41st European Chess Club Cup: Budva 2026

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Basic data

41st European Chess Club Cup
(see all-time tournament summary)
Dates: 17th - 23rd October 2026
City: Budva (Montenegro)
Venue: Slovenska Plaža Complex
Organizers: European Chess Union; Montenegro Chess Federation
Tournament Director: IO Jovan Milović (MNE)
Chief Arbiter: IA Igor Vujačić (MNE)
Teams participating: 108 (from 32 countries)
Players participating: 757 (incl. 108 GMs, 103 IMs, 4 WGMs, 153 FMs, 1 WIM, 64 CMs, 8 WFMs and 1 WCM)
Games played: 2268 (4 games were forfeited)
Competition format: Seven round Swiss
Final order decided by: 1. Match points; 2. Olympiad Sonneborn-Berger; 3. Game points
Time control: 40/90m + all/30m + 30s incr.(1)
Official logo: Tournament logo
Other websites: Chess-Results.com
ChessBase reports
PGN game file: 2026ecc.pgn


Best board results

Board 1
no. name flag team Elop pts gms %
1. GM Maurizzi, Marc'Andria FRA RRAP 2837 6 7 85.7
2. GM Finek, Václav CZE DSTR 2800 6 7 85.7
3. GM Süleymanlı, Aydın AZE VGAS 2780 5 6 83.3
4. GM Erigaisi, Arjun IND ALKS 2733 5 7 71.4
5. GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR NITR 2720 4½ 6 75.0
6. GM Laurent-Paoli, Pierre FRA MARS 2707 4½ 6 75.0

Board 2
no. name flag team Elop pts gms %
1. GM Nihal, Sarin IND NOVO 2859 5 6 83.3
2. GM Wei Yi CHN ALKS 2800 6 7 85.7
3. GM Karthikeyan, Murali IND ECGN 2773 4½ 6 75.0
4. IM Pert, Richard ENG CHED 2709 6 7 85.7
5. GM Blübaum, Matthias GER NTSK 2695 4½ 6 75.0
6. GM Van Foreest, Jorden NED SCHE 2690 4 6 66.7

Board 3
no. name flag team Elop pts gms %
1. FM Lenaerts, Lennert BEL VOER 2896 5 5 100.0
2. GM Harikrishna, Pentala IND NOVO 2794 5 6 83.3
3. GM Boyer, Mahel FRA RRAP 2739 6 7 85.7
4. GM Martirosian, Haik ARM SCHE 2660 4 6 66.7
5. GM Sokolovsky, Yahli ISR HRIL 2659 5½ 7 78.6
6. GM Tabatabaei, Mohammadamin IRI PEND 2621 4½ 7 64.3

Board 4
no. name flag team Elop pts gms %
1. GM Gledura, Benjámin HUN NTSK 2793 5½ 6 91.7
2. GM Sarana, Alexei SRB SCHE 2757 6 7 85.7
3. GM Rapport, Richárd HUN PEND 2755 6 7 85.7
4. GM Antón Guijarro, David ESP NOVO 2693 5½ 7 78.6
5. GM Smirin, Ilia ISR ASHD 2632 4½ 6 75.0
6. IM Shogdzhiev, Roman FID ECGN 2587 4½ 7 64.3

Board 5
no. name flag team Elop pts gms %
1. GM Samunenkov, Ihor UKR NTSK 2782 5½ 6 91.7
2. GM Deac, Bogdan-Daniel ROM SCHE 2729 6 7 85.7
3. GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE PEND 2685 5½ 7 78.6
4. IM Talibov, Shiroghlan AZE VGAS 2662 6 7 85.7
5. FM López Varela, Pablo ESP SLLA 2491 5½ 7 78.6
6. GM Puranik, Abhimanyu IND ALKS 2491 3½ 5 70.0

6th board
no. name flag team Elop pts gms %
1. GM Murzin, Volodar FID PEND 3154 4 4 100.0
2. GM Gürel, Ediz TUR PEND 2764 4½ 5 90.0
3. GM Ivić, Velimir SRB ALKS 2697 6 7 85.7
4. GM Navara, David CZE NOVO 2669 5 6 83.3
5. GM Dardha, Daniel BEL SCHE 2638 5½ 7 78.6
6. GM Chigaev, Maksim ESP NTSK 2597 4 5 80.0