[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: The European Club Cup

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
The European Club Cup
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   This superstar-loaded event finished on Saturday with a three-way tie
   for first. Tomsk-400, Ladya Kazan and Ural Sverdlovskaya all went
   +5=2-0 in their team matches, but placed in the order above after
   (non-playing) tiebreaks.
   More interesting for me, as a non-European without any team loyalties,
   are some of the tournament performance ratings (TPRs). Alexander
   Morozevich had the most impressive TPR, with a gaudy 2916, and seeing
   Vassily Ivanchuk with the third best TPR (2864), Alexei Shirov with
   the fourth (2834) and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with the fifth (2833)
   isn't particularly surprising. What is extremely surprising, though,
   is Tomi Nyback's having the second best TPR: 2887. The 21-year old
   Finn is certainly a strong grandmaster, but with a rating of "only"
   2575, this is an especially remarkable achievement!
   You can see the top 20 TPRs [1]here (note Viktor Korchnoi's presence
   on the list: 2726!), and the tournament website is [2]here.
   I've annotated two of the flashier attacking games from this event -
   have a look, [3]here.

References

   1. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3427
   2. http://www.ecc2006.com/
   3. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/ecc2006_wrapup.htm