European Clubs Cup
Kallithea, Greece
Round 5 top results:
MIKA 2½ – 3½ OSG Baden-Baden
Carlsen (2786) ½-½ Svidler (2727)
Aronian (2757) ½-½ Bacrot (2705)
Gelfand (2719) ½-½ Nisipeanu (2684)
Sargissian (2642) 0-1 Naiditsch (2678)
Petrosian (2629) 1-0 Vallejo (2664)
Pashikian (2611) 0-1 Harikrishna (2659)
Economist 3 – 3 Ashdod CC
Wang Yue (2736) ½-½ Gashimov (2703)
Alekseev (2715) ½-½ Eljanov (2720)
Tomashevsky (2646) ½-½ Sutovsky (2651)
Ni Hua (2710) ½-½ Smirin (2649)
Roiz (2677) ½-½ Avrukh (2657)
Galkin (2624) ½-½ Moiseenko (2678)
Source: ChessToday.net
Leading teams after 5 rounds:
1. OSG Baden-Baden e.V. – 10 (21½)
2. PVK Kiev Chess – 9 (24)
3. Economist Saratov – 9 (20½)
(64 teams)
Ladies, leaders after 5 rounds:
1. Monte Carlo – 9 (14);
2. Spartak Vidnoe – 8 (14);
3. EPAM – 8 (13)
(18 teams)
Official website: http://ecc2008.chessdom.com/
Hey,that’s not news.The news is round 6 .Chuky beat butt of a young coffehouse player Carlsen.
One more blunder of the young coffehouse player and Chuky finished him off in a great style (but he would win anyway)
Hey now, there’s nothing wrong with playing a little chess in a coffeehouse.