European Club Championship

[Chris Rice]

An amazing day for England yesterday. I'm particularly pleased for Ben, that must be his best result ever. Also noted that White Rose won 4-2 against an Albanian side.

But did we forget the Scots? Despite being outgraded heavily in both matches they still got outstanding results yesterday:

Edinburgh (45) 3.5 - 2.5 Asker (Norway)(34)

1 Sreeves, Clement (2242) 1-0 Ostenstad, Berge (2467)
2 Berry, Neil (2216) ½-½ Tisdall, Jonathan D (2418)
3 Green, Andrew D (2140) 1-0 Hammerstad, Asmund (2263)
4 Mcgowan, Daniel (2087) 0-1 Aulin-Jansson, Joran (2203)
5 Bhopal, Raj (2043) 1-0 Diesen, Bruce (2188)
6 Sykes, Chris (1934) 0-1 Gunnesdal, Lars (2125)

SV Muelheim Nord (Germany)(22) 3-3 Bon Accord (51)

1 Hausrath, Daniel (2537) 1-0 Bremner, Adam (2193)
2 Levin, Felix (2513) ½-½ Olson, Hamish (2055)
3 Saltaev, Mihail (2483) 1-0 Maxwell, Daniel (2046)
4 Voss, Gunther (2171) ½-½ Harwood, Duncan (2016)
5 Grodotzki, Kenneth (2012) 0-1 Abdulla, Murad (1948)
6 Beckmann, Klaus (UNG) 0-1 Jennings, Richard (UNG)


http://europeanchessclubcup2014.com/wwwOpen/pairs2.html

Standings

http://europeanchessclubcup2014.com/www ... team2.html

Top 5 Rd 3 pairings

(1) SOCAR Azerbaijan-Oslo Schakselskap (24) (Mickey Adam plays for SOCAR)
(4) SPB - Obiettivo Risarcimento (2)
(8) Beer Sheva Malakhite (3)
(5) G-Team Novy Bor - SK Rockaden (20)

Other pairings with British interests:

(38) White Rose - SHSM Nashe Nasledie (6)
(48) Grantham Sharks - KSK47-Eynatten (17)
(37) Werder Bremen - Huginn Chessclub (21) (Gawain)
(30) Royal Salzburg - Edinburgh (45)
(51) Bon Accord - Schachfreunde Berlin (32)
(50) White Knights - Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo (43)
(46) Ennis Chess Club - Butrinti (52)
(49) Agergavenny Chess Club - Adare Chess Club (47)

http://europeanchessclubcup2014.com/www ... ring3.html

Amazingly in the womens event, despite being nailed on favourites and having the world champion and the Russian No 1 in their side Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo have lost both their opening matches and are bottom of the table!

http://en.chessbase.com/post/ecc-02-dem ... -surprises

[LawrenceCooper]

Not easy to play a much better position against a 2700 with half of the worlds top 20 around your board...... still delighted but after Ne3 I must have a big big edge

Congratulations Ben, time to give yourself a few more blacks in the 4NCL?

[Mick Norris]

9 White Rose (38) - - SHSM Nashe Nasledie (6)

9.1 2455 Wells, Peter K ... ... Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2710
9.2 2352 Van De Griendt, Jan Willem ... ... Morozevich, Alexander 2731
9.3 2098 Webb, Matthew D ... ... Najer, Evgeniy 2646
9.4 2223 Barrett, Stephen J ... ... Dubov, Daniil 2614
9.5 2262 Townsend, M Paul ... ... Popov, Ivan 2627
9.6 2141 Shaw, Peter ... ... Potkin, Vladimir 2610

[Mick Norris]

12 Grantham Sharks (48) - - KSK47-Eynatten (17)

12.1 2403 Roberson, Peter T ... ... Swinkels, Robin 2493
12.2 2392 Rendle, Thomas E ... ... Dambacher, Martijn 2497
12.3 2142 Purton, Ben J ... ... Hoffmann, Michael 2447
12.4 2148 Murphy, Hugh W ... ... Koch, Thomas 2456
12.5 2123 Varnam, Liam D ... ... Sielecki, Christof 2420
12.6 0 Willis, Rupert ... ... Zelbel, Patrick 2405

[Mick Norris]

15 Werder Bremen (37) - - Huginn Chessclub (21)

15.1 2448 Meins, Gerlef ... ... Jones, Gawain C B 2664

Mickey has a day off

[Simon Brown]

Peter Wells appears to be winning again. Boards 4 and 6 look difficult but otherwise White Rose seem to be doing quite well.

[Leonard Barden]

Peter Wells a pawn up and +1.89 against Nepomniachtchi in the Exchange Grunfeld. Unfortunately 15 moves from the time control White has five minutes left, Black one hour.

[Simon Brown]

Quite leisurely by Peter's standards.....

[MartinCarpenter]

He made it to 40 intact Time scramble (and position!) on board 5 very scary indeed.

[Mick Norris]

9 White Rose (38) 1 5 SHSM Nashe Nasledie (6)

9.1 2455 Wells, Peter K ½ ½ Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2710
9.2 2352 Van De Griendt, Jan Willem 0 1 Morozevich, Alexander 2731
9.3 2098 Webb, Matthew D 0 1 Najer, Evgeniy 2646
9.4 2223 Barrett, Stephen J 0 1 Dubov, Daniil 2614
9.5 2262 Townsend, M Paul 0 1 Popov, Ivan 2627
9.6 2141 Shaw, Peter ½ ½ Potkin, Vladimir 2610

[Mick Norris]

12 Grantham Sharks (48) 1.5 4.5 KSK47-Eynatten (17)

12.1 2403 Roberson, Peter T 1 0 Swinkels, Robin 2493
12.2 2392 Rendle, Thomas E 0 1 Dambacher, Martijn 2497
12.3 2142 Purton, Ben J 0 1 Hoffmann, Michael 2447
12.4 2148 Murphy, Hugh W 0 1 Koch, Thomas 2456
12.5 2123 Varnam, Liam D 0 1 Sielecki, Christof 2420
12.6 0 Willis, Rupert ½ ½ Vanstreels, Luc 2057

[Mick Norris]

15 Werder Bremen (37) 1 5 Huginn Chessclub (21)

15.1 2448 Meins, Gerlef ½ ½ Jones, Gawain C B 2664

[Mick Norris]

Round 4 Finland v England

Shakkivelhot White Rose 42 - 38
Matinkylan Grantham Sharks 39 - 48

39 Matinkylan FIN Petri Lehtivaara 2254
N Bo. Player T Fed ID FIDE FRtg
272 1 Kekki, Petri IM FIN 500348 2347
273 2 Hentunen, Asko FM FIN 500429 2299
274 3 Lehtivaara, Petri FM FIN 500682 2285
275 4 Pulkkinen, Kari FM FIN 500712 2266
276 5 Laine, Panu FIN 500950 2117
277 6 Tolonen, Mikko FIN 502677 2195
278 7 Salimaki, Janne FM FIN 502685 2131
279 8 Nieminen, Kari FIN 500739 2116

42 Shakkivelhot FIN Petri Hokkanen 2205
N Bo. Player T Fed ID FIDE FRtg
295 1 Nyysti, Sampsa IM FIN 502138 2328
296 2 Hokkanen, Petri FM FIN 501239 2276
297 3 Paakkonen, Timo FM FIN 502995 2260
298 4 Kosmo, Santul FIN 504173 2227
299 5 Nyback, Jukka FIN 503860 2167
300 6 Papula, Niko FIN 505811 1972

[Chris Rice]

Adgestein beat Topalov yesterday and the game is featured in the Chess.com report as is Grischuk's 22 mover which is well worth a flick through. http://www.chess.com/news/ponomariov-bo ... ilbao-1064

Standings after Round 3:

1 G-Team Novy Bor (CZE) 6
2 SOCAR Azerbaijan (AZE) 6
3 SG Solingen (GER) 5
4 Beer Sheva (ISR) 5
5 Malakhite (RUS) 5
6 Odlar Yourdu (AZE) 5
7 SPB (RUS) 5
8 Obiettivo Risarcimento (ITA) 5
9 Ladya (RUS) 5
10 Gros Xake Taldea (ESP) 4
Others:
13 Huginn Chessclub (ISL) 4
33 Grantham Sharks (ENG) 2
34 White Rose (ENG) 2
37 Edinburgh (SCO) 2
42 Adare Chess Club (IRL) 2
45 Ennis Chess Club (IRL) 2
47 Bon Accord (SCO) 1
49 Agergavenny Chess Club (WLS) 0
51 White Knights (WLS) 0

(52 teams)


Round 4 board pairings:

1 SOCAR Azerbaijan - G-Team Novy Bor
2 Obiettivo Risarcimento - Beer Sheva
3 Malakhite - SPB
12 Huginn Chessclub - Cercle d'Echecs de Bois Colombes
15 SV Muelheim Nord - Edinburgh
19 Adare Chess Club - The Smashing Pawns Belvaux
20 Shakkivelhot - White Rose
21 Matinkylan - Grantham Sharks
23 Cercle d'Echecs Fontainois - Ennis Chess Club
24 Bon Accord - Butrinti
26 Agergavenny Chess Club - White Knights

[Mick Norris]

Round 4

Adams, Michael ... ... Harikrishna, P.

2664 Jones, Gawain C B ... ... Amin, Bassem 2638

20 Rtg Shakkivelhot (42) - - White Rose (38) Rtg

20.1 2328 Nyysti, Sampsa ... ... Wells, Peter K 2455
20.2 2276 Hokkanen, Petri ... ... Van De Griendt, Jan Willem 2352
20.3 2260 Paakkonen, Timo ... ... Townsend, M Paul 2262
20.4 2227 Kosmo, Santul ... ... Shaw, Peter 2141
20.5 2167 Nyback, Jukka ... ... O'driscoll, Kieran 2115
20.6 1972 Papula, Niko ... ... Burnett, Jim 2081

21 Rtg Matinkylan (39) - - Grantham Sharks (48) Rtg

21.1 2347 Kekki, Petri ... ... Roberson, Peter T 2403
21.2 2266 Pulkkinen, Kari ... ... Rendle, Thomas E 2392
21.3 2117 Laine, Panu ... ... Purton, Ben J 2142
21.4 2195 Tolonen, Mikko ... ... Murphy, Hugh W 2148
21.5 2131 Salimaki, Janne ... ... Varnam, Liam D 2123
21.6 2116 Nieminen, Kari ... ... Willis, Rupert 0