SCHACHFREUNDE Deizisau of Germany convincingly won the 2021 European Online Chess Club Cup which ended on March 31 at the tornelo.com platform. The rapid event replaced the regular over the board club cup which could not take place due to coronavirus disease 2019. Unlike other teams, SF Deizisau is made up exclusively of German players.
Incidentally, for those who may have come across the term for the first time, Tornelo was created on the cloud in 2008 as a web-based pairing program for over-the-board chess tournaments, which added the capability for arbiters to run online events last year. The platform has since hosted a number of online, hybrid, and over the board chess events.
The 2021 edition of the European Club Cup was a rapid event (15 minutes + five seconds increment per move) and consisted of a preliminary phase, a playoff phase, and a final 10-team all-play-all phase. SF Deizisau, bannered by GMs Matthias Bluebaum and Alexander Donchenko, chalked six wins, two draws, and one loss in the finals. Second-placer Clichy Echecs 92, led by GMs Jorden van Foreest and Parham Magsoodhloo, has six wins, one draw and two losses.
The final standings: 1. SF Deizisau e.V., 14; 2. Clichy Echecs 92, 13; 3-4. Mednyi Vsadnik, Poland Hussars, 11; 5-6. Odlar Yurdu, Hamburger Schachklub 1830, 9; 7-8. 4NCL Guildford, Ladya Kazan, 8; 9. Novy Bor, 7; 10. Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo, 0.
Van Foreest, J (2701)-Duda, J-K (2729) [B90]
Tornelo (1.1) 2021
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Qd3 Nbd7 7.Be2 e6 8.a4 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.Qg3 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Re1 Nf6 13.Bd2 d5 14.Bf3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Bc5 16.Bc3 Ne4 17.b4 Bd6 18.Bb2 Qc7 19.Qh3 0-0 20.b5 axb5 21.axb5 Bc5 22.Rf1 Rxa1 23.Bxa1 Ra8 24.Bb2 Qf4 25.Qd3 Qd2 26.f3 Ra2 0-1
Fedoseev, V (2687)-Vidit, SG (2726) [A07]
Tornelo (1.1) 2021
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.0-0 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Qa4 Nc7 9.Ng5 0-0 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Qxc6 Rb8 12.Qxc5 h6 13.Nf3 Bb7 14.e4 Ne6 15.Qe3 g5 16.d3 Qd7 17.Re1 g4 18.Nh4 Nd4 19.Qd2 f5 20.Qd1 Ba8 21.Be3 Rxb2 22.Rc1 Bf6 23.Bxd4 Bxd4 24.Re2 Rxe2 25.Nxe2 Bb6 26.Qb3+ Kh7 27.Nxf5 e6 28.Ne3 Rf3 29.Rf1 Bxe3 30.fxe3 Rxe3 31.Nf4 Qd4 32.Qc4 Rxg3+ 33.Kh1 Bxe4+ 0-1
Meier, G (2628)-McShane, LJ (2674) [A05]
Tornelo (1.3) 2021
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.b3 b5 7.Nbd2 Bb7 8.c4 a6 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Bb2 e6 11.e4 Rb8 12.c5 dxc5 13.dxc5 c6 14.b4 Qc7 15.Nb3 Rfe8 16.a4 h5 17.Rfd1 e5 18.Bc3 Re7 19.Rd6 Ne8 20.Rd3 Ndf6 21.Ne1 h4 22.Na5 Bc8 23.Rad1 Bg4 24.f3 Bd7 25.g4 Nh7 26.axb5 axb5 27.Bd2 Bf6 28.Be3 g5 29.Rd6 Nf8 30.Qd2 Rd8 31.Nxc6 Nxd6 32.Nxe7+ Bxe7 33.cxd6 1-0
Kramer, J (2419)-Cheparinov, I (2667) [B90]
Tornelo (2.4) 2021
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a3 e5 7.Nf5 d5 8.Bg5 d4 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nb1 Bxf5 11.exf5 Qd5 12.Qh5 Nd7 13.Nd2 0-0-0 14.Qf3 Qxf3 15.gxf3 Rg8 16.Ne4 Be7 17.Bc4 Rg7 18.Ke2 Nc5 19.Rhg1 Rdg8 20.Rg3 Nxe4 21.fxe4 Rg4 22.Kd3 R8g5 23.Bxf7 Rf4 24.Rf1 h5 25.Rxg5 fxg5 26.Bxh5 Rh4 27.Bf7 Kc7 28.Rh1 Rf4 29.Rf1 Rh4 30.Bd5 Rh3+ 31.Ke2 Rxh2 32.Rg1 Rh3 33.Rg3 Rh2 34.Rf3 Bf6 35.Rb3 b5 36.a4 Kb6 37.axb5 axb5 38.c4 d3+ 39.Rxd3 g4 40.Rg3 Bh4 41.Rxg4 Kc5 42.cxb5 Rxf2+ 43.Kd3 Rf3+ 44.Kc2 Bf2 45.Rg6 Kxb5 46.f6 Bc5 47.f7 Rf2+ 48.Kc3 Rf3+ 49.Kd2 Bf8 50.b3 Rf2+ 51.Ke1 Rf3 52.Ke2 Rf4 53.Rg8 Bd6 54.Rc8 Kb4 55.Rc4+ Kb5 56.Rc3 Kb4 57.Rf3 Rxf3 58.Kxf3 Kc5 59.Kg4 1-0
Bluebaum, M (2670)-Mamedyarov, S (2770) [D04]
Tornelo (3.1) 2021
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.h3 0-0 8.Nc3 c5 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Be2 Nc6 12.0-0 Rc8 13.Nb3 Ne5 14.Nc5 Bc6 15.Qb3 e6 16.a4 Qc7 17.a5 Nbd7 18.Nxd7 Nxd7 19.Nb5 Bxb5 20.Qxb5 a6 21.Qb4 Nb8 22.Rfc1 Nc6 23.Qa3 Qe5 24.Rc5 Qxe4 25.Bf3 Qh4 26.Rac1 Rb8 27.R1c4 Nd4 28.Bg5 1-0
Vidit, SG (2726)-Maghsoodloo, P (2676) [A40]
Tornelo (8.2) 2021
1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Ne2 Nb4 6.Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7.Qxd3 Ne7 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Qg3 d6 10.b3 Qd7 11.d5 Ne7 12.a4 g6 13.Bg5 Bg7 14.Rad1 0-0 15.Qh4 Rae8 16.Bf6 Kh8 17.f4 Ng8 18.Bxg7+ Kxg7 19.Nd4 e5 20.fxe5 Rxe5 21.Rf3 a6 22.Rdf1 Qe7 23.Qxe7 Nxe7 24.Ne6+ Rxe6 25.dxe6 f6 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.cxd5 c5 28.e5 1-0
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PUZZLERS
WHITE TO MOVE,
MATE IN TWO.
The key to our last problem is 1.Qg7!, and Black’s futile options are: 1…c4 2.Qa7#; 1…Kc4 2.Ra4#; 1…Ke3 2.Qg1#; 1…e3 2.Rf4#; 1…d2 2.Sb5#./PN
