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ECCC Eilat: Socar overtakes Saint-Petersburg, wins Gold

10/18/2012 – It was a dramatic final round: the rating favorite Socar Azerbaijan was trailing Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation significantly in tiebreak points, but they were able to overcome this by trouncing the very strong Tomsk-400 team to win the gold medal in the 28th European Club Cup 2012. Women's gold had been decided by Monte-Carlo one round before the end. Final report.

ECCC Eilat: three teams catch Saint-Petersburg

10/17/2012 – In a dramatic sixth round defending champions Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation lost for the first time, 2.5:3.5 to Socar Azerbaijan. With that they were caught by the Azeris, as well as by Ashdod, who beat Economist Saratov 3.5:2.5 and Tomsk who crushed Ugra 4.5:1.5. The women's section has already been decided, with Monte-Carlo winning the Cup deservedly. Big illustrated report.

ECCC Eilat: Saint-Petersburg takes the sole lead

10/16/2012 – The club from the north west of Russia did this thanks to wins by Peter Svidler and Nikita Vitiugov (against Ruslan Ponomariov and Viktor Bologan) in the top board, which left their main rivals and previous leaders Tomsk in joint second place – together with five other teams, including rating favourites Economist Saratov. There are two rounds to go. Illustrated round five report.

ECCC Eilat: Saint-Petersburg and Tomsk lead with 8/8

10/15/2012 – Low flying planes are a common sight in the Israeli port city, where Tomsk-400 defeated Tammer-Shakki 6-0, while Saint-Petersburg CF, facing a much tougher opponent, Economist-SGSEU Saratov, won 3½-2½. Both teams still have a perfect match score, with Socar Azerbaijan (6:0 against Zurich) working hard to catch up. In the women's section Monte Carlo leads with 8/8. Round four report.

ECCC Eilat: ...and then there were three

10/14/2012 – After three rounds of the European Club Cup 2012 there are three teams sharing the lead, with 6/6 match points: Saint-Petersburg, Economist Saratov and Tomsk-400. The top seed Socar Azerbaijan, which lost in round one, is staging a determined comeback with a 6-0 third-round win. In the women's section Monte-Carlo, led by Hou Yifan, won their third straight match and are in the sole lead.

ECCC Eilat: five teams lead, Hou Yifan strikes back

10/13/2012 – In the open section there were two mini-upsets: second seed SHSM-64, with an average rating of 2722, could only draw OSG Baden-Baden e.V., average 2690; and Ashdod, average 2668, defeated Ugra, average 2706, by 3½:2½. Five teams lead with four points each. In the women's section world champion Hou Yifan beat former world champion Antoaneta Stefanova. Report with selected games.

ECCC Eilat: Ashdod shocks Socar

10/12/2012 – Everything went according to plan in the first round of the 28th European Club Cup: the higher rated teams beat and sometimes demolished the lower rated clubs they were paired against. With one exception: the top team Socar Azerbaijan, average rating 2747, were defeated by Ashdod, average 2668. We bring you results, games and some remarkable pictorial impressions by Vladimir Jagr.

European Club Cup starts in Eilat today

10/11/2012 – The 28th European Club Cup 2012, a seven-round Swiss, is taking place in Eilat from October 11 to 18. The average rating of the top five teams is 2700+, the top women's team is fielding the top three on the world's women's ratings. A total of 28 players are rated 2700 or higher – they include 110 GM and 10 WGM. And the venue on the southern tip of Israel has to be seen to be believed.
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