European Club Cup 2011

The 27th European Club Cup 2011 for Men will take place in Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia, from September 24th to October 2nd 2011.

A total of 65 teams have signed up, a number that exceeds the achieved in the European Club Cup 2010 and is comparable to the European Club Cup 2008. Economist Saratov are back to defend their title and are seeded as number 3, right after the super teams of SOCAR and SHSM 64.

The competition starts this week and is parallel to the first part of the Bilbao – Sao Paulo Grand Slam. Stay tuned for live games here and on the live games platform, as well as daily news from the European Club Cup 2011 on Chessdom.com!

European Club Cup participants (top 15 teams)

1 SOCAR Avg ELO 2720
1 GM Grischuk Alexander 2746 RUS
2 GM Sutovsky Emil 2700 ISR
3 GM Volokitin Andrei 2683 UKR
4 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2669 UZB
5 GM Radjabov Teimour 2744 AZE
6 GM Safarli Eltaj 2622 AZE
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2765 AZE
GM Mamedov Rauf 2679 AZE
2 SHSM-64 Avg ELO 2708
1 GM Gelfand Boris 2746 ISR
2 GM Wang Hao 2718 CHN
3 GM Caruana Fabiano 2711 ITA
4 GM Giri Anish 2701 NED
5 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2688 RUS
6 GM Potkin Vladimir 2682 RUS
GM Grachev Boris 2680 RUS
GM Najer Evgeniy 2643 RUS
3 Ekonomist Saratov Avg ELO 2699
1 GM Eljanov Pavel 2697 UKR
2 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2715 UKR
3 GM Roiz Michael 2669 ISR
4 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2707 RUS
5 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2659 RUS
6 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2696 RUS
GM Ni Hua 2662 CHN
GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2711 RUS
4 Saint-Petersburg Chess eration Avg ELO 2698
1 GM Svidler Peter 2739 RUS
2 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2733 RUS
3 GM Movsesian Sergei 2700 ARM
4 GM Efimenko Zahar 2706 UKR
5 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim 2659 RUS
6 GM Khairullin Ildar 2649 RUS
GM Matlakov Maxim 2632 RUS
5 OSG Baden Baden Avg ELO 2695
1 GM Adams Michael 2715 ENG
2 GM Shirov Alexei 2714 ESP
3 GM Bacrot Etienne 2710 FRA
4 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2706 GER
5 GM Nielsen Peter Heine 2681 DEN
6 GM Gustafsson Jan 2634 GER
GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2641 ROU
6 Ugra Avg ELO 2693
1 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2736 RUS
2 GM Malakhov Vladimir 2706 RUS
3 GM Dreev Aleksey 2711 RUS
4 GM Rublevsky Sergei 2684 RUS
5 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2689 BLR
6 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2629 RUS
GM Kabanov Nikolai 2520 RUS
GM Pridorozhni Aleksei 2550 RUS
7 Tomsk-400 Avg ELO 2691
1 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2764 UKR
2 GM Motylev Alexander 2685 RUS
3 GM Areshchenko Alexander 2682 UKR
4 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2679 RUS
5 GM Bologan Viktor 2678 MDA
6 GM Khismatullin Denis 2656 RUS
GM Kurnosov Igor 2633 RUS
8 A DAN DZO & PGMB Avg ELO 2654
1 GM Jobava Baadur 2713 GEO
2 GM Korobov Anton 2671 UKR
3 GM Azarov Sergei 2648 BLR
4 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2652 UKR
5 GM Guseinov Gadir 2625 AZE
6 GM Savchenko Boris 2615 RUS
GM Zubarev Alexander 2597 UKR
GM Zherebukh Yaroslav 2590 UKR
9 Mika Yerevan Avg ELO 2623
1 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2663 ARM
2 GM Pashikian Arman 2616 ARM
3 GM Petrosian Tigran L 2636 ARM
4 GM Andriasian Zaven 2616 ARM
5 GM Grigoryan Avetik 2608 ARM
6 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2600 ARM
GM Hovhannisyan Robert 2556 ARM
10 G-Team Novy Bor Avg ELO 2615
1 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2683 POL
2 GM Laznicka Viktor 2681 CZE
3 GM Hracek Zbynek 2624 CZE
4 GM Bartel Mateusz 2611 POL
5 GM Markos Jan 2585 SVK
6 GM Cvek Robert 2506 CZE
GM Haba Petr 2504 CZE
GM Kalod Radek 2500 CZE
11 Bosna Sarajevo Avg ELO 2582
1 GM Berkes Ferenc 2696 HUN
2 GM Ragger Markus 2651 AUT
3 GM Predojevic Borki 2643 BIH
4 GM Nikolic Predrag 2629 BIH
5 IM Stojanovic Dalibor 2466 BIH
6 IM Kadric Denis 2406 BIH
FM Lalic Nedim 2386 BIH
FM Jakupovic Neven 2324 BIH
12 ZSK Maribor Avg ELO 2557
1 GM Lenic Luka 2634 SLO
2 GM Jankovic Alojzije 2586 CRO
3 GM Skoberne Jure 2563 SLO
4 GM Kozul Zdenko 2541 CRO
5 IM Sebenik Matej 2525 SLO
6 GM Mohr Georg 2492 SLO
IM Sakelsek Tadej 2407 SLO
FM Osmanbegovic Suad 2262 SLO
13 SD Tehcenter Ptuj Avg ELO 2542
1 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2613 SLO
2 GM Pavasovic Dusko 2561 SLO
3 GM Borisek Jure 2543 SLO
4 GM Maksimenko Andrei 2553 UKR
5 IM Polajzer Danilo 2293 SLO
6 FM Podkriznik Gregor 2332 SLO
FM Roskar Robert 2290 SLO
14 Gros Xake Taldea Avg ELO 2541
1 GM Van Wely Loek 2683 NED
2 GM Bauer Christian 2637 FRA
3 GM Hamdouchi Hicham 2628 FRA
4 IM Franco Alonso Alejandro 2452 ESP
5 IM Gonzalez De La Torre Santiago 2460 ESP
6 IM Argandona Riveiro Inigo 2388 ESP
FM Martin Alvarez Inigo 2315 ESP
15 Beer Sheba Avg ELO 2540
1 GM Huzman Alexander 2607 ISR
2 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2637 ISR
3 GM Postny Evgeny 2618 ISR
4 GM Greenfeld Alon 2566 ISR
5 GM Khmelniker Ilya 2510 ISR
6 FM Zanan Evgeny 2301 RUS

More here: http://www.chessdom.com/european-club-cup-2011

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