The European Club Cup began on Saturday in Budva, Montenegro, with 108 teams competing in the open section and 22 in the women's tournament. The leading clubs secured comfortable victories, although there were a couple of individual upsets. Defending champions SuperChess Romania and Monte-Carlo both started with wins, while Novy Bor's Nils Grandelius suffered a surprising defeat against Serbian CM Slobodan Filipovic. The women's competition saw seventh seeds Crvena Zvezda held to a draw. | Pictured: Alkaloid's Arjun Erigaisi | Photo: Mark Livshitz / ECU