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The European Club Championship took place from October 8th-14th in the Austrian city of Fuegen. 56 teams participated in the men’s competition and 11 teams in the women’s event, among them 125 Grand Masters and 84 International Masters. This event is probable the strongest team club event in the World. The tournament was played by the Swiss System with 7 rounds and each team fielded 9 boards (4 boards in the women’s event).
Three of the pre-tournament favourite teams tied for first place, all of them from Russia: Tomsk-400, Ladya Kazan and Ural Sverdlovskaya. These three teams achieved five wins and two draws and only the tiebreak gave the final win to Tomsk-400. Curiously, Tomsk-400 repeats victory, as last year they also won on the tiebreak.
The winning team fielded on the first board Russian GM Alexander Morozevich (2747) who won 5 of his 6 games, achieving a final performance of 2916. Also playing well were the team’s second and third board, GM Dmitry Jakovenko (2671) and Victor Bologan (2659), both of them with 4.5/7. Finally, GM Ernesto Inarkiev (4.5/ 6) and reserve player IM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2545) with 4/4 also helped out.
With regard to the women’s section, the low participation causes quite a surprise, with only 11 team’s contrasting with the 56 teams in the men’s section. The clear winner was the Armenia team Mika Yerevan, with 5 wins and 2 draws, whereas the Rating favourite, AVS Krasnoturinsk, could only finish third. The best player in the winning team was Nino Khurtsidze, who scored 6/7.
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EUROPEAN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2006
TOP-10 Final Standings
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| Rk. |
SNo |
Team |
Team |
Games |
+ |
= |
- |
TB1 |
TB2 |
TB3 |
| 1 |
3 |
Tomsk-400 |
RUS |
7 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
30.0 |
165.0 |
| 2 |
6 |
Ladya Kazan |
RUS |
7 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
26.5 |
181.0 |
| 3 |
1 |
Ural Sverdlovskaya |
RUS |
7 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
26.5 |
174.0 |
| 4 |
5 |
Ashdod City Club |
ISR |
7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
27.5 |
169.0 |
| 5 |
4 |
TPS Saransk |
RUS |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
30.0 |
148.0 |
| 6 |
14 |
Vesnianka Gran |
BLR |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
28.0 |
147.5 |
| 7 |
10 |
Gros Xake Taldea |
ESP |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
26.5 |
171.0 |
| 8 |
7 |
Clichy |
FRA |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
26.5 |
167.5 |
| 9 |
13 |
Bauset Pardubice |
CZE |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
26.0 |
156,0 |
| 10 |
2 |
Elara Cheboksary |
RUS |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
25.5 |
177.5 |
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EUROPEAN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2006
Best individual performances
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| No. |
Tit |
Name |
Rtg |
Team |
Rp |
Pts. |
Games |
% |
Bo. |
| 1 |
GM |
Morozevich |
2747 |
Tomsk-400 |
2916 |
5.0 |
6 |
83.3 |
1 |
| 2 |
GM |
Nyback |
2575 |
Werder Bremen |
2887 |
6.5 |
7 |
92.9 |
4 |
| 3 |
GM |
Ivanchuk |
2741 |
TPS Saransk |
2864 |
6.0 |
7 |
85.7 |
1 |
| 4 |
GM |
Shirov |
2720 |
Ural Sverdlovskaya |
2834 |
4.5 |
6 |
75.0 |
1 |
| 5 |
GM |
Mamedyarov |
2728 |
Elara Cheboksary |
2833 |
4.5 |
6 |
75.0 |
1 |
| 6 |
GM |
Tregubov |
2596 |
Clichy |
2819 |
6.0 |
7 |
85.7 |
4 |
| 7 |
GM |
Nisipeanu |
2690 |
Clichy |
2790 |
5.0 |
7 |
71.4 |
1 |
| 8 |
GM |
Moiseenko |
2632 |
Ashdod City Club |
2789 |
6.0 |
7 |
85.7 |
4 |
| 9 |
GM |
Smirin |
2659 |
Ashdod City Club |
2785 |
4.5 |
6 |
75.0 |
2 |
| 10 |
GM |
Kasimdzhanov |
2672 |
Ladya Kazan |
2764 |
5.0 |
7 |
71.4 |
1 |
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