Novy Bor Chess Club clinches ECCC for the third time, Alkaloid second and Vados Chess Club third
Novy Bor Chess Club defeated Superchess 2.5-3.5 to become the winner of 39th European Chess Club Cup 2024. GM David Anton Guijarro scored the decisive victory for the winners over GM Jorden van Foreest, as the remaining five games ended in draws. This is Novy Bor's third ECCC triumph. Previously they won it in 2013 and 2022. Vidit Gujrathi scored 4/6 and Pentala Harikrishna 3.5/6. Both remained undefeated. Vidit is now World no.14 with a live rating 2739.2. C'Chartres Echecs lost to Alkaloid 1-5. Alkaloid secured second place 12/14, a full point behind the champion. Arjun Erigaisi scored 5.5/7, Aravindh Chithambaram 4.5/6 and S L Narayanan 4/6. Vados Chess Club edged past three other teams on tie-breaks to finish third 11/14. Leon Luke Mendonca scored 4.5/7 and Aryan Chopra 5/7. Photo: European Chess Union
TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana triumphs the Women, Garuda Ajka BSK second
TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana toppled the top seed, Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo 2.5-1.5 in the final round to become the champions 12/14. GM R Vaishali drew with GM Jiner Zhu in the final round. Garuda Ajka BSK scored a convincing victory over Gambit Bonnevoie 3.5-0.5 to claim second place 11/14. IM Divya Deshmukh was held to a draw by WGM Olga Babiy. SuperChess Club finished third 10/14, despite losing the last round match to Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica by 1.5-2.5. Vaishali gained 1 Elo rating points. She scored 4.5/7. WGM Savitha Shri B finished the tournament with a draw against IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya. Savitha scored 4.5/7 and increased her rating by 5.6 points. Both Open and Women section podiums were decided by a gap of one match point each.
Open: SuperChess - Novy Bor Chess Club: 2.5-3.5
The clash between 45th Olympiad Gold medalists - GM D Gukesh (2794) and GM Vidit Gujrathi (2726), GM R Praggnanandhaa (2746) and GM Pentala Harikrishna (2688) ended in draws. GM David Anton Guijarro (2667) scored the decisive victory over GM Jorden van Foreest (2697). David's win brought Novy Bor Chess Club their third Gold at European Chess Club Cup 2024.
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C'Chartres Echecs - Alkaloid: 1-5
GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2632) had an exciting draw against GM Arjun Erigaisi (2797). GM Aravindh Chithambaram (2698) defeated GM Daniel Dardha (2604) to finish the event with a live rating of 2705.6. It will be Aravindh's highest rating of his career when it gets published in November FIDE Rating list. Apart from Aravindh, the remaining three victors of Alkaloid are - GM Wei Yi (2763), GM Yangyi Yu (2717) and GM Aleksandar Indjic (2620). Alkaloid secured second place scoring 12/14.
Aravindh - Dardha
18.f4 Bg7 19.e5 d3 20.Rad1 and we reached the above position. 20...Qd4+ 21.Kh1 d2 White is not fazed by the passed pawn at d2 22.gxh4 Rad8 23.h5 gxh5 24.Qf3 Rae8 25.Qe2 h4 26.Be4 Kf8 27.c3 Qd7 28.Rf3 White regrouped his pieces very nicely Bh6 29.b3 Bxf4? a desperate sacrifice which did not yield anything 30.Rxf4 Qxh3+ 31.Qh2 and White went on to win the game.
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Vados Chess Club - Rishon Le Zion A: 4-2
GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2622) held the legend - GM Boris Gelfand (2658) to a draw in a difficult endgame. GM Aryan Chopra (2620) lost to GM Maxim Rodshtein (2613). IM Felix-Antonio Ilinca (2419), FM Filip Magold (2409) and IM Alexandru-Vasile David (2345) won their respective games to help Vados Chess Club win the match 4-2 against Rishon Le Zion A and they finished third.
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Women: TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana - Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo: 2.5-1.5
GM R Vaishali (2487) drew with GM Jiner Zhu (2499). IM Olga Badelka (2430) scored the decisive win for TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana, over IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (2478), to ensure her team wins the match 2.5-1.5 against Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo.
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Garuda Ajka BSK - Gambit Bonnevoie: 3.5-0.5
IM Divya Deshmukh (2501) was held to a draw by WGM Olga Babiy (2338). Her remaining three teammates - IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (2487), IM Teodora Injac (2424) and WIM Zsoka Gaal (2398) scored a win each to ensure Garuda Ajka BSK defeat Gambit Bonnevoie 3.5-0.5, clinch the match and secure second place finish.
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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 7 Open results
| No. | SNo | Team | MP | Res. | : | Res. | MP | Team | SNo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | SuperChess | 10 | 2½ | : | 3½ | 11 | Novy Bor Chess Club | 3 | ||
| 2 | 9 | C'Chartres Echecs | 10 | 1 | : | 5 | 10 | Alkaloid | 2 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club | 10 | 3 | : | 3 | 10 | Turkish Airlines | 5 | ||
| 4 | 7 | Sentimento Ajka BSK | 9 | 3 | : | 3 | 10 | TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana | 6 | ||
| 5 | 13 | Vados Chess Club | 9 | 4 | : | 2 | 9 | Rishon Le Zion A | 12 | ||
| 6 | 19 | SV Werder Bremen | 9 | 1½ | : | 4½ | 8 | Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub | 8 | ||
| 7 | 10 | Vugar Gashimov | 8 | 5 | : | 1 | 8 | ŠK K CERO INVEST Nitra | 23 | ||
| 8 | 11 | Beer Sheva Chess Club | 8 | 5 | : | 1 | 8 | Etude Ramat Gan Dov Porat Memorial | 22 | ||
| 9 | 14 | Kfar Saba | 8 | 2½ | : | 3½ | 8 | C.A. Silla Integrant Col-lectius | 24 | ||
| 10 | 25 | LSG | 8 | 2 | : | 4 | 8 | SK JAVES Modra | 15 | ||
| 11 | 27 | Perfect | 8 | 5 | : | 1 | 8 | Elektroprivreda | 17 |
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Novy Bor Chess Club | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 249,5 | 29,5 | 183 | 168,3 | |
| 2 | 2 | Alkaloid | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 243,5 | 29,5 | 179 | 150,3 | |
| 3 | 13 | Vados Chess Club | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 232,5 | 29,5 | 167,5 | 125,5 | |
| 4 | 5 | Turkish Airlines | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 225,5 | 28 | 178,5 | 136,8 | |
| 5 | 6 | TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 217 | 29 | 176,5 | 134,5 | |
| 6 | 4 | Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 206 | 28,5 | 169,5 | 129,5 | |
| 7 | 1 | SuperChess | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 243,5 | 29,5 | 173 | 115,5 | |
| 8 | 11 | Beer Sheva Chess Club | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 217,5 | 29,5 | 169,5 | 111 | |
| 9 | 18 | Kavala Chess Club | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 199 | 29 | 154,5 | 103,5 | |
| 10 | 7 | Sentimento Ajka BSK | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 198,5 | 25 | 182 | 123,3 |
Round 7 Women results
| No. | SNo | Team | MP | Res. | : | Res. | MP | Team | SNo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana | 10 | 2½ | : | 1½ | 8 | Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo | 1 | ||
| 2 | 4 | SuperChess Club | 10 | 1½ | : | 2½ | 7 | Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Garuda Ajka BSK | 9 | 3½ | : | ½ | 7 | Gambit Bonnevoie | 7 | ||
| 4 | 14 | Schachgesellschaft Solingen B | 7 | 0 | : | 4 | 6 | Crvena zvezda - Data Driven Lab | 9 | ||
| 5 | 6 | MSK CENTAR | 6 | 3½ | : | ½ | 6 | SK JAVES Modra | 10 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Schachgesellschaft Solingen A | 5 | 4 | : | 0 | 6 | Napredak Zenica | 13 | ||
| 7 | 11 | Rudar Kostolac | 5 | 3 | : | 1 | 4 | SK Zmaj | 17 | ||
| 8 | 16 | She Plays To Win Lionesses | 3 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Rishon Le Zion | 15 | ||
| 9 | 12 | Wasa SK | 4 | 3 | : | 1 | 1 | Tallinn Chess Club | 18 |
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 140,5 | 20 | 112 | 94,5 | |
| 2 | 2 | Garuda Ajka BSK | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 124,5 | 18 | 118,5 | 90 | |
| 3 | 4 | SuperChess Club | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 122,5 | 17,5 | 113,5 | 78 | |
| 4 | 5 | Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 108 | 17,5 | 106 | 60,5 | |
| 5 | 9 | Crvena zvezda - Data Driven Lab | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 118 | 17 | 102,5 | 47 | |
| 6 | 1 | Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 117,5 | 17 | 112 | 56,8 | |
| 7 | 6 | MSK CENTAR | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 84 | 17 | 94,5 | 49 | |
| 8 | 7 | Gambit Bonnevoie | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 76,5 | 14 | 95,5 | 39,5 | |
| 9 | 11 | Rudar Kostolac | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 76 | 16 | 88,5 | 37,8 | |
| 10 | 8 | Schachgesellschaft Solingen A | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 72,5 | 14 | 91 | 38,5 |
Links
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ECCC R6: Novy Bor Chess Club aims for their third Gold
@ 26/10/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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ECCC R5: Arjun Erigaisi becomes the second Indian and overall 16th to cross 2800
@ 25/10/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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ECCC R4: Aravindh and S L Narayanan power Alkaloid to the top
@ 24/10/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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ECCC R3: Arjun Erigaisi defeats his former coach Mikhalevski, helps Alkaloid win the match
@ 23/10/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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यूरोपियन क्लब कप : अर्जुन और गुकेश पर दुनिया की नजरे
@ 22/10/2024 by Niklesh Jain (hi) |
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ECCC R2: Arjun Erigaisi and Gukesh just keep winning
@ 22/10/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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ECCC R1: Arjun Erigaisi and Gukesh make a winning start, Praggnanandhaa suffers a shocking loss
@ 21/10/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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13 Indians set to take part at European Chess Club Cup 2024 starting today
@ 20/10/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |