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Novy Bor Chess Club clinches ECCC for the third time, Alkaloid second and Vados Chess Club third

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/10/2024

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.

39th European Club Cup Champion  - Novy Bor Chess Club 13/14 | Photo: European Chess Union

28th European Club Cup Women Champion - TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana 12/14 | Photo: European Chess Union

Top 3 in Open (L to R): Bronze - Vados Chess Club 11/14, Gold - Novy Bor Chess Club 13/14 and Silver - Alkaloid 12/14 | Photo: European Chess Union

Top 3 in Women (L to R): Silver - Garuda Ajka BSK 11/14, Gold - TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana 12/14 and Bronze - SuperChess Club 10/14 | Photo: European Chess Union

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.

D Gukesh - Vidit Gujrathi, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

SuperChess - Novy Bor Chess Club: 2.5-3.5 | Photo: European Chess Club Cup
Vidit Gujrathi on his team Novy Bor Chess Club winning 39th European Chess Club Cup 2024 | Video: ChessBase India

SuperChess - Novy Bor Chess Club: 2.5-3.5

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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.

Interview with GM S L Narayanan, GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM Aravindh Chithambaram | Video: ChessBase India

GM Vasyl Ivanchuk - GM Arjun Erigaisi: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: European Chess Club Cup

Aravindh - Dardha

Position after 20.Rad1

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.

C'Chartres Echecs - Alkaloid: 1-5

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Anton Korobov - Nihal Sarin, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

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.

GM Leon Luke Mendonca drew a tough endgame against GM Boris Gelfand | Photo: European Chess Club Cup

Vados Chess Club - Rishon Le Zion A: 4-2

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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.

GM R Vaishali - GM Jiner Zhu: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: European Chess Club Cup

TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana - Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo: 2.5-1.5

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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.

Garuda Ajka BSK - Gambit Bonnevoie: 3.5-0.5

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Closing Ceremony of 39th European Chess Club Cup and 28th European Chess Club Cup Women 2024 | Video: ChessBase India

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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 TeamMPRes.:Res.MPTeam SNo
11SuperChess10:11Novy Bor Chess Club3
29C'Chartres Echecs101:510Alkaloid2
34Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club103:310Turkish Airlines5
47Sentimento Ajka BSK93:310TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana6
513Vados Chess Club94:29Rishon Le Zion A12
619SV Werder Bremen9:8Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub8
710Vugar Gashimov85:18ŠK K CERO INVEST Nitra23
811Beer Sheva Chess Club85:18Etude Ramat Gan Dov Porat Memorial22
914Kfar Saba8:8C.A. Silla Integrant Col-lectius24
1025LSG82:48SK JAVES Modra15
1127Perfect85:18Elektroprivreda17

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Final standings

Rk.SNo TeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
13Novy Bor Chess Club761013249,529,5183168,3
22Alkaloid752012243,529,5179150,3
313Vados Chess Club751111232,529,5167,5125,5
45Turkish Airlines743011225,528178,5136,8
56TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana75111121729176,5134,5
64Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club75111120628,5169,5129,5
71SuperChess750210243,529,5173115,5
811Beer Sheva Chess Club750210217,529,5169,5111
918Kavala Chess Club75021019929154,5103,5
107Sentimento Ajka BSK742110198,525182123,3

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Round 7 Women results

No.SNo TeamMPRes.:Res.MPTeam SNo
13TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana10:8Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo1
24SuperChess Club10:7Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica5
32Garuda Ajka BSK9:½7Gambit Bonnevoie7
414Schachgesellschaft Solingen B70:46Crvena zvezda - Data Driven Lab9
56MSK CENTAR6:½6SK JAVES Modra10
68Schachgesellschaft Solingen A54:06Napredak Zenica13
711Rudar Kostolac53:14SK Zmaj17
816She Plays To Win Lionesses32:24Rishon Le Zion15
912Wasa SK43:11Tallinn Chess Club18

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Final standings

Rk.SNo TeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
13TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana760112140,52011294,5
22Garuda Ajka BSK751111124,518118,590
34SuperChess Club750210122,517,5113,578
45Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica7412910817,510660,5
59Crvena zvezda - Data Driven Lab7403811817102,547
61Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo73228117,51711256,8
76MSK CENTAR74038841794,549
87Gambit Bonnevoie7313776,51495,539,5
911Rudar Kostolac73137761688,537,8
108Schachgesellschaft Solingen A7313772,5149138,5

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