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🏆 European Club Cup (2004)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Garry Kasparov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Grischuk, Teimour Radjabov, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Boris Gelfand, Michael Adams, Dmitry Jakovenko, Alexey Shirov, Sergei Movsesian, Etienne Bacrot, Arkadij Naiditsch, Victor Bologan, Ernesto Inarkiev, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Laurent Fressinet, Nigel Short, Sergei Zhigalko, Alexander Motylev, Alexander Beliavsky, Ivan Sokolov, Sergei Rublevsky, Alexander Khalifman, Kiril Georgiev, Joel Lautier, Artyom Timofeev, Michael Roiz, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Michal Krasenkow, Konstantin Sakaev, Csaba Balogh, Igor Glek, Boris Avrukh, Sergei Azarov, Bartosz Socko, Rafael Vaganian, Andrei Kharlov, Borki Predojevic, Bartlomiej Macieja, Robert Kempinski, Dmitry Bocharov, Pavel Smirnov, Zdenko Kozul, Valerij Filippov, Suat Atalik, Tomasz Markowski, Andrey Zhigalko, Alexander Rustemov, David Baramidze, Tornike Sanikidze, Semen I Dvoirys, Alon Greenfeld, Gyula Sax, Iossif Dorfman, Alexander Huzman, Vitali Golod, Emre Can, Igor-Alexandre Nataf, Jozsef Pinter, Andrey Shariyazdanov, Baris Esen, Konstantine Shanava, Alexander Goloshchapov, Bojan Kurajica, Levan Aroshidze, Giorgi Margvelashvili, Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez, Igor Stohl, Artem Iljin, Mikhail Golubev, Michael Feygin, Jozsef Horvath, Csaba Horvath, Attila Groszpeter, Daniel Hugo Campora, Leif Erlend Johannessen, Adam Horvath, Emir Dizdarevic, Arkadij Rotstein, Andrei Belozerov, Anthony Kosten, Jurij Tihonov, Trajce Nedev, Olivier Renet, Gerhard Schebler, Giorgi Bagaturov, Zvonko Stanojoski, Valeri Yandemirov, Igor Efimov, David Marciano, Milan Vukic, Aleksandar Colovic, Ramil Hasangatin, Anthony Wirig, Alexandre Qashashvili, Mert Erdogdu, Ernesto Fernandez Romero, Jouni Yrjola, Kivanc Haznedaroglu, Shojaat Ghane plus 137 more players.

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
European Club Cup (2004)

The 20th European Club Cup was a 7-round Swiss team tournament held at the Altin Yunus Hotel in Cesme, Izmir Province, Turkey, 3-9 October 2004, with the participation of 36 clubs from 22 countries, including defending champions NAO Chess Club of Paris, which mustered Adams, Grischuk, Bacrot, Pons, Lautier, Radjabov, Fressinet, and Nataf. Of the 264 players, 86 were GMs. The matches were played over six boards, with 2 points for a team win and 1 point for a draw. Time control: 90 minutes for the whole game, with 30 seconds added per move from move one. Chief organizer: European Chess Union. Chief arbiter: Dirk de Ridder.

NAO Chess Club won again with 12/14, ahead of Bosna Sarajevo (Shirov, Short, Sokolov, Bologan, Movsesian, Kozul, Atalik, Predojevic), Ladya Kazan (Rublevsky, Yandemirov, Timofeev, Filippov, et al.) and Max Ven Ekaterinburg (Kasparov, Vaganian, et al.), all three with 11/14.

Official site: http://web.archive.org/web/20041013...
OlimpBase: http://www.olimpbase.org/2004c/2004...
Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr1924.as...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/nao-d...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...
FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament...

Previous: European Club Cup (2003). Next: European Club Cup (2005)

 page 2 of 7; games 26-50 of 168  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. P Schapotschnikov vs A Zhigalko 0-1962004European Club CupA03 Bird's Opening
27. A Bennett vs Z Basagic  0-1382004European Club CupC42 Petrov Defense
28. A Fish vs B Kurajica  0-1332004European Club CupA07 King's Indian Attack
29. R B Saunders vs M Vukic  0-1542004European Club CupA07 King's Indian Attack
30. G Tqebuchava vs C Balogh  0-1382004European Club CupA04 Reti Opening
31. M Ondozi vs L Aroshidze 0-1592004European Club CupB40 Sicilian
32. B Sadiku vs G Bagaturov  0-1342004European Club CupA46 Queen's Pawn Game
33. N Sahitaj vs B Jobava  0-1702004European Club CupB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
34. J O'Connor vs K Haznedaroglu  0-1352004European Club CupB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
35. D Bocharov vs Radjabov 0-1472004European Club CupE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
36. C Egan vs E Can  0-1432004European Club CupD02 Queen's Pawn Game
37. Ali Hasani vs Lautier  0-1412004European Club CupE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
38. S Baumegger vs I Sokolov  0-1612004European Club CupC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
39. G Kuba vs Movsesian  0-1392004European Club CupB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
40. J Pinter vs Shirov  0-1502004European Club CupD85 Grunfeld
41. J Candela Perez vs B Socko  0-1382004European Club CupA10 English
42. A Goloshchapov vs Khalifman  0-1672004European Club CupB33 Sicilian
43. M Erdogdu vs Avrukh  0-1372004European Club CupB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
44. A Horvath vs A Rotstein  0-1342004European Club CupB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
45. G Bagaturov vs S Azarov  0-1372004European Club CupE12 Queen's Indian
46. M Ginzburg vs T Sanikidze  0-1542004European Club CupC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
47. D Reyhan vs E Dizdarevic  0-1542004European Club CupB15 Caro-Kann
48. R Ackermann vs V Bogdanovski  0-1562004European Club CupB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
49. M Agopov vs J O'Connor  0-1272004European Club CupC18 French, Winawer
50. A Beveridge vs P Kekki  0-1252004European Club CupA07 King's Indian Attack
 page 2 of 7; games 26-50 of 168  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-12-04
Premium Chessgames Member		  chessgames.com: We now have some of the games from the Euro Club Cup.
Oct-12-04  Knight13: Wow! That's a lot of people playing in this Euro Club Cup!

<chessgames.com> I have a question. Who won in this championship?

Oct-12-04  acirce: <Knight13> It was a team event. NAO Chess Club was the team that won. They had Michael Adams on their top board.
Oct-12-04  Knight13: <acirce> Oh, okay. Team battles. Thanks for the answer.
Oct-12-04  admiralnemo: Thanks, chessgames.com, hopefully more will be on the way. Some great games here.
Oct-12-04  Knight13: Wich team was Garry Kasparov on?
Oct-12-04  Knight13: <admirolnemo: Some great games here.> True. I've found lots of great games and added them to my game collection.
Oct-12-04  iron maiden: What's incredible is that NAO Chess Club won without dropping a single game.
Oct-13-04  apple head: First of all Kasparov got served by Rublevsky, but beisdes that he was on the duffoses team :-)
Oct-13-04  apple head: I think that Kasparov will lose lots of points.
Oct-13-04  ruylopez900: Does chessgames.com have the standings for all of the clubs? They might but right now all I see is the rather long list of players who participated.
Oct-13-04
Premium Chessgames Member		  offramp: I found them all here: http://www.ajedrezenmadrid.com/torn... along with all the games. A great great site!
Oct-13-04  Knight13: These games are Great! I am really enjoying it! Thanks, chessgames.com for posting these great games.
Oct-14-04  percyblakeney: Chessbase report on the event: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
Oct-18-04
Premium Chessgames Member		  Eggman: Does anyone know what the time control was for this event? Can someone at least tell me if this was classical chess?
Nov-28-19
Premium Chessgames Member		  Tabanus: <Eggman> "90 Minuten + 30 Sekunden pro Zug" according to Chess-Results.

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