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Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler won the doubles title at the 2024 European Open, defeating Robert Galloway and Aleksandr Nedovyesov in the final, 6–4, 1–6, [10–8]. [ 1 ] Petros and Stefanos Tsitsipas were the defending champions, [ 2 ] but lost in the first round to Robin Haase and David Pel .
The European Chess Club Cup is an annual chess tournament for club teams from Europe. It is organised by the European Chess Union. The competition is held with the Swiss system over seven rounds. It consists of two sections, open and women's, with each team fielding six and four players respectively at every match.
For instance, the American Cup, a high-stakes tournament featuring elite players, did not count because all participants were from the United States. FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky justified this rule as a response to perceived exploitation in prior years (e.g., Ding Liren’s qualification via Chinese-organized events).
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The European Individual Championship consists of two separate tournaments, an open event and a women's event, held at different times of the year and hosted in different cities. Both are Swiss system tournaments, with a varying number of rounds. Historically, the only exception to this was the first Women's Championship tournament in 2000 ...
Historically, teams played for the pleasure of winning the Europa Cup, but nowadays this has been overshadowed by the popular medal-winning format of the 'Olympics' and Chess Olympiad. Gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to the top three teams and also as board prizes for outstanding individual performances.
WYNDHAM CLARK WINS THE US OPEN. 02:52, Ben Fleming. Clark -10 (70) The crowd are hardly giving Clark the ideal circumstances in which to try and two-putt for his maiden major championship.