
2802 |
3½ |
| 5 |
GM |
Cheparinov Ivan |
2670 |
Linex Magic - Merida |
83,3 |
6 |
2795 |
5 |
| 5 |
GM |
Efimenko Zahar |
2624 |
Keystone |
80,0 |
5 |
2781 |
4 |
| 3 |
GM |
Rublevsky Sergei |
2676 |
Linex Magic - Merida |
75,0 |
6 |
2774 |
4½ |
| 3 |
GM |
Karjakin Sergey |
2694 |
Tomsk-400 |
75,0 |
6 |
2768 |
4½ |
| 5 |
GM |
Moiseenko Alexander |
2646 |
Ashdod City Club |
75,0 |
6 |
2761 |
4½ |
| 1 |
GM |
Sasikiran Krishnan |
2661 |
Chess Club Zagreb |
83,3 |
6 |
2751 |
5 |
| 4 |
GM |
Bacrot Etienne |
2695 |
OSC Baden-Baden e.V. |
75,0 |
6 |
2748 |
4½ |
| 5 |
GM |
David Alberto |
2536 |
Clichy Echecs 92 |
83,3 |
6 |
2747 |
5 |
| 2 |
GM |
Adams Michael |
2729 |
Linex Magic - Merida |
66,7 |
6 |
2740 |
4 |
| 5 |
GM |
Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter |
2668 |
OSC Baden-Baden e.V. |
75,0 |
6 |
2736 |
4½ |
| 2 |
GM |
Georgiev Kiril |
2649 |
Alkaloid |
66,7 |
6 |
2735 |
4 |
| 3 |
GM |
Grischuk Alexander |
2715 |
Ural Sverdlovskaya |
75,0 |
6 |
2726 |
4½ |
| 2 |
GM |
Almasi Zoltan |
2691 |
Bosna Sarajevo |
66,7 |
6 |
2720 |
4 |
| 1 |
GM |
Gyimesi Zoltan |
2610 |
Csuti - Hydrocomp |
80,0 |
5 |
2719 |
4 |
| 2 |
GM |
Jobava Baadur |
2644 |
Chess Club Zagreb |
83,3 |
6 |
2719 |
5 |
| 3 |
GM |
Zhang Pengxiang |
2644 |
Gros Xake Taldea |
75,0 |
6 |
2713 |
4½ |
| 6 |
IM |
Perez Candelario Manuel |
2525 |
Linex Magic - Merida |
83,3 |
6 |
2711 |
5 |
| 5 |
Huschenbeth Niclas |
2318 |
Hamburger SK |
83,3 |
6 |
2710 |
5 |
|
| 2 |
IM |
Feygin Michael |
2531 |
SK Rochade Eupen Kelmis |
91,7 |
6 |
2706 |
5½ |
| 1 |
GM |
Alekseev Evgeny |
2716 |
Economist SGSEU-1 Saratov |
66,7 |
6 |
2702 |
4 |
| 1 |
GM |
Radjabov Teimour |
2742 |
Ural Sverdlovskaya |
66,7 |
6 |
2702 |
4 |
| 1 |
GM |
Nikolic Predrag |
2657 |
Zeljeznicar Sarajevo |
66,7 |
6 |
2701 |
4 |
| 4 |
GM |
Tregubov Pavel V |
2609 |
Clichy Echecs 92 |
75,0 |
6 |
2698 |
4½ |
| 2 |
GM |
Milov Vadim |
2680 |
Gros Xake Taldea |
66,7 |
6 |
2695 |
4 |
| 1 |
GM |
Haba Petr |
2525 |
1. Novoborsky SK |
75,0 |
6 |
2694 |
4½ |
| 6 |
GM |
Dreev Alexey |
2607 |
Ural Sverdlovskaya |
91,7 |
6 |
2690 |
5½ |
| 3 |
GM |
Movsesian Sergei |
2670 |
Bosna Sarajevo |
66,7 |
6 |
2682 |
4 |
| 3 |
IM |
Lenic Luka |
2531 |
Aquaprofit Nagykanisza |
75,0 |
6 |
2680 |
4½ |
| 8 |
GM |
Iljushin Alexei |
2528 |
Economist SGSEU-1 Saratov |
87,5 |
4 |
2680 |
3½ |
| 2 |
GM |
Tomashevsky Evgeny |
2646 |
Economist SGSEU-1 Saratov |
70,0 |
5 |
2679 |
3½ |
| 7 |
GM |
Bologan Viktor |
2657 |
Tomsk-400 |
70,0 |
5 |
2674 |
3½ |
| 6 |
GM |
Kogan Artur |
2569 |
Ashdod City Club |
70,0 |
5 |
2670 |
3½ |
| 3 |
GM |
Tiviakov Sergei |
2643 |
Economist SGSEU-1 Saratov |
70,0 |
5 |
2665 |
3½ |
| 1 |
GM |
Asrian Karen |
2623 |
Bank King Yerevan |
58,3 |
6 |
2663 |
3½ |
| 3 |
GM |
Areshchenko Alexander |
2638 |
Keystone |
66,7 |
6 |
2663 |
4 |
| 7 |
GM |
Vysochin Spartak |
2524 |
Keystone |
87,5 |
4 |
2660 |
3½ |
| 4 |
GM |
Sokolov Ivan |
2673 |
Bosna Sarajevo |
66,7 |
6 |
2659 |
4 |
| 1 |
GM |
Van Wely Loek |
2680 |
Gros Xake Taldea |
50,0 |
4 |
2658 |
2 |
| 4 |
GM |
Sargissian Gabriel |
2673 |
Linex Magic - Merida |
66,7 |
6 |
2657 |
4 |
| 3 |
IM |
Cornette Matthieu |
2494 |
Cannes Echecs |
75,0 |
6 |
2652 |
4½ |
| 5 |
GM |
Minasian Artashes |
2571 |
Bank King Yerevan |
75,0 |
6 |
2651 |
4½ |
| 5 |
GM |
Inarkiev Ernesto |
2674 |
Tomsk-400 |
70,0 |
5 |
2648 |
3½ |
| 3 |
GM |
Fressinet Laurent |
2654 |
Clichy Echecs 92 |
66,7 |
6 |
2647 |
4 |
| 4 |
GM |
Akopian Vladimir |
2713 |
Ural Sverdlovskaya |
66,7 |
6 |
2646 |
4 |
| 5 |
GM |
Short Nigel D |
2649 |
Bosna Sarajevo |
66,7 |
6 |
2644 |
4 |
| 2 |
GM |
Kempinski Robert |
2596 |
Hamburger SK |
66,7 |
6 |
2640 |
4 |
| 7 |
IM |
Colovic Aleksandar |
2477 |
Alkaloid |
75,0 |
4 |
2640 |
3 |
| 3 |
GM |
Volkov Sergey |
2648 |
Alkaloid |
58,3 |
6 |
2634 |
3½ |
| 3 |
GM |
Carlsen Magnus |
2714 |
OSC Baden-Baden e.V. |
58,3 |
6 |
2633 |
3½ |
| 1 |
GM |
Gustafsson Jan |
2606 |
Hamburger SK |
60,0 |
5 |
2632 |
3 |
| 2 |
GM |
Fontaine Robert |
2562 |
Cannes Echecs |
66,7 |
6 |
2631 |
4 |
| 3 |
GM |
Zhigalko Sergei |
2562 |
Vesnianka Gran |
66,7 |
6 |
2631 |
4 |
| 4 |
GM |
Galkin Alexander |
2608 |
Economist SGSEU-1 Saratov |
70,0 |
5 |
2619 |
3½ |
| 8 |
GM |
Smirnov Pavel |
2636 |
Tomsk-400 |
70,0 |
5 |
2618 |
3½ |
| 3 |
GM |
Sutovsky Emil |
2656 |
Ashdod City Club |
50,0 |
6 |
2615 |
3 |
| 2 |
GM |
Azarov Sergei |
2586 |
Vesnianka Gran |
58,3 |
6 |
2612 |
3½ |
| 1 |
GM |
Arkell Keith C |
2479 |
Hilsmark Kingfisher |
58,3 |
6 |
2609 |
3½ |
| 1 |
GM |
Kotronias Vasilios |
2614 |
Aquaprofit Nagykanisza |
60,0 |
5 |
2607 |
3 |
| 2 |
GM |
Naiditsch Arkadij |
2647 |
Clichy Echecs 92 |
50,0 |
6 |
2600 |
3 |
The highest performer by a long margin in the women's section is India's Koneru Humpy, who is well on the track to separating herself from the rest of her female colleagues, much as Judit Polgar has done. We list all players with at least four games who scored more than 2400 points. Note 13-year-old Chinese WGM Hou Yifan at place five with a 2587 performance on board two.
| Brd. | Ti. | Name | Rtg | Club | % | gms | perf. | pts. |
| 1 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2606 |
Monte-Carlo |
100,0 |
5 |
2777 |
5 |
| 4 |
IM |
Dzagnidze Nana |
2416 |
Interplast Tbilisi |
83,3 |
6 |
2638 |
5 |
| 1 |
GM |
Xu Yuhua |
2517 |
AVS Krasnoturinsk |
70,0 |
5 |
2587 |
3½ |
| 2 |
GM |
Cramling Pia |
2531 |
Monte-Carlo |
75,0 |
6 |
2576 |
4½ |
| 2 |
WGM |
Hou Yifan |
2502 |
Southern Ural Cheliabinsk |
75,0 |
6 |
2571 |
4½ |
| 2 |
IM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2464 |
Finec St.Petersburg |
75,0 |
6 |
2552 |
4½ |
| 2 |
IM |
Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan |
2432 |
Interplast Tbilisi |
60,0 |
5 |
2501 |
3 |
| 3 |
GM |
Zhu Chen |
2531 |
Monte-Carlo |
70,0 |
5 |
2499 |
3½ |
| 1 |
IM |
Korbut Ekaterina |
2443 |
Finec St.Petersburg |
66,7 |
6 |
2498 |
4 |
| 1 |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna |
2459 |
Southern Ural Cheliabinsk |
58,3 |
6 |
2498 |
3½ |
| 3 |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina |
2448 |
Southern Ural Cheliabinsk |
66,7 |
6 |
2491 |
4 |
| 1 |
WGM |
Zhao Xue |
2530 |
Economist Saratov |
75,0 |
6 |
2490 |
4½ |
| 1 |
IM |
Javakhishvili Lela |
2474 |
Interplast Tbilisi |
50,0 |
4 |
2490 |
2 |
| 4 |
WGM |
Benderac Ana |
2328 |
SK T-Com Podgorica |
80,0 |
5 |
2483 |
4 |
| 4 |
IM |
Socko Monika |
2473 |
Monte-Carlo |
70,0 |
5 |
2475 |
3½ |
| 5 |
IM |
Lomineishvili Maia |
2409 |
Interplast Tbilisi |
70,0 |
5 |
2456 |
3½ |
| 5 |
WGM |
Pogonina Natalija |
2462 |
AVS Krasnoturinsk |
75,0 |
6 |
2430 |
4½ |
| 2 |
IM |
Danielian Elina |
2458 |
MIKA Yerevan |
66,7 |
6 |
2424 |
4 |
| 2 |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2463 |
AVS Krasnoturinsk |
62,5 |
4 |
2424 |
2½ |
| 4 |
WGM |
Muzychuk Anna |
2469 |
AVS Krasnoturinsk |
70,0 |
5 |
2424 |
3½ |
| 5 |
WGM |
Sudakova Irina |
2326 |
Finec St.Petersburg |
62,5 |
4 |
2418 |
2½ |
| 1 |
GM |
Chiburdanidze Maia |
2500 |
MIKA Yerevan |
60,0 |
5 |
2412 |
3 |
| 2 |
IM |
Maric Alisa |
2408 |
SK T-Com Podgorica |
66,7 |
6 |
2410 |
4 |
