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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...

The European Club Cup (ECC) which had amazing success last year, has started now. The 2008 edition of the championship boasts who's who of the chess world except of course, Anand and Kramnik. 64 teams participate in the Open even and 18 in the Women's section. We'll bring the games as they happen. Expect some beautiful games. Round 2 is on October 18, 2008. The cash rich European clubs have heavyweights in their teams. Sample this list in the Open team event. Morozevich, Ivanchuk, Carlsen, Radjabov, Mamedyarov, Shirov, Svidler, Aronian, Yue, Adams, Grischuk, Karjakin, Kamsky, Gelfand, Ponomariov, and many other stars. In the women's section, the top five are rated so high that they can form a strong team together even if they competed in the Open section! Humpy, Xie Jun(!), Hou Yifan, Stefanova, Cramling, Xue, Cmilyte, Lahno, Muzychuk, Chiburdanidze, Zhukova, and others.