Magnus Carlsen wins his first major team event for Offerspill Sjakklubb at 38th European Club Cup 2023
Pranav Venkatesh once again scored a crucial victory in the final round. Aryan Tari redeemed himself from the penultimate round loss. Raunak Sadhwani scored another solid draw. All these ensured Offerspill Sjakklub beat Asnieres - Le Grand Echiquier to win 38th European Club Cup 2023 Open. This is Magnus Carlsen's biggest team event triumph of his career so far. After winning the FIDE World Cup 2023, Carlsen has once again climbed another mountain, something that has eluded him for a long time, clinching a major team championship. Pranav's fantastic performance earned him a tweet from the world no.1 - "Pranav is buddy and buddy is Pranav". Photos: Niki Riga/ECCC 2023
Raunak and Pranav shine
In the Open section, the defending champion, Novy Bor defeated Superchess 3.5-2.5 to finish second scoring 12/14. Gokturk Chess Sport Club secured third place also scoring the same 12/14. Superchess became 27th European Club Cup 2023 Women champion with an unbeaten 12/14. Garuda Ajka BSK and SK Crvena zvezda Data Driven Lab were placed second and third with a score of 10/14 each.
Offerspill Sjakklubb - Asnieres - Le Grand Echiquier: 3.5-2.5
GM Raunak Sadhwani (2641) had a solid draw against the Armenia no.1, GM Haik Martirosyan (2696). GM Aryan Tari (2619) and GM Pranav Venkatesh (2579) scored the key victories against GM Jules Moussard (2610) and GM Grigoriy Oparin (2681) respectively. It helped Offerspill Sjakklub win the European Chess Club Cup for the very first time.
Oparin - Pranav
24.Rd8 Qxd8 25.Nf7+ Rxf7 26.Qxd8+ Rf8 27.Qxc7 fxe3 28.fxe3 would have kept the game going for Oparin. However, he made a fatal mistake 24.Ne4?? Qg6 25.f3? fxe3 26.Nxf6 Bxf6 27.Qe4 Qxe4 28.fxe4 Bh4 and Black won the game in another four moves, thanks to his deadly passed pawn at e3.
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Magnus Carlsen appreciated Pranav's amazing performance
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Every day round started at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST from 1st to 7th October 2023. The final round on 7th October started at 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. The seven-round Swiss system tournament had 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 took place at Grand Blue FAFA Conference Hall in Durrës, Albania.
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Round 7 Open results
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | Novy Bor | Superchess | 3½ | : | 2½ |
| 2 | Offerspill Sjakklubb *) | Asnieres - Le Grand Echiquier | 3½ | : | 2½ |
| 3 | Gokturk Chess Sport Club | Turkish Airlines Sports Club | 3½ | : | 2½ |
| 4 | TAJFUN SK Ljubljana | Sentimento Ajka BSK | 2½ | : | 3½ |
| 5 | C' Chartres Echecs | Vugar Gashimov | 3 | : | 3 |
| 6 | Schachclub Viernheim 1934 e.V. | Silla Chess Club | 5½ | : | ½ |
| 7 | SK Rockaden | Beer Sheva Chess Club | 2 | : | 4 |
| 8 | CE Le Cavalier Differdange *) | Schachgesellschaft Zurich | ½ | : | 5½ |
| 9 | Rishon Lezion A | SK Dunajska Streda | 5 | : | 1 |
| 10 | SV Werder Bremen | SK Zmaj | 1 | : | 5 |
Final standings in Open
| Rk. | SNo | FED | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 4 | NOR | Offerspill Sjakklubb | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 247 | 29,5 | 181,5 | 168 | |
| 2 | 2 | CZE | Novy Bor | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 233 | 29,5 | 182,5 | 153 | |
| 3 | 12 | TUR | Gokturk Chess Sport Club | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 221 | 30 | 167 | 139 | |
| 4 | 8 | HUN | Sentimento Ajka BSK | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 215,5 | 29 | 164 | 134,5 | |
| 5 | 1 | ROU | Superchess | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 210,5 | 27 | 188,5 | 144,3 | |
| 6 | 6 | TUR | Turkish Airlines Sports Club | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 231,5 | 29 | 172,5 | 113 | |
| 7 | 3 | FRA | Asnieres - Le Grand Echiquier | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 228 | 28 | 184,5 | 128 | |
| 8 | 7 | SLO | TAJFUN SK Ljubljana | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 222 | 29,5 | 171,5 | 114,5 | |
| 9 | 5 | GER | Schachclub Viernheim 1934 e.V. | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 221,5 | 29,5 | 175 | 118 | |
| 10 | 11 | ISR | Beer Sheva Chess Club | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 193 | 28,5 | 170 | 112,5 |
Final standings in Women
| Rk. | SNo | FED | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 2 | ROU | Superchess | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 137,5 | 19,5 | 109 | 92,5 | |
| 2 | 3 | HUN | Garuda Ajka BSK | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 131 | 17,5 | 115 | 79 | |
| 3 | 6 | SRB | SK Crvena zvezda Data Driven Lab | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 118,5 | 17,5 | 107,5 | 71,8 | |
| 4 | 5 | SLO | TAJFUN SK Ljubljana | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 118 | 16,5 | 111,5 | 77,8 | |
| 5 | 1 | MNC | Monte Carlo | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 130,5 | 19 | 111 | 68,8 | |
| 6 | 4 | UKR | SP Gaz Ukraine | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 123 | 17 | 116,5 | 71,3 | |
| 7 | 12 | GER | Schachgesellschaft Solingen | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 101 | 17 | 102 | 60,3 | |
| 8 | 10 | TUR | Gokturk Chess Sport Club | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 99 | 16,5 | 104 | 60,5 | |
| 9 | 9 | FRA | Asnieres - Le Grand Echiquier | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 89 | 14,5 | 105,5 | 63 | |
| 10 | 8 | ENG | Wood Green | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 104 | 16 | 105 | 53,5 |
Links
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European Club Cup 2023 R6: Pranav Venkatesh saves the day for Offerspill Sjakklubb
@ 07/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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European Club Cup 2023 R5: Offerspill Sjakklubb and Superchess set up a massive clash
@ 06/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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European Club Cup 2023 R4: Carlsen and Raunak power Offerspill Sjakklubb's fourth win
@ 05/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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European Club Cup 2023 R3: Offerspill Sjakklubb keeps winning by a huge margin
@ 04/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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European Club Cup 2023 R2: Nihal Sarin perplexes Paulius, crosses 2700, now World no.35
@ 03/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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European Club Cup 2023 R1: Nihal baffles Bosiocic, moves to 2699
@ 02/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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Raunak and Pranav Venkatesh set to play on Carlsen's team Offerspill Sjakklubb at European Club Cup 2023
@ 01/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |