Vasyl Ivanchuk (2016 world champion in quick games), Maxime Lagarde (reigning French champion), Marc’Andria Maurizzi (13 years old, on the way to becoming the youngest Grandmaster in France), Zoltan Medvegy, Namig Guliyev and Sébastien Sobry (team captain and club sporting director) failed to qualify for the European Club Cup finals online, which take place on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The C’Chartres Chess engages two teams in the European Club Cup this weekend
“We were opposed to five very strong teams”, relativized this evening, François Gilles, the president of the Chartres club, referring to Novy Bor (Czech Republic), Odlar Yurdu (Azerbaijan), Greco Notary chess team (Ukraine), Tehsil Idman (Azerbaijan) and SF Deizisau (Germany).
François Gilles nevertheless remains very proud of the career of the team from Chartres, ranked 16th in Europe. “We were treated to a great Ivanchuk, who didn’t lose a single game, but behind, we were a bit tight. It’s normal, it’s a team of young people ”.
“On Saturday, computer connection problems almost cost us our qualification for the play-offs. “
Sebastien sobry (empty)
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“On Saturday, computer connection problems almost cost us our qualification for the play-offs,” recalls Sébastien Sobry.
Fortunately, Sunday, the team turned the tide and managed to climb to second place in the pool, qualifying for the play-off.
this Monday evening, the team from Chartres would have had to finish in the top three of its group to secure a place in the final phase. And she only finished in fourth place out of six, tied with the Ukrainian team.
According to Maxime Lagarde, playing online is not easy. “It’s quite frustrating. When you play physically in front of someone, there is a whole psychological dimension. And then, online, we must constantly monitor our opponents because it is quite easy to cheat ”.
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