European Club Cup 2001
Panormo, Crete 23-30.9.2001

 
The 17th European Club Cup take place in Crete September 23-30. The event is a seven-round Swiss system, the teams will have two match points for a win, one for draw and no points for their losing matches. Out of the 39 participating teams the strongest are:
Bosna Sarajevo (average rating 2657), S-Petersburg LTD (2639), Gazovik (2632), Norilsky Nikel (2629), Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw (2626), Danko Donbass (2580), BIH Kiseljak (2567), Merkur Versicherungen Graz (2567) and Beer Sheva Chess Club (2557).
Polonia Plus Warsaw team is headed by Vassily Ivanchuk and another Ukrainian grandmaster Alexander Onischuk plays for the Gazovik, Russia, on the second board.
26.9.2001

Danko Donbass Ukraine
average ELO 2580
1. Ruslan Ponomariov GM 2684, 2. Vladimir Baklan GM 2599, 3. Georgy Timoshenko GM 2554, 4. Yuri Kruppa GM 2552, 5. Stanislav Savchenko GM 2549, 6. Genadi Kuzmin GM 2542, 7. Aleksandr Shneider GM 2493, 8. Zahar Efimenko IM 2495

Round 1, 23rd September 2001
Hellir Chess Club     - Danko Donbass        2-4
Stefansson, Hannes    - Ponomariov, Ruslan   1-0
Olafsson, Helgi       - Baklan, Vladimir     0-1
Arnason, Jon L.       - Timoshenko, Georgy   0-1
Edvardsson, Kristjan  - Kruppa, Yuri         0-1
Thorfinnsson, Bjorn   - Savchenko, Stanislav 0-1
Asmundsson, Ingvar    - Kuzmin, Genadi       1-0

Round 2, 24th September 2001
Danko Donbass - Boavista                     4-2
Ponomariov, Ruslan    - Mitkov, Nicola       1-0
Baklan, Vladimir      - Galego, Luis         1/2
Timoshenko, Georgy    - Damaso, Rui          0-1
Kruppa, Yuri          - Vassallo, Mauricio   1/2
Savchenko,Stanislav   - Santos, Carlos       1-0
Efimenko, Zahar       - Santos, Jose         1-0

Round 3, 25th September 2001
Danko Donbass         - S-Petersburg LTD     3-3
Ponomariov, Ruslan    - Svidler, Petr        1/2
Baklan, Vladimir      - Sakaev, Konstantin   1/2
Timoshenko, Georgy    - Korchnoi, Victor     1-0
Kruppa, Yuri          - Pigusov, Evgeny      1/2
Savchenko,Stanislav   - Volkov, Sergei       0-1
Kuzmin, Genadi        - Ivanov, Sergey       1/2

Round 4, 26th September 2001
Merkur Versicherungen - Danko Donbass        3-3
Beljavsky, Alexander  - Ponomariov, Ruslan   0-1
Chernin, Alexander    - Baklan, Vladimir     1/2
Luther, Thomas        - Timoshenko, Georgy   1/2
Stanec, Nikolaus      - Kruppa, Yuri         1/2
Kindermann, Stefan    - Kuzmin, Genadi       1/2
Teske, Henrik         - Shneider, Aleksandr  1-0

Round 5, 27th September 2001
Danko Donbass         - Beer Sheva           4-2
Ponomariov,Ruslan     - Avrukh, Boris        1-0
Baklan, Vladimir      - Huzman, Alexander    0-1
Timoshenko,Georgy     - Greenfeld, Alon      1/2
Kruppa, Yuri          - Mikhalevski,Victor   1/2
Savchenko, Stanislav  - Roiz, Michael        1-0
Efimenko, Zahar       - Tseitlin, Mark       1-0

Round 6, 28th September 2001 
Bosna Sarajevo        - Danko Donbass        2-4
Dreev, Alexey         - Ponomariov, Ruslan   1/2
Smirin, Ilya          - Baklan, Vladimir     1/2
Georgiev, Kiril       - Timoshenko, Georgy   1/2
Sokolov, Ivan         - Savchenko, Stanislav 0-1
Movsesian, Sergei     - Kuzmin, Genadi       1/2
Kozul, Zdenko         - Efimenko, Zahar      0-1

Round 7, 29th September 2001
Danko Donbass         - Norilsky Nikel       3-3
Ponomariov, Ruslan    - Grischuk, Alexander  1/2
Baklan, Vladimir      - Rublevsky, Sergey    1/2
Timoshenko, Georgy    - Zviagintsev, Vadim   1/2
Kruppa, Yuri          - Malakhov, Vladimir   1/2
Savchenko, Stanislav  - Rustemov, Alexander  1/2
Kuzmin, Genadi        - Glek, Igor           1/2

Final Standings:
1  Norilsky Nikel             (RUS,4)   13  29,5
2  Polonia Plus GSM Warsaw    (POL,5)   12  26,5
3  Gazovik                    (RUS,3)   11  27,0
4  Danko Donbass              (UKR,6)   11  25,0
5  Bosna Sarajevo             (BIH,1)   10  29,5
6  S-Petersburg LTD           (RUS,2)   10  25,0
7  Kiseljak                   (BIH,7)    9  26,5
8  Beer Sheva Chess Club      (ISR,9)    9  26,0
9  Shlomo Har-Zvi Tel Aviv    (ISR,12)   9  22,5
10 Hellir Chess Club          (ISL,25)   8  26,0
11 Merkur Versicherungen Graz (AUT,8)    8  25,0
12 C.C.Reykjavik              (ISL,28)   8  24,5
13 Boavista Futebol Club      (POR,18)   8  22,0
14 SK Rockaden                (SWE,26)   8  22,0
15 Alkaloid                   (MKD,17)   8  21,5
16 Chess Association Plock    (POL,19)   8  20,5
17 Kydon SC Supersport        (GRE,11)   8  20,0
18 SV Werder Bremen           (GER,10)   8  19,5
19 Vesnianka                  (BLR,31)   8  18,5
(39 teams)

Round         r01 r02 r03 r04 ro5 r06 r07
Board points  4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 3.0  25/42
Match points  2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0  11/14

Ponomariov,R   0   1   =   1   1   =   =   4.5/7
Baklan,V       1   =   =   =   0   =   =   3.5/7
Timoshenko,G   1   0   1   =   =   =   =   4.0/7
Kruppa,Y       1   =   =   =   =   *   =   3.5/6
Savchenko,S    1   1   0   *   1   1   =   4.5/6
Kuzmin,G       0   *   =   =   *   =   =   2.0/5
Shneider,A     *   *   *   0   *   *   *   0.0/1
Efimenko,Z     *   1   *   *   1   1   *   3.0/3

The full results and games are available at the official tournament website: www.venizelia.gr/ecc/ecc.htm
 
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