| European Club Cup (2015) |
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The 31st European Club Cup was a 7-round Swiss team tournament played at Aleksandar Palace Hotel in Skopje, Macedonia, 18-24 October 2015. Fifty clubs and 364 players were taking part, with defending champions SOCAR of Azerbaijan (Topalov, Giri, Caruana, Adams, Radjabov, Mamedyarov, Mamedov, Safarli) the top seed. Each match was played over six boards, with 2 points for a team win and 1 point for a draw. Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves then 30 more minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move one. Organizers: Karpos municipality and the Gambit Asseko SEE chess club, under the auspices of the European Chess Union. First prize: 12,000 euros. Tournament director: Petr Pisk. Chief arbiter: Ashot Vardapetyan. Siberia of Russia (Kramnik, Aronian, Grischuk, Li Chao, Wang Yue, Korobov, Kokarev and Bocharov) won with 13/14 match points, ahead of SOCAR, Mednyi Vsadnik and Obiettivo Risarcimento, all three with 11/14. Chess-Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr188...
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ECU: https://www.europechess.org/siberia... Previous: European Club Cup (2014). Next: European Club Cup (2016). Women's section: European Club Cup (Women) (2015)
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Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. M Karttunen vs Topalov |
 | 0-1 | 74 | 2015 | European Club Cup | E00 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 2. Giri vs H Pohjala |
| 1-0 | 96 | 2015 | European Club Cup | A06 Reti Opening |
| 3. V Maki vs Adams |
| 0-1 | 49 | 2015 | European Club Cup | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 4. Mamedyarov vs P Koykka |
| 1-0 | 25 | 2015 | European Club Cup | A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 |
| 5. J Ahvenjarvi vs R Mamedov |
| ½-½ | 119 | 2015 | European Club Cup | B32 Sicilian |
| 6. E Safarli vs H Torkkola |
| 1-0 | 32 | 2015 | European Club Cup | C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line |
| 7. Grischuk vs S Geirnaert |
| ½-½ | 36 | 2015 | European Club Cup | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 8. T Maenhout vs C Li |
| ½-½ | 68 | 2015 | European Club Cup | A10 English |
| 9. Y Wang vs F Decoster |
| 1-0 | 41 | 2015 | European Club Cup | B27 Sicilian |
| 10. T Piceu vs A Korobov |
| 0-1 | 32 | 2015 | European Club Cup | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 11. D Kokarev vs W Gryson |
| 1-0 | 23 | 2015 | European Club Cup | B06 Robatsch |
| 12. L Donovan vs D Bocharov |
| 0-1 | 21 | 2015 | European Club Cup | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 13. A Hunt vs Ivanchuk |
| ½-½ | 26 | 2015 | European Club Cup | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 14. Jakovenko vs A Ledger |
| 1-0 | 33 | 2015 | European Club Cup | D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 15. R Bates vs D Andreikin |
 | 0-1 | 45 | 2015 | European Club Cup | A40 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 16. Kryvoruchko vs L Webb |
| 1-0 | 51 | 2015 | European Club Cup | B12 Caro-Kann Defense |
| 17. D J Ledger vs Y Yu |
| 0-1 | 42 | 2015 | European Club Cup | B44 Sicilian |
| 18. T Nedev vs S Ledger |
| 1-0 | 37 | 2015 | European Club Cup | B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation |
| 19. Leko vs J Ferreira |
| ½-½ | 43 | 2015 | European Club Cup | B12 Caro-Kann Defense |
| 20. L S Martinez Duany vs Vachier-Lagrave |
| ½-½ | 42 | 2015 | European Club Cup | B96 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 21. Bacrot vs J Aguera Naredo |
| ½-½ | 44 | 2015 | European Club Cup | C80 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 22. F Iglesias Leon vs M Godena |
| ½-½ | 38 | 2015 | European Club Cup | A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack |
| 23. Vocaturo vs R G Iagar |
| 1-0 | 33 | 2015 | European Club Cup | C14 French, Classical |
| 24. I Fernandez Torre vs D Dvirnyy |
| 0-1 | 36 | 2015 | European Club Cup | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 25. M Wiedenkeller vs Dominguez Perez |
| ½-½ | 34 | 2015 | European Club Cup | D85 Grunfeld |
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| Oct-19-15 | | apexin: Nakamura's the favourite here, very strong results recently. I like watching Jobava play also, tactically agressive and unusual in his choice of openings,he might be the one to watch out for. |
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Oct-19-15
 | | Troller: <apexin: Nakamura's the favourite here> This is a team event. Naka is listed on board 3 for Obiettivo, although in the first round neither he nor Karjakin (board 2) were playing. Not sure is they haven't arrived, were spared or are not going to play. The Azeri team SOCAR is as usual top seed, they have Mamedyarov on board 6(!) |
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Oct-19-15
| | Troller: Round 2 is ongoing, and indeed both Naka and Karjakin are playing today, against Pelletier and Bauer respectively. But Ivanchuk-Hammer is the most intriguing out of the opening, position after 5..g6: 
click for larger view |
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Oct-19-15
 | | offramp: Babula v Giri also looks very complicated. Giri should win but it is not straightforward. |
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Oct-19-15
| | offramp: On second thoughts, Giri, despite his connected passed pawns on a2 and b3, might lose. |
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| Oct-19-15 | | Pulo y Gata: Giri lost:
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 c6 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. f4 a4 17. Rb1 Qd6 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. e4 Nc5 20. e5 Qc6 21. dxc5 Rxd3 22. exf6 Rad8 23. Nf3 Qxc5+ 24. Kh1 b3 25. Rbd1 R3d6 26. Be5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qa5 28. Nd4 g6 29. h3 Qb6 30. Kh2 h6 31. c5 Qa6 32. c6 Qxe2 33. Nxe2 Rxd1 34. cxb7 Rd8 35. Nc3 a3 36. Nb5 a2 37. Nd6 Rb8 38. h4 Kh7 39. g4 1-0 |
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| Oct-19-15 | | galdur: Nakamura got drubbed by Pelletier in some nasty home cooking. |
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| Oct-19-15 | | Pulo y Gata: And Ivanchuk brought down the Hammer. |
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| Oct-19-15 | | notyetagm: <galdur: Nakamura got drubbed by Pelletier in some nasty home cooking.> When you play the KID you either win a brilliancy or lose a catastrophe. |
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| Oct-19-15 | | varishnakov: Wow both Giri and Nakamura got beaten by 2500s today. You don't see that happen very often. |
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| Oct-19-15 | | PhilFeeley: An official page, for those interested:
http://europeanchessclubcup2015.com/ |
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Oct-20-15
| | Troller: Apart from Carlsen, now only Topalov and Anand are above 2800, and just barely. Topalov is playing Gelfand today in Skopje. Also Kramnik has joined his team for round 3 where he is paired against Nepom in an inter-Russian match. Obiettivo with Naka and Karjakin (and Leko wisely put on board 1) is in similar fashion playing an Italian adversary in a match that should be pretty one-sided. In practise, 4-6 teams (with few dark horses) are playing for the medals here, and these will meet each other from now on. |
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Oct-20-15
 | | OhioChessFan: Does anyone know in general, how much the top notch players get paid for playing on a team? |
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| Oct-20-15 | | notyetagm: <Fishy: Pelletier just destroyed Naka, horrible play by Naka..just Turrible.> Pelletier vs Nakamura, 2015
Naka got caught out by the strong novelty 13 a5xb6!? and immediately erred by playing ... ♖a3-a5? instead of the computer-recommended ... ♖a3-a8!. Then he could not hold a position that was difficult to play for Black. GM Jan Gustafsson put out a good video on the game. |
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| Oct-20-15 | | jphamlore: After just a few rounds of this event, Giri's classical rating has dropped to overall #9, admittedly by the smallest fractions of a ratings point. I wonder if the Grand Chess Tour will switch to an averaging formula over a one year period like FIDE uses for Candidates automatic qualification by rating, or whether it will again take a single snapshot at a moment of time. I am doubtful that there is a stable notion of any given year's top 10 players. |
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| Oct-20-15 | | notyetagm: <jphamlore: After just a few rounds of this event, Giri's classical rating has dropped to overall #9, admittedly by the smallest fractions of a ratings point.> Wow, how is this going to impact Giri's <QUALIFYING BY RATING> for the 2016 Candidates Tournament?? Kramnik is up to #6 in the world now on the Live Ratings! |
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| Oct-20-15 | | Chuckles: Giri's still pretty safe as far as qualification goes. To qualify at this point, Kramnik needs a rating change of 35+ points relative to Giri. |
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Oct-21-15
| | Troller: Lots of interesting battles today; just to name a few: Topalov-Leko, Karjakin-Caruana, Adams-Nakamura, MVL-Radjabov, Svidler-Kramnik, Aronian-Dominguez, Ivanchuk-Wojtaszek, Harikrishna-Tomashevsky. |
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| Oct-21-15 | | Karne: This is a marvelous tournament, perhaps the greatest tournament held in this miserable year so far, in terms of quality. |
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| Oct-21-15 | | haydn20: <Troller:...But Ivanchuk-Hammer is the most intriguing out of the opening, position after 5..g6:> Holy ****! Another opening dogma (development above all) bites the dust. |
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| Oct-21-15 | | haydn20: <notyetagm> could you give a link for Gustaveson's video of the Naka game? Thanks in advance. |
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| Oct-21-15 | | notyetagm: <haydn20: <notyetagm> could you give a link for Gustaveson's video of the Naka game? Thanks in advance.> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D6... |
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| Oct-21-15 | | starry2013: varishnakov: <Wow both Giri and Nakamura got beaten by 2500s today. You don't see that happen very often.> They don't normally play in tournaments with them either. Giri particularly maybe. |
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| Oct-21-15 | | FairyPromotion: Tomorrow we will have Siberia vs Socar, which means we might get one of the greatest match-ups ever, Kramnik vs Topalov. |
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Oct-22-15
 | | chancho: You can see the games here:
http://livestream.com/accounts/5590... |
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