Nihal and Harikrishna clinch Silver for Novy Bor Chess Club at 41st European Club Cup 2026
Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club and Novy Bor Chess Club scored an unbeaten 13/14 each at 41st European Club Cup 2026. The former became champion on tie-breaks, the latter runner-up.
Individual: Nihal Gold, Harikrishna Silver and Karthikeyan Murali Bronze
Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club defeated SuperChess Romania by 3.5-2.5 to clinch the Gold. Novy Bor Chess Club won their final round match convincingly against Elektroprivreda 4.5-1.5 to secure second place. Cheddleton Savills Catering lost to Rishon LeZion A by 1-5 and the latter finished third.
Among the Indians, GM Nihal Sarin won individual Gold on Board no.2, GM Pentala Harikrishna earned Silver on Board no.3 and GM Karthikeyan Murali got Bronze on Board no.2.
Gold – Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club 13/14 | Photo: ECU / Mark Livshitz
Silver – Novy Bor Chess Club 13/14 | Photo: ECU / Mark Livshitz
Bronze – Rishon LeZion A 12/14 | Photo: ECU / Mark Livshitz
Board prize
Board no.1 (L to R): Silver – GM Vaclav Finek (SK Dunajska Streda) 2800, Gold – GM Marc`Andria Maurizzi (Aix-en-Provence) 2837 and Bronze – GM Aydin Suleymanli (Vugar Gashimov) 2780 | Photo: ECU / Mark Livshitz
Board no.2: Gold – GM Nihal Sarin (Novy Bor Chess Club) 2859 and Bronze – GM Karthikeyan Murali (Alkaloid) 2773 | Photo: ECU / Mark Livshitz
Board no.3 (L to R): Silver – GM Pentala Harikrishna (Novy Bor Chess Club) 2794, Gold – FM Lennert Lenaerts (Zuid-Limburg) 2896 and Bronze – GM Mahel Boyer (Aix-en-Provence) 2739 | Photo: ECU / Mark Livshitz
Board no.4 (L to R): Silver – GM Alexey Sarana (SuperChess Romania) 2757, Gold – GM Benjamin Gledura (Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai) 2793 and Bronze – GM Richard Rapport (Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club) 2755 | Photo: ECU / Mark Livshitz
Board no.5 (L to R): Silver – GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (SuperChess Romania) 2729, Gold – GM Ihor Samunenkov (Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai) 2782 and Bronze – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club) 2685 | Photo: ECU / Mark Livshitz
Replay live stream
Replay Round 7 live commentary by GM Simon Williams, WIM Lena Govedarica, WIM Sandra Djukic and WCM Lula Roberts | Video: European Chess Union
Prizes
The total prize fund was €40000, €26000 in Open and €14000 in Women. The top three prizes in Open are – €8000, €6000 and €4000. For Women, they were – €5500, €3500 and €2000. Individual board prizes on each board €500.
Schedule
Every day round started at 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST from 17th to 23rd October 2026. The seven-round Swiss system tournament had a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The tournament took place in Budva, Montenegro.
Replay Round 7 Open games
Links
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