13th European Chess Club Cup: 1997

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Basic data

13th European Chess Club Cup
(see all-time tournament summary)
Date: September - November 1997
City: Final: Kazan, Russia
Venue: N/A
Tournament Director: Mr. Werner Stubevoll (AUT)
Chief Arbiter: N/A
Teams participating: 57 from 36 countries (4 teams did not show up)
Players participating: approx. 352 (incl. approx. 103 GMs, 78 IMs, 3 WGM, 51 FMs, 3 WIMs and 1 WFM)
Games played: 528 (incl. 47 forfeits);
Competition format: Two stage knock-out.
Preliminaries: seven groups playing six board knock-out. Winner of each group qualified to the final.
Due to cancellation of Agrounverzal and Hellir the home B-team and Rezina-Gaz were allowed to participate in the final.
Final: six board knock-out
Match win decided by: 1. Board count; 2. Elimination rule (how it works?)
Time control: N/A
Downloadable game file: 97ecc.zip


Tournament review

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