The 14th European Club Cup for Women took place on 4-10th October in Ohrid, Fyrom. Spartak Vidnoe had a slow start, with draws in rounds two and three, but then they won the remaining matches and convincingly claimed the trophy, full three points ahead of the chasing pack. Fourth board Kateryna Lahno had an amazing performance of 5.5/6, or 2772 elo.

Cercle d'Echecs Monte Carlo, who dominated the European scene over the last two years, had many problems throughout the competition and only in the last round did they reach shared 2-5th place. The team won the silver medal on the best additional criteria. It is interesting that the top two teams haven't met each other over the board.

The event had only 11 teams participating, which is a huge decline after the last year's 18 in Kalithea.

/ Report taken from www.chessdom.com /