The European Chess Club Cup is an annual
chess
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tournament for club teams from Europe. It is organised by the
European Chess Union. The competition is held with the
Swiss system over seven rounds. It consists of two sections, open and women's, with each team fielding six and four players respectively at every match.
39th European Chess Club Cup for Men and 28th European Club Cup for Women was held in 2024.
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History
The tournament origins are from the former
Yugoslavia
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, where chess club competitions were quite popular. In 1996, the women's competition was added.
Winners
Men's event
Women's event
Results
* https://web.archive.org/web/20170915114819/http://www.torneionline.com/loto.php?path=albi/02_Campionati_Europei/&link=22_European_Club_Cup.htm
* https://web.archive.org/web/20220816221554/http://www.torneionline.com/loto.php?path=albi/02_Campionati_Europei/&link=23_European_Club_Cup_Femminile.htm
See also
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Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in FIDE Onli ...
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European Team Chess Championship
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Russia (USSR) vs Rest of the World
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Women's Chess Olympiad
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World Team Chess Championship
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World Chess Championship
The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Gukesh Dommaraju, who defeated the previous champion Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship 2024, 2024 World Chess Championship. ...
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World Mind Sports Games
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Mind Sports Organisation
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Correspondence Chess Olympiad
References
External links
* . ''European Club Cup 2009''.
{{European Club Competitions
European championships in chess
Women's chess competitions
Team chess competitions