The 2024 European Corporate Chess Championship concluded in Asnieres sur Seine, Paris, France. The Closing ceremony of the event took place yesterday evening in the City venue of Asnieres sur Seine with the attendance of the Mayor of Asnieres Mr. Manuel Aeschlimann, Deputy Mayor of Asnieres Mr. Frederic Sitbon, ECU Secretary General Mr. Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou, Chairman of the ECU Social Commission Mr. Franck Droin, Vice President of the French Chess Federation Mrs. Laurie Delorme, Tournament Director Mr. Jean-Claude Moingt, and other representatives of the French Chess Federation.
After nine played rounds, Europe Echecs clinched gold with the score of 25 match points. After a loss in the third round, Europe Echecs scored six consecutive team victories to emerge as the sole Winner of the event.
Playing against Probit in the last round, the team Leonard took a narrow 2.5-1.5 victory for the final score of 24 match points which was enough for clear second place and silver medals.
PwC Poland and KPMG scored 22 match points each to tie for bronze and the tiebreak criteria (higher number of wins) determined the Winner. Since PwC Poland had 6 match victories and KPMG scored 5 match victories, the Polish team won bronze.
The best-ranked companies in Consulting, Industry, Sport Tourism, Finance, Energy and Digital company received special awards. The best-ranked Consulting company in the event was KPMG, the best-ranked Industry company was Agrofert, Chateau Montaiguillon was the best-ranked company of Sport Tourism, the best-ranked Finance company was Greco, the best Energy Company came Edvance, and the best-ranked Digital company was Google (more: World Chess Championship is sponsored by Google)
Final standings
Rk.
Team
Games
+
=
–
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
EUROPE ECHECS
9
8
0
1
25
8
27
2
Leonard
9
7
1
1
24
7
22
3
PwC POLAND
9
6
1
2
22
6
21
4
KPMG
9
5
3
1
22
5
23
5
Agrofert
9
6
0
3
21
6
22.5
6
POST SWISS
9
5
2
2
21
5
22.5
7
TePe Sigeman
9
5
2
2
21
5
22
8
Château Montaiguillon
9
5
2
2
21
5
21
9
Volkswagen 1
9
5
2
2
21
5
20
10
GRECO
9
4
4
1
21
4
22.5
11
Région Ile-de-France
9
5
1
3
20
5
19.5
12
ATSCAF NORD
9
5
1
3
20
5
19
13
Edvance (Groupe EDF)
9
5
1
3
20
5
17
14
d-fine GmbH
9
4
3
2
20
4
21
15
DGAC
9
4
3
2
20
4
20.5
16
VW Financial Services
9
4
3
2
20
4
19
17
European Patent Office 2
8
4
1
3
20
4
14.5
18
Filmosaurus Rex
9
5
0
4
19
5
20
19
Société Générale
9
5
0
4
19
5
19
20
A L`ABRI
9
4
2
3
19
4
22
21
Google B
9
4
2
3
19
4
20.5
22
SNEF 1
9
3
4
2
19
3
21
23
PROBIT
9
4
1
4
18
4
20.5
24
Microsoft Europe
9
4
1
4
18
4
18.5
25
Les Pyramides de Port-Marly
9
3
3
3
18
3
19
Scibids Technology
9
3
3
3
18
3
19
27
UBS AG
9
3
3
3
18
3
18.5
28
KOZLODUY NPP
9
3
3
3
18
3
18
29
ASML
9
3
3
3
18
3
17.5
TALANX
9
3
3
3
18
3
17.5
31
Dassault Systèmes 3
9
3
3
3
18
3
16.5
SNEF 2
9
3
3
3
18
3
16.5
33
Kaïssa
9
2
5
2
18
2
17
34
EuropChess 1
9
3
2
4
17
3
18.5
35
Volkswagen 2
9
3
2
4
17
3
17
EBRD
9
3
2
4
17
3
17
DGAC – CRNA/N
9
3
2
4
17
3
17
38
European Patent Office 1
9
3
2
4
17
3
16.5
Dassault Systèmes 1
9
3
2
4
17
3
16.5
40
Thalès Ile-de-France 1
9
3
2
4
17
3
16
41
EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES
9
3
2
4
17
3
15.5
42
Banque de France 2
9
2
4
3
17
2
17
43
QRT 1
9
3
1
5
16
3
16
44
CSE FORSEE POWER
9
3
1
5
16
3
15
45
Banque de France 1
9
2
3
4
16
2
19
46
Google A
9
2
3
4
16
2
17
47
MedienLB
9
2
3
4
16
2
15.5
48
Union Bancaire Privée
9
2
3
4
16
2
15
49
EuropChess 2
8
2
1
5
16
2
12
50
QRT 2
8
2
1
5
16
2
11.5
51
PwC FRANCE
8
1
2
5
15
1
11
52
Dassault Systèmes 2
9
2
1
6
14
2
15
53
Orchestra | The leisure platform
9
2
1
6
14
2
13.5
54
Les Siirène
9
1
2
6
13
1
13
55
Sodern
9
1
2
6
13
1
9.5
56
DALKIA
9
1
1
7
12
1
13
57
NEXTEP
4
0
2
2
6
0
5
Final round board parings European Corporate Chess Championship
Round 9 on 2024/11/23 at 10:00
Bo.
1
EUROPE ECHECS
Rtg
–
2
Agrofert
Rtg
3 : 1
1/1
GM
Kamsky, Gata (w)
2630
–
GM
Dimitrov, Radoslav (b)
2459
1 – 0
1/2
IM
Razafindratsima, Timothe (b)
2340
–
GM
Rusev, Krasimir (w)
2398
1 – 0
1/3
IM
Stephan, Victor (w)
2306
–
FM
Mitev, Valentin (b)
2180
0 – 1
1/4
Tulliez, Andre (b)
1976
–
Hristova, Ivelina (w)
1783
1 – 0
Bo.
11
KPMG
Rtg
–
8
POST SWISS
Rtg
2 : 2
2/1
GM
Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen (w)
2504
–
GM
Dardha, Daniel (b)
2552
½ – ½
2/2
CM
Guttulsrud, Odd Martin (b)
2201
–
FM
Ondozi, Murtez (w)
2374
0 – 1
2/3
WGM
Khalafova, Narmin (w)
2166
–
FM
Fejzullahu, Afrim (b)
2206
½ – ½
2/4
Kyrkjebo, Hanna B. (b)
1899
–
Clausen, Martin (w)
1981
1 – 0
Bo.
3
Château Montaiguillon
Rtg
–
7
GRECO
Rtg
2 : 2
3/1
GM
Lagarde, Maxime (w)
2585
–
GM
Onyshchuk, Volodymyr (b)
2649
1 – 0
3/2
IM
Kirk, Ezra (b)
2400
–
IM
Grinev, Valeriy (w)
2315
0 – 1
3/3
WIM
De Seroux, Camille (w)
2131
–
IM
Maly, Alexey (b)
2222
0 – 1
3/4
Kirk, Eden (b)
1933
–
Kuftyrev, Pavlo (w)
1966
1 – 0
Bo.
4
TePe Sigeman
Rtg
–
6
A L`ABRI
Rtg
2 : 2
4/1
GM
L’ami, Erwin (w)
2647
–
GM
Moussard, Jules (b)
2600
1 – 0
4/2
GM
Brynell, Stellan (b)
2338
–
IM
Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina (w)
2394
0 – 1
4/3
Eklund, Joel (w)
2255
–
FM
Youssoupov, Moissei (b)
2173
0 – 1
4/4
Sigeman, Johan (b)
1988
–
Groz, Emilie (w)
1904
1 – 0
Bo.
5
Leonard
Rtg
–
9
PROBIT
Rtg
2½:1½
5/1
GM
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (w)
2754
–
GM
Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios (b)
2550
½ – ½
5/2
FM
Moingt, Jean-Claude (b)
2119
–
WGM
Zawadzka, Jolanta (w)
2236
0 – 1
5/3
WIM
Moingt, Anne (w)
2007
–
FM
Miroslaw, Michal (b)
2199
1 – 0
5/4
Belluire, Beatrice (b)
1893
–
Zdziarska-Zareba, Lidia (w)
1816
1 – 0
Bo.
16
Filmosaurus Rex
Rtg
–
29
PwC POLAND
Rtg
1½:2½
6/1
IM
Levacic, Patrick (w)
2240
–
IM
Barski, Radoslaw (b)
2241
0 – 1
6/2
Lafortune, Emerick (b)
2182
–
Galuszka, Tomasz (w)
2084
½ – ½
6/3
Vajic, Hrvoje (w)
2061
–
Moscicka, Pola (b)
1895
0 – 1
6/4
Stankovic, Andrej (b)
1940
–
Lala, Szymon (w)
1470
1 – 0
Bo.
24
EuropChess 1
Rtg
–
10
d-fine GmbH
Rtg
1 : 3
7/1
Demais, Traian (w)
2035
–
FM
Klein, Felix (b)
2275
0 – 1
7/2
CM
Wahlund, Max (b)
2019
–
Hellwig, Tobias (w)
2180
0 – 1
7/3
Keller, Christophe (w)
2002
–
Sundorf, Jannik (b)
2179
0 – 1
7/4
Bertram, Johannes (b)
1898
–
Sterin, Andrei (w)
0
1 – 0
Bo.
12
DGAC
Rtg
–
20
SNEF 1
Rtg
2 : 2
8/1
IM
Brochet, Philippe (w)
2401
–
GM
Laurent-Paoli, Pierre (b)
2478
0 – 1
8/2
CM
Decosse, Jean-Fabien (b)
2120
–
GM
Girel, Joseph (w)
2397
0 – 1
8/3
CM
Marie, Maxime (w)
2154
–
Ksstentini, David (b)
0
1 – 0
8/4
Lejeune, Gael (b)
1994
–
Boudediche, Chams (w)
0
1 – 0
Bo.
25
Société Générale
Rtg
–
13
Volkswagen 1
Rtg
1½:2½
9/1
GM
Dourerassou, Jonathan (w)
2485
–
IM
Abel, Dennes (b)
2396
½ – ½
9/2
FM
Solakian-Van Eyll, Jerome (b)
2241
–
Schulze, Torben (w)
2349
0 – 1
9/3
Amar, Ludovic (w)
0
–
Collmann, Jan (b)
1998
1 – 0
9/4
Bassat, Jeremie (b)
0
–
Zehe, Marc-Kevin (w)
1924
0 – 1
Bo.
21
Banque de France 1
Rtg
–
22
Scibids Technology
Rtg
2 : 2
10/1
CM
Croizier, Valery (w)
2168
–
Hirth, Julien (b)
2067
1 – 0
10/2
Renault, Fabien (b)
2008
–
Lemonnier, Remi (w)
1998
0 – 1
10/3
Petit, Clement (w)
1939
–
Caloone, Thomas (b)
1975
0 – 1
10/4
Charbit, Florent (b)
1898
–
Auvray, Juliette (w)
1947
1 – 0
Bo.
26
ASML
Rtg
–
14
Région Ile-de-France
Rtg
1 : 3
11/1
Margarido, Jose Miguel Teixeira (w)
2046
–
GM
Fressinet, Laurent (b)
2596
0 – 1
11/2
Coronel, Joshua (b)
1972
–
FM
Dalaud, Dorian (w)
2249
0 – 1
11/3
Quintana Hernandez, Marcos Ivan (w)
1946
–
Destic, Elena (b)
1939
0 – 1
11/4
Weijers, Ralf (b)
1932
–
Coriat, Caroline (w)
1740
1 – 0
Bo.
15
VW Financial Services
Rtg
–
27
KOZLODUY NPP
Rtg
2½:1½
12/1
GM
Lubbe, Nikolas (w)
2454
–
WFM
Baninska, Tanja (b)
1998
1 – 0
12/2
Gabriel, Uwe (b)
1994
–
Ignatov, Georgi (w)
1983
0 – 1
12/3
Kessler, Marcel (w)
1994
–
Tsolov, Emil (b)
1942
½ – ½
12/4
Hagemann, Sven (b)
1985
–
Stoev, Venko (w)
1832
1 – 0
Bo.
28
European Patent Office 1
Rtg
–
18
Google B
Rtg
0 : 4
13/1
Debard, Michel (w)
1977
–
IM
Reimanis, Ritvars (b)
2313
0 – 1
13/2
Liefrink, Feike (b)
1942
–
Adeyemi, Kola (w)
2084
0 – 1
13/3
Dekker, Derk (w)
1924
–
Kuhn, Patrick (b)
2006
0 – 1
13/4
Bonvalot, Isabelle (b)
1861
–
Virag, Csilla (w)
1967
0 – 1
Bo.
23
Banque de France 2
Rtg
–
30
ATSCAF NORD
Rtg
½ :3½
14/1
Zerafa, Jonathan (w)
2077
–
FM
Toulzac, Pierre-Yves (b)
2096
½ – ½
14/2
Venard, Paul-Andre (b)
2063
–
Devecchi, Jorge (w)
1977
0 – 1
14/3
Stranjakovitch, Jean (w)
1999
–
Geujon, Jean-Charles (b)
1829
0 – 1
14/4
Amand, Nathalie (b)
1844
–
Nguyen, Gael (w)
1670
0 – 1
Bo.
42
DGAC – CRNA/N
Rtg
–
19
Les Pyramides de Port-Marly
Rtg
1 : 3
15/1
FM
Mirimanian, Hayk (w)
2254
–
GM
Guliyev, Namig (b)
2475
0 – 1
15/2
Toure, Vasanth (b)
2011
–
Stettler, Olivier (w)
1797
1 – 0
15/3
Martine, Gil (w)
0
–
Strand, Hakan (b)
1607
0 – 1
15/4
Cordonnier, Etienne (b)
0
–
Wyler, Luc (w)
1495
0 – 1
Bo.
17
Microsoft Europe
Rtg
–
31
Dassault Systèmes 3
Rtg
3 : 1
16/1
FM
Terekhov, Andrey (w)
2224
–
FM
Belkaid, Sohan (b)
2389
1 – 0
16/2
Lempereur, Frederic (b)
2222
–
Ridel, Fabien (w)
2025
0 – 1
16/3
FM
Fedorov, Evgenii (w)
2167
–
De Temmerman, Paul (b)
1746
1 – 0
16/4
Chaitan, Shet (b)
1792
–
Ferreira, Isaque (w)
0
1 – 0
Bo.
35
Thalès Ile-de-France 1
Rtg
–
47
UBS AG
Rtg
1 : 3
17/1
Marty, Jean-Yves (w)
1949
–
Borowski, Piotr (b)
2126
0 – 1
17/2
Ibazizen, Abdelatif (b)
1933
–
WFM
Farhat Willemstein, Stela Souza (w)
1827
1 – 0
17/3
Quemener, Yann (w)
1774
–
Graeff, Karl (b)
0
0 – 1
17/4
Delcambre, Morgan (b)
0
–
Kunchenko, Oleksandr (w)
0
0 – 1
Bo.
32
Kaïssa
Rtg
–
36
EBRD
Rtg
3 : 1
18/1
Coupet, Pascal (w)
2167
–
Dincer, Mehmet Alper (b)
1783
1 – 0
18/2
Bernard, Serge (b)
1995
–
Zlobin, Mikhail (w)
1766
1 – 0
18/3
Droin, Franck (w)
1909
–
Allan, David (b)
0
1 – 0
18/4
Tripodi, Carole (b)
0
–
Wasim, Ahmed (w)
0
0 – 1
Bo.
37
MedienLB
Rtg
–
38
Edvance (Groupe EDF)
Rtg
1½:2½
19/1
Schmied, Johannes (w)
2055
–
Champion, Philippe (b)
1979
½ – ½
19/2
WFM
Stangl, Anita (b)
1964
–
Timotic, Nicolas (w)
1915
0 – 1
19/3
Stangl, Robert (w)
1903
–
Peres, Olivier (b)
1199
1 – 0
19/4
Stangl, Michael (b)
0
–
Sarafidis, Christos (w)
0
0 – 1
Bo.
53
Union Bancaire Privée
Rtg
–
33
Volkswagen 2
Rtg
1 : 3
20/1
Rasevic, Srdjan (w)
2126
–
Engelmann, Jakob (b)
2245
0 – 1
20/2
Aymon, Jerome (b)
0
–
Martin Lozano, Alvaro (w)
1947
0 – 1
20/3
Fornerod, Thomas (w)
0
–
Poelig, Juergen (b)
1877
1 – 0
20/4
Malzacher, Per (b)
0
–
Derkow, Sven (w)
0
0 – 1
Bo.
46
Dassault Systèmes 2
Rtg
–
45
Dassault Systèmes 1
Rtg
1½:2½
21/1
Tornare, Michel (w)
1933
–
Khallouf, Anas (b)
1853
0 – 1
21/2
Sarath, M Salim (b)
1728
–
Lorenzo, Alfredo (w)
1762
½ – ½
21/3
Boyer, Jean-Francois (w)
1714
–
Leopardo, Julien (b)
1697
0 – 1
21/4
Bouix, Julien (b)
0
–
Sager, Cedric (w)
1476
1 – 0
Bo.
39
EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES
Rtg
–
34
SNEF 2
Rtg
2 : 2
22/1
Burstein, Almog (w)
1846
–
IM
Degraeve, Remy (b)
2377
0 – 1
22/2
Breger, Baruch (b)
1839
–
FM
Tomasi, Albert (w)
2286
0 – 1
22/3
Mdivani, Maka (w)
1824
–
Perfezou, Francois (b)
0
1 – 0
22/4
Birnboim, Eitan (b)
1776
–
Elhad, Youssouf (w)
0
1 – 0
Bo.
41
Google A
Rtg
–
51
Orchestra | The leisure platform
Rtg
3 : 1
23/1
Heather, James (w)
2000
–
Karagyozian, Edgar (b)
2306
0 – 1
23/2
Castro Ros, Alejandro (b)
1771
–
Calvie, Louis (w)
0
1 – 0
23/3
Yousefi, Hossein (w)
1700
–
Wei, Vincent (b)
0
1 – 0
23/4
Bulva, Maksim (b)
1629
–
Plas, Clement (w)
0
1 – 0
Bo.
52
European Patent Office 2
Rtg
–
40
TALANX
Rtg
1½:2½
24/1
Alink, Maarten (w)
1782
–
Lossin, Sven-Hendrik (b)
2065
0 – 1
24/2
Lange, Ronny (b)
1742
–
Roth, Thorsten (w)
1959
0 – 1
24/3
Goulis, Panagiotis (w)
1498
–
Mertins, Volker (b)
0
1 – 0
24/4
Rosello-Garcia, Matthieu (b)
0
–
Akbari, Mahdi (w)
0
½ – ½
Bo.
43
Les Siirène
Rtg
–
44
QRT 1
Rtg
1 : 3
25/1
Larcheveque, Francois (w)
1954
–
FM
Sohier, Julien (b)
2134
0 – 1
25/2
Wojtkowski, Frederic (b)
1912
–
Rubino, Adrien (w)
1905
1 – 0
25/3
Dreyer, Mathieu (w)
1691
–
Neufcourt, Leo (b)
0
0 – 1
25/4
Lambert, Romain (b)
0
–
Proto, Victor (w)
0
0 – 1
Bo.
54
Sodern
Rtg
–
48
CSE FORSEE POWER
Rtg
0 : 4
26/1
Goujon, Antoine (w)
1933
–
Le Marquer, Pierre (b)
1904
0 – 1
26/2
Pascal, Guillaume (b)
0
–
Benkaci, Samir (w)
1730
– – +
26/3
Ricome, Juliette (w)
0
–
Benkaci, Massin (b)
1668
– – +
26/4
Genestier, David (b)
0
–
Marmion, Simon (w)
0
– – +
Bo.
57
QRT 2
Rtg
–
55
DALKIA
Rtg
0 : 4
27/1
Lovichi, Louis (w)
0
–
Nolot, Clementine (b)
1955
– – +
27/2
Tomarchio, Ferdinand (b)
0
–
Atrad, Amine (w)
0
0 – 1
27/3
Guennoun, Hamza (w)
0
–
Dino, Launy (b)
0
0 – 1
27/4
Ettachfini, Yassine (b)
0
–
Azzouzi, Mohamed (w)
0
– – +
Bo.
50
EuropChess 2
Rtg
–
56
PwC FRANCE
Rtg
2½:1½
28/1
Vijups, Dans (w)
1862
–
Blanchard, Paul (b)
1834
½ – ½
28/2
Hinkel, Kira (b)
1669
–
Goldet, Batiste (w)
0
0 – 1
28/3
Gatta, Bruno (w)
1617
–
Tukhvatullina, Kamila (b)
0
1 – 0
28/4
Kausa, Inese (b)
0
–
Boudonnet-Valerius, Nathalien (w)
0
1 – 0