13th European Chess Club Cup: 1997

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13th European Chess Club Cup
(see all-time tournament summary)
Dates: September - November 1997
City: Kazan (Russia)
Location information: Final: Kazan, Russia
Venue:
Tournament Director: Mr. Werner Stubevoll (AUT)
Chief Arbiter:
Teams participating: 57 (from 36 countries)
Players participating: 363 (incl. 108 GMs, 80 IMs, 3 WGMs, 51 FMs, 3 WIMs and 1 WFM)
Games played: 528 (15 games were forfeited)
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
Final order decided by:
Match winner: 1. Board count; 2. Elimination rule (how it works?)
Time control:
Documents: Group 4 tournament bulletin (Peter Holmgren, Stockholm, thx!)
PGN game file: 97ecc.pgn