It has been quite a busy summer for Europchess members. In July and August, 14 players participated in 14 tournaments in 9 countries! (still to be updated in August) From 1 to 4 August, Martin Müller stayed in the German capital and participated in a 7-round Open with no less than 250 participants. He performed more or less on his level, and finished 89th, just one rank below his seeding position. A draw against...
In July, the Europchess rapid championship tournament 2019 was concluded. The two Elo favourites, our two Bulgarian FIDE Masters Rossen Roussev and Georgi Tomov dominated the field and scored 8 point out of 9 rounds. Thus, like in professional tournaments a blitz tie-break was played over four games. Here Georgi decided the match for himself with 2.5-1.5 and conquered the title back from Rossen. Congratulations to Georgi. The third place went to Christophe Keller...
The recent tournament organised on Mondays by the Brussels Chess Club ended with medium results for Europchess’s players: The concluding blitz tournament went better, especially for Tom Jayes, reaching 2nd place:
On Pentecost, six Europchess players travelled to Maastricht to play in the strong Limburg-Open, four of them in the A-tournament for players rated >2050, and two in the B-section for players rated <2100. A-Open The best Europchess participant was FM Georgi Tomov with 4.5/7 points, and a performance around his rating. Frank Hoffmeister scored 50% and more or less confirmed as well his rating. Paula Gitu scored 3 points, among which a victory against...
Bestselling grandmaster gives an advanced chess class and successful exhibition Upon invitation from Europchess, Grandmaster Mihail Marin from Bucarest visited Brussels to hold a chess event in the official cultural programme of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union on Friday 17 May 2019. As a side event, our club members Benjamin Alberola Mulet and Cristian Ardeleanu also showed the European Parliament and the Council to Marin and his wife and...
