European Club Cup

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 1 team pairings now available: https://chess-results.com/tnr989841.asp ... turdet=YES The Sharks, Wood Green, Blackthorne, White Rose & Sussex Martlets are in the open & She Plays to Win in the women's event: https://chess-results.com/tnr989847.asp ... turdet=YES
Board pairings will be published in the morning, probably around 9.15 am our time.

[LawrenceCooper]

Board pairings now published at: https://chess-results.com/tnr989841.asp ... ilen=99999 & https://chess-results.com/tnr989847.asp ... turdet=YES

[LawrenceCooper]

Only 11 of the 42 open matches have live boards and 6 out of 9 in the women's event. Blackthorne are on live in round 1 and I noticed Steve Dishman is facing Bogdan Deac in another match.

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 1 results: https://chess-results.com/tnr989841.asp ... turdet=YES & https://chess-results.com/tnr989847.asp ... turdet=YES

Round 2 pairings: https://chess-results.com/tnr989841.asp ... turdet=YES & https://chess-results.com/tnr989847.asp ... turdet=YES

Lee Davis, playing for White Knights Chess Club, had his first ever win against a GM.

[NickFaulks]

Lee Davis, playing for White Knights Chess Club, had his first ever win against a GM.

I assumed he was one of those underrated juniors we never stop hearing about, but no.

https://ratings.fide.com/profile/1801325

Terrific result!

[Mick Norris]

Well done Lee, good result for Rhys Cumming too

[LawrenceCooper]

Live matches today include The Sharks & Wood Green matches on boards 43-48 & 61-66: https://lichess.org/broadcast/european- ... eq7#boards

[NickFaulks]

In the Abdusattarov game, his opponent has played the QGA line where you hang on to the pawn with 5...b5 6.a4, c6. For the past sixty years I have believed that nobody ever did that because it's dreadful.

[Jon D'Souza-Eva]

Lee Davis, playing for White Knights Chess Club, had his first ever win against a GM.

He used to play like a grandmaster on Red Hot Pawn.

[Matt Mackenzie]

In the Abdusattarov game, his opponent has played the QGA line where you hang on to the pawn with 5...b5 6.a4, c6. For the past sixty years I have believed that nobody ever did that because it's dreadful.

It is generally not good for Black no, but there are certain move orders where it is at least playable.

[David Shepherd]

Link to twitch commentary https://www.twitch.tv/wim_natasharegan

[LawrenceCooper]

Rhys Cumming has a second GM scalp with black so moves to 3/4.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Rhys Cumming has a second GM scalp with black so moves to 3/4.

Have been trying to find these games!

Round 1, Rhys Cumming beat GM Markus Ragger (2584) with Black.
Round 3, Rhys Cumming lost to GM Lorenzo Lodici (2575) with Black.
Round 4, Rhys Cumming beat GM Johann Hjartarson (2474) with Black.

Rhys Cumming plays for Sussex Martlets.
2/3 against GMs with Black!

Round 1, Lee Davis (White Knights) beat GM Dejan Antic (2347) with Black.

No other GM scalps (even from the higher-rated ENG, WLS and IRL players).

Three of the games are available (none were on live boards):

Ragger, Markus (2584) - Cumming, Rhys (2253)
39th European Chess Club Cup (Hotel Zepter, Vrnjacka Banja), 20.10.2024
0-1
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.h4 Bg7 6.h5 Nc6 7.d4 Bg4 8.h6 Bf6 9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 Nb6 11.O-O Qc8 12.Bd2 Rd8 13.Rc1 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Ne4 Bh8 16.Nxe5 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Bxe5 18.f4 Bxb2 19.Rc2 Qf5 20.Rxb2 Qxe4 21.Rc1 Rd7 22.Rb3 Re8 23.Qf2 Nd5 24.Rc4 Qe7 25.Rd3

The game score appears to be incomplete - does anyone have the rest of the moves?

Antic, Dejan (2347) - Davis, Lee (1955)
39th European Chess Club Cup (Hotel Zepter, Vrnjacka Banja), 20.10.2024
0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.g3 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 h6 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 Qc8 15.Ba3 Qxe6 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Bxb7 Rab8 18.Bd5 Nexd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Qxd5 Qxd5 21.cxd5 Rb5 22.Rfd1 e4 23.Rac1 Rf7 24.Rc4 a5 25.Rd2 h5 26.bxa5 Bh6 27.Rdc2 Rxa5 28.Bb4 Rxd5 29.Rxc7 Rxc7 30.Rxc7 Bd2 31.Bxd2 Rxd2 32.a4 d5 33.a5 Ra2 34.Rc5 d4 35.Rxf5 d3 36.Rd5 Kf7 37.Kf1 Ke6 38.Rd8 Ra1+ 39.Kg2 Rxa5 40.Re8+ Kd5 41.h3 Kd4 42.Rd8+ Kc3 43.Rc8+ Kd2 44.Rc4 Re5 45.Kf1 e3 46.fxe3 Kxe3 47.Rc1 Rf5+ 48.Kg2 Rf2+ 49.Kg1

Are the final moves also missing here?

Lodici, Lorenzo (2575) - Cumming, Rhys (2253)
39th European Chess Club Cup (Hotel Zepter, Vrnjacka Banja), 22.10.2024
1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 f6 8.Bb3 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Nc3 Bf7 11.Ne4 O-O 12.c3 Qd7 13.Bc2 Rad8 14.Ng3 Nb6 15.Nh4 Be6 16.Ne4 g5 17.Nf3 Kh8 18.Ng3 g4 19.hxg4 Bxg4 20.d4 exd4 21.Qd3 Rf7 22.Nxd4 Nxd4 23.cxd4 Bb4 24.Bd2 Bxd2 25.Qxd2 Rg7 26.Qh6 Nd5 27.Re4 f5 28.Re5 Rg6 29.Qh4 Rdg8 30.Bb3 Qg7 31.Bxd5 Rh6 32.Qe7 f4 33.Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.Rg5+

Will post the round 4 win by Cumming when it becomes available via chess-results.com, unless someone else can obtain it from somewhere else earlier?

[Mick Norris]

Rhys Cumming has a second GM scalp with black so moves to 3/4.

Are the norm possibilities in this event dependent on playing all 7 rounds?

[LawrenceCooper]

Rhys Cumming has a second GM scalp with black so moves to 3/4.

Are the norm possibilities in this event dependent on playing all 7 rounds?

There are, yes.