On the Pentecost weekend, the 12th edition of the Netherlands’ biggest weekend tournament, the Limburg Open in Maastricht, took place. Roughly 460 players participated in three separate tournaments, among them Martin Müller, Johannes Bertram and Thomas Jayes. Martin took up a difficult task: with his rating of 2057, he had the choice of registering either for the A-tournament (>2050) or the B-tournament (1800-2100) where he would have been among the Elo favourites. Instead, he...
As every year, the long Ascension weekend held a nice opportunity to play a chess tournament: the FEFB Individual Championship, which was held in Namur this year. Members of Europchess’s first team have been regular participants in the 12-player elite tournament, and this year it was Georgi Tomov who defended our colours.And he did so in fantastic style, winning the tournament with 5.5/7, a full point clear of the runners-up. Georgi set the tone...
Eisden/MSK-Dilsen 1 – Europchess 1 : 3.5 – 4.5 +++ Dworp 1 – Europchess 2 : 2.5 – 3.5 +++ Europchess 3 BYE +++ Dworp 2 – Europchess 4 : 1.5 – 2.5 +++ Round 11: There is no hell and no heaven +++ In the 11th round, the 2nd team secured staying in Division 3 with a good 3.5-2.5 win over Dworp 1. E 4 beat the leader of division 5 B, Dworp...
During the first four months of 2018, Brussels Chess Club held as usual a weekly tournament on Mondays and this time it ended with a splendid and clear victory by Luis Parreira. Although there were many players rated higher than Luis or similar, his 11/13 points let him finish 2.5 points clear of the second place. Luis remained unbeaten with 9 wins and 4 draws and reached an impressive tournament performance of 2101. Our...
Europchess 1 – Fontaine 2 : 6.5 – 1.5 +++ Europchess 2 – Mechelen 1 : 3.5 – 2.5 +++ Europchess 3 – Mechelen 3 : 3 – 1 +++ Europchess 4 – BYE +++ Round 10: Sunshine for all teams in April +++ In the 10th round, all three teams won at home, while E 4 was bye. Apparently many Belgian opponents preferred going out on a sunny afternoon rather than playing chess,...
