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    Firouzja Seeks Nationality Change After World Rapid & Blitz Ban By Iranian Federation

     

    "Firouzja is currently living in France...and may want to play under the French or U.S. flag," Pahlavanzadeh told ISNA. 

    The Iranian chess star and the country's top player Alireza Firouzja is considering changing his nationality after the Iranian chess federation withdrew its players from the upcoming World Rapid & Blitz in Moscow, according to the Iranian chess federation.

     

    Update: Firouzja is now back on the World Rapid & Blitz players list under the FIDE flag.

     

    The federation had objected to Parham Maghsoodloo and Amin Tabatabaei playing games against Israeli opponents in a blitz tournament that was part of the recent Sunway Sitges Chess Festival. Subsequently, the federation decided to withdraw participation of all Iranian players from the World Rapid & Blitz, but Firouzja has not gone along with this decision.

     

    "Firouzja has made his decision and has told us that he wants to change his nationality," the Iranian Chess Federation's president, Mehrdad Pahlavanzadeh, told the news agency Tasnim.

     

    Firouzja is currently listed in the FIDE database as a registered player—but not an Iranian player—after the news was released, and is now recognized as "FIDE licensed" on his official profile.

     

    The 16-year-old phenom is willing to play in the upcoming championship, but not under the Iranian flag, according to comments made by Pahlavanzadeh to the news agency ISNA.

     

    Losing Firouzja would be a blow to the Iranian federation, which has produced two of the top juniors in recent years in Firouzja and Maghsoodloo. It is unclear where Firouzja will land if he is to renounce his citizenship, and his status for the upcoming World Rapid & Blitz is still up in the air.

     

    Chess.com will have updates on this breaking story as it develops and expects to have a comment from Firouzja in the coming days.


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  • THE REAL GRAND-MASTERS

    (Top 10 since 2000)

     

     Adams, Michael ( 2000 )

     Anand, Viswanathan ( 2000 )

     Ivanchuk, Vassily ( 2000 )

     Kasparov, Garry ( 2000 )

     Kramnik, Vladimir ( 2000 )

     Krasenkow, Michal ( 2000 )

     Leko, Peter ( 2000 )

     Morozevich, Alexander ( 2000 )

     Shirov, Alexei ( 2000 )

     Topalov, Veselin ( 2000 )

     

     Bareev, Evgeny ( 2001 )

     Gelfand, Boris ( 2001 )

     Van Wely, Loek ( 2001 )

     

     Ponomariov, Ruslan ( 2002 )

     

     Grischuk, Alexander ( 2003 )

     Polgar, Judit ( 2003 )

     Svidler, Peter ( 2003 )

     

     Aronian, Levon ( 2005 )

     Bacrot, Etienne ( 2005 )

     

     Jakovenko, Dmitry ( 2007 )

     Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ( 2007 )

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     Gashimov, Vugar ( 2009 )

     Movsesian, Sergei ( 2009 )

     

     Eljanov, Pavel ( 2010 )

     Wang, Yue ( 2010 )

     

     Kamsky, Gata ( 2011 )

     Nakamura, Hikaru ( 2011 )

     

     Caruana, Fabiano ( 2012 )

     

     Karjakin, Sergey ( 2013 )

     

     So, Wesley ( 2014 )

    Dominguez Perez, Leinier ( 2014 )

    Giri, Anish ( 2014 )

    Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ( 2014 )

     

     Ding, Liren ( 2015 )

     

     Harikrishna, P. ( 2016 )

     

     Artemiev, Vladislav ( 2019 )

     Nepomniachtchi, Ian ( 2019 )


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  •  

     

    FIDE has approved the regulations for the World Championship Match 2020, as well as for the Women's World Championship match 2019-2020. The bidding procedure will last three months.

     

    After extensive consultations with representatives of the chess community, some significant changes are introduced in the new regulations. These are the main ones:

     

    The length of the match has been extended, from 12 games to 14. This change reflects the general opinion that the match should be slightly longer. To keep the event within a reasonable time frame, the rest days have been reduced from 6 to 5. This is a more dynamic schedule that will allow having all Saturdays and Sundays as playing days.

     

    FIDE has established restrictions on the draw by mutual agreement: the players cannot settle for a draw before black's 40th move. A claim for a draw before black's 40th move is permitted only through an Arbiter in case of threefold repetition.

     

    The recommendation for the prize fund has been raised to an expected minimum of 2 million euros net of any applicable local taxes. The winner will take 60% of this amount, while the runner-up gets 40% - as long as the World Championship Match ends within 14 games. In the eventuality of the title being decided in the tie-break, the prize fund will be split more evenly, with the winner receiving 55% and the runner-up 45%.

     

    The time control has also been changed to the "Classical" format: the players will have 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61. There is no increment whatsoever during the first 60 moves of the game.

     

    As for the Women's World Championship, as it had been announced last month, the knock-out system is abandoned and this competition adopts now the same format of a Candidates Tournament followed by a title match. In this case, the final will be decided at the distance of 12 games, and both players will fight for a total prize fund of 500.000 € (after taxes). For comparison, in the last title match between Ju Wenjun and Tan Zhongyi in Shanghai, the prize fund was 200.000 €.

     

    Apart from the technical and format changes in both cycles, the main novelty respect to the past few years is that FIDE is again in charge of organizing the World Championship match. After having delegated this responsibility on a third party company for the past few editions, a top priority for the new leadership under Arkady Dvorkovich's direction was to regain the commercial rights over its flagship event. The approval of these regulations marks the completion of this plan.


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  • FIDE

    TOP 20

    APRIL 2020

     

     

    1 Carlsen 2863

    2 Caruana 2835

    3 Ding Liren 2792

    4 Nepomniachtchi 2784

    5 Vachier-Lagrave 2778

    6 Grischuk 2777

    7 Aronian 2773

    8 So 2770

    9 Radjabov 2765

    10 Giri 2764

    11 Mamedyarov 2764

    12 Wang Hao 2763

    13 Rapport 2760

    14 Dominguez Perez 2758

    15 Duda 2753

    16 Anand 2753

    17 Karjakin 2752

    18 Nakamura 2736

    19 Topalov 2735

    20 Wei Yi 2732

     


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  • FIDE 

    TOP 10

    U21

    APRIL 2020

     

     

    1 Firouzja, Alireza 2728

    2 Xiong, Jeffery 2709

    3 Maghsoodloo, Parham 2676

    4 Esipenko, Andrey 2672

    5 Sevian, Samuel 2660

    6 Sarana, Alexey 2652

    7 Tabatabaei, M.amin 2629

    8 Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2627

    9 Deac, Bogdan-Daniel 2625

    10 Nihal Sarin 2620

     

     

     


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  • CHESS ONE 

    GLOBAL RANKING

    DECEMBER 2019

    [ (classic x 3) +(rapid x 2) + (blitz) ] / 6

    1 Carlsen 2875

    2 Vachier-Lagrave 2809

    3 Ding Liren 2807

    4 Nakamura 2788

    5 Caruana 2787

    6 Grischuk 2781

    7 Nepomniachtchi 2770

    8 Karjakin 2769

    9 So 2767

    10 Duda 2762

    11 Giri 2762

    12 Radjabov 2761

    13 Aronian 2761

    14 Anand 2760

    15 Mamedyarov 2754

    16 Yu Yangyi 2753

    17 Dominguez Perez 2750

    18 Artemiev 2750

    19 Rapport 2748

    20 Wang Hao 2746

     

     


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  • DECEMBER 2016

    FIDE TOP 20

    1 Carlsen 2840

    2 Caruana 2823

    3 Kramnik 2809

    4 Vachier-Lagrave 2804

    5 So 2794

    6 Karjakin 2785

    7 Aronian 2785

    8 Anand 2779

    9 Nakamura 2779

    10 Giri 2771

    11 Nepomniachtchi 2767

    12 Harikrishna 2766

    13 Mamedyarov 2763

    14 Topalov 2760

    15 Ding Liren 2757

    16 Eljanov 2756

    17 Ivanchuk 2752

    18 Adams 2751

    19 Wojtaszek 2748

    20 Svidler 2748


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  • EUROPEAN CHESS CLUB CUP

    FINAL STANDINGS

    1 Alkaloid 6

    (Ding Liren, Andreikin Dmitry, Eljanov Pavel, Jakovenko Dmitry, Yu Yangyi, Kryvoruchko Yuriy, Nedev Trajko, Pancevski Filip)

    2 Mednyi Vsadnik 5,5

    3 SHSM Legacy Square Moscow 5,5

    4 Ashdod 5,5

    5 Odlar Yurdu 5,5

    6 Syberia 5,5

    7 Zhiguli 5

    8 AVE Novy Bor 5

    9 VSK Sveti Nikolaj Srpski 5

    10 Schachgesellschaft Zurich 5

    ...

     


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  • TOP 10

    2016

    BEST CLUBS

    NATIONALS CHAMPIONSHIPS

    1 Mednyy Vsadnik Sankt-Peterburg ( RUS ) 2710

    2 Sibir Novosibirsk ( RUS ) 2710

    3 SHSM Legacy Square Capital Moskva ( RUS ) 2683

    4 OSG Baden-Baden ( GER ) 2681

    5 Sestao EDP ( ESP ) 2662

    6 SG Solingen ( GER ) 2617

    7 Wasko HETMAN Katowice ( POL ) 2617

    8 1. Novoborský ŠK  ( CZE ) 2613

    9 Merida Patrimonio de la Humanidad ( ESP ) 2600

    10 Clichy ( FRA ) 2595


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  • ELO

    FIDE

    U20

    NOVEMBER 2016

     

    1 Wei Yi 2706

    2 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2684

    3 Xiong, Jeffery 2660

    4 Artemiev, Vladislav 2658

    5 Bluebaum, Matthias 2641

    6 Oparin, Grigoriy 2621

    7 Van Foreest, Jorden 2614

    8 Vavulin, Maksim 2591

    9 Sevian, Samuel 2590 

    10 Gledura, Benjamin 2589

     


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  • ELO FIDE

    TOP 20

     

    NOVEMBER 2016

     

    1 Carlsen 2853

    2 Caruana 2823

    3 Vachier-Lagrave 2811

    4 Kramnik 2810

    5 Aronian 2795

    6 So 2794

    7 Anand 2779

    8 Nakamura 2779

    9 Karjakin 2772

    10 Harikrishna 2769

    11 Giri 2767

    12 Nepomniachtchi 2767

    13 Mamedyarov 2762

    14 Topalov 2760

    15 Ding Liren 2759

    16 Eljanov 2757

    17 Dominguez Perez 2752

    18 Grischuk 2751

    19 Wojtaszek 2748 

    20 Adams 2748

     


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  • RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

    16-27 October 2016

     

    FINAL STANDINGS

    1 Riazantsev, Alex. 7

    2 Grischuk, Alex. 6,5

    3 Tomashevsky, Ev. 6,5

    4 Svidler, Peter 6

    5 Fedoseev, Vlad. 6

    6 Oparin, Grigoriy 5,5

    7 Goganov, Aleksey 5,5

    8 Jakovenko, Dmitry 5,5

    9 Vitiugov, Nikita 5,5

    10 Inarkiev, Ernesto 5

    11 Kokarev, Dmitry 4,5

    12 Bocharov, Dmitry 2,5


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  • FIDE

    WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS

    2016

     

    U 14 OPEN

    1 Lomasov Semen (RUS) 9

    2 Esipenko Andrey (RUS) 9

    3 Yakubboev Nodirbek (UZB) 8

     

    U16 OPEN

    1 Martirosyan Haik M. ( ARM ) 9

    2 Triapishko Olexandr ( RUS ) 8,5

    3 Tran Minh Thang ( VIE ) 8

     

    U18 OPEN

    1 Petrosyan Manuel ( ARM ) 9

    2 Vavulin Maksim ( RUS ) 8,5

    3 Lorparizangeneh Shahin ( IRI ) 8

     

    U14 GIRLS

    1 Zhu Jiner ( CHN ) 8,5

    2 Maltsevskaya Aleksandra ( RUS ) 8

    3 Wang Annie ( USA ) 8

     

    U16 GIRLS

    1 Aakanksha Hagawane ( IND ) 9

    2 Alinasab Mobina ( IRI ) 8,5

    3 Shuvalova Polina ( RUS ) 8,5

     

    U18 GIRLS

    1 Tsolakidou Stavroula ( GRE ) 9

    2 Obolentseva Alexandra ( RUS ) 8

    3 Lahav Michal ( ISR ) 8


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  • ELO FIDE

    TOP 20

     

    OCTOBER 2016

     

    1 Carlsen 2852

    2 Kramnik 2814

    3 Caruana 2813

    4 Vachier-Lagrave 2810

    5 So 2793

    6 Aronian 2791

    7 Nakamura 2786

    8 Anand 2775

    9 Karjakin 2772

    10 Giri 2770

    11 Harikrishna 2766

    12 Ding Liren 2763

    13 Mamedyarov 2761

    14 Nepomniachtchi 2760

    15 Topalov 2759

    16 Grischuk 2752

    17 Dominguez Perez 2748

    18 Wojtaszek 2746

    19 Adams 2745

    20 Svidler 2741


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  • ELO FIDE

    TOP 10

    U20

     

    OCTOBER 2016 

    1 Wei Yi 2717

    2 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2675

    3 Artemiev, Vladislav 2663

    4 Xiong, Jeffery 2647

    5 Bluebaum, Matthias 2626

    6 Oparin, Grigoriy 2626

    7 Van Foreest, Jorden 2615

    8 Sevian, Samuel 2592

    9 Bortnyk O 2588

    10 Gledura, Benjamin 2585


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  • ELO FIDE

    TOP 10

    JUNIORS

    SEPTEMBER 2016

     

    1  Rapport 2752

    2  Wei 2717

    3  Duda 2675

    4  Artemiev 2663

    5  Dubov 2648

    6  Xiong 2647

    7  Bluebaum 2626

    8  Oparin 2626

    9  Nyzhnyk 2621

    10  Van Foreest 2615


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  • ELO FIDE

    TOP 20

    SEPTEMBER 2016

     

    1 Carlsen 2857

    2 Vachier-Lagrave 2813

    3 Caruana 2808

    4 Kramnik 2808

    5 Aronian 2795

    6 Nakamura 2789

    7 So 2782

    8 Anand 2776

    9 Karjakin 2769

    10 Topalov 2768

    11 Mamedyarov 2761

    12 Giri 2755

    13 Grischuk 2754

    14 Ding Liren 2753

    15 Harikrishna 2752

    16 Rapport 2752

    17 Li Chao 2746

    18 Svidler 2745

    19 Gelfand 2743 

    20 Navara 2742


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  •  

     

    CHESS OLYMPIAD

     

    FINAL STANDINGS

     

    1 United States of America 20 (+ 9 = 2 - 0 )

    2 Ukraine 20 (+ 10 = 0 - 1 )

    3 Russia 18 (+ 8 = 2 - 1 )

    4 India 16 (+ 7 = 2 - 2 )

    5 Norway 16 (+ 7 = 2 - 2 )

    6 Turkey 16 (+ 7 = 2 - 2 )

    7 Poland 16 (+ 7 = 2 - 2 )

    8 France 16 (+ 6 = 4 - 1 )

    9 England 16 (+ 7 = 2 - 2 )

    10 Peru 16 (+ 7 = 2 - 2 )

    ...

     


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  • CHAMPIONNAT DE FRANCE

    2016

    RESULTAT FINAL

     

    1 Cornette, Matthieu 6

    2 Gozzoli, Yannick 5,5

    3 Jolly, Jean-Francois 5,5

    4 Fressinet, Laurent 5

    5 Bauer, Christian 4,5

    6 Edouard, Romain 4,5

    7 Gharamian, Tigran 4

    8 Maze, Sebastien 4

    9 Demuth, Adrien 3,5

    10 Feller, Sebastien 2,5


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  • FIDE 2026

    PREDICTIONS !

    1  Wei, Yi 2850

    2  Carlsen, Magnus 2823

    3  Rapport, Richard 2820

    4  Caruana, Fabiano 2798

    5  Xiong, Jeffery 2796

    6  Giri, Anish 2794

    7  Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2794

    8  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2785

    9  Artemiev, Vladislav 2784

    10  So, Wesley 2778

    11  Aronian, Levon 2767

    12  Nakamura, Hikaru 2766

    13  Sevian, Samuel 2763

    14  Yu, Yangyi 2750

    15  Ding, Liren 2746

    16  Van Foreest, Jorden 2742

    17  Li, Ruifeng 2740

    18  Maghsoodloo, Parham 2739

    19  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2739

    20  Karjakin, Sergey 2735


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  • FIDE

    TOP 10

    JUNIORS

    AUGUST 2016

     

    1  Rapport, Richard 2752

    2  Wei, Yi 2709

    3  Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2675

    4  Artemiev, Vladislav 2665

    5  Dubov, Daniil 2648

    6  Xiong, Jeffery 2633

    7  Nyzhnyk, Illya 2621

    8  Bluebaum, Matthias 2618

    9  Oparin, Grigoriy 2617

    10  Eliseev, Urii 2606


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  • FIDE

    TOP 20

    2016 AUGUST

    1  Carlsen, Magnus 2857

    2  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2819

    3  Kramnik, Vladimir 2808

    4  Caruana, Fabiano 2807

    5  Aronian, Levon 2792

    6  Nakamura, Hikaru 2791

    7  So, Wesley 2771

    8  Anand, Viswanathan 2770

    9  Giri, Anish 2769

    10  Karjakin, Sergey 2769

    11  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2764

    12  Topalov, Veselin 2761

    13  Ding, Liren 2755

    14  Grischuk, Alexander 2754

    15  Li, Chao b 2753

    16  Harikrishna, P. 2752

    17  Rapport, Richard 2752

    18  Svidler, Peter 2751

    19  Gelfand, Boris 2743

    20  Navara, David 2742


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  • TWITTER

    TOP FOLLOWERS 

    1 Anand 177000

    2 Carlsen 125000

    3 Nakamura 41600

    4 Caruana 28800

    5 Aronian 26900

    6 Giri 23700

    7 Karjakin 16900

    8 Svidler 16700

    9 Radjabov 10900

    10 Kasparov 10700

    11 Vachier-Lagrave 10200

    12 Adams 10100


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  • FINAL STANDINGS

    1  Korobov, Anton 6

    2  Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 5,5

    3  Andreikin, Dmitry 5

    4  Matlakov, Maxim 5

    5  Jakovenko, Dmitry 5

    6  Smirin, Ilia 4,5

    7  Motylev, Alexander 4,5

    8  Sutovsky, Emil 3,5

    9  Kovalenko, Igor 3

    10  Bologan, Victor 3


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  • FINAL STANDINGS

    1  Nepomniachtchi, Ian 6

    2  Harikrishna, P. 5

    3  Wang, Yue 5

    4  Ding, Liren 4,5

    5  Yu, Yangyi 4,5

    6  Bu, Xiangzhi 4,5

    7  Ivanchuk, Vassily 4

    8  Leko, Peter 4

    9  Hou, Yifan 4

    10  Wang, Hao 3,5


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  • FIDE

    TOP 10

    JUNIORS

     

     

    1 Rapport, Richard 2752

    2 Wei Yi 2696

    3 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2671

    4 Dubov, Daniil 2661

    5 Artemiev, Vladislav 2653

    6 Xiong, Jeffery 2641

    7 Nyzhnyk, Illya 2621

    8 Bluebaum, Matthias 2618

    9 Eliseev, Urii 2602

    10 Oparin, Grigoriy 2597


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  • FIDE

    TOP 20

    JULY 2016

    1 Carlsen 2855

    2 Kramnik 2812

    3 Caruana 2810

    4 Vachier-Lagrave 2798

    5 Aronian 2792

    6 Nakamura 2787

    7 Giri 2785

    8 Ding Liren 2778

    9 Karjakin 2773

    10 So 2770

    11 Anand 2770

    12 Mamedyarov 2764

    13 Topalov 2761

    14 Svidler 2759

    15 Li Chao 2758

    16 Harikrishna 2755

    17 Rapport 2752

    18 Grischuk 2747

    19 Navara 2745

    20 Eljanov 2737


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  • LOUVAIN/LEUVEN

    GRAND CHESS TOUR

     

     

    FINAL STANDINGS

    1  Carlsen, Magnus 23

    2  So, Wesley 20,5

    3  Aronian, Levon 20

    4  Anand, Viswanathan 19,5

    5  Caruana, Fabiano 17,5

    6  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 17

    7  Nakamura, Hikaru 16,5

    8  Kramnik, Vladimir 16

    9  Giri, Anish 16

    10  Topalov, Veselin 14


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  • PARIS

    GRAND CHESS TOUR

     

    FINAL STANDINGS

    1  Nakamura, Hikaru 25,5

    2  Carlsen, Magnus 24,5

    3  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 22

    4  So, Wesley 19,5

    5  Aronian, Levon 19

    6  Giri, Anish 18

    7  Kramnik, Vladimir 15,5

    8  Caruana, Fabiano 14

    9  Topalov, Veselin 12

    10  Fressinet, Laurent 10


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  • TOP 24

    EUROPEAN CLUBS

    2016

     

    1 Mednyy Vsadnik Sankt-Peterburg ( RUS ) 2710

     

    2 Sibir Novosibirsk ( RUS ) 2710

     

    3 SHSM Legacy Square Capital Moskva ( RUS ) 2683

     

    4 OSG Baden-Baden ( GER ) 2681

     

    5 SG Solingen ( GER ) 2617

     

    6 1. Novoborský ŠK  ( CZE ) 2613

     

    7 Clichy ( FRA ) 2595

     

    8 Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova ( ITA ) 2589

     

    9 Zhiguli Samarskaya Oblast ( RUS ) 2583

     

    10 SV 1930 Hockenheim ( GER ) 2583

     

    11 SK Schwäbisch Hall ( GER ) 2571

     

    12 Bischwiller ( FRA ) 2569

     

    13 Werder Bremen ( GER ) 2565

     

    14 Bois-Colombes ( FRA ) 2553

     

    15 Ladya Respublika Tatarstan ( RUS ) 2545

     

    16 SV Mülheim-Nord ( GER ) 2541

     

    17 USV Tu Dresden ( GER ) 2526

     

    18 Worldtradinglab Club 64 Modena ( ITA ) 2525

     

    19 SF Berlin 1903 ( GER ) 2523

     

    20 ŠK Města Lysá Nad Labem B  ( CZE ) 2523

     

    21 SG Trier 1877 ( GER ) 2521

     

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