Europchess had a difficult start in this year’s championship, scoring only 1.5 points in 8 games. Division 1 Titleholders Europchess 1 got two good draws from Georgi Tomov and Luis Parreira against Ans-Loncin. However, Benjamín Alberola and Johannes Bertram were outplayed by their opponents from the hosting club Amay. Clearly, much stronger performances will be needed in order to repeat the great result of 2016. EUROPCHESS 1 tableau 1 Tomov, Georgi 2286 1/2-1/2 T.A.L...
Namur 1 – Europchess 1 : 2 – 6 +++ Gent 4 – Europchess 2 : 2.5 – 3.5 +++ Machelen 1 – Europchess 3 : 1.5 – 2.5 +++ Mechelen 9 – Europchess 4 : 1.5 – 2.5 +++ Round 11: Vive l’Europe, vive l’Europchess! In the final round, all four teams of Europchess won! Tout court. And the pro-European candidate in the French Presidential elections is ahead. Europe is back in business....
Europchess 1 – Fontaine 2 : 3.5 – 4.5 +++ Europchess 2 – Opwijk 1 : 2.5 – 3.5 +++ Europchess 3 – Woluwe 1 : 0.5 – 3.5 +++ Europchess 4 – Opwijk 4 : 2.5 – 1.5 +++ Round 10: Deviations and other setbacks In round 10, the VM 2 road was completely blocked, forcing some invited players to go through the tunnel with huge deviation and delay. Luckily, everyone managed to come by...
TS Mechelen 1 – Europchess 1 : 5 – 3 +++ Wetteren 2 – Europchess 2 : 2.5 – 3.5 +++ DT Leuven 1 – Europchess 3 : 2.5 – 1.5 +++ TS Mechelen 4 – Europchess 4 : 3 – 1 +++ Round 9: The second team keeps the flame alive In Round 9, the second team outplayed Wetteren 2. However, all the other three teams lost against Mechelen and Leuven, respectively. TSM...
Europchess 1 – Geel 1 : 5.5 – 2.5 +++ Europchess 2 – Brussels 1 : 4 – 2 +++ Europchess 3 – Brussels 3 : 2 – 2 +++ Europchess 4 – Brussels 4 : 1 – 3 +++ Europchess played its first home match last Sunday in the “reorganised” premises at Van Maerlant. The space is not quite as welcoming as before, as a large chunk of the clubroom is now taken...
