14) 1st European Chess Club Cup for Women - final 96 by Sinisa Joksic ------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia) May 31. - June 2. Results of the first round "Empils" Rostov (RUS) - "Rad" Beograd (JUG) 2.5:1.5 g Matveeva Svetlana 2480 - g Ioseliani Nino 2485 1:0 g Demina Julia 2355 - m Vuksanovic Sanja 2285 0.5:0.5 g Shumiankina Tatja 2350 - m Markovic Gordana 2285 0.5:0.5 g Stepovaiv Tatiana 2385 - m Nikolin Zorica 2185 0.5:0.5 "Gosa" Smederevska Palanka (JUG) - "Merani" Tbilisi (GEO) 0.5:3.5 g Bojkovi Natasa 2400 - g Chiburdanidze Maia 2515 0.5:0.5 g Gaprindashvili No 2380 - g Gurieli Nino 2360 0:1 m Petrovic Marija 2260 - g Khurtsidze Nino 2365 0:1 m Dragasevic Antoni 2185 - g Alexandria Nana 2300 0:1 "Agrouniverzal" Beograd (JUG) - "Bokstas" Plunge (LTU) 3.5:0.5 g Maric Alisa 2435 - m Baginskaite Kamile 2260 1:0 g Galiamova Alisa 2480 - m Safranska Anda 2255 1:0 g Maric Mirjana 2280 - m Ciuksyte Dagne 2245 1:0 m Maksimovic Suzana 2285 - Domarkaite Laima 2180 0.5:0.5 "Grandmaster School" Kiew (UKR) - "Elberfelder Wuppertal SG 1851" (GER) 1.5:2.5 g Gaponenko Inna 2390 - g Kahiani-Gersinska 2390 0.5:0.5 m Zhukova Natalia 2355 - g Peng Zhaoqin 2410 0:1 f Vasilievich Tatja 2270 - m Fischdick Gisela 2300 1:0 f Melamed Tatiana 2320 - m Olbrich Marina 2285 0:1 7) 1st European Chess Club Cup for Women - final '96 by Sinisa Joksic ----------------------------------------------------------------- - "Agrouniverzal" and "Merani" celebrate a win 1st European Chess Club Cup for Women - final '96 Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia) May 31. - June 2. Second round: For the classification from 1st to 4th place: "Merani" - Tbilisi (GEO) - "Empils" Rostov on Don (RUS) 2:2 g Chiburdanidze 2515 - g Matveeva Svetlana 2480 0.5:0.5 g Gurieli Nino 2360 - g Demina Julia 2355 0.5:0.5 g Khurtsidze Nina2365 - m Kovalevskaya Ekatar2335 0.5:0.5 g Alexandria Nana2300 - m Stepovaia Tatiana 2385 0.5:0.5 New "Rapid" time rate playoff 30' per player "Empils" - "Merani" 1.5:2.5 Matveeva, Svetlana - Chiburdanidze, Maia 0:1 Demina, Julia - Gurieli, Nina 0:1 Kovalevskaya, Ekatarina - Khurtsidze, Nina 0.5:0.5 Stepovaya, Tatiana - Alexandria, Nana 1:0 "Elberfelder SG 1851" - "Agrouniverzal" Zemun (JUG) 1.5:2.5 Wuppertal (GER) g Ketino,K-G 2390 - g Maric Alisa 2435 0:1 g Peng Zhaoqin 2410 - g Galiamova Alisa 2480 0.5:0.5 m Fischdick Gisela 2300 - g Maric Mirjana 2280 0.5:0.5 m Olbrih Marina 2285 - m Maksimovic Suzana 2285 0.5:0.5 For the classification from 5th to 8th place: Grandmaster School Kiev (UKR) - "Rad" Beograd (JUG) 3:1 g Gaponenko Inna 2390 - g Ioseliani Nana 2465 0:1 m Zhukova Natalia 2355 - m Vuksanovic Sanja 2285 1:0 f Vasilievich Tatjana 2270 - m Markovic Gordana 2285 1:0 m Zatonskih Anna 2220 - m Nikolin Zorica 2185 1:0 "Gosa" Smederevska Palanka (JUG) - "Bokstas" Plunge (LIU) 1:3 g Bojkovic Natasa 2400 - m Bagiankaite Kamile 2260 1:0 g Gaprindashvili Non 2380 - m Safranska Anda 2255 0:1 m Petrovic Marija 2260 - m Ciuksyte Dagne 2245 0:1 m Zivkovic Vesna 2165 - Domarkaite Laima 2180 0:1 Third round: For the 1st place: "Merani" Tbilisi (GEO)- "Agrouniverzal" Zemun (JUG) 2:2 g Chiburdanidze Maia - g Maric Alisa 0.5:0.5 g Gurieli Nino - g Galiamova Alisa 0.5:0.5 g Khurtsidze Nino - g Maric Mirjana 0.5:0.5 g Alexandria Nana - m Maksimovic Suzana 0.5:0.5 Two rapid 30' matches finish 2:2. Both were very short and, according the rules for Eurropen cups there are two winners. For the 3rd place: "Empils" Rostov on Don (RUS) - "Elberfelder SG 1851" 1.5:2.5 Wupprtal (GER) g Matveeva Svetlana - g Kachiani Gersinska Ketino 0.5:0.5 g Demina Julia - g Peng Zhaoqin 0.5:0.5 m Kovalskaya Ekaterina - m Fischdick Gisela 1:0 m Stepovaia Tatiana - m Olbrich Marina 0.5:0.5 For the 5th place: "Bokstas" Plunge (LIU) - Grandmaster School Kiev (UKR) 1:3 m Bagiankaite Kamile - g Gaponenko Inna 0:1 m Sarfanska Anda - m Zhukova Natalia 1:0 m Ciuksyte Dagne - f Vasilievich Tatjana 0:1 Domarkaite Laima - m Zatonskih Anna 0:1 For the 7th place: "Rad" Beograd (JUG) - "Gosa" Smederevska Palanka (JUG) 3.5:0.5 g Ioseliani Nana - g Bojkovic Natasa 1:0 m Vuksanovic Sanja - g Gaprindashvili Nona 1:0 m Markovic Gordana - m Petrovic Marija 0.5:0.5 m Nikolin Zorica - m Zivkovic Vesna 1:0 Final standing: 1.-2. "Agrouniverzal" Zemun (JUG) and "Merani" Tbilisi (GEO) 3. "Empils" Rostov on Don (RUS) 4. "Elberfelder SG 1851" Wuppertal (GER) 5. "Grandmaster School" Kiev (UKR) 6. "Bokstas" Plunge (LIU) 7. "Rad" Beograd (JUG) 8. "Gosa" Smederevska Palanka (JUG) - Teams of "Agrouniverzal" and "Merani" were the best, and earned the cup. It was pity, that they play their final match, so friendly, with all drawns. Now they share title of Champion, but this method is not popular in the chess world, even the respect between players had been extremly high. Anyway, the organizer has to change the rules, to get the winner at the end. (In this moment, for example, it is not clear, who got right to play the final, in the next Cup? Who will host the next final? etc.) - Also, the semi-final with eight groups were mistake. There are not enough teams and, it is better to play in the four semi-final groups. - Organization can be much better.