Champions: Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club | Photo: ECU/Mark Livshitz

Tiebreaks decide the winner

After the penultimate round, three teams- Novy Bor Chess Club, SuperChess Romania, and Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club- co-led with 11/12 points. In the final round, Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club defeated SuperChess Romania 3.5-2.5, and Novy Bor Chess Club defeated Elektroprivreda 4.5-1.5. In the end, Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club had better tiebreaks, which helped them clinch the title from defending champions SuperChess.

Runner-up: Novy Bor Chess Club | Photo: ECU/Mark Livshitz

A Happy Team! | Photo: Harikrishna's Instagram

Second Runner-up: Rishon LeZion A | Photo: ECU/Mark Livshitz

Board Prizes

Board 1 (L to R): Silver-Vaclav Finek (SK Dunajska Streda), Gold-Maurizzi Marcandria (Aix-en-Provence), and Bronze-Aydin Suleymanli (Vugar Gashimov) | Photo: ECU/Mark Livshitz

Board 2 (L to R): Gold-Nihal Sarin (Novy Bor Chess Club) and Bronze-Karthikeyan Murali (Elektroprivreda) | Photo: ECU/Mark Livshitz

Nihal had a great run and scored 4 wins and secured 2 draws for his team, Novy Bor Chess Club

Board 3 (L to R): Silver – Pentala Harikrishna (Novy Bor Chess Club), Gold–Lennert Lenaerts (Zuid-Limburg) and Bronze–GM Mahel Boyer (Aix-en-Provence) | Photo: ECU/Mark Livshitz

Board 4 (L to R): Silver–Alexey Sarana (SuperChess Romania), Gold–Benjamin Gledura (Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai) and Bronze–Richard Rapport (Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club) | Photo: ECU/Mark Livshitz

Board 5 (L to R): Silver– Bogdan-Daniel Deac (SuperChess Romania), Gold-GM Ihor Samunenkov (Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai) and Bronze–Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club) | Photo: ECU / Mark Livshitz

Board 6 (L to R): Silver-Ediz Gurel (Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club), Gold-Volodar Muzrin(Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club), and Bronze-Velimir Ivic (Alkaloid)

The 41st European Club Cup 2026 took place in Budva, Montenegro, from 17th to 23rd October, with 108 teams taking part in it. Indian players had a great performance overall, as 3 board prizes were secured by Indian players. The total prize fund was €26,000, with the top 3 prizes of €8,000, €6,000, and €4,000.

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Final Standings

Rk.

SNo

Team

Games

  + 

  = 

  - 

 TB1 

 TB2 

 TB3 

 TB4 

 TB5 

1

1

Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club

7

6

1

0

13

261,5

31

188

297,5

2

4

Novy Bor Chess Club

7

6

1

0

13

253

30

183,5

283

3

9

Rishon LeZion A

7

6

0

1

12

227,5

30

176

255

4

3

SuperChess Romania

7

5

1

1

11

259

31,5

182,5

292

5

5

Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai

7

5

1

1

11

239,5

31,5

169

263,5

6

2

Alkaloid

7

5

1

1

11

237,5

30

179,5

273,5

7

7

Ashdod chess club

7

5

1

1

11

227,5

29

169,5

252,5

8

11

Aix-en-Provence

7

5

1

1

11

205

27,5

172

235

9

10

Beer Sheva Chess Club

7

5

1

1

11

189

28,5

160,5

225

10

8

Vugar Gashimov

7

5

0

2

10

224

32

167,5

260

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