After taking over the club champion title from Georgi Tomov, Rossen Roussev also completed the Europchess double, like Georgi in 2017, by winning the Annual Blitz Cup. Scoring consistently he finished 8 points clear of three-time blitz champion Carl Buhr in second and Georgi Tomov in third place. A special mention goes out to Martin Müller (4th place) who played the highest number of tournaments (25), and of course a big THANK YOU to...
Namur 1 – Europchess 1 : 1.5 – 6.5 +++ Aalst 1 – Europchess 2 : 1.5 – 4.5 +++ Namur 4 – Europchess 3 : 1 – 3 +++ Europchess 4 – Wavre 4 : 3 – 1 +++ DT Leuven 3 – Europchess 5 : 3.5 – 0.5 +++ Round 5: Almost 100 % +++ In the fifth round, the first four teams won! Only E 5 was overcome by a strong...
Europchess 1 – Wirtzfeld 2 : 5.5 – 2.5 +++ Europchess 2 – Zottegem 3 : 2.5 – 3.5 +++ Europchess 3 – Zottegem 4 : 3 – 1 +++ Europchess 4 – Braine l’Alleud 3 : 3 – 1 +++ Europchess 5 – Zottegem 7 : 3 – 1 +++ Round 4: First Team Takes the Lead +++ In the fourth round at home, our teams scored four wins and suffered one defeat....
The Europchess Championship 2018 has finished with a victory of FM Rossen Roussev, who takes over the title from his compatriot FM Georgi Tomov. Rossen was the only player to score strong 7.5/9 points, leaving IM Tim Binham and FM Georgi Tomov on the podium with 7/9. In total, the tournament attracted 44 participants and was also the first Europchess championship for a number of new members to whom we prolong a warm welcome....
