2022 edition of prestigious European Chess Club Cup continued on Tuesday with heavyweights like CSU Superbet, Novy Bor, and Offerspill all winning comfortably, we take a look at the schedule, prize money, standings, and other details of the tournament
Each year, club teams from all over Europe compete in the European Chess Club Cup, which is run by European Chess Union using the seven-round tournament under Swiss system. In accordance with the rules of this tournament, each team in the open category will have six players present, while each team in the women’s division will have four players.
European Chess Club Cup 2022 Results Today, Day 3 Schedule, Date, Time, Players Participants List, Standings, Points Table, Format, Prize Money And Live Stream
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2022 European Chess Club Cup Schedule, Date, Time, Venue, And Other Details
As was predicted, all of the major teams won their second round matches in European Chess Club Cup on Tuesday. Top-seed CSU ASE Superbet will play Vugar Gashimov on Day 3 of the competition, while second-seed Novy Bor Chess Club will play Beer Sheva Chess Club. Six matches will be played in each open-division tie, with the club having the most points after six games proclaimed the winner.
Date | Time | Event |
2-Oct | Arrival of Players | |
2-Oct | 8:00 PM | Opening Ceremony |
3-Oct | 2:00 PM | 1st Round |
4-Oct | 2:00 PM | 2nd Round |
5-Oct | 2:00 PM | 3rd Round |
6-Oct | 2:00 PM | 4th Round |
7-Oct | 2:00 PM | 5th Round |
8-Oct | 2:00 PM | 6th Round |
9-Oct | 11:00 AM | 7th Round |
9-Oct | 7:00 PM | Closing Ceremony |
10-Oct | Departure of Players |
2022 European Chess Club Cup Results Today, Best Performers of Day, And Latest Standings
At round 2 of ongoing European Club Cup in Mayrhofen, there were no significant surprises and the favorites largely won with ease. In open division, reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen of Offerspill defeated Alexander Naumann while Vishy Anand of Superbet was handed rest day by his team. In the women’s competition, top-seed Monte-Carlo and second-seed Superbet both achieved comfortable victories during Round 2. However, both teams are set to face challenging tie in Round 3 in the form of third-seed Pamhagen and fourth-seed Odlar Yurdu respectively.
Due to Anand’s off-day, Rapport represented his team for second day of competition and comfortably defeated Miklos Nemeth of SK Dunajska Streda. On Day 2 heavyweights like Novy Bor and Superbet both won with score of 5-1. Meanwhile, Magnus Carlsen’s Offerspill defeated Schachgesellschaft Solingen with an even higher score of 5.5-0.5 as world champion easily defeated Alexander Naumann in a positional battle. Later in Round 3, Superbet and Novy Bor will square off against Vugar Gashimo and Beer Sheva respectively.
Open tournament Standings (After Day 2)
Prize money for the winning team in the open competition is worth 9,000 euros, while the prize money for the winning team in the women’s competition is worth 6,000 euros. The prize pool of the European Chess Club Cup is 25,000 euros for the general event and 15,000 euros for the women’s competition.
Rank | Open | Women’s |
1st | 9000 | 6000 |
2nd | 4500 | 4000 |
3rd | 3500 | 2000 |
4th | 2000 | 1000 |
5th | 2000 | |
6th | 1000 | |
MVP Awards | 3000 | 2000 |
When And Where to Watch: Live Stream
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