ECCC R4: Aravindh and S L Narayanan power Alkaloid to the top

by Shahid Ahmed - 24/10/2024

D Gukesh suffered his first loss at 39th European Club Chess Cup 2024 against Dmitry Andreikin. The world championship challenger made a few mistakes in the endgame. The World Cup 2013 runner-up had no trouble seizing his opportunity and win the game. R Praggnananddhaa suffered his second loss of the event. Nihal Sarin held Bogdan Daniel-Deac to a well contested draw. Nihal's team Turkish Airlines beat Superchess 4-2 to stay in the lead. Arjun Erigaisi conceded his first draw of the tournament against Alexandr Predke. Arjun's teammates - Aravindh Chithambaram and S L Narayanan powered Alkaloid to a 3.5-2.5 victory over TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana. Vincent Keymer for the second consecutive road proved to be the match winner for Novy Bor Chess Club against Sentimento Ajka BSK. Round 5 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: European Chess Club Cup

Tough day for Indians

Alkaloid, Turkish Airlines, Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub and Novy Bor Chess Club are at a perfect score 8/8 after Round 4. It was a tough round for Indians as four out of 13 Indians suffered a game loss. Nevertheless, GM Aravindh Chithambaram and GM S L Narayanan's victories proved to be crucial for Alkaloid to move to the top of the standings.

GM Aravindh Chithambaram has made a good start scoring 2.5/3 | Photo: European Chess Club Cup

Rested Indians in Round 4: None

Open: Turkish Airlines - SuperChess: 4-2

GM Dmitry Andreikin (2729), GM M Amin Tabatabaei (2702) and GM Volodar Murzin (2648) scored the wins for Turkish Airlines against GM D Gukesh (2794), GM R Praggnanandhaa (2746) and GM Jorden van Foreest (2697) respectively. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2783) scored the sole win for Superchess against GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2719).

Andreikin - Gukesh

Position after 38.a5

38...Rf4+ 39.Ke1 Rb4 keeps the game going. Instead, Black played 38...Rd4 39.Rc6+ Kd7 40.Rc5 Ne4+? was a big mistake 41.Bxe4 Rxe4 42.Rb5 Ra4 43.Kf3 Ke6?? was the final error. 43...Kc6 needed to be played. 44.Rb6+ and White went on to win the game.

GM Nihal Sarin had a well-fought draw against GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac | Photo: European Chess Club Cup

Turkish Airlines - Superchess: 4-2

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Alkaloid - TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana: 3.5-2.5

GM Alexandr Predke (2677) held GM Arjun Erigaisi (2797) to a draw. Arjun tried a lot but all attempts were thwarted by his opponent. GM Wei Yi (2763) lost to GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (2654). GM Aravindh Chithambaram (2698) and GM S L Narayanan's (2640) wins over GM Ivan Saric (2673) and GM Ante Brkic (2626) ensured Alkaloid's victory.

Saric - Aravindh

Position after 22...Nh7

Aravindh made his intentions clear with 22...Nh7. While f5 cannot be prevented directly, 23.c4 followed by Qc3/Nd2 was a better choice. 23.Re3? f5 24.Nd2 f4 Black's attack is free flowing 25.Ree1 Ng5 26.Rf1 Qd7 27.Ne4 Nxe4 28.dxe4 f3 29.Kh1 Rd2 and it's over.

Narayanan - Ante

Position after 25.f5

S L Narayanan got a significant advantage when he played 25.f5. After 25...a5 26.Rd3 a4 27.Rg3 f6 28.e6+- White's advantage only increased and it became a matter of time before he converted it into a win.

Alkaloid - TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana: 3.5-2.5

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Sentimento Ajka BSK - Novy Bor Chess Club: 2.5-3.5

GM Vidit Gujrathi (2726) and GM Pentala Harikrishna (2688) were held to draws by GM Sanan Sjugirov (2637) and GM Arseniy Nesterov (2601) respectively. GM Vincent Keymer (2721) for the second consecutive round scored the sole win over GM Alexey Sarana (2717) to help his team Novy Bor Chess Club win the match against Sentimento Ajka BSK.

Novy Bor Chess Club - Vados Chess Club: 3.5-2.5

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Vados Chess Club - Lunds ASK: 5.5-0.5

GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2622), GM Aryan Chopra (2620), IM Felix-Antonio Ilinca (2419), FM Filip Magold (2409) and IM Alexandru-Vasile David (2345) scored the wins over IM Kaan Kucuksari (2460), IM Milton Pantzar (2450), CM Alexander Nord (2207), FM Linus Olsson (2204) and CM Kjell Petersson (2060) respectively. GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (2584) conceded the sole draw against FM Drazen Dragicevic (2316).

Vados Chess Club - Lunds ASK: 5.5-0.5

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WGM Savitha Shri B bounced back with a win over WIM Trisha Kanyamarala as Savitha's team Rudar Kostolac scored the first match win of the event| Photo: European Chess Club Cup

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Everyday round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST from 20th to 25th October 2024. The final round on 26th October starts 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. The seven-round Swiss system tournament has a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The tournament will be taking place at Hotel Zepter in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia.

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Round 4 Open results

No.	SNo	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	SNo
1	5	Turkish Airlines	15	6	4	:	2	6	15½	SuperChess	1
2	2	Alkaloid	15	6	3½	:	2½	6	16	TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana	6
3	7	Sentimento Ajka BSK	12½	6	2½	:	3½	6	15	Novy Bor Chess Club	3
4	4	Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club	15	6	2	:	4	6	14½	Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub	8
5	19	SV Werder Bremen	12½	5	1½	:	4½	5	13½	C'Chartres Echecs	9
6	12	Rishon Le Zion A	13½	5	3½	:	2½	5	13	SK Rockaden	20
7	10	Vugar Gashimov	11	4	4	:	2	5	12½	Riehen	21
8	30	FC ST.Pauli 1910 eV Sabt	13	4	1	:	5	4	12½	Beer Sheva Chess Club	11
9	13	Vados Chess Club	12	4	5½	:	½	4	10	Lunds ASK	31
10	32	Wood Green	12½	4	1½	:	4½	4	11	Kfar Saba	14

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	2	Alkaloid	4	4	0	0	8	78	18,5	60	60
2	5	Turkish Airlines	4	4	0	0	8	77	19	55,5	55,5
3	8	Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub	4	4	0	0	8	73	18,5	55,5	55,5
4	3	Novy Bor Chess Club	4	4	0	0	8	66	18,5	53,5	53,5
5	12	Rishon Le Zion A	4	3	1	0	7	60	17	52	46
6	9	C'Chartres Echecs	4	3	1	0	7	55,5	18	53	45,3
7	6	TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana	4	3	0	1	6	80	18,5	56,5	38
8	1	SuperChess	4	3	0	1	6	79	17,5	60,5	41,5
9	7	Sentimento Ajka BSK	4	3	0	1	6	65	15	59	40,5
10	13	Vados Chess Club	4	3	0	1	6	62	17,5	55	36,5

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Round 5 pairings

No.	SNo	Team	Pts.	MP	:	MP	Pts.	Team	SNo
1	2	Alkaloid	18½	8	:	8	19	Turkish Airlines	5
2	8	Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub	18½	8	:	8	18½	Novy Bor Chess Club	3
3	9	C'Chartres Echecs	18	7	:	7	17	Rishon Le Zion A	12
4	1	SuperChess	17½	6	:	6	13½	SK JAVES Modra	15
5	16	Zmaj	13	6	:	6	17	Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club	4
6	6	TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana	18½	6	:	6	17	Elektroprivreda	17
7	18	Kavala Chess Club	17	6	:	6	15	Sentimento Ajka BSK	7
8	22	Etude Ramat Gan Dov Porat Memorial	15½	6	:	6	15	Vugar Gashimov	10
9	11	Beer Sheva Chess Club	17½	6	:	6	14	ŠK K CERO INVEST Nitra	23
10	27	Perfect	13½	6	:	6	17½	Vados Chess Club	13

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Round 4 Women results

No.	SNo	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	SNo
1	2	Garuda Ajka BSK	9½	6	½	:	3½	6	10	TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana	3
2	1	Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo	8½	5	1½	:	2½	4	8½	SuperChess Club	4
3	9	Crvena zvezda - Data Driven Lab	7½	4	2½	:	1½	5	9	Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica	5
4	13	Napredak Zenica	6	4	3½	:	½	4	5	Wasa SK	12
5	6	MSK CENTAR	5½	2	1½	:	2½	3	5	Schachgesellschaft Solingen B	14
6	10	SK JAVES Modra	5	2	½	:	3½	2	4½	Gambit Bonnevoie	7
7	8	Schachgesellschaft Solingen A	3½	2	3	:	1	2	4½	Rishon Le Zion	15
8	11	Rudar Kostolac	4½	1	4	:	0	1	5	She Plays To Win Lionesses	16
9	18	Tallinn Chess Club	2	0	2	:	2	1	4½	SK Zmaj	17

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	3	TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana	4	4	0	0	8	52	13,5	33,5	33,5
2	4	SuperChess Club	4	3	0	1	6	39,5	11	36	26
3	2	Garuda Ajka BSK	4	3	0	1	6	31	10	40	26,5
4	9	Crvena zvezda - Data Driven Lab	4	3	0	1	6	30,5	10	33,5	20
5	13	Napredak Zenica	4	3	0	1	6	24,5	9,5	31,5	20,5
6	5	Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica	4	2	1	1	5	39	10,5	34	19
7	1	Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo	4	2	1	1	5	27	10	34	17,8
8	14	Schachgesellschaft Solingen B	4	2	1	1	5	9	7,5	27	13,8
9	7	Gambit Bonnevoie	4	2	0	2	4	17	8	29,5	10,5
10	12	Wasa SK	4	2	0	2	4	13	5,5	36	13

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Round 5 pairings

No.	SNo	Team	Pts.	MP	:	MP	Pts.	Team	SNo
1	3	TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana	13½	8	:	6	11	SuperChess Club	4
2	9	Crvena zvezda - Data Driven Lab	10	6	:	6	10	Garuda Ajka BSK	2
3	5	Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica	10½	5	:	6	9½	Napredak Zenica	13
4	14	Schachgesellschaft Solingen B	7½	5	:	5	10	Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo	1
5	7	Gambit Bonnevoie	8	4	:	4	6½	Schachgesellschaft Solingen A	8
6	12	Wasa SK	5½	4	:	3	8½	Rudar Kostolac	11
7	17	SK Zmaj	6½	2	:	2	7	MSK CENTAR	6
8	15	Rishon Le Zion	5½	2	:	2	5½	SK JAVES Modra	10
9	16	She Plays To Win Lionesses	5	1	:	1	4	Tallinn Chess Club	18

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