OlimpBase :: 2nd European Chess Club Cup (women), Rijeka 1997, information

2nd European Chess Club Cup (women) (see all-time tournament summary)
Dates:	19th - 22nd June 1997
City:	Rijeka (Croatia)
Venue:
Tournament Director:
Chief Arbiter:
Teams participating:	8 from 6 countries
Players participating:	34 from 11 countries (incl. 1 GM, 2 IMs, 5 WGMs, 15 WIMs and 2 WFMs)
Games played:	48
Competition format:	Four board knock-out No info about preliminary stage (possibly no qualifiers).
Final order decided by:
Time control:
Website:	http://pubwww.srce.hr/cro_chess/WECC97/WECC97.html (cached)
PGN game file:	97eccw.pgn

Tournament review

The 2nd Club Cup for Women was extremely close on many occasions. In the quarterfinal phase two matches were decided by board count with the home side beating Halle and Goša eliminating favourites Wuppertal. Another win by top board Lakos gave the Croatian side Kastav a sensational semifinal draw v Kyiv to pave their way to the big final. Their opponents were Goša who beat Partizan in the intra-Yugoslav clash. The cup went to Goša who easily beat Kastav 3-1. Kyiv took third place. Slough CC, the weakest side in the pool, beat Halle on board count to finish in 7th. Halle came last, even though they scored more game points than runners-up Kastav! (5½ v 5)

Best board results

1st Board
no.	name	flag	code	pts	gms	%
1.	WGM Bojković, Nataša		GOSP	2	3	66.7
2.	WIM Lakos, Nikoletta		KAST	2	3	66.7
3.	WGM Prudnikova, Svetlana		PTBE	2	3	66.7

2nd Board
no.	name	flag	code	pts	gms	%
1.	WIM Maček, Vlasta		KAST	2½	3	83.3
2.	IM Peng Zhaoqin		EWPR	2½	3	83.3
3.	GM Gaprindashvili, Nona		GOSP	1½	3	50.0

3rd Board
no.	name	flag	code	pts	gms	%
1.	WIM Nikolin, Zorica		PTBE	2½	3	83.3
2.	WIM Petrović, Marija		GOSP	2	3	66.7
3.	WIM Melamed, Tatiana		GSKY	2	3	66.7

4th Board
no.	name	flag	code	pts	gms	%
1.	Müller, Andrea		HALL	2½	3	83.3
2.	WFM Benderać, Ana		GOSP	2	3	66.7
3.	WIM Zatonskih, Anna		GSKY	2	3	66.7

Information

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Tournament review

Best board results