Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation and AVS win the European Club Championship |
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| Saturday, 01 October 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 After a dramatic finish of the 7-round championship the following teams won the medals: Men  Gold medalists, 13 match points out of 14 Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation (Russia): Peter Svidler (2740), Nikita Vitiugov (2726), Sergei Movsesian (2715), Zahar Efimenko (2703), Vadim Zvjagintsev (2666), Ildar Khairullin (2642), Maxim Matlakov (2630)  Silver medalists, 12 MPs SOCAR (Azerbaijan): Teimour Radjabov (2752), Alexander Grischuk (2757), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2746), Emil Sutovsky (2690), Andrei Volokitin (2686), Rustam Kasimdzhanov (2678), Rauf Mamedov (2660), Eltaj Safarli (2627)  Bronze medalists, 11 MPs, 31.5 boards points Novy Bor (Czech Republic): Viktor Laznicka (2701), Radoslaw Wojtasjzek (2704), Mateusz Bartel (2627), Zbynek Hracherk (2627), Jan Markos (2596), Robert Cvek (2518), Petr Haba (2502) Last year's winner, Economist-SGSEU, shared 4-7 on MPs with SHSM-64, OSG Baden Baden and Bosna Saraevo. This was a result of pairings that made the leaders clash with each other, while Novy Bor comfortably wiped out a relatively weak team Haladras VSE 5.5-0.5 and got bronze on board points. View all the games online  Women  Gold medalists, 12 MPs out of 14 AVS (Russia): Antoaneta Stefanova (2528), Viktoria Cmilyte (2525), Kateryna Lahno (2554), Natalia Pogonina (2446), Mariya Muzychuk (2456)  Silver medalists, 10 MPs, 17.5 board points, BH 100.5 AEM Luxten Timisoara (Roumania): Nana Dzagnidze (2525), Anna Zatonskih (2508), Lela Javakhishvili (2464), Christina-Adela Foisor (2416), Anastasia Bodnaruk (2417)  Bronze medalists, 10 MPs, 17.5 board points, BH 98.5 Mika (Armenia): Elina Danielian (2517), Dronavalli Harika (2505), Zhu Chen (2490, Lilit Mkrtchian (2475) As you can see, the silver and bronze medals were distributed according to the Buchgoltz score! What a tight race it was. The last year's winner and rating favorite Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo shared 4-5 on MPs with SGSM-RGSU.  Individual medals: Board 1: Gold - Antoaneta Stefanova (2528), AVS, Performance: 2675; Silver - Natali Zhukova (2416), Giprorechtrans, Performance: 2551; Bronze - Hou Yifan (2578), Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo, Performance: 2526 Board 2: Gold - Anna Muzychuk (2545), Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo, Performance: 2611; Silver - Yelena Dembo (2471), BAS, Peformance: 2606; Bronze - Kateryna Lahno (2554), AVS, Performance: 2589 Board 3: Gold - Lela Javakhishvili (2464), AEM Luxten Timisoara, Performance: 2593; Silver - Elena Zaiatz (2441), Giprorechtrans, Performance: 2498; Bronze - Pia Cramling (2489), Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo, Performance: 2473 Board 4: Gold - Alina Kashlinskaya (2385), SHSM-RGSU, Performance: 2484; Silver - Natalia Pogonina (2446), AVS, Performance: 2482; Bronze - Lilit Mkrtchian (2475), Mika, Performance: 2450 View all the games online All photos courtesy of the official website Updated women's live ratings after the event 
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