Russia's near-monopoly of the annual European Club Cup was broken last week, though it took a specially assembled elite squad to do it. The winners, Socar Azerbaijan, fielded five world title candidates including Alex Grischuk from Moscow and Gata Kamsky from New York, and even then they only squeaked home in the final round by virtue of a better tie-break than St Petersburg. For most of the 34 teams which competed over seven rounds at Eilat, Israel, medal contention was a fantasy and the rea...
Russia's near-monopoly of the annual European Club Cup was broken last week, though it took a specially assembled elite squad to do it. The winners, Socar Azerbaijan, fielded five world title candidates including Alex Grischuk from Moscow and Gata Kamsky from New York, and even then they only squeaked home in the final round by virtue of a better tie-break than St Petersburg. For most of the 34 teams which competed over seven rounds at Eilat, Israel, medal contention was a fantasy and the rea...
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