European Chess Club Cup

Summary

The European Chess Club Cup is an annual chess tournament for club teams from Europe. It is organised by the European Chess Union. The competition is held with the Swiss system over seven rounds. It consists of two sections, open and women's, with each team fielding six and four players respectively at every match.

History edit

The tournament origins are from the former Yugoslavia, where chess club competitions were quite popular. In 1996, the women's competition was added.

Winners edit

Men's event edit

Year Location Winner
1956 Belgrade   Partizan Belgrade
1976 Solingen   Burevestnik Moscow &   Solingen SG
1979 Bad Lauterberg im Harz   Burevestnik Moscow[1][2]
1982 Budapest   Spartacus Budapest
1984 Moscow   Trud Moscow
1986 Moscow   CSKA Moscow
1988 Rotterdam   CSKA Moscow[3]
1990 Solingen   CSKA Moscow &   Solingen SG
1992 Solingen   Bayern Munich
1993 Hilversum   Lyon Oyonnax
1994 Lyon   Bosna &   Lyon Oyonnax
1995 Ljubljana   Yerevan city
1996 Budapest   Sberbank Tatarstan Kazan
1997 Kazan   Ladia Azov
1998 Belgrade   Panfox Breda
1999 Bugojno   Bosna
2000 Neum   Bosna
2001 Panormos   Nikel Norilsk
2002 Kallithea   Bosna
2003 Rethymno   NAO Paris
2004 Çeşme   NAO Paris[4]
2005 Saint-Vincent   Tomsk-400
2006 Fügen   Tomsk-400
2007 Kemer   Linex Magic-Mérida
2008 Kallithea   Ural Sverdlovskaya oblast[5]
2009 Ohrid   Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov
2010 Plovdiv   Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov
2011 Rogaška Slatina   Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation
2012 Eilat   SOCAR Azerbaijan
2013 Rhodes   G-Team Novy Bor
2014 Bilbao   SOCAR Azerbaijan
2015 Skopje   Siberia Novosibirsk
2016 Novi Sad   Alkaloid Skopje
2017 Antalya   Globus Russia[6]
2018 Porto Carras   Mednyi Vsadnik St.Petersburg
2019 Ulcinj   Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova
2021 Struga   Mednyi Vsadnik St.Petersburg
2022 Mayrhofen im Zillertal   Novy Bor Chess club[7]
2023 Durres[8]   Offerspill Chess Club

Women's event edit

Year Location Winner
1996 Smederevska Palanka   Agrouniverzal Zemun &   Merani Tbilisi
1997 Rijeka   Goša Smederevska Palanka
1998 Wuppertal   AEM-Luxten Timişoara
1999 Nova Gorica   Rudenko School Kherson
2000 Halle   Agrouniverzal Zemun
2001 Belgrade   Agrouniverzal Zemun
2002 Antalya   BAS Belgrade
2003 Rethymno   Internet CG Podgorica
2004 Izmir   NTN Tbilisi
2005 Saint-Vincent   NTN Tbilisi
2006 Fügen   Mika Yerevan
2007 Kemer   CE Monte Carlo
2008 Kallithea   CE Monte Carlo
2009 Ohrid   Spartak Vidnoe
2010 Plovdiv   CE Monte Carlo
2011 Rogaška Slatina   AVS
2012 Eilat   CE Monte Carlo
2013 Rhodes   CE Monte Carlo
2014 Bilbao   Batumi Nona
2015 Skopje   Batumi Nona
2016 Novi Sad   CE Monte Carlo
2017 Antalya   Batumi Nona
2018 Porto Carras   CE Monte Carlo
2019 Ulcinj   Batumi Nona
2021 Struga   South Ural
2022 Mayrhofen im Zillertal   ASVOe Pamhagen
2023 Durres   Superchess

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Helmut Reefschläger: SG Porz besiegt Avangard Kiew im Europapokal (Achtelfinale). Schach-Echo 1981, Heft 7, S. 102 bis 106 (Bericht und Partien).
  2. ^ Helmut Reefschläger: SG Porz scheitert im Viertelfinale an Burewestnik Moskau. Schach-Echo 1981, Heft 12, S. 186 bis 189 (Bericht, Fotos und Partien).
  3. ^ Ian Rogers und Jan C. Roosendaal: Mißklänge beim Europapokal-Finale. Schach-Echo 1988, Heft 7, Seiten 306 und 308 (Bericht, Einzelergebnisse, Partien).
  4. ^ "NAO defends Euro Club Cup title". Chess News. 2004-10-14. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  5. ^ "European Club Cup – Final Standings | European Club Cup 2008". ecc2008.chessdom.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  6. ^ "European Club Cup: Globus first across the finish line". ChessBase. 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  7. ^ "37th European Club Cup 2022". chess24.com. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  8. ^ Events, E. C. U. (2023-04-04). "European Open & Women's Club Cup 2023 – Official invitation". European Chess Union. Retrieved 2023-07-23.

External links edit

  • History at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-10-08). European Club Cup 2009.