European Club Cup Round 4

Guys, please give some respect to the 2700+ heavy weights at the Euro Club Cup 2008. The Anand-Kramnik match has completely overshadowed this event! Just consider the pairings today.

Adams - Wang Yue
Alekseev - Ponomariov
Aronian - Kamsky
Radjabov - Carlsen (A possible match between future World Championship contenders)
Shirov - Gelfand
Svidler - Ivanchuk

Apart from this, there were a few juicy pairings in the Women's section

Hou Yifan - Koneru Humpy
Cramling - Stefanova

If these players were assembled at a tournament it would be around a Category XX. Even today's star Aronian, who beat Kamsky today, seems to be going ga-ga over the World Chess Championship match and the quality of play.

Watch this game between two big stars, Aronian and Kamsky. Aronian outplayed a lacklustre Kamsky, who made a string of mistakes from move 21.


Aronian-Kamsky 1-0

OSG Baden Baden is leading even without its top star, Vishy Anand!

Leading Open Standings

OSG Baden Baden e.V 18 pts
Economist SGSEU-1 Saratov 17.5 pts
MIKA Chess Club 15.5 pts

Leading Women's Standings

1 Spartak Vidnoe 12 pts
2 Cercle d’Echecs Monte Carlo 11 pts
3 EPAM 11 pts

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