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With every round the European Club Cup chess championship get more and more exciting. Round 5 saw three top derbies and one "local". Besides, on board 1 for OSC Baden-Baden e.V. entered the world champion Viswanathan Anand.
The current leaders Alkaloid had a difficult match against the gaining speed Linex Magic - Merida. On board one the clashed was a flashback of the Mtel Masters 2007 - Mamedyarov - Kamsky. Mamedyarov was building his way to victory move by move. Kamsky was defending well in a difficult position until the endgame where he seemed to be giving his pawns away and was totally outplayed by Mamedyarov.
However, that could not help Alkaloid, since Linex proved to be really magical. Michael Adams defeated Kiril Georgiev, Rublevsky did not have any problem against Volkov, GM Cheparinov won against GM Nedev and IM Candelario Manuel Perez defeated yet another GM - Dragoljub Jacimovic. GM Sargissian could not get the victory against GM Kozul, but eben in that case Linex Magic - Merida won the match 1½:4½.
The second seeded Ural Sverdlovskaya took on the solid team of Ashdod City Club. Board 1 clash between Teimour Radjabov and Pavel Eljanov finished a draw. WCC participant Alexander Grischuk had no problems against Boris Avrukh, and GM Shirov and GM Dreev gave the convincing 4½:1½ victory to Ural Sverdlovskaya. This makes the team first in the current standings, with the same points as Linex Magic - Merida and Tomsk, but better tiebreak.
The 200+ average ELO difference counted for Tomsk-400 as they passed over 1. Novoborsky SK. Tomsk won on all boards, it 2 match points, 6 game points, and second place in the current standings.
All eyes were set on OSC Baden-Baden e.V. - Cannes Echecs, where the World Champion Viswanathan Anand appeared on board 1 for the German team. He played with Kazhgaleyev (ELO 2599) and finished a draw in 22 moves. This draw theoretically substracts 3 points from Anand's rating and brings him under 2800. However, there is a lot of time until the next rating list update.
OSC Baden-Baden e.V did not have any problems, even though the top three boards (Anand, Svidler, and Carlsen) were held to draws. GM Bacrot, GM Nisipeanu, and GM Nielsen had no problems and the match finished 4½:1½.
Round 5 of the European Club Cup had a strong "local" derbies. Chess Club Zeljeznicar Sarajevo (board 1 Predrag Nikolic) met the 4th seeded Bosna Sarajevo (board 1 Vassily Ivanchuk). Even though the games were very exciting, there was no surprise and Bosna Sarajevo won 1,5:4,5.
1 Ural Sverdlovskaya 9 MP 24,0 GP
2 Tomsk-400 9 MP 23,0 GP
3 Linex Magic - Merida 9 MP 21,0 GP
4 Economist SGSEU-1 Saratov 8 MP 22,5 GP
5 Keystone 8 MP 22,0 GP
6 OSC Baden-Baden e.V. 8 MP 21,5 GP
7 Clichy Echecs 92 8 MP 20,0 GP
8 Alkaloid 8 MP 20,0 GP
9 Bosna Sarajevo 8 MP 20,0 GP
10 Gros Xake Taldea 7 MP 18,0 GP
11 Ashdod City Club 7 MP 18,0 GP
12 Chess Club Zagreb 6 MP 22,0 GP
13 Herzliya Chess Club 6 MP 22,0 GP
14 Schachfreunde Reichenstein 6 MP 19,5 GP
15 Utrecht 6 MP 19,0 GP
16 Bank King Yerevan 6 MP 18,5 GP
17 Chess Club Zeljeznicar Sarajevo 6 MP 18,5 GP
18 Aquaprofit Chess Club Nagykanisza 6 MP 18,5 GP
19 Cercle d'Echecs de Strasbourg 6 MP 18,5 GP
20 Reykjavik Chess Club 6 MP 18,0 GP
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