The European Chess Club Cup 2013 will take place on 19-27 October, 2013, in the conference center of the 5-star Rodos Palace Convention Resort which is regarded as one of the finest deluxe hotels on the island of Rhodes.
The club registration has been open for a couple of weeks and already 37 teams signed up to take the participation. The deadline for club registrations and bookings is 19th August 2013.
The defending champions SOCAR and Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo are lining their stellar rosters.
Information about the registration, accommodation and transfer can be found on the official website.
Tournament Director IO Nikos Kalesis is available for inquiries at tel: (+30) 6938326161; fax: (+30) 2641500112; email: eccc2013rodos@gmail.com.
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Registered teams so far:
1 SK MPÖ Maria Saal Austria
2 SK Advisory Invest Baden Austria
3 SOCAR Azerbaijan
4 Schachfreunde WIRTZFELD Belgium
5 L’ECHIQUIER AMAYTOIS asbl Belgium
6 KSK 47 – EYNATTEN Belgium
7 G-Team Novy Bor Czech Rep
8 The Jutes of Kent England
9 Barbican England
10 White Rose England
11 Shakkivelhot Finland
12 Tammer-Shakki Finland
13 Clishy France
14 Sautron Chess Club France
15 Chess Club Eppingen Germany
16 Viking Chess Club Iceland
17 Adare chess club Ireland
18 Gonzaga Ireland
19 Chess Club of Padova Italy
20 Accademia Scacchistica Italiana Bologna Italy
21 Fischer Chieti Italy (women)
22 CE De Sprenger Echternach Luxembourg
23 Cercle des Echecs Dudelange Luxembourg
24 Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo Monako (women)
25 Iasi Romania (women)
26 SPb Chess Fed Russia
27 Malakhit Chess Club Russia
28 Yugra Russia
29 PGMB Rostov Russia
30 Yugra Russia (women)
31 SHSM Nashe Nasledie Moskow Russia (women)
32 AGU – Belorechensk Russia (women)
33 Edinburgh West CC Scotland
34 Club d’Echecs de Genève Switzerland
35 Schachfreunde Reichenstein Switzerland
36 1st Team Wales
37 2nd Team Wales
Beautiful place to play.
Is allowing Gonzaga to play in this tournament a good idea?
Their cheating with computers is legendary in Ireland.