24 September 2021

Mednyi Vsadnik Wins European Club Cup

South Ural is triumphant in the women's event.


The 36th European Chess Club Cup and the 25th European Women's Chess Club Cup are completed in Struga, the Republic of North Macedonia. 

In the last round, the Russian club Mednyi Vsadnik beat Team XtraCon (Denmark) 3.5-2.5 to take a clear first place with 13 match points scored.

Team composition: Peter Svidler, Andrey Esipenko, Vladimir Fedoseev, Kirill Alekseenko, Maxim Matlakov, Pavel Ponkratov, Konstantin Sakaev, and Aleksey Goganov. The team captain is Vladimir Bykov. 

The representatives of the Czech club AVE Novy Bor won silver with 12 match points. Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan) is in third place with 11 points. 

The second Russian club, KPRF, scored 10 match points to take fourth place.

The Russian team South Ural showed a phenomenal result in the women's event: the club won seven matches out of seven (14 match points). In the last round, the Russians defeated the Ukrainian team GRECO – Kyiv Chess Federation 2.5-1.5.

Team composition: Dinara Saduakassova, Valentina Gunina, Olga Badelka, Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, and Elizaveta Solozhenkina. The team captain is Yuri Yakovich.

Monte-Carlo (Monaco) is second with 11 match points, whilst GRECO – Kyiv Chess Federation is one point behind. 

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Congratulations to the Russian players on a brilliant performance at the European Club Cups!