This is their ninth European Club Cup medal (three gold The players on boards one through three also put up the best individual scores for their respective boards in the tournament (See full standings here.)  The European Chess Club Cup took place on October 20 through 26 in the Hotel Zepter in Vrnjacka Banja It was a seven-round Swiss tournament for teams with a time control of 90+30 plus another 30 minutes after 40 moves 84 teams of eight players participated, with six players competing in each round and two reserves. Many of the world's best players, including the upcoming 2024 FIDE World Championship Challenger Gukesh Dommaraju Last year's winner, Offerspill Chess Club, which was headed by GM Magnus Carlsen The former world champion was far from Europe and could have been found on a warm beach in Mexico he played an eight-board simul and a rated company blitz tournament (See full results here.) Novy Bor Chess Club was the frontrunner in the European Chess Club Cup after round five only Novy Bor Chess Club was in the lead with 11 points—the six others were a point behind.  spared his team any potential drama with tiebreaks in round seven Playing the Italian Defense against GM Jorden van Foreest Anton whipped up a kingside attack after 28.Qc4 f5! which ultimately led to a winning rook endgame after he later found the tactic to trade more pieces: 43...Qxd2 44.Qxd2 Ne4. This was the last decisive game that won them the tournament Captain Petr Boleslav said on the broadcast that the victory was well deserved pointing out that they drew the second seed and beat the first I hope that many fans are celebrating already in Czechia.. I hope that it is a message that we are able to do good things about chess and so on and I hope that it will be a big motivation for Czech players and they will want to join our club or they will put a bit pressure on the owners of their club to go to European Club Cup I hope that it will be a big motivation for Czech players His round-five win against GM Dmitry Andreikin pushed him over 2800 Andreikin defended a dangerous attack and reached a holdable rook endgame but in a matter of a few moves it went downhill: The job is not yet finished for Arjun, though. After his last-round draw against GM Vasyl Ivanchuk Official ratings are published once a month so he will have to reclimb that mountain to formally cross the coveted 2800 threshold finished second in the tournament with 12 points and he was the best player of any team on board one (See full list here.) Vidit, who led Novy Bor Chess Club on board one, saw a 13-point increase and jumped back into the world's top 15. It wasn't all rosy for Indian grandmasters, however. GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (on SuperChess) suffered a difficult start with 1.5 points in the first four rounds For Gukesh (also on SuperChess), it's his last classical showing before the 2024 FIDE World Championship against GM Ding Liren he lost one and drew four to lose 11 rating points Since players tend to hide their prepared openings before such an important match we also shouldn't read too much into this individual result He, along with several other grandmasters such as the legendary GM Garry Kasparov, will be playing in Chess 9LX in St The Women's tournament format was the same as the Open except that teams were composed of four players and one reserve TAJFUN-SK Ljubljana won the tournament also without needing tiebreaks and Badelka (three) were all the best players in the tournament on their respective boards.  (See full standings here.)  they were tied with SuperChess Club on 10 points each in round seven SuperChess Club lost 4-5 against Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica while TAJFUN-SK Ljubljana overcame number-one-seed Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo 2.5-1.5 Badelka won the critical game on board three against Spain's number-one woman player, IM Sara Khadem The players reached move 40 and gained 30 more minutes to navigate the bishop vs where White's position was easier to play in this case with the bishop White successfully stretched the black defense temporarily trapping the knight to force a decisive concession:  It was a welcome recovery for Badelka, who received a double forfeit with IM Leya Garifullina in the round before for making a draw in under 30 moves without calling the arbiter That game didn't influence the round-six match result as both Dzagnidze and Zhu won their games with a draw on board four Nobody had a better individual performance than 21-year-old Zhu With a 14.5 rating gain and a 2693 performance she jumped two places to be number 10 in the world among women there's a trend we can't ignore: India and China are in the spotlight Whether it's in the upcoming world championship (Indian vs Chinese player) or the women's world championship (Chinese vs the two Asian countries have established themselves as superpowers in the chess world players from these countries proved it again in this event The live broadcast was hosted by GM Alojzije Jankovic and Dragana Nikolovska The 2024 European Chess Club Cup was a seven-round team Swiss tournament for European chess clubs The events went from October 20-26 with a prize fund of €29,000 in the Open and €16,000 in the Women's All News FIDE News Chess News Top Top Federations Main Page / Search Tournaments Titles Transfers Calculators Download FIDE Circuit Women's Events '24-'25 Open Cycle 2025-2026 Women’s Cycle 2025-2026 Women’s Cycle 2023-2025 All Tournaments Main Events About FIDE Handbook Documents Financial Reports Officials Commissions & Committees Federations Affiliated Organizations Affiliated Members Honourable Dignitaries Chart Novy Bor Chess Club and TAJFUN SK Ljubljana emerged victorious in the 39th European Chess Club Cup and the 28th European Women’s Chess Club Cup Entering the decisive seventh round one point ahead of six teams tied for second Novy Bor Chess Club faced off against top-seeded SuperChess thanks to David Anton Guijarro’s win over Jorden Van Foreest on board five who finished the tournament with six wins and one draw Alkaloid claimed second place with a dominant 5-1 win over C’Chartres Echecs while Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club drew with Turkish Airlines and Sentimento Ajka BSK split points with TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana having defeated Beer Sheva Chess Club in the final round taking the bronze medal on the strength of superior Olympiad-Sonneborn-Berger tiebreaks The final round of the women’s event saw the clash of leaders TAJFUN SK Ljubljana and the top seed Cercle d’Echecs de Monte Carlo The Slovenian team captured the title with a 2.5-1.5 victory courtesy of Olga Badelka’s win over Sarasadat Khademalsharieh trailing the leaders by one point before the final round swept Gambit Bonnevoie (3.5-0.5) to claim silver The players achieving the best individual results were also awarded 3.GM Sanan SjugirovBoard 2: 1.GM Nodirbek Yakubboev 3.GM Kobo OriBoard 4: 1.IM Ilinca Felix-Antonio 3.GM David Anton GuijarroBoard 6: 1.GM Markus Robert 3.IM Dinara WagnerBoard 3: 1.IM Olga Badelka 3.WFM Anna ZhurovaBoard 4: 1.WIM Zsoka Gaal The closing ceremony of the event took place yesterday evening in the playing venue with the attendance of the ECU Vice Presidents Mr President of the Serbian Chess Federation Mr the President of the Touristic Organisation of Vrnjacka Banja Mr Official website: clubcup2024.com/ © 2025 FIDE International Chess Federation stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any way or by any means (including photocopying recording or storing it in any medium by electronic means) without the written permission of FIDE International Chess Federation The 39th European Chess Club Cup and the 28th European Women’s Chess Club Cup concluded yesterday in Vrnjacka Banja Novy Bor Chess Club emerged as the sole Winner of the Open tournament scoring impressive 13 match points Playing in the final round against the top seeded SuperChess Novy Bor Chess Club scored a narrow 3.5-2.5 win to ensure gold Novy Bor) prevailed against GM Jorden Van Foreest (2697 SuperChess) and the other games finished in a draw Novy Bor Chess Club clinched their 9th European Chess Club Cup medal (3 gold 1 bronze) listing themselves as one of the most successful clubs in European Club Cups Alkaloid team claimed silver medal with the score of 12 match points after crushing C’Chartres Echecs with a convincing score of 5-1 Only two games in the match finished in a draw: the game between GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2632 C’Chartres Echecs) and GM Arjun Erigaisi (2797 and the game between GM Maxime Lagarde (2595 C’Chartres Echecs) and GM Narayanan SL (2640 As many as four teams tied for bronze medal scoring 11 match points each and the tiebreak criteria (Olympiad-Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break without lowest result) determined the medalists TAJFUN SK Ljubljana finished fifth and Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club was sixth TAJFUN SK Ljubljana emerged as the sole Winner of the 28th European Women’s Chess Club Cup after defeating the top seeded Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo in the last round TAJFUN SK Ljubljana) prevailed against IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (2478 TAJFUN SK Ljubljana was one match point ahead of the runner-ups Garuda Ajka BSK claimed silver scoring 12 match points after a convincing 3.5-0.5 win in the last round against Gambit Bonnevoie The only game in the match to finish in a draw was played between IM Deshmukh Divya (2501 Despite a loss against Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica in the last round SuperChess Club won bronze medal with the score of 11 match points Intense match that could determine the Winner of the event finished in favour of the Serbian club after victories by IM Nurgyul Salimova (2405 Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica) and IM Leya Garifullina (2438 Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica) who scored against IM Dinara Wagner (2436 SuperChess) scored against IM Gunay Mammadzada (2426 but the game between IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva (2383 SuperChess) and WGM Govhar Beydullayeva (2402 Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica) finished in a draw The best individual players per boards were: Board 1 (Open section): 1.GM Arjun Erigaisi 3.GM Sanan SjugirovBoard 2 (Open section): 1.GM Nodirbek Yakubboev 3.GM Nodirbek AbdusattorovBoard 3 (Open section): 1.GM Yu Yangyi 3.GM Kobo OriBoard 4 (Open section): 1.IM Ilinca Felix-Antonio 3.GM Aravindh ChithambaramBoard 5 (Open section): 1.GM Volodar Murzin 3.GM David Anton GuijarroBoard 6 (Open section): 1.GM Markus Robert The best individual players in the Women’s competition were: Board 1 (Women’s section): 1.GM Nana Dzagnidze 3.IM Alina BivolBoard 2 (Women’s section): 1.GM Zhu Jiner 3.IM Dinara WagnerBoard 3 (Women’s section): 1.IM Olga Badelka 3.WFM Anna ZhurovaBoard 4 (Women’s section): 1.WIM Zsoka Gaal The Closing ceremony of the event took place yesterday evening in the playing venue with the attendance of the ECU Vice Presidents Mr All results and rankings can be found here Official website of the event Photo gallery Petr Boleslav: "After winning European gold we now triumph in the Czech Extraliga as well A big salute and huge thanks to all the players for securing our 14th championship!" 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Subscribe now and stay update with our awesome video content.  Feedback | Tuesday Grandmaster Vidit Gujarathi secured a silver medal on the top board as Team Novy Bor secured a gold medal to become the champions of the European Chess Club 2024 with the team consisting of Indian Pentala Harikrishna David Navara and Thai Dai Van Nguyen of Czech Republic Nils Grandelius of Sweden and Poland’s Mateusz Bartel India delivered a remarkable performance at the FIDE Chess Olympiad in Budapest securing gold medals in both the men’s and women’s events in September The USA secured second place in the men’s competition and bronze in the women’s Uzbekistan won the bronze in the men’s competition while Kazakhstan took silver in the women’s event It was the victories from D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi that gave India a 2-0 lead India defeated Slovenia 3.5-0.5 to seal the gold medal We will send you breaking news right to your inbox The penultimate round of the European Chess Club Cup 2024 concluded yesterday and Novy Bor Chess Club remained in the sole lead of the 39th European Chess Club Cup while TAJFUN SK Ljubljana and SuperChess tie for the top of the 28th European Women’s Chess Club Cup Novy Bor Chess Club is on their way to win the 9th medal at the European Chess Club Cup after 2 gold 5 silver and 1 bronze medal won in the past The match against 2nd seeded Alkaloid finished in a tie yesterday The first four boards in the match finished in a draw Alkaloid) defeated GM David Anton Guijarro (2667 Novy Bor Chess Club) scored for the Czech team Novy Bor Chess Club is just one match point ahead of six teams who tie for second scoring 10 match points each: SuperChess Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club and C’Chartres Echecs TAJFUN SK Ljubljana scored a match win against Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica TAJFUN SK Ljubljana) beat IM Gunay Mammadzada (2426 Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica) and GM Jiner Zhu (2499 TAJFUN SK Ljubljana) was victorious against IM Nurgyul Salimova (2405 The game between WGM Govhar Beydullayeva (2402 Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica) and IM Laura Unuk (2304 while the game between IM Leya Garifullina (2438 Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica) and IM Olga Badelka (2430 TAJFUN SK Ljubljana) was declared by the Chief Arbiter with 0-0 result because the players concluded on a draw before move 30 without a proper claim involving an arbiter The players were forfeited according to art SuperChess Club took a narrow 2.5-1.5 victory over Crvena Zvezda Data Driven Lab as IM Dinara Wagner (2436 SuperChess) and IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva (2383 Crvena Zvezda Data Driven Lab) victory over IM Irina Bulmaga (2402 SuperChess) wasn’t enough for the Serbian team as the game on the first board between GM Nino Batsiashvili (2467 Crvena Zvezda Data Driven Lab) finished in a draw Yesterday’s top board match of the Women’s event between Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo and Garuda Ajka BSK finished in a tie with 2-2 score as all four games finished in draws after long and intense fights Garuda Ajka BSK is currently third with 9 match points and Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo follows with 8 match points All results, rankings and pairings can be found here The final round starts tomorrow at 14:00 CET and will determine the Winners and Medalists. Live broadcast can be followed through the ECU TV platform and Live video broadcast with commentaries by GM Alojzije Jankovic and Dragana Nikolovska is available at the ECU YouTube channel The 39th European Chess Club Cup and the 28th European Women’s Chess Club Cup have passed the midpoint four teams jointly lead the Open tournament with 8/8 points while TAJFUN SK Ljubljana has emerged as the sole leader in the Women’s competition Top-seeded SuperChess in the Open tournament suffered an upset Turkish Airlines) defeated GM Gukesh D (2794 Turkish Airlines) emerged victorious against GM Praggnanandhaa (2746 Turkish Airlines) beat Jorden Van Foreest (2697 The only player to score a win for SuperChess was Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2783 who got lucky in a completely lost position against GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2719 Maghsoodloo was just a few moves away from victory but tragically opted for an unsound queen sacrifice Alkaloid pulled off a narrow 3.5-2.5 victory over TAJFUN SK Ljubljana TAJFUN SK Ljubljana) scored for the Slovenian team including Arjun Erigaisi’s encounter with Alexandr Predke Novy Bor Chess Club won their match against Sentimento Ajka BSK thanks to Vincent Keymer’s (2721 Novy Bor Chess Club) victory over Alexey Sarana (2717 Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub triumphed over Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub) prevailed over Bu Xiangzhi (2690 Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub) defeated Nijat Abasov (2619 Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club) bounced back with a win against Maksim Chigaev (2624 Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub secured a 4-2 victory Standings after Round 4 Open TAJFUN SK Ljubljana emerged as the sole leader following an overwhelming 3.5-0.5 victory over Garuda Ajka BSK TAJFUN SK Ljubljana) beat Bibisara Assaubayeva (2487 TAJFUN SK Ljubljana) defeated Divya Deshmukh (2501 TAJFUN SK Ljubljana) prevailed over Bella Khotenashvili (2423 The game on the fourth board between WIM Zsoka Gaal (2398 SuperChess Club toppled top seed Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo thanks to Dinara Wagner’s (2436 SuperChess) victory over Vaishali Rameshbabu (2487 while the other three games ended in draws Four teams are tied for second place in the Women’s event with 6 match points each: SuperChess Club Standings after Round 4 Women Round 5 starts on October 24 at 15:00 and live broadcast can be followed through the ECU TV platform. 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Arjun Sharma Author who recently went past 2800 rating points in classical chess won the individual gold medal in the 39th European Chess Club Cup but his Team Alkaloid had to settle for silver The gold medal winners of the coveted tournament were the Team Novy Bor Chess Club earned himself an individual silver behind his Indian teammate Held as the seven-round Swiss tournament in Vrnjacka Banja in Serbia from October 20 to 26 Team Novy Bor Chess Club of Vidit Gujrathi entered the seventh round of the European Chess Club Cup with a one-point lead ahead of six teams In the clash against the top-seed Team SuperChess the Czech team got the better of their opponents 3.5-2.5 with David Anton Guijarro’s superlative performance The victory in the seventh and final round secured the title for Team Novy Bor Chess Club but their player Arjun Erigaisi was exceptional right throughout the tournament to earn himself the individual gold ahead of Vidit Gujrathi the 28th European Women’s Chess Club Cup gold medal was won by Team TAJFUN SK Ljubljana of Slovenia with 13 points after they got the better of top-seed Team Cercle d’Echecs de Monte Carlo by 2.5-1.5 with Olga Badelka's win over Sarasadat Khademalsharieh GM Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia won the individual women’s gold with Team TAJFUN SK Ljubljana Watch: AB de Villiers slams journalists for criticising Virat Kohli over low strike-rate in IPL Haven’t seen him smiling: Adam Gilchrist shows concern for LSG skipper Rishabh Pant Ayush Mhatre’s father advises youngster to not imitate Vaibhav Suryavanshi Watch: Virat Kohli recalls how his extended family members changed their equation towards him after 183-run knock vs Pakistan Aravindh Chithambaram 4.5/6 and S L Narayanan 4/6 Vados Chess Club edged past three other teams on tie-breaks to finish third 11/14 Leon Luke Mendonca scored 4.5/7 and Aryan Chopra 5/7 TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana toppled the top seed Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo 2.5-1.5 in the final round to become the champions 12/14 GM R Vaishali drew with GM Jiner Zhu in the final round Garuda Ajka BSK scored a convincing victory over Gambit Bonnevoie 3.5-0.5 to claim second place 11/14 IM Divya Deshmukh was held to a draw by WGM Olga Babiy despite losing the last round match to Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica by 1.5-2.5. Vaishali gained 1 Elo rating points WGM Savitha Shri B finished the tournament with a draw against IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya Savitha scored 4.5/7 and increased her rating by 5.6 points Both Open and Women section podiums were decided by a gap of one match point each The clash between 45th Olympiad Gold medalists - GM D Gukesh (2794) and GM Vidit Gujrathi (2726) GM R Praggnanandhaa (2746) and GM Pentala Harikrishna (2688) ended in draws GM David Anton Guijarro (2667) scored the decisive victory over GM Jorden van Foreest (2697) David's win brought Novy Bor Chess Club their third Gold at European Chess Club Cup 2024 GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2632) had an exciting draw against GM Arjun Erigaisi (2797). GM Aravindh Chithambaram (2698) defeated GM Daniel Dardha (2604) to finish the event with a live rating of 2705.6 It will be Aravindh's highest rating of his career when it gets published in November FIDE Rating list the remaining three victors of Alkaloid are - GM Wei Yi (2763) GM Yangyi Yu (2717) and GM Aleksandar Indjic (2620) Alkaloid secured second place scoring 12/14 18.f4 Bg7 19.e5 d3 20.Rad1 and we reached the above position. 20...Qd4+ 21.Kh1 d2 White is not fazed by the passed pawn at d2 22.gxh4 Rad8 23.h5 gxh5 24.Qf3 Rae8 25.Qe2 h4 26.Be4 Kf8 27.c3 Qd7 28.Rf3 White regrouped his pieces very nicely Bh6 29.b3 Bxf4 a desperate sacrifice which did not yield anything 30.Rxf4 Qxh3+ 31.Qh2 and White went on to win the game GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2622) held the legend - GM Boris Gelfand (2658) to a draw in a difficult endgame GM Aryan Chopra (2620) lost to GM Maxim Rodshtein (2613) FM Filip Magold (2409) and IM Alexandru-Vasile David (2345) won their respective games to help Vados Chess Club win the match 4-2 against Rishon Le Zion A and they finished third GM R Vaishali (2487) drew with GM Jiner Zhu (2499) IM Olga Badelka (2430) scored the decisive win for TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana to ensure her team wins the match 2.5-1.5 against Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo IM Divya Deshmukh (2501) was held to a draw by WGM Olga Babiy (2338) Her remaining three teammates - IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (2487) IM Teodora Injac (2424) and WIM Zsoka Gaal (2398) scored a win each to ensure Garuda Ajka BSK defeat Gambit Bonnevoie 3.5-0.5 clinch the match and secure second place finish The final round on 26th October starts 2 p.m 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 The tournament will be taking place at Hotel Zepter in Vrnjacka Banja Details Details Details Details Official site Tournament Regulations After five played rounds at the 39th European Chess Club Cup 2024 Novy Bor Chess Club emerged as the sole leader of the Open tournament while three teams tie for the top of the 28th European Women’s Chess Club Cup After defeating Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub with a convincing 4.5-1.5 score Novy Bor Chess Club remained the only team with the perfect score in the tournament Novy Bor Chess Club) was victorious against GM Pavel Eljanov (2672 Novy Bor Chess Club) scored against GM Maksim Chigaev (2624 Novy Bor Chess Club) defeated GM Ihor Samunenkov (2533 Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub) and GM Nguyen Thai Dai Van (2663 Novy Bor Chess Club) took a win against GM Antal Gergely (2545 The only player to score for Hungarian team was GM Benjamin Gledura (2639 Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub) who beat GM David Navara (2683 while the game between GM Andrei Volokitin (2648 Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub) and GM Vincent Keymer (2721 Turkish Airlines and Alkaloid finished their match in a tie GM Arjun Erigaisi (Alkaloid) was victorious against GM Dmitry Andreikin (2729 Alkaloid) defeated GM Amin Tabatabaei (2702 Turkish Airlines) and GM Murzin Volodar (2648 Turkish Airlines) stroke back and scored for the Turkish team against GM Wei Yi (2763 With games on the fourth and the sixth board finishing in a draw the match concluded with the final 3-3 score C’Chartres Echecs scored a narrow 3.5-2.5 match win over Rishon Le Zion A to join Alkaloid and Turkish Airlines in a tie for the second place as the three teams score 9 match points each SuperChess Club and Garuda Ajka BSK are the co-leaders of the Women’s competition with the score of 8 match points each SuperChess Club took two match points against TAJFUN SK Ljubljana thanks to IM Marsel Efroimski’s (2399 SuperChess) victory over IM Laura Unuk (2304 TAJFUN SK Ljubljana) as the other three games finished in draws Garuda Ajka BSK defeated Crvena Zvezda Data Driven Lab with the same narrow 2.5-1.5 score Garuda Ajka BSK) won against WIM Adela Velikic (2253 Garuda Ajka BSK) scored against WIM Jovana Srdanovic (2142 Garuda Ajka BSK) loss to WFM Anna Zhurova (2199 the Hungarian team scored a match win since the game on the top board finished in a draw All results, standings and pairings can be found here Round 5 video recap can be found on the ECU YouTube channel ‘we chose a house used by glassmakers as long as two hundred years ago and breathed new life into it — a life intertwined with glass and with the roots of this traditional craft in this area showing how traditional materials can be united with modern design and cutting-edge technology,’ says leon jakimič LASVIT invited a number of architecture firms to submit proposals for a design that would ‘dazzle and inspire’ yet respect the history of the site’s existing buildings the brief also called for a scheme that would provide employees and visitors with a pleasant the buildings also had to fulfill demanding technical requirements as LASVIT is known for its intricate and large scale kinetic glass installations that react or move to music one of the project’s key goals was to include a hall where these works can be displayed under different lighting conditions alongside the restored traditional houses, the complex has a new sleek black cement house and a glass house, both designed by OV-A the glass structure is clad with tiles developed specifically for the project by LASVIT the square glass tile is reminiscent of the shape and application of traditional slate shingles — square templates are placed diagonally LASVIT devised a technical solution that gives the glass a similar texture to slate the façade of the adjacent black house is overlaid with a cement wall tile the houses on palackého square in nový bor have been occupied by glassmakers since the late 18th century 171 was a glassworks belonging to the carl schappel company from leipzig glassmakers returned to the ancient wooden house on cast iron pillars and set up a glassmaking school and filing shop LASVIT has carefully restored both these protected historic sites and is dedicated to restoring the authentic glassmaking traditions of nový bor name: LASVIT headquarters location: nový bor, czech republic design: OV-A client: LASVIT status: complete AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style Novy Bor won the 2022 European Club Cup on Sunday after beating Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier in the final round The Czech team won the tournament nine years after their first European gold in 2013. Third-seeded ASVOe Pamhagen became the surprise winners of the women's tournament as the only team to finish the competition undefeated GM Magnus Carlsen scored an excellent 5/6 on board one of Offerspill, the seventh-seeded team that also finished in seventh place. GM Viswanathan Anand ended on a decent 3.5/6 but his team CSU ASE Superbet As we're covering the final three rounds of the event in this report Novy Bor was the only team to have started with four victories The key match was played in round five, when the Czech team faced the powerhouse from Romania sponsored by the sports betting and gambling company Superbet. Playing with Anand and GM Richard Rapport on top boards the favorites couldn't score a single win in this match which ended in a resounding victory for Novy Bor: 4.5-1.5 GM Pentala Harikrishna won a fine game against his legendary compatriot: The other wins for Novy Bor were scored by GM Vidit Gujrathi vs. Rapport and GM Nils Grandelius vs. GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu In this round, Carlsen improved his score to 3.5/4, thanks to an impressive win with the black pieces against GM Anton Korobov The game was part of Offerspill's 3.5-2.5 victory against Silla (Valencia) which meant that the Norwegians could still hope for a medal—especially after their 4.5-1.5 win vs Schach ohne Grenzen ("Chess Without Borders," from Austria) in the next round it was Carlsen's turn to try out a Colle System with the white pieces—a setup with d4 and Bb2 named after the Belgian master Edgar Colle The world champion won another game where he made it look so easy: Novy Bor defeated the Viernheim Chess Club (Germany) and with one round to go the Czech team was already two match points ahead of Offerspill (Norway) Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan) and Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier (both France) Needing just 3-3 for the gold medals, Novy Bor finished in style with a 3.5-2.5 victory vs. Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier. A key game was Harikrishna's win vs. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave who was tricked late in the endgame after some very deep theory in the Grunfeld The Superbet team finished in a disappointing sixth place after failing to beat Ljubljana Chess Club (Slovenia) in the final round saw Anand playing another compatriot and winning this time: Superbet's GM Gukesh D., however, lost his game to GM Andrei Volokitin The Ukrainian grandmaster scored 6.5/7 or a 2931 performance and won 18 rating points It's somewhat comforting to know Volokitin could forget about the war for a few hours each day and concentrate on chess but now it's back to the sad reality that the Ukrainians have to deal with While I am sitting at the Warsaw airport, the terrorist country is now bombing all Ukrainian cities, including my native Lviv. All family and friends are in shock. https://t.co/ejw7KcJnYG Meanwhile, Asnieres's board-two GM Andrey Esipenko (who plays under the FIDE flag like some of Russia's grandmasters who don't want to represent their country since the start of the war) had a great week as well Rapport probably expected something else from his first tournament under the Romanian flag 2022 European Club Cup | Final Standings (Top 20) ASVOe Pamhagen's victory in round three against top seed Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo proved to be the sign on the wall that this was going to be their week The winners are a local team (with international players but that's the case for most top teams): Pamhagen is an Austrian town about 60 km southwest of Vienna Pamhagen held the Superbet women's team to 2-2 in round four before beating SK Erste Bank Baden (also Austria) and Odlar Yurdu (Azerbaijan) BGK KS Gwiazda Bydgoszcz secured the gold medals for Pamhagen Osmak scored a good win in the final round with the black pieces: Although Danielian scored minus one overall, her quick win in the penultimate round was an important one. The players followed 54-year-old theory, but when they deviated from a GM Miguel Najdorf game 2022 European Women's Club Cup | Final Standings The 37th European Club Cup and the 26th European Women’s Chess Club Cup took place October 3-9 Both events were a seven-round Swiss with teams of six players in the open section and teams of four in the women's section The time control was 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move Email: peter@chess.com FOR SUPPORT PLEASE USE chess.com/support!Phone: 1 (800) 318-2827Address: 877 E 1200 S #970397 Novy Bor Chess Club drew with Alkaloid to maintain their sole lead 11/12 after Round 6 of 38th European Chess Club Cup 2024 Vidit Gujrathi drew with Arjun Erigaisi on the top board Pentala Harikrishna had a rare miss in the endgame against Yangyi Yu David Navara drew with Aravindh Chithambaram The Czech Republic team is aiming for their third ECCC Gold They will face SuperChess in the final round Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub lost to SuperChess 1.5-4.5 Gukesh conceded his second consecutive draw R Praggnanandhaa defeated Maksim Chigaev with a nice play in the endgame IM Divya Deshmukh had a well fought draw against GM R Vaishali Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club and C'Chartres Echecs are trailing the sole leader Novy Bor Chess Club by a full point at 10/12 each. A win against SuperChess in the final round by Novy Bor Chess Club makes them a clear champion whereas anything else will bring tie-breaks into play to decide the winner TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana and SuperChess Club are the coleaders 10/12 each TAJFUN will face Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo and SuperChess will be up against Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica in the final round with Gold medal implications Rested Indians in Round 6: GM S L Narayanan GM Vidit Gujrathi (2726) drew with GM Arjun Erigaisi (2797) GM Pentala Harikrishna (2688) had a rare miss in the endgame against GM Yangyi Yu (2717) GM Aravindh Chithambaram (2698) drew with GM David Navara (2683) GM Aleksandra Indjic (2620) scored the sole win for Alkaloid against GM David Anton Guijarro (2667) GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen (2663) delivered the equalizer against GM Velimir Ivic (2610) Black is still in the game but needs to be very careful The game continued 62.Kc6 Rc1+ 63.Kb7 f5 64.b6 f4 65.Rf7 would have been winning for White GM Nihal Sarin (2668) drew with GM Daniel Dardha (2604) GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2632) scored the sole win for C'Chartres Echecs against GM Dmitry Andreikin (2729) GM Ediz Gurel (2625) scored the lone win for Turkish Airlines GM D Gukesh (2794) was held to a draw by GM Pavel Eljanov (2582) GM R Praggnanandhaa (2746) scored a nice win over GM Maksim Chigaev (2624) GM Jorden van Foreest (2697) and GM Javokhir Sindarov (2668) scored the remaining wins over GM Benjamin Gledura (2639) GM Ihor Samunenkov (2533) and GM Gergely Aczel (2460) respectively Praggnanandhaa made a very nice practical pawn sacrifice 27...b3 to create a passed pawn 28.axb3 a3 29.Bc4 Qb4 ensuring the b3-pawn remains fixed so that the white bishop cannot control the a2-square Black eventually used his passed a-pawn to his advantage and went on to win the game GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2622) had a solid draw with GM Sanan Sjugirov (2637) GM Aryan Chopra (2620) scored a sublime victory over GM Alexey Sarana (2717) IM Divya Deshmukh (2501) sacrificed her knight to make things interesting GM R Vaishali (2487) defended correctly and gave no chance to her opponent who was also her Gold medal winning Olympiad teammate at 45th Olympiad is an interesting sacrifice Bxe3+ 17.Rxe3 Qxd1+ 18.Rxd1 fxe6 19.Rxe6+ Kf8 20.Rb6 Rb8 21.g4 Ke7 22.Re6+ Kf7 23.g5 Bd5 24.Rxa6 Bxb3 25.axb3 Ng8 26.Ra7+ Ne7 27.Re1 Rhe8 28.c3 and the game ended in a draw in another ten moves WGM Savitha Shri B (2348) salvaged a draw from a difficult position against IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (2439) Savitha's team Rudar Kostolac lost to MSK CENTAR 1.5-2.5 Details Details Details Details Winning starts with what you know – ChessBase 18 The 37th European Chess Club Cup and the 26th European Women’s Club Cup concluded yesterday in Mayrhofen with Novy Bor Chess Club clinching the title in the Open section and ASVOe Pamhagen winning the Women’s tournament The Czech team Novy Bor defeated Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier from France in the thrilling last round to score impressive 7/7 and 14 match points Harikrishna Pentala and Anton Guijarro David brought the important victories to the winning team as Vidit Santosh Gujrathi lost to Esipenko Andrey on the second board With other three games finishing in a draw Novy Bor narrowly won the match and secured gold The French team Clichy-Echecs-92 won their last round match against Magnus Carlsen’s Offerspill Chess Club Maghsoodloo Parham had very good chances against World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen but the game eventually finished with draw The heroes of the French team were Amin Bassem and Vocaturo Daniel who won their games on the third and fourth board (respectively) for the final 4-2 result Fedorchuk Sergey and Tarlev Konstantin scored for Viernheim 1934e.V Final rankings and results can be found here. Austrian ASVOe Pamhagen drew against the Polish team BGK KS Gwiazda Bydgoszcz in the last round to score 12 match points and become the sole winner of the 26th European Women’s Club Cup Danielian Elina lost her game on the first board to Kashlinskaya Alina but Osmak Iulia delivered a crucial victory to Pamhagen as the other two games finished in a peaceful manner – draw both favourites Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo and CSU ASE Superbet (Romania) won their matches against Ukrainian Blue & Yellow and England’s Wood Green (respectively) Monte-Carlo and CSU ASE Superbet tied for the second place with the score of 11 match points but the tiebreak criteria ( Olympiad Sonneborn Berger) determined the Romanian team silver Cercle d’Echecs de Monte- Carlo claimed bronze Final rankings and results can be found here. The best individual players per boards were determined according to the rating performance Esipenko Andrey (Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier) Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (Novy Bor Chess Club) Idani Pouya (Silla – València Origin of Chess Volokitin Andrei (TAJFUN – SK Ljubljana) Forcen Esteban Daniel (Silla – València Origin of Chess) Wagner Dennis (Schachclub Viernheim 1934e.V.) Rp: 2632 Sebenik Matej (TAJFUN SK Ljubljana) Rp: 30182 Anton Guijarro David (Novy Bor Chess club) Tarlev Konstantin (Schachclub Viernheim 1934e.V.) The best individual players of the Women’s tournament are: Kashlinskaya Alina (BGK KS Gwiazda Bydgoszcz) Kiolbasa Oliwia (BGK KS Gwiazda Bydgoszcz) Cramling Pia (Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo) Paehtz Elisabeth (Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo) The Closing ceremony of the event took place yesterday evening with the attendance of the ECU treasurer Ion Dobronauteanu The 37th European Chess Club Cup and 26th European Women’s Club Cup took place from 2nd – 10th October in Mayrhofen With participation of 87 teams (70 in open section and 17 women’s section) the event broke the participation record Official website of the event Photos: Fiona Steil-Antoni, Photo gallery can be found on the event’s facebook page Pentala Harikrishna scored an important victory in the final round against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Novy Bor Chess Club defeated Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier 3.5-2.5 in the final round to win European Chess Club Cup 2022 with a perfect score 14/14 Vidit Gujrathi's fantastic six game winning streak came to an end against Andrey Esipenko David Anton Guijarro scored the only other win for the team to ensure the Czech team win the title for the second time after nine years. Magnus Carlsen won the first prize for his individual performance of 83.3% on Board no.1 Clichy-Echecs-92 scored 12/14 to finish second and Schachclub Viernheim 1934e.V. secured third place scoring 11/14 Photo: WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni/European Chess Club Cup 2022 Harikrishna's 64.3% performance was second after Carlsen on the second board Vidit tied with Esipenko 85.7% on Board no.2 the final round loss pushed his tie-breaks lower. Thus ASVOe drew with BGK KS Gwiazda Bydgoszcz in the final round to finish with a score of 12/14 and win the Women's event Both CSU ASE Superbet and Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo scored 11/14 each They were placed second and third according to tie-breaks Although Superbet lost to Monte Carlo in the penultimate round The total prize fund of the tournament was €40000 €25000 in the Open and €15000 in the Women €4000 and €2000 each respectively along with trophies and medals Individual board prizes were awarded €500 and a medal each Pentala Harikrishna (2717) defeated the reigning World Blitz champion Vidit Gujrathi (2710) lost to Andrey Esipenko (2668) Both players exchanged pieces at regular intervals and the game arrived at a rook and bishop endgame after 23 moves the Frenchman made an unforced error of retreating his bishop to prevent a checkmate at f8 The better alternatives were 25...Kf7 and Rb8 which would have kept things in balance 25...Bg7 created an opportunity for White 26.d6!+- which sealed Black's fate He opted to play with rook and bishop against a queen 26...Bxh6 27.d7 Bxc1 28.d8Q+ and soon Black had to give up his bishop The queen versus rook endgame was completely winning for White It was just a matter of time and technique something we all know Harikrishna can convert without any difficulties as endgame is his forte Vishy Anand (2756) once again showed the world why he is still the World no.9 and India no.1 despite taking an administrative and mentorship role The maestro is certainly going to make the teenagers work hard to earn the top spot Nihal Sarin (2673) drew with Bogdan-Daniel Deac (2707) and D Gukesh (2732) lost to Andrei Volokitin (2645) Arjun opted for a sideline in the Ruy Lopez which really did not give him a comfortable position in the middlegame The only sacrifice Black could have made on White's kingside is 24...hxg3 25.hxg3 Bxf4 he opted for 24...Nxh2 25.Kxh2 hxg3+ 26.Kg2 Bxf4 and things quickly fell apart for White Every point from Vishy Anand must be earned | Photo: Walter Kastner/European Chess Club Cup 2022 The final round on 9th October starts 11 a.m The seven-round Swiss system tournament had a time control of 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1 It was organized by SK Mayrhofen Zell/Zillertal and currently taking place at Europahaus Mayrhofen - Congress Zillertal in Austria Details Details Details Details Official site Tournament Regulations Minister of Sports André Fufuca met with the President of the Brazilian Chess Confederation (CBX) the Advisor to the President of FIDE (International Chess Federation) and the President of the North Rio Grande do Norte Chess Federation The group discussed Brazil’s bid to host the Chess Olympiad in 2030 an event of immense importance on the global sports scene The CBX announced a letter of intent highlighting interested Brazilian states and a possible shared host with Paraguay The schedule of actions was presented to ensure a solid bid at the correspondent FIDE Congress Minister André Fufuca acknowledged the event’s great significance and expressed his willingness to analyze the detailed CBX project He highlighted the need for financial viability but reaffirmed the Ministry’s commitment to supporting the initiative It will be the first time since 1978 that the Chess Olympiads will return to the American continent making the Brazilian bid even more meaningful Three rounds have been already played at the 37th European Chess Club Cup and the 26th European Women’s Club Cup in Mayrhofen Austria with six teams in the Open section and two teams in the Women’s section emerging on the top with the perfect score of 6 match points most of the favorites scored in the third round of the Open tournament CSU ASE Superbet and Tajfun SK Ljubljana scored comfortable victories in the third round to be in the co-lead of the event It seemed that Vugar Gashimov might surprise the top seeded CSU ASE Superbet as 20 years old Kirill Schevchenko defeated Richard Rapport on the second board while Rauf Mamedov drew against Viswanathan Anand Gukesh D and Lupulescu Constantin scored important victories for the team bringing the overall 4-2 victory After scoring 1.5 points in the first two rounds Magnus Carlsen rested yesterday and his Offerspill Chess Club scored the 4-2 victory against Schachgesellschaft Riehen Hansen Eric and Christiansen Johan-Sebastian won their games on the second and third board The fourth round of the event starts at 14:00 CEST and brings interesting encounters of the leaders CSU ASE Superbet will go against Schachclub Viernheim 1934e.V. Offerspill Chess Club plays Novy Bor Chess Club and Silla – Valencia Origin of Chess will play against Tajfun – SK Ljubljana See all results, pairings and rankings here. CSU ASE Superbet scored an important narrow victory against Odlar Yurdu in the Women’s section Bulmaga Irina and Atalik Ekaterina drew their games against Mammadzada Gunay and Mammadova Gulnar (respectively) while Saduakassova Dinara and Efroimski Marsel scored full points having black pieces against Fataliyeva Ulviyya and Balajayeva Khanim the third seeds ASVOe Pamhagen defeated the top-seeded Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo With Danielian Elina and Osmak Yulia drawing against Muzychuk Anna and Cramling Pia Ushenina Anna and Maltsevskaya Aleksandra were the heroes of the Austrian club as they defeated Stefanova Antoaneta and Paehtz Elisabeth for the overall 3-1 victory The fourth round of the Women’s tournament will see a clash of the leaders with CSU ASE Superbet vs ASVOe Pamhagen on the top board Results, rankings, and pairings can be found here. Live broadcast of the games can be followed through chess24.com on the following link together with commentaries by GM Peter Svidler GM Laurent Fressinet and IM Lawrence Trent Official website of the event Photos by: Fiona Steil – Antoni; Photo gallery can be found on the facebook page of the tournament Offerspill Chess Club was crowned as the champions in the open division of the recently concluded 2023 European Chess Club Cup (ECCC) after scoring six match wins and a draw against some of the world's top club teams in Durres Led by GM Magnus Carlsen on board one (5/6) and Indian maestro GM Raunak Sadhwani (5/7) Offerspill won the €10,000 first prize ahead of Gokturk Chess Sport Club and Novy Bor In the women's event, the GM Nino Batsiashvili-led team Superchess secured victory in the final round with a 2.5-1.5 victory over the eventual runners-up, Garud Ajka BSK, which featured Batsiashvili's compatriot GM Bela Khotenashvili The 38th European Chess Club Cup and the 27th European Chess Club Cup Women concluded yesterday in Durres, Albania 🇦🇱! @ECUonline Congratulations to the winners! 👏👏Open Section🥇 Offerspill Sjakklubb 🥈 Novy Bor🥉 Gokturk Chess Sport ClubWomen's Section🥇 Superchess🥈… pic.twitter.com/89OhQhR8DK Taking place at Durres' five-star Grand Blue Fafa Resort and boasting a €32,000 prize fund the ECCC brought in many of the world's best players to play for their respective clubs registered teams were required to build eight-player rosters and elect six players to participate in each round of a seven-round team Swiss tournament To many chess fans, it would almost seem a surety that a team stacked with Carlsen, Sadhwani, GM Eric Hansen, and GM Aryan Tari would win comfortably Offerspill Chess Club was only seeded fourth in the event After coasting through the first four rounds of the event round five is where the slugfests truly began as the top four folded inwards and determined which two teams would play for the lead Team Superchess lived up to expectations and toppled the French team Draws on all boards, including one between Anand and the newly minted super-GM Haik Martirosyan, were outshone by Fedoseev's win over Armenia's GM Sergei Movsesian which tipped the match in Superchess' favor A similar tale panned out in Novy Bor-Offerspill Chess Club and the former world champion came in clutch against Keymer to break the deadlock and upset the defending champions 3.5-2.5 the determination shown in his first four games (which he won) indicated a will to help carry his team to his first European chess title and an opportunity to forget the woes of Norway's recent Olympiad performances the inevitable match between Superchess and Offerspill Chess Club took place in round six two illustrious crews of GMs hungry for victory the round was merely an exhibition of what happens when an immovable object meets an irresistible force.. the draw was most favorable for Offerspill who led by 1.5 game points (which would act as the first tiebreaker in the event of a tie) heading into the final round the top four teams had all worked their way back to boards one and two and were all within reach of seizing the title Meanwhile, in the other critical matchup, Asnieres- La Grand Echiquier-Offerspill Chess Club, tense draws in GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave-Carlsen and Martirosyan-Sadhwani left the result in the hands of the lower boards Board six GM Matthieu Cornette's winning position against GM Frode Urkedal gave a glimmer of hope to the French club. However, Tari and Offerspill's youngest player, GM Pranav Venkatesh won their games and secured a historic victory for their team Upon receiving the colossal winner's trophy at the prizegiving ceremony Carlsen spoke with gusto: "I am so surprised every single one of the boys did amazing." Magnus Carlsen wins his first European title! 🔥🥇 Offerspill Sjakklubb, comprised of five-time World Champion and world #1 Magnus Carlsen, Raunak Sadhwani, Aryan Tari, Pranav, Eric Hansen, Johan-Sebastian Christiansen, Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal and Benjamin Haldorsen, won their… pic.twitter.com/yhTToAFdH8 the final round was a disappointing one although as a club they could take solace in the fact that their women's team surged to victory in their section A single-match loss at the hands of TAJFUN SK Ljubljana in round three spooked the 2454-average-rated Superchess team but the second seeds were simply too strong for their other competitors Many of the tournament's participants will now travel to the Middle East for the Qatar Masters where one of 2023's strongest open events will commence on October 11 (Full final standings here.) (Full final standings here.) The 2023 European Club Cup (ECC) was an over-the-board team event that took place in Durres Albania between October 1 and October 8 and featured a €32,000 prize fund and Vincent Keymer were among the participants across an 80-team-strong field will be the most prominent chess gathering of the year The historical participation records are updated with 189 teams registered for the Open and 162 in the Women’s section we’re looking forward to making this Olympiad not only the biggest in numbers but also the most elegant We are happy to announce that the most stylish teams wearing the best uniforms will get special awards With hundreds of players from all over the Globe Chess Olympiads are a celebration of diversity and friendship putting FIDE’s motto “Gens Una Sumus” (“We are one family”) in the spotlight Every Olympiad has plenty of media attention with photographers’ shutters heavy at work every day – the perfect setup to showcase your national colours and cultural features the athletes’ uniforms have long become an eye-catcher with state-of-the-art outfits for teams created by the likes of Ralph Lauren and Armani Recent Chess Olympiads have also boasted of attention-grabbing team uniforms and individual outfits and we hope that Chennai will reinforce this forming tradition We are also glad to announce that we will install a special photocall in Playing Hall 1 We expect all teams and players to pass by it and have a professional headshot taken These headshots will be used for the FIDE ID profiles so we recommend not to miss this opportunity The European Team Championship in Terme Catez the participants are enjoying so much needed day off It has been a very close race in the Open section so far the leaders drew their matches: the Russians split points on all four boards with the Azerbaijani GMs while Spain and Hungary exchanged blows on the first and third boards The competitors jumped on this opportunity to join Azerbaijan Netherlands and Ukraine narrowly beat France Serbia and Georgia respectively and caught up with the leaders With six teams sharing first place (Russia Armenia and Netherlands all on 8/10) and no clear favourites Round 6 top pairings:  Russia – HungaryAzerbaijan – ArmeniaUkraine – NetherlandsRomania – SpainFrance – Greece All the results, standings and pairings can be found here. The Women’s Championship has been dominated by team Russia winning all five matches the Russian women prevailed over their closest competitor team Italy 2.5-1.5 and consolidated the top position (10/10) while Georgia and Greece defeated Armenia and France respectively and is now trailing the leader by two points (8/10) Russia – GreecePoland – GeorgiaItaly – AzerbaijanUkraine – ArmeniaGermany – Hungary All the results, pairings, and rank tables can be found here. Official website: euroteamchess2021.eu/ Wei Yi and Zhu Jiner emerged as the winners of the 19th Asian Games chess individual competitions on home turf in Hangzhou 9-round Swiss tournaments with rapid time control with top-seeded GMs taking turns at the top of the standings Suffice it to say that neither of the top finishers completed the event unbeaten Wei Yi started with a draw but then caught up with the leaders Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Javokhir Sindarov (both of Uzbekistan) after Round 4 after Wei’s loss to Abdusattorov in Round 5 the Chinese GM reeled off four straight victories (including a very important one over the leader in Round 6) to clinch the title with an excellent score of 7.5/9 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (7/9) and Javokhir Sindarov (6.5/9) pulled off crucial wins in the final ninth round to secure silver and bronze Final standings men The women’s individual event saw the triumph of Zhu Jiner Low-rated WIM Umida Omova made a real splash in the event by finishing second The 17-year-old from Uzbekistan confidently navigated through a very strong field scored 6.5/9 and tied for second place with none other than Hou Yifan The silver went to Omonova thanks to better tiebreaks while the four-time Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan had to settle for bronze Final standings women Official website: hangzhou2022.cn/ The fifth annual Czech Architecture Prizes were awarded in a ceremony streamed from Prague’s Divadlo Archa. The main prize went to Jiří Opočenský and Štěpán Valouch from the studio ov architekt for the renovation and completion of the headquarters of glassmaker Lasvit in Nový Bor. The jury chose from among six buildings that made the final round, selected from an original total of 27 nominees presented in June. The contest is organized by the Czech Chamber of Architects (ČKA) The seven-member international jury was headed by French architect Henri Bava They met in early September to view and discuss the nominated buildings in detail The jury welcomed the breadth and scope of the submissions which ranged from large buildings to a parking lot imagination and sensitivity to wider relationships were evident in many projects,” the jury stated jointly “Our surroundings have a huge impact on our lives and how we live them Thoughtful designs that are carefully implemented to create places encouraging social contacts and allowing for decent conditions through a suitably chosen scale are the basis of good architecture the architects from ov architekti designed a sensitive renovation of a group of traditional 19th century North Bohemian wooden buildings supplemented by two new buildings of similar building volume "The awarded work is a combination of the original and the proposed the traditional with the completely contemporary It was the bravura approach to the given problem and the ease with which the final output operates in such a complex architectural environment that led the jury to the final verdict and the award of the main prize,” the jury stated adding that the complex signals a bold attempt at a non-standard five other works from across the Czech Republic received the honorary Finalist Award Two of them are from Atelier 111 architekti: a family house in Jinonice and a workshop in Opatov Both were appreciated for their simplicity The revitalization of Prague’s Náplavka by Petr Janda and brainwork was praised for its high quality installations and simple modifications to the walls of the waterfront Chybik + Kristof Architects & Urban Designers were recognized for their attention to detail in converting a brewery in Znojmo Vyšehrad atelier’s renovation of a nursery school in Pacov made it a pleasant environment for children The Ministry for Regional Development Award for promoting quality construction through architectural competitions went to Ehl & Koumar Architekti for a fire station and technical service center in Líbeznice The Ministry of Industry and Trade Award for a generous approach to new industrial construction was gained by ellement architects for the Pilana Karbid production and administrative center in Hulín earned the Czech Agency for Nature and Landscape Protection Award for inspiring solutions in the natural environment Chybik + Kristof Architects & Urban Designers took the Central Group Award for an innovative approach to new housing for their Vila Park Olomouc Progres Atelier’s Jára Cimrman Elementary School in Prague’s Lysolaje district won the Velux Award for working with daylight The Vekra Award for affordable housing with a timeless perspective went to Pro-Story for the Na Sylvánu housing project in Plzeň The Academy of the Czech Architecture also gave an Outstanding Achievement award to Czech Television for its Noisy Cities and Noisy Footprints programs Your morning coffee deserves a great companion. 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One of the main concerns of our member federations and the chess community was the uncertainty related to the two next Olympiads: Moscow 2021 hosting the chess Olympiad comes with the associated responsibility of organizing the World Cup as well which under the current situation is an additional complication The FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich explained the situation and the decision made as follows:  “Given that the Republic of Belarus and its government have decided that they cannot hold the Olympiad another host for the 2022 Olympiad and the World Cups we have been left with no other choice than to have just one Olympiad during this period We have received a kind proposal from the Russian government to host the two World Cups simultaneously next year and to have the Olympiad in Russia 2022.”  Khanty-Mansiysk will still host the FIDE Olympiad for players with Disabilities and the FIDE Congress in Khanty during the summer next year No one was happy to hear that we all will have to wait until 2022 to enjoy a chess Olympiad but the slight disappointment quickly dissipated when the representatives of the Hungarian Chess Federation presented their project for Budapest 2024 The tournament is scheduled to run from September 10 to September 23 at the renovated Hungexpo Exhibition and Conference Centre and prominent members of the Hungarian Olympic movement and the sports administration have expressed their unconditional support to the event You can download a complete presentation for Budapest 2024 here The last day of the European Club Cup and European Women Club Cup 2018 has already come The last round of the event will be played today promising many interesting games and intense fight for the throne of this prestigious European event five clubs are running for medals in Open section After taking a look on the standing list after round 5 it was hardly expected to see Valerenga Sjakklubb to be the sole leader after 6 rounds AVE Novy Bor and Alkaloid had the same number of match points and Valerenga played top seeded Alkaloid And while Italian representative Obiettivo Risarcmento Padova and Czech AVE Novy Bor finished the match fulfilled with fights and decisive results in a peaceful manner the hero of the day was Grandelius Nils who defeated Andreikin Dmitry to bring the narrow victory to Valerenga the very pleasant leading position only one round before the end of the Championship Valerenga is followed by Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova and the spectators will be excited to watch the last round and clash of the leaders to witness who will stand on the throne The fight for the medals will be happening on the first board between Mednyi Vsadnik St Petersburg and Valerenga Sjakklubb as also the matches between Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova and Molodezhka on the 2nd board and Odlar Yurdu and AVE Novy Bor on the 3rd board Results, Pairings and Standings- Open Section Since the Women’s section gathered 12 teams the teams were separated in two groups A and B and after five played rounds proceeded to playoffs system all eyes were on matches played between SSHOR and Nona and Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo and Ugra who fought for the super final match which will determine the Winner of the Championship Javakhishvili Lela and Khotenashvili Bela won their games to bring the secure victory with result 3-1 for Nona chess club while the match between Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo and Ugra was on the edge of the nerves for the whole time victories of Gyria Olga and Cornette Deimante the great decision came to Cramling Pia and Pogonina Natalija Cramling Pia managed to defeat Pogonina and Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo qualified for the match for gold medal And while the match for the throne will be played between Nona and Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo Russian teams SSHOR and Ugra will play against each other for the bronze medal Results, Pairings and Standings- Women Section The last round of the event with all 204 games in live transmission and the live broadcast of all the games can be followed through the official website of the Championship together with live commentary which is done by GM Ioannis Papaioannou and FM Sotiris Logothetis Official Website of the Championship D Gukesh continues his winning streak in Mayrhofen He defeated IM Ahmad Ahmadzada in third round of European Chess Club Cup 2022 Vidit Gujrathi and Arjun Erigaisi also won P Harikrishna and Nihal Sarin drew their respective games. The three teams in which the six Indians are playing - CSU ASE Superbet Novy Bor Chess Club and TAJFUN - SK Ljubljana are among the leaders with a perfect score 6/6 Things will start heating up in the fourth round as Anand vs Mamedyarov Korobov vs Arjun and Pouya vs Nihal are on the cards in Round 4 Magnus Carlsen will be back on the board in the fourth round 4 He will face our very own Harikrishna at the top board in the battle between Offerspill Chess Club and Novy Bor Chess Club GM Vishy Anand (2756) had a relatively calm draw against GM Rauf Mamedov (2646) GM D Gukesh (2732) defeated IM Ahmad Ahmadzada (2488) comfortably Black's position is already quite difficult to play 38...Rxd5 only hastened his loss 39.exd5+ Qg6 40.Qd4 Qe8 41.d6 Qd7 42.Qxb6 and Black resigned GM Pentala Harikrishna (2717) had an 80-move long draw against GM Maxim Rodshtrein (2602) GM Vidit Gujrathi (2710) defeated GM Victor Mikhalevski (2523) after the latter went wrong in the knight endgame GM Arjun Erigaisi (2728) defeated GM M Amin Tabatabaei (2657) and Nihal Sarin (2673) drew with GM Sebastian Bogner (2548) The seven-round Swiss system tournament has a time control of 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1 It is organized by SK Mayrhofen Zell/Zillertal and currently taking place at Europahaus Mayrhofen - Congress Zillertal in Austria Details Details How did Pentala Harikrishna bounce back after losing to Magnus Carlsen? By winning against Vishy Anand for the very first time in his career. Harikrishna played to his strength and outplayed the maestro in the endgame. Vidit Gujrathi scored his fifth win in-a-row. He defeated the new Romania no. Richard Rapport to become World no.24 in the live ratings Novy Bor Chess Club defeated CSU ASE Superbet convincingly 4.5-1.5 to maintain their sole lead 10/10 They will face Schachclub Viernheim 1934e.V who is currently in sole second place There is a reason Novy Bor Chess Club has claimed a podium finish in the last three editions of European Chess Club Cup 2022 One of the reason could possibly be that most of the players are playing for the team for a very long time Harikrishna is playing for Novy Bor since 2014 He will face Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the penultimate sixth round while Vidit Gujrathi who is back in his form Pentala Harikrishna (2717) and Vidit Gujrathi (2710) defeated Vishy Anand (2756) and Richard Rapport (2754) respectively This was Harikrishna's first win ever against Anand of his career D Gukesh (2732) drew with David Navara (2676) It is well-known that he is very strong in the endgame arrived into a bishop and knight endgame in less than 25 moves 31.e5 posed an innocuous question of where should the knight retreat the maestro displaced it to e8 which was not the best choice 31...Ne8 32.Nd4 Ng7 33.Kf2 h6 34.Ke3 Be8 35.Bc4 Bd7 36.b4 and soon the lack of squares for the black knight to move around freely became evident White improved his position slowly and at an opportune moment exchanged his bishop with his opponent's knight which gave him a completely winning knight vs bishop endgame The Berlin Defence in Ruy Lopez is a solid opening for Black It is considered drawish due to the nature of the opening A draw with the black pieces against a strong opponent is often considered to be a good result The last time Vidit Gujrathi defeated Richard Rapport with the black pieces in a rated game was in World Team 2015, over seven years ago exchanging the pawns first does not give Black the opportunity to get rid of the doubled c-pawns which is what happened in the game. 29.Kf2 c5 30.Ndc2 Bf5 31.cxb4 cxb4 32.Ke3 c5 and the position is completely in favor of Black 33.h3 c4 34.bxc4 Nxc4+ and Vidit has shown over the years that he does not miss these opportunities of converting substantial advantages in the endgame replying to a GM Peter Svidler's analysis during the live stream Arjun Erigaisi (2728) drew with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2747) Nihal Sarin (2673) missed a win against Yuriy Kuzubov (2612) White does not need to rush and take the g5-pawn use it as a blockade to keep his g4-pawn alive 64.Rxh6 + Kxh6 65.Nxc5 Kg6/7 66.Nb3 Kf6 67.Nxa5 Be1 68.Nc6+- Black cannot even easily attack the g4-pawn A half point more would have drawn the match for the team Details Details The defending champion Offerspill Sjakklubb featuring the World no.1 - Magnus Carlsen is not playing at 39th European Chess Club Cup 2024 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 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 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 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 GM Leon Luke Mendonca and GM Aryan Chopra will make their European Chess Club Cup debuts for Alkaloid and Vados Chess Club teams respectively the Women's event will have Indian participation in the form of - IM Divya Deshmukh 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 emphasized that he is convinced that the players who are visiting Vrnjacka Banja for the first time will enjoy playing chess here well playing conditions and good quality games to all the players Details Details Source 7 February 2019: Arriva has this week signed a new three-year contract operating four express rail lines from Prague to the Czech cities of Tanvald The contract was awarded by the Czech Ministry of Transport following a direct award Arriva will operate services for three years from December 2019 with the option of an extension of up to two years It will mean that Arriva will expand its train fleet in the Czech Republic from 8 to 35 27 newly refurbished trains will be sourced from Deutsche Bahn with passengers set to benefit from wider and more comfortable seats This latest win builds on Arriva’s existing success in the Czech Republic Arriva entered the emerging Czech rail market in 2013 and today operates urban rail services in Prague and a long distance service to Slovakia Arriva started operating the S49 line in Prague for the next 10 years said: “The addition of these four express lines to our rail portfolio is a testament to how we’re continuously developing successful transport solutions for our clients We look forward to delivering the fast and reliable services that our passengers expect of us.” Arriva Czech Republic entered the Czech market in 2006 eventually becoming the bus transport market leader with approximately 20% share The company established itself around the major cities of Prague while also building out in the regions of Central Bohemia Arriva is one of the leading providers of passenger transport in Europe employing over 60,000 people and delivering more than 2.4 billion passenger journeys every year one of the world’s leading passenger transport and logistics service providers Arriva is responsible for Deutsche Bahn's regional passenger transport services outside of Germany Arriva operates across 14 European markets: the Czech Republic; Croatia; Denmark; Hungary; Italy; the Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia GM D Gukesh is consistently doing well. Exactly a week after winning his second consecutive tournament, Norway Chess 2021 Masters Gukesh made a stellar debut at the 36th European Chess Club Cup 2021 performed at 2815 and gained 18.7 Elo rating points which earned him an individual Gold medal on Board no.1 ahead of Mamedov The 15-year-old's impressive debut at the star-studded event Gukesh lived up to his billing of top player of the team with a top-notch performance Harikrishna and Sasikiran won team Silver for AVE Novy Bor for third consecutive year Photo: C&P Media/Chess Federation of Macedonia Pentala Harikrishna and Krishnan Sasikiran along with Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL) David Anton Guijarro (ESP) and Mateusz Bartel (POL) won Team Silver for the third consecutive year (2018 2019 and 2021) which means AVE Novy Bor made a hat-trick of Silver medal wins Anton and Bartel won individual Gold medal on Board no.3, 5 and 7 respectively Gukesh started the tournament with a very nice win against IM Peter Schreiner (AUT) 21.c4 discover attack is a powerful move as it gives White a decisive advantage 21...Nc6 22.cxb5 axb5 23.Bxb5 Rxa2 24.Qd7 forces the queen exchange GM Johan-Sebastian Christianssen buckled under pressure in the second round 36.Nf3 would have kept White afloat a bit longer 36.g3 allows Black to finish things off immediately Gukesh made a solid draw against the legendary eight-time Russian champion and FIDE World Cup 2011 winner GM Aleksandar Indjic's (SRB) invasion with the king in the fifth round turned out to be fatal for him Black needed to play Kd4 without the 39...Rf1+ 41.Rf3 forced the exchange of rooks 41...Rxf3+ 42.Kxf3 Be8 43.Kf4 now the Black king is a point of no return Gukesh converted his advantage into a win comfortably Gukesh defeated GM Vladislav Nevednichy (ROU) in the sixth round 27.Qb3 alleviated the pressure on the e4-pawn 27...f4 28.Bxb6 Qb7 now the f3-threat is looming large and White's b6-bishop is also in a pin White gave up the bishop with the hope of getting some offense Gukesh was appreciated by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov captain of team Prilep for giving him the opportunity to play on Board no.1 Harikrishna scored an important 3.0/6 for his team His sole win of the event was against Peter Svidler in the fifth round North Macedonia from 18th - 24th September 2021 Details Details Official site Tournament Regulations The first museum of glass has opened in Prague Portheimka Palace in the Smíchov district will house close to 200 works from Czech glassmakers as well as showcase pieces from international exhibitors The best glass artists to emerge from the Czech lands are represented across six rooms in this Baroque villa where Dvořák once played The palace was constructed in the 1720s by the architect Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer as a summer residence for his family According to the curators of the new space the second half of the 20th century saw the rich history of Czech glass-making give birth to a new genre of art so-called studio glass with works comparable to today’s painting and sculpture emerging during that era Portheimka Palace / Photo; Wikipedia Commons @VitVit At the center of the movement was former Czechoslovakia with names like Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová František Vízner and others achieving worldwide acclaim in the field Aside from featuring the works of a diverse range of Czech glassmakers visitors will find a number of unusual exhibits from glass hearts to glass dogs and the glass dress sculptures of American artist Karen LaMonte Additional glass pieces have been provided by Meda Mládek from the Museum Kampa and the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague Other glass museums in the Czech Republic include: Museum Portheimka – The Permanent Exhibition Of Contemporary Art Glass (Štefánikova 68/12) is open Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.www.museumportheimka.cz For more exciting exhibits in Prague and beyond visit our events section.