4) European Club Cup

There were two further European Club Cup qualifiers this weekend. There is news that the final which is to be held at the end of November may have to be postponed due to problems with the venue and a potential clash with the FIDE World Championships in Las Vegas. It may be that the most sensible solution would be to hold it after the World Championships. Especially as some of the qualifiers have very strong teams, it would be nice to see them be able to field these squads in the finals.

The first saw a powerhouse Panfox Breda team, playing at home, easily qualify dropping just two half points in three matches scoring 17/18. They beat Boavista 5.5-0.5, Nidem 6-0 and Invecta 5.5-0.5. My thanks to Robert Klomp. Coverage at http://www.svpanfox.demon.nl

Day 1

Boavista-Panfox 0,5-5,5
1 IM Galego, L GM Van Wely, L =-= 
2 IM Damaso, R GM Timman, J 0-1 
3 FM Ribeiro, F GM Lautier, J 0-1 
4 IM Santos, C.P GM Gurevich, M 0-1 
5 IM Silva, F GM Vaganian, R 0-1 
6 Parceiras, P GM Hodgson, J 0-1 

Nidum-RMC 4-2 
1 Phillips, R Skripchenko, A 0-1 
2 Williams, L Delemarre, J 1-0 
3 Walsh, C Timmerman, G.J =-= 
4 Musson, A Willemze, J 1-0 
5 Fish, A Borst, J =-= 
6 Saunders, R Westenberg, H 1-0 

Invecta-Hohenems 3,5-2,5
1 GM Speelman, J GM Hickl, J 1-0 
2 GM Ward, C IM Atlas, V =-= 
3 GM McDonald, N FM Gartner, G 0-1 
4 IM Ledger, A FM Thoma, R =-= 
5 IM Gormally, D FM Topakian, R 1-0 
6 Watson, I Grabher, H. =-= 

Alkaloid-Gistrup 5-1 
1 GM Tiviakov, S IM Aagaard, J 1-0 
2 GM Bogdanovski, V IM Rodgaard, J =-= 
3 IM Jacimovic, D Jakobsen, L 1-0 
4 IM Nedev, T Andersen J 1-0 
5 FM Colovic, A Christensen, S 1-0 
6 Georgievski, S Jensen, B =-= 

Day 2 

Semi-finals

Alkaloid-Invecta 1,5-4,5
1 S.Tiviakov J.Speelman =-= 
2 V.Bogdanovski C.Ward 0-1 
3 D.Jacimovic N.McDonald 0-1 
4 T.Nedev A.Ledger =-= 
5 A.Colovic D.Gormally =-= 
6 S.Georgievski N.Dickenson 0-1 

Nidem-Panfox 0-6 
1 Phillips Timman 0-1 
2 Williams Lautier 0-1 
3 Walsh Gurevich 0-1 
4 Musson Vaganian 0-1 
5 Fish Hodgson 0-1 
6 Saunders vd Wiel 0-1 

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RMC-Gistrup 3-3 
1 Skripchenko J.Aagaard =-= 
2 Timmerman J.Rodeaard =-= 
3 Willemze L.Jakobsen 1-0 
4 vd Burght S.Christensen 0-1 
5 Borst T.Nielsen 1-0 
6 Brouwers L.Meyer 0-1 

Boavista-Hohenems 3,5-2,5
1 L.Galego Hickl =-= 
2 R.Damaso Atlas =-= 
3 F. Ribeiro Gartner =-= 
4 C.P.Santos Thoma =-= 
5 F.Siera Topakian =-= 
6 P.Parcerias Feistenauer 1-0 

Day 3

Final
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Panfox-Invicta 5,5-0,5 
1 L.van Wely J.Speelman 1-0 
2 J.Timman C.Ward 1-0 
3 J.Lautier N.McDonald 1-0 
4 M.Gurevich A.Ledger 1-0 
5 R.Vaganian D.Gormally 1-0 
6 J. vd Wiel J.Vigus =-= 

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Alkaloid-Nidem 5,5-0,5 
1 S.Tiviakov Phillips 1-0 
2 V.Bogdanovski Williams 1-0 
3 D.Jacimovic Walsh 1-0 
4 T.Nedev Musson 1-0 
5 A.Golovic Fish 1-0 
6 S.Georgievski Saunders =-= 

RMC-Boavista 1,5-3,5
1 Skripchenko L.Galego =-= 
2 Sziva R.Damaso 0-1 
3 Timmerman F.Ribeiro 1-0 
4 Borst C.P.Santos 0-1 
5 Klomp F.Silva  
6 Verkooijen P.Parcerias 0-1 

Hohenems-Gistrup 2-2 
1 Hickl J.Aagaard 1-0 
2 Atlas J.Rodgaard  =
3 Gartner J.Andersen  = 
4 Thoma T.Nielsen 1-0 
5 Feistenauer B.Jensen 0-1 
6 Grabner L.Meijer 0-1