13 October 2018

Second Round of European Club Cup Played in Halkidiki

World champion gets in the way of Russian team.

Photo: Niki Riga / Official website
Photo: Niki Riga / Official website

Second round games of the European Club Cup were played in Greece. In one of the central matches, Molodezhka from Tyumen didn't manage to cope with a mighty Norwegian club headed by Magnus Carlsen. Valerenga defeated the Russian team 4.5-1.5, while the world champion won his game against Vladimir Potkin. 

Mednyi Vsadnik outplayed Itaka from Serbia 4.5-.1.5. The St. Petersburg players have scored 4 match points and they will play with KGSRL (Belgium) in round 3.   

In the women's section, Ugra celebrated a big victory over the Kyiv Chess Federation - 3.5-0.5 - to lead the A group. SSHOR from Saint Petersburg defeated Caissa Italia Banca Alpi Marittime 4-0 to take the second place in the B group. 

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