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SD Tehcenter Ptuj v White Rose

SD Tehcenter Ptuj Rtg-O:2482
1 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2616 SLO
2 GM Pavasovic Dusko 2561 SLO
3 GM Borisek Jure 2534 SLO
4 GM Maksimenko Andrei 2553 UKR
5 IM Polajzer Danilo 2293 SLO
6 FM Podkriznik Gregor 2332 SLO
FM Roskar Robert 2290 SLO

e2e4 v Libertas Nereto

Libertas Nereto Rtg-O:2459
1 GM Antoniewski Rafal 2585 POL
2 GM Kogan Artur 2563 ISR
3 IM Braga Fernando 2438 ITA
4 IM Bruno Fabio 2431 ITA
5 IM Piscopo Pierluigi 2373 ITA
6 FM Sibilio Mario 2364 ITA

1.16 16 SD Tehcenter Ptuj - 47 White Rose
1 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2616 : IM Palliser Richard J D 2444
2 GM Pavasovic Dusko 2561 : Townsend M Paul 2253
3 GM Borisek Jure 2534 : Barrett Stephen J 2227
4 IM Polajzer Danilo 2293 : Gayson Peter M 2189
5 FM Podkriznik Gregor 2332 : CM Arnott Jonathan W 2186
6 FM Roskar Robert 2290 : O'driscoll Kieran 2107

1.19 50 e2e4 - 19 Libertas Nereto
1 IM Slavin Alexei 2399 : GM Antoniewski Rafal 2585
2 FM Livner Anders 2340 : GM Kogan Artur 2563
3 Byron Alan M 2243 : IM Braga Fernando 2438
4 Almond Richard J 2122 : IM Bruno Fabio 2431
5 Horspool Philip J 2079 : IM Piscopo Pierluigi 2373
6 WFM Norinkeviciute Rasa 1993 : FM Sibilio Mario 2364

Michael Adams, who is representing OSG Baden Baden, is not included in the line-up for the first round.

How did the teams qualify / were selected for the European Club Cup?

Paolo Casaschi wrote:How did the teams qualify / were selected for the European Club Cup?

In England's case, they were the top 2 finishers in the 4NCL who wanted to go. Wood Green and Pride & Prejudice would have had first choice on going, but presumably declined the invitation.

Alex Holowczak wrote:

Paolo Casaschi wrote:How did the teams qualify / were selected for the European Club Cup?

In England's case, they were the top 2 finishers in the 4NCL who wanted to go. Wood Green and Pride & Prejudice would have had first choice on going, but presumably declined the invitation.

That's correct, although we had three places but Betsson were unable to take up their place and Cheddleton, despite earlier interest, were also unable to go. Offiically we are allowed three teams that finish in the top half of the league although the organisers are generally willing to accept entries from lower placed teams once you remind them that it will mean more entry fee and accommodation income

1.16 16 SD Tehcenter Ptuj 5 - 1 47 White Rose
1 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2616 1 : 0 IM Palliser Richard J D 2444
2 GM Pavasovic Dusko 2561 1 : 0 Townsend M Paul 2253
3 GM Borisek Jure 2534 1 : 0 Barrett Stephen J 2227
4 IM Polajzer Danilo 2293 ½:½ Gayson Peter M 2189
5 FM Podkriznik Gregor 2332 1 : 0 CM Arnott Jonathan W 2186
6 FM Roskar Robert 2290 ½:½ O'driscoll Kieran 2107

1.19 50 e2e4 2 - 4 19 Libertas Nereto
1 IM Slavin Alexei 2399 1 : 0 GM Antoniewski Rafal 2585
2 FM Livner Anders 2340 0 : 1 GM Kogan Artur 2563
3 Byron Alan M 2243 0 : 1 IM Braga Fernando 2438
4 Almond Richard J 2122 0 : 1 IM Bruno Fabio 2431
5 Horspool Philip J 2079 ½:½ IM Piscopo Pierluigi 2373
6 WFM Norinkeviciute Rasa 1993 ½:½ FM Sibilio Mario 2364

Round 2;

White Rose v Slavoj Ostrava Poruba
Chess Club Expik v e2e4

Chance for both teams to win

1.25 56 Butrinti Saranda 2½ - 3½ 25 SF Reichenstein
3 Mihasi Erald 1805 1 : 0 IM Drabke Lorenz Maximilian 2463

1.29 60 Veleciku 1½ - 4½ 29 Hellir Chess Club
1 Shabanaj Saimir 2120 1 : 0 GM Stefansson Hannes 2562

1.13 44 Marseille Echecs 3 - 3 13 Gros Xake Taldea
6 Metras Dominique 2009 1 : 0 FM Martin Alvarez Inigo 2316

Much respect to those 3.

Round 2:

2.28 47 White Rose - 51 Slavoj Ostrava Poruba

1 IM Palliser Richard J D 2444 : IM Klima Lukas 2370
2 Townsend M Paul 2253 : FM Malik Jan 2352
3 Barrett Stephen J 2227 : Bolacky Jiri 2269
4 Gayson Peter M 2189 : Kufa Pavel 2224
5 O'driscoll Kieran 2107 : Vasiliadis Grigorios 2004
6 Webb Matthew D 2079 : Dostal Petr 1921

2.30 61 Chess Club Expik - 50 e2e4

1 FM Fejzullahu Afrim 0 : IM Slavin Alexei 2399
2 Ajvazi Ramadan 2207 : FM Livner Anders 2340
3 Budima Armend 0 : Byron Alan M 2243
4 Zymberi Astrit 2154 : Almond Richard J 2122
5 Hamiti Gani 2152 : Horspool Philip J 2079
6 Haskaj Fatmir 0 : WFM Norinkeviciute Rasa 1993

2.5 5 OSG Baden Baden - 22 Naiden Voinov

1 GM Adams Michael 2733 : GM Delchev Aleksander 2620
2 GM Shirov Alexei 2713 : GM Nikolov Momchil 2578
3 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2707 : GM Petrov Marijan 2537
4 GM Nielsen Peter Heine 2687 : FM Velchev Hristo 2320
5 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2638 : Milchev Miroslav 2169
6 GM Gustafsson Jan 2631 : Stefanov Evtim 1927

The format is criticised at http://www.whychess.org/node/1976

Although 64 entrants, 7 round Swiss is not going to give many pairings between top teams and the losers in any such pairings will be out of the running. So the comments are a consequence of the format.

It's like the arguments about the British being an apa. If you had 8 teams playing a apa and the fifty or more "tourist" teams playing a Swiss, presumably the finances wouldn't work.

Presumably not. When Barbican played, we did so with the main hope of playing at least one of the top eight.

I think he misunderstands the event. Although it's played as a swiss, it's effectively more like a knockout. It means that if you want to win the event, you've pretty much got to win every game. That's not a bad thing in my opinion.

2.5 5 OSG Baden Baden 5½ - ½ 22 Naiden Voinov

1 GM Adams Michael 2733 1 : 0 GM Delchev Aleksander 2620
2 GM Shirov Alexei 2713 ½:½ GM Nikolov Momchil 2578
3 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2707 1 : 0 GM Petrov Marijan 2537
4 GM Nielsen Peter Heine 2687 1 : 0 FM Velchev Hristo 2320
5 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2638 1 : 0 Milchev Miroslav 2169
6 GM Gustafsson Jan 2631 1 : 0 Stefanov Evtim 1927

White Rose are 1 up with 1 still playing, e2e4 are 2 up with 3 still playing

A glorious victory!

2.30 58 Chess Club Expik 1½ - 4½ 50 e2e4
1 FM Fejzullahu Afrim 2312 ½:½ IM Slavin Alexei 2399
2 Ajvazi Ramadan 2207 0 : 1 FM Livner Anders 2340
3 Budima Armend 2247 0 : 1 Byron Alan M 2243
4 Zymberi Astrit 2154 0 : 1 Almond Richard J 2122
5 Hamiti Gani 2152 ½:½ Horspool Philip J 2079
6 Haskaj Fatmir 0 ½:½ WFM Norinkeviciute Rasa 1993