THE WORLD CHESS ELITE WILL BE IN BILBAO STARTING SUNDAY FOR THE EUROPEAN CLUB CUP AND THE MASTERS FINAL Bilbao Chess 2014, which will be held from 14 to 20 September, gathers in both events 9 of the 10 world top grandmasters, as well as most of the world’s top 50 chess players Today, Bilbao […]
Moscow teams set for European Club Cup
Moscow chess club SHSM “Nashe Naslediye” is set to participate in the European Club Cup in Bilbao in both sections – Open and Women’s. The Open team will consist of Alexander Morozevich (2731), Ian Nepomniachtchi (2730), Boris Grachev (2672),Alexey Dreev (2662), Evgeny Najer (2646), Daniil Dubov (2614), Vladimir Potkin (2610) and Ivan Popov (2546). Women’s […]
European Chess Club Cup 2014
The 30th European Club Cup and the 19th European Club Cup for Women will take place on 13-21st September, 2014, at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao, Spain. The championships will be held in 7 rounds, played in the Swiss system in accordance with the ECU Tournament Rules. This competition is offering the possibility to achieve […]
European Club Cup Closing Ceremony
The closing ceremony of the European Club Cup was held from 22h on Saturday. The winning teams Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo and G-Team Novy Bor, as well as individual board prize winners were awarded with cups and medal. Replay games open / replay games women Photos from the closing ceremony Chess Daily News from Susan […]
Chess on Rhodes
The European Club Cup was held on 19-27th October at the Rodos Palace Hotel on Rhodes, Greece. The local chess club Ippotis Rhodes was actively involved in the organization, provided several arbiters for the event and registered a team that competed in Open section. GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Deputy Minister of Sports in Georgia and head […]
European Club Cup Board Prizes
Board 1 Rank Name Rtg Team ratP 1 GM Grischuk Alexander 2786 Malachite 2869 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2742 Clichy Echecs 92 2851 3 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2783 O.R. Padova 2744 Board 2 Rank Name Rtg Team ratP 1 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2698 G-Team Novy Bor 2876 2 IM Kovalev Vladislav 2563 Minsk 2820 3 […]
G-Team Novy Bor wins European Club Cup!
G-Team Novy Bor from Czech Republic defeated Minsk 4,5-1,5 in the final round in the Open section of the European Club Cup to take a clear first place and win the prestigious trophy. G-Team Novy Bor won six matches, including the clash with the previous champion and top-seeded SOCAR, and tied only Malachite to conclude […]
European Club Cup LIVE!
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Stunning upset
G-Team Novy Bor from Czech Republic stunned the defending champion SOCAR in round six in the Open section of European Club Cup to take over the lead with one round to go. SOCAR had a good start with Anish Giri’s beautiful victory but in the later stage of the match things went wrong for the […]
Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo secures fifth European title!
Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo won all matches in the first six rounds in Women section of the European Club Cup to secure the title of European Champion with one round to spare. Standings on 12 match points the team is full three points ahead of the nearest follower Ugra. This is the fifth title for […]