European Club Cup Group 7 The Group 7 Club Cup qualifiers were held in Krynica, Poland, September 15-17, 1997. My thanks to IA & IM Andrzej Filipowicz who was the Chief Arbiter and sent me the games and results. The Croatian team did not manage to qualify. The very strong team Polonia PKO BP Warszawa won through in the final only after having a speed playoff against the much weaker team on paper the Moldovan team Rezina Graz. The second strongest team was the Israeli team Elitzur Petach Tikva they were eliminated by the team from Warsaw in the first round. QUARTERFINALS – round 1 September 15, 1997 DUM ARMADY PRAHA - BOROVO VUKOVAR 6:0 CZECH REPUBLIC CROATIA 1. GM Jansa Vlastimil 2480 – 2. IM Babula Vlastimil 2545 – 3. IM Jirovsky Milos 2480 – 4. IM Polak Tomas 2470 – 5. IM Sergeev Vladimir 2455 – 6. IM Orsag Milan 2350 – ELITZUR PETACH TIKVA – POLONIA PKO BP WARSZAWA 2˝:3˝ ISRAEL - POLAND 1. GM Yermolinsky Alex 2650 - GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2645 ˝-˝ 2. GM Alterman Boris 2615 - GM Oll Lembit 2645 0-1 3. GM Yudasin Leonid 2610 - GM Wojtkiewicz Aleks. 2575 ˝-˝ 4. GM Smirin Ilia 2600 - GM Gdanski Jacek 2505 ˝-˝ 5. GM Goldin Alexander 2595 - IM Macieja Bartlomiej 2470 1-0 6. IM Kogan Arthur 2500 - IM Pedzich Dominik 2465 0-1 GOSA SMEDEREVSKA PALANKA - CHESS TEAM REZINA-GAZ 2˝:3˝ YUGOSLAVIA MOLDOVA 1. GM Sakaev Konstantin 2590 - IM Chernov Vadim 2450 ˝-˝ 2. GM Djurić Stefan 2545 - IM Slovineanu Viacheslav 2420 0-1 3. GM Martinović Sloboda 2470 - IM Kushch Nikolai 2400 ˝-˝ 4. GM Ristić Nenad 2420 - IM Svetushkin Dmitry 2400 ˝-˝ 5. IM Ristić Nebojsa 2440 - Ljukin Sergei 2395 0-1 6. IM Kostić Vladimir 2425 - IM Nevednichy Boris 2360 1-0 JURIDICAL ACADEMY KHARKIV - REVAL SPORT TALLINN 2˝:3˝ UKRAINE - UKRAINA ESTONIA - ESTONIA 1. GM Savon Vladimir 2465 - Raud Rainer 2395 0-1 2. Zubarev Alexander 2435 - Leito Priit 2355 1-0 3. Moiseenko Alexander 2435 - Tänäv Tiit ----- 1-0 4. Iljin Stanislav 2325 - Kangur Alvar 2240 0-1 5. Eljanov Pavel 2190 - Rauk Tönu ----- ˝-˝ 6. ----------------- –--- Narva Regina 2075 –:+ ROUND 2 – RUNDA 2 SEMIFINALS September 16, 1997 CHESS TEAM REZINA-GAZ - REVAL SPORT TALLINN 4:2 MOLDOVA ESTONIA - ESTONIA 1. IM Chernov Vadim 2450 - Raud Rainer 2395 ˝-˝ 2. IM Slovineanu Viacheslav 2435 - Leito Priit 2355 ˝-˝ 3. IM Kushch Nikolai 2400 - Tänäv Tiit ----- ˝-˝ 4. IM Svetushkin Dmitry 2400 - Kangur Alvar 2240 1-0 5. Ljukin Sergei 2395 - Rauk Tönu ----- ˝-˝ 6. IM Nevednichy Boris 2360 - Narva Regina 2075 1-0 POLONIA PKO BP WARSZAWA - DUM ARMADY PRAHA 4˝:1˝ POLAND CZECH REPUBLIC 1. GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2645 - GM Jansa Vlastimil 2480 ˝-˝ 2. GM Oll Lembit 2645 - IM Babula Vlastimil 2545 1-0 3. GM Wojtkiewicz Aleks. 2575 - IM Jirovsky Milos 2480 1-0 4. GM Gdanski Jacek 2505 – IM Polak Tomas 2470 ˝-˝ 5. IM Macieja Bartlomiej 2470 - IM Sergeev Vladimir 2455 1-0 6. IM Pedzich Dominik 2465 - IM Orsag Milan 2350 ˝-˝ MATCHES FOR PLACES 5-8 – MECZE O MIEJSCA 5-8 BOROVO VUKOVAR - GOSA SMEDEREVSKA PALANKA 0:6 YUGOSLAVIA 1. GM Sakaev Konstantin 2590 2. GM Djurić Stefan 2545 3. GM Martinović Slobodan 2470 4. GM Ristić Nenad 2420 5. IM Ristić Nebojsa 2440 6. IM Kostić Vladimir 2425 ELITZUR PETACH TIKVA - JURIDICAL ACADEMY KHARKIV 6:0 ISRAEL UKRAINE – UKRAINA 1. GM Yermolinsky Alex 2650 - GM Savon Vladimir 2465 1-0 2. GM Alterman Boris 2615 - Zubarev Alexander 2435 1-0 3. GM Yudasin Leonid 2610 - Moiseenko Alexander 2435 1-0 4. GM Smirin Ilia 2600 - Iljin Stanislav 2325 1-0 5. GM Goldin Alexander 2595 - WIM Zozulia Anna 2275 +:– 6. IM Kogan Arthur 2500 - Eljanov Pavel 2190 1-0 ROUND 3 – RUNDA 3 FINAL September 17, 1997 CHESS TEAM REZINA-GAZ - POLONIA PKO BP WARSZAWA 3:3 MOLDOVA POLAND 1. IM Chernov Vadim 2450 - GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2645 ˝-˝ 2. IM Slovineanu Viacheslav 2435 - GM Oll Lembit 2645 ˝-˝ 3. IM Kushch Nikolai 2400 - GM Gdanski Jacek 2505 ˝-˝ 4. IM Svetushkin Dmitry 2400 - IM Macieja Bartlomiej 2470 ˝-˝ 5. Ljukin Sergei 2395 - IM Pedzich Dominik 2465 ˝-˝ 6. IM Nevednichy Boris 2360 - IM Socko Bartosz 2435 ˝-˝ PLAY OFF – RAPID CHESS GAME (30 MINUTES) POLONIA PKO BP WARSZAWA - CHESS TEAM REZINA-GAZ 4:2 POLAND MOLDOVA 1. GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2645 – IM Chernov Vadim 2450 ˝-˝ 2. GM Oll Lembit 2645 - IM Slovineanu Viacheslav 2435 1-0 3. GM Gdanski Jacek 2505 - IM Kushch Nikolai 2400 ˝-˝ 4. IM Macieja Bartlomiej 2470 - IM Svetushkin Dmitry 2400 0-1 5. IM Pedzich Dominik 2465 - Ljukin Sergei 2395 1-0 6. IM Socko Bartosz 2435 - IM Nevednichy Boris 2360 1-0 MATCH FOR 3rd PLACE REVAL SPORT TALLINN - DUM ARMADY PRAHA 1:5 ESTONIA CZECH REPUBLIC 1. Raud Rainer 2395 - GM Jansa Vlastimil 2480 0-1 2. Leito Priit 2355 - IM Babula Vlastimil 2545 ˝-˝ 3. Tänäv Tiit ------ IM Jirovsky Milos 2480 ˝-˝ 4. Kangur Alvar 2240 – IM Polak Tomas 2470 0-1 5. Rauk Tönu ------ IM Sergeev Vladimir 2455 0-1 6. Narva Regina 2465 - IM Orsag Milan 2350 0-1 MATCH FOR 5th PLACE GOSA SMEDEREVSKA PALANKA - ELITZUR PETACH TIKVA 1:5 YUGOSLAVIA ISRAEL 1. GM Sakaev Konstantin 2590 - GM Yermolinsky Alex 2650 ˝-˝ 2. GM Djurić Stefan 2545 - GM Alterman Boris 2615 0-1 3. GM Martinović Slobodan 2470 - GM Yudasin Leonid 2610 0-1 4. GM Ristić Nenad 2420 - GM Smirin Ilia 2600 ˝-˝ 5. IM Ristić Nebojsa 2440 - GM Goldin Alexander 2595 0-1 6. IM Kostić Vladimir 2425 - IM Kogan Arthur 2500 0-1 MATCH FOR 7th PLACE JURIDICAL ACADEMY KHARKIV – BOROVO VUKOVAR 5-0 UKRAINE – UKRAINA CROATIA 1. GM Savon Vladimir 2465 - 2. Zubarev Alexander 2435 - 3. Moiseenko Alexander 2435 - 4. Iljin Stanislav 2325 - 5. WIM Zozulia Anna 2275 - 6. Eljanov Pavel 2190 - FINAL CLASIFFICATION 1. POLONIA PKO BP WARSZAWA POLAND The team will take part in the final of the 13th European Club Cup in Kazan, 2. CHESS TEAM REZINA-GAZ MOLDOVA 3. DUM ARMADY PRAHA CZECH REPUBLIC 4. REVAL SPORT TALLINN ESTONIA 5. ELITZUR PETACH TIKVA ISRAEL 6. GOSA SMEDEREVSKA PALANKA YUGOSLAVIA 7. JURIDICAL ACADEMY KHARKIV UKRAINE