13 Indians set to take part at European Chess Club Cup 2024 starting today
The defending champion Offerspill Sjakklubb featuring the World no.1 - Magnus Carlsen is not playing at 39th European Chess Club Cup 2024. Thus, a new champion is guaranteed to be crowned. As many as 13 Indians are taking part this year - ten in Open and three in Women. World no.3, Arjun Erigaisi is the highest rated player of the event, followed by World no.5 and World Championship Challenger - D Gukesh. Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa will play for the top seed - Superchess. Arjun, Aravindh Chithambaram and S L Narayanan will represent Alkaloid. Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna will return to Novy Bor Chess Club. Nihal Sarin will switch from Tajfun SK Ljubljana to Turkish Airlines. IM Divya Deshmukh, GM R Vaishali and WGM Savitha Shri B will make their ECCC debut for Garuda Ajka BSK, Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo and Rudar Kostolac respectively. Round 1 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: European Chess Club Cup
Eight Indians will be making their ECCC debuts
GM S L Narayanan, GM Leon Luke Mendonca and GM Aryan Chopra will make their European Chess Club Cup debuts for Alkaloid and Vados Chess Club teams respectively. For the first time this year, the Women's event will have Indian participation in the form of - IM Divya Deshmukh, GM R Vaishali and WGM Savitha Shri B.
Mr. Ivan Trifunovic, Director of Touristic Organisation of Vrnjacka Banja, addressed the players and guests and welcomed them to a municipality known as “Queen of Spa” and the Serbian capital of chess – Vrnjacka Banja.
The President of the Serbian Chess Federation, Mr. Dragan Lazic, emphasized that he is convinced that the players who are visiting Vrnjacka Banja for the first time will enjoy playing chess here. He wished good luck, well playing conditions and good quality games to all the players, and thanked the attendees for coming.
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Everyday round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST from 20th to 25th October 2024. The final round on 26th October starts 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. The seven-round Swiss system tournament has a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The tournament will be taking place at Hotel Zepter in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia.
Round 1 Open pairings
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SuperChess | Gambit Bonnevoie I | : | ||
| 2 | Wasa SK | Alkaloid | : | ||
| 3 | Novy Bor Chess Club | De Stukkenjagers | : | ||
| 4 | Drejtesia-Trokadero | Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club | : | ||
| 5 | Turkish Airlines | SV Erkenschwick | : | ||
| 6 | Blackthorne | TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana | : | ||
| 7 | Sentimento Ajka BSK | Viking Chess Club | : | ||
| 8 | Schaakclub De Pluspion Wachtebeke | Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub | : | ||
| 9 | C'Chartres Echecs | Raahen Linnoitus | : | ||
| 10 | SOSS | Vugar Gashimov | : |
Round 1 Women pairings
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo | SK JAVES Modra | : | ||
| 2 | Rudar Kostolac | Garuda Ajka BSK | : | ||
| 3 | TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana | Wasa SK | : | ||
| 4 | Napredak Zenica | SuperChess Club | : | ||
| 5 | Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica | Schachgesellschaft Solingen B | : | ||
| 6 | Rishon Le Zion | MSK CENTAR | : | ||
| 7 | Gambit Bonnevoie | She Plays To Win Lionesses | : | ||
| 8 | SK Zmaj | Schachgesellschaft Solingen A | : | ||
| 9 | Crvena zvezda - Data Driven Lab | Tallinn Chess Club | : |
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@ 22/10/2024 by Niklesh Jain (hi) |
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@ 22/10/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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@ 21/10/2024 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |