Ural Sverdlovskaya rolling at the European Club Cup

OSC Baden-Baden e.V. and Alkaloid follow them closely

Ural Sverdlovskaya is crushing the opposition at the 23rd European Club Cup 2007 in Kemer, Turkey. The team composed by Radjabov, Shirov, Grischuk, Akopian, Malakhov, and Dreev is first after 2 rounds with 12 wins, no games lost and no draws. Yesterday Ural Sverdlovskaya destroyed C.R.E. Liège E.L. and today they did the same with Klubi Shahut Prishtina.

OSC Baden-Baden e.V. is currently second with 4 match points and 11 game points. Yesterday they lost 1/2 game point as GM Schlosser drew. Today the first board young chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen drew with GM Haba which meant 1/2 point lost as well.

After a 6 out of 6 games first day, Alkaloid drew 2 of the 6 games today. GM Kiril Georgiev drew IM Cornette and GM Nedev drew IM Levacic. GM Mamedyarov played his first game for the team and wiped off the board GM Fontaine (was the game as good as this one?)

Kiril Georgiev and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

From the top 15 European chess club teams, 12 have full match points at this moment. Ashdod City Club and Linex Magic - Merida was the exciting match of the day that finished draw. Gata Kamsky lost on board 1 to Pavel Eljanov, but Michael Adams saved the day for Linex Magic by beating Acropolis 2007 winner Ilia Smirin. Here are all the games of the encounter:

GM Eljanov Pavel 2681 - GM Kamsky Gata 2724 1 - 0
GM Smirin Ilia 2649 - GM Adams Michael 2729 0 - 1
GM Sutovsky Emil 2656 - GM Rublevsky Sergei 2676 ½ - ½
GM Avrukh Boris 2645 - GM Sargissian Gabriel 2673 ½ - ½
GM Moiseenko Alexander 2646 - GM Cheparinov Ivan 2670 ½ - ½
GM Kogan Artur 2569 - IM Perez Candelario Manuel 2525 ½ - ½

More on Linex Magic and Ashdod City Club members:

Gata Kamsky - profile of the US number 1 player
Adams with chess fans - video
Cheparinov NH photo report
Ilia Smirin wins Acropolis 2007
Eljanov Karjakin - replayable game

Gata Kamsky and Ivan Cheparinov

Ivanchuk winning

Ivanchuk won his 2nd game in a row for Bosna Sarajevo, this time against GM Stefansson. Ivanchuk shows clear intention to bring his club to the top and change his position from the October rating list.

All results from round 2

1 Novoborsky SK OSC Baden-Baden e.V. 0,5 : 5,5
2 Ural Sverdlovskaya Klubi Shahut Prishtina 6,0 : 0,0
3 Economist SGSEU-1 Saratov Tomsk-400 1,5 : 4,5
4 Bosna Sarajevo Reykjavik Chess Club 4,0 : 2,0
5 Ashdod City Club Linex Magic - Merida 3,0 : 3,0
6 Keystone Chess Club Zeljeznicar Sarajevo 4,5 : 1,5
7 Gros Xake Taldea Schachfreunde Reichenstein 3,5 : 2,5
8 Alkaloid Cannes Echecs 5,0 : 1,0
9 Aquaprofit Chess Club Nagykanisza Bank King Yerevan 1,5 : 4,5
10 Clichy Echecs 92 Chess Club Zagreb 3,5 : 2,5
11 Herzliya Chess Club Vesnianka Gran 2,5 : 3,5
12 Sollentuna Chessclub Hamburger SK 3,0 : 3,0
13 Csuti - Hydrocomp Chess Club Vilnius Chess-Bridge club ''NSEL30'' 2,5 : 3,5
14 SK Rochade Eupen Utrecht 2,0 : 4,0
15 Klubi Shahut Theranda Cercle d'Echecs de Strasbourg 1,5 : 4,5
16 Homburg Apeldoorn HMC Calder 4,5 : 1,5
17 Opus Capita Tampere C.R.E. Liège E.L. 3,5 : 2,5
18 Matinkylan Shakkekerho Espoo Hilsmark Kingfisher 1,5 : 4,5
19 Oslo Schkakselskap Kilkenny Chess Club 4,0 : 2,0
20 Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo Doruk Koleji SK 3,0 : 3,0
21 Turk Hava Yollari "Apollonia" Chess Club Fier 4,0 : 2,0
22 Chess Club Niederrohrdorf Namur 2,5 : 3,5
23 Hellir Chess Club Tarsus Zeka Satrac SK 5,5 : 0,5
24 Plunge Chess Club Bokstas Cuna de Dragones - Ajoblanco 2,5 : 3,5
25 Aarhus Skakklub / Skolerne Bronshoj Skakforening (Copenhagen) 2,0 : 4,0
26 Asker SK Cwmbran 6,0 : 0,0
27 Nidum Liberals Besiktas 1,0 : 5,0
28 Schackklub De Sprénger Echternach Rathmines 5,0 : 1,0

Club Cup pairings for tomorrow

1 OSC Baden-Baden e.V. Gros Xake Taldea
2 Vesnianka Gran Ural Sverdlovskaya
3 Utrecht Tomsk-400
4 Bank King Yerevan Bosna Sarajevo
5 Vilnius Chess-Bridge club ''NSEL30'' Keystone
6 Clichy Echecs 92 Alkaloid
7 Hamburger SK Linex Magic - Merida
8 Sollentuna Chessclub Ashdod City Club
9 Opus Capita Tampere Economist SGSEU-1 Saratov
10 Klubi Shahut Prishtina Chess Club Zagreb
11 Chess Club Zeljeznicar Sarajevo Hellir Chess Club
12 Turk Hava Yollari Aquaprofit Chess Club Nagykanisza
13 Reykjavik Chess Club Bronshoj Skakforening (Copenhagen)
14 Oslo Schkakselskap Csuti - Hydrocomp Chess Club
15 Besiktas Cannes Echecs
16 1. Novoborsky SK Schackklub De Sprénger Echternach
17 Cercle d'Echecs de Strasbourg Hilsmark Kingfisher
18 Schachfreunde Reichenstein Namur
19 Homburg Apeldoorn SK Rochade Eupen
20 Cuna de Dragones - Ajoblanco Asker SK
21 Herzliya Chess Club Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo
22 Kilkenny Chess Club Doruk Koleji SK
23 C.R.E. Liège E.L. Klubi Shahut Theranda
24 HMC Calder Matinkylan Shakkekerho Espoo
25 Tarsus Zeka Satrac SK Aarhus Skakklub / Skolerne
26 Nidum Liberals Plunge Chess Club Bokstas
27 Cwmbran Chess Club Niederrohrdorf
28 "Apollonia" Chess Club Fier Rathmines