The 4th day of the European Chess Club Cup 2026 in Montenegro has concluded. 4 teams finished the 4th round with 8 points. The teams of 🇺🇿 Nodirbek Abdusattorov and 🇮🇳 Arjun Erigaisi lead with 72 tiebreak points each.

Abdusattorov’s SuperChess Romania defeated 🇦🇿 Aydin Suleymanli’s team Vugar Gashimov with a score of 4-2. Aydin defeated Nodirbek in 55 moves by sacrificing his Queen and Knight. Suleymanli’s victory was the only one in the round for his team.

The team of 🇳🇱 Anish Giri, 🇹🇷 Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, and 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is in 5th place with 7 points. They drew with 🇮🇳 Pranav V’s team, Elektroprivreda. Pranav defeated Giri in 46 moves. Anish made 2 Inaccuracies and 1 Mistake, and played the game with 86.9 accuracy.

The current standings:

Place Team Score TB
1. SuperChess Romania (Nodirbek Abdusattorov) 8 72
2. Alkaloid (Arjun Erigaisi) 8 72
3. Novy Bor Chess Club (Nodirbek Yakubboev) 8 71
4. SK K CERO INVEST Nitra (Vasyl Ivanchuk) 8 52
5. Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club (Anish Giri) 7 74
6. Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai (Pranesh M) 7 69
7. Riehen (Markus Ragger) 7 59.5
8. Aix-en-Provence (Marc’Andria Maurizzi) 7 59
9. Elektroprivreda (Pranav V) 7 55.5
10. SK Dunajska Streda (Vaclav Finek) 7 40.5

The European Chess Club Cup is an annual chess tournament for club teams from across Europe. The event is organized by the European Chess Union (ECU) and has been held since 1976. The European Chess Club Cup 2026 takes place from October 17 to 23, at Hotel Medun in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. The 2025 edition of the tournament was won by Gukesh Dommaraju’s team SuperChess.

Credit: Rafal Oleksiewicz/FIDE