On Friday 4 June 2021, the Polish No. 1 player, GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, visited Europchess “online”. Our high-level guest was first welcomed by Arkadiusz Langer, a Cabinet member of the Polish Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski. Langer not only gave…
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100th anniversary of the French Chess Federation unites chess historians
The French Chess Federation marks this year its 100th anniversary. Even in our current unusual situation, this is an event not to be missed, and on this occasion a special online event on chess history was organised, which grouped an…
Europchess at the Capelle-la-Grande open
From 5 to 8 March, the famous open of Cappelle-la-Grande took place. The organisers had optimistically announced a physical tournament a while ago, but given the sanitary situation this was of course still not possible. But the organisers had a…
Training sessions… and a must-read book presentation
Europchess is not giving up its activities in these pandemic times. Despite the compulsory suspension of over-the-board chess, online blitz tournaments are organised twice a week, and training activities continue via online platforms. Europchess started the year with a training…
Martin Müller continues to dominate in Uccle
Brussels Chess Club was the first club in the capital to come out of confinement in August, to resume playing over-the-board chess. Under the necessary special hygienic conditions, the traditional “Brussels Express” rapid tournament was held on four evenings, with…
European Online Chess Championship 2020
In times of the Coronavirus, where all traditional “on-the-board” chess competitions are suspended, opportunities to play tournaments online flourish. The European Chess Union joined the trend and organised from 16 to 31 May the European Online Chess Championship via the…
Friendly online match Europchess vs SK Bebenhausen 1992
With the lockdown making chess activities on the board impossible, Europchess continues its activities online. Besides the regular blitz tournaments, on Saturday, 2 May, we took up a special challenge by playing an online friendly match against SK Bebenhausen 1992,…
New Europchess Presidency elected
In February 2020, just before the Coronavirus made physical meetings impossible, Europchess held its annual general assembly. On the occasion, several members were elected into new functions. After 11 years, Frank Hoffmeister stepped down as President of Europchess, stating that…
Interclubs 2019-2020 – Round 9
Wachtebeke 1 – Europchess 1 : 7.5 – 0.5 +++ Boitsfort 2 – Europchess 2 : 4 – 2 +++ Boitsfort 4 – Europchess 3 : 2 – 2 +++ Boitsfort 5 – Europchess 4 : 1 – 3 +++ Wavre 5…