European Club Cup 2023 R3: Offerspill Sjakklubb keeps winning by a huge margin
A total of nine teams are at a perfect 6/6 after the third round of 38th European Chess Club Open 2023. However, Offerspill Sjakklubb is the only team which has registered three wins where they scored five game points or more. In the third round, Magnus Carlsen surprised his opponent with 1...a6 in reply to 1.e4. Both Raunak Sadhwani and Pranav Venkatesh won their respective games. Vishy Anand started his event with a draw against Aydin Suleymanli. Nihal Sarin was held to a draw by Andreas Heimann of Schachgesellschaft Riehen. Tajfun SK Ljubljana managed to score a 5-1 victory. GM Aditya Mittal of Gambit Asseco-SEE defeated FM Louis Salles of CE Le Cavalier Differdange. Round 4 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Niki Riga/ECCC 2023
Anand starts with a draw against Suleymanli
Superchess - Vugar Gashimov: 3.5-2.5
Vishy Anand (2754) drew against Aydin Suleymanli (2588). Four other games also ended in a draw. Bogdan-Daniel Deac (2701) scored the decisive victory over Vugar Asadli (2563).
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SK Zmaj - Offerspill Sjakklubb: 0.5-5.5
GM Magnus Carlsen (2839), GM Raunak Sadhwani (2641), GM Pranav Venkatesh (2579), GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (2606) and IM Benjamin Haldorsen (2454) won their respective games. Only GM Aryan Tari (2619) was held to a draw by GM Merab Gagunashvili (2550).
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Every day round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST from 1st to 7th October 2023. The final round on 7th October starts 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. The seven-round Swiss system tournament has a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The tournament will be taking place at Grand Blue FAFA Conference Hall in Durrës, Albania.
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Round 3 Open results
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | Superchess | Vugar Gashimov | 3½ | : | 2½ |
| 2 | SK Zmaj | Offerspill Sjakklubb *) | ½ | : | 5½ |
| 3 | Beer Sheva Chess Club | Novy Bor | 1 | : | 5 |
| 4 | Asnieres - Le Grand Echiquier | Gokturk Chess Sport Club | 4½ | : | 1½ |
| 5 | Schachclub Viernheim 1934 e.V. | Schachgesellschaft Zurich | 4 | : | 2 |
| 6 | Elektroprivreda | Turkish Airlines Sports Club | 1 | : | 5 |
| 7 | TAJFUN SK Ljubljana | Schachgesellschaft Riehen | 5 | : | 1 |
| 8 | Gambit Asseco-SEE | CE Le Cavalier Differdange *) | 5½ | : | ½ |
| 9 | SK Javes Modra | Sentimento Ajka BSK | 1½ | : | 4½ |
| 10 | C' Chartres Echecs | Wasa SK | 4½ | : | 1½ |
Standings after Round 3
| Rk. | SNo | FED | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | |
| 1 | 1 | ROU | Superchess | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2 | CZE | Novy Bor | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 3 | FRA | Asnieres - Le Grand Echiquier | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 4 | NOR | Offerspill Sjakklubb | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 5 | GER | Schachclub Viernheim 1934 e.V. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 6 | TUR | Turkish Airlines Sports Club | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 7 | SLO | TAJFUN SK Ljubljana | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 8 | HUN | Sentimento Ajka BSK | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 9 | FRA | C' Chartres Echecs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 13 | ISR | Rishon Lezion A | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Round 4 Open pairings
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | Schachclub Viernheim 1934 e.V. | Superchess | : | ||
| 2 | Offerspill Sjakklubb *) | Sentimento Ajka BSK | : | ||
| 3 | Novy Bor | Turkish Airlines Sports Club | : | ||
| 4 | TAJFUN SK Ljubljana | Asnieres - Le Grand Echiquier | : | ||
| 5 | Rishon Lezion A | C' Chartres Echecs | : | ||
| 6 | Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova | Lunds ASK | : | ||
| 7 | Vugar Gashimov | Paul Keres 1 | : | ||
| 8 | CE Le Cavalier Differdange *) | Chess Club Drejtesia-Trokadero | : | ||
| 9 | MRU - ROSK Consulting | Beer Sheva Chess Club | : | ||
| 10 | Gokturk Chess Sport Club | SK Dunajska Streda | : | ||
Links
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Magnus Carlsen wins his first major team event for Offerspill Sjakklubb at 38th European Club Cup 2023
@ 08/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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European Club Cup 2023 R6: Pranav Venkatesh saves the day for Offerspill Sjakklubb
@ 07/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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European Club Cup 2023 R5: Offerspill Sjakklubb and Superchess set up a massive clash
@ 06/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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European Club Cup 2023 R4: Carlsen and Raunak power Offerspill Sjakklubb's fourth win
@ 05/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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European Club Cup 2023 R2: Nihal Sarin perplexes Paulius, crosses 2700, now World no.35
@ 03/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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European Club Cup 2023 R1: Nihal baffles Bosiocic, moves to 2699
@ 02/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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Raunak and Pranav Venkatesh set to play on Carlsen's team Offerspill Sjakklubb at European Club Cup 2023
@ 01/10/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |