16/10/2026
🇫🇮 Suomalaisjoukkueista Eurocupissa mukana Aatos, EtVaS ja Gambiitti.
Lisäksi 🇲🇪 montenegrolaisen Niksicin riveissä Pauliina Pelander 💪
The 41st European Chess Club Cup and the 30th European Chess Club Cup for Women is set to kick off in Budva, Montenegro! 🏆
⏳ The Opening ceremony of the event is scheduled for this evening with the start at 18:00 CEST, while the games start tomorrow at 14:00 CEST!
📣 With 130 registered teams – 108 teams in the Open section and 22 in the Women’s section, the event broke the participation record previously set in Rhodes in 2025 where 122 teams participated.
✨ The European Club Cup gathers strongest Chess Clubs and Teams of Europe, and the Open section line-up is this year headlined by teams: Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club 🇹🇷, defending champions SuperChess Romania 🇷🇴, Alkaloid 🇲🇰, Novy Bor Chess Club 🇨🇿, and Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai 🇭🇺.
💫The top seeds in the Women’s section are: defending champions Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo 🇲🇨, Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica 🇷🇸, SuperChess Romania 🇷🇴, CE Gambit Bonnevoie 🇱🇺, and Odlar Yurdu 🇦🇿.
➡️The teams are represented by Europe’s and World’s best Grandmasters, including the following players in the Open section: GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, GM Wei Yi, GM Anish Giri, GM Arjun Erigaisi, GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, GM Amin Tabatabaei, GM Jorden Van Foreest, GM Nodirbek Yakubboev, GM Richard Rapport, and GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.
➡️ While the field of the 2026 European Women’s Chess Club Cup includes: GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, GM Humpy Koneru, IM Polina Shuvalova, GM Nino Batsiashvili, IM Stavroula Tsolakidou, IM Nurgyul Salimova, IM Leya Garifullina, IM Olga Badelka, IM Injac Teodora, and GM Elisabeth Paehtz.
🔗 Detailed preview of the event: https://www.europechess.org/european-chess-club-cup-2026-starts-in-budva-montenegro/
