Rochade Eupen 2 – Europchess 1 : 4 – 4 +++ Caissa Europe 1 – Europchess 2 : 1 – 5 +++ Brussels CC 1 – Europchess 3 : 2 – 2 +++ Brussels CC 5 – Europchess 4 : 0 – 4 +++ Round 11: Excellent final round for Europchess! +++ In the final round, Europchess achieved two net wins and two good draws. The second team outclassed Caissa Europe with 5-1, leaving no doubt...
Europchess 1 – Charleroi 1 : 4 – 4 +++ Europchess 2 – Gent 4 : 1 – 5 +++ Europchess 3 – Excelsior 1 : 2.5 – 1.5 +++ Europchess 4 – Humbeek 3 : 4 – 0 +++ Round 10: Europchess draws with Charleroi! +++ In round 10, the first team showed good chess to draw division leader Charleroi, whereas E 2 went down the hill against the 4th team of Ghent....
Leuven 1 – Europchess 1 : 3.5 – 4.5 +++ Leuven 2 – Europchess 2 : 2.5 – 3.5 +++ The Belgian CC 2 – Europchess 3 : 2.5 – 1.5 +++ The Belgian CC 3 – Europchess 4 : 3.5 – 0.5 +++ Europchess beats Leuven twice, but also loses twice to Anderlecht +++ In Round 9, the first two teams secured two narrow wins against Leuven. However, the third and the fourth...
Europchess 1 – Herve 1 : 4 – 4 +++ Europchess 2 – Wetteren 1 : 2 – 4 +++ Europchess 3 – Opwijk 2 : 2.5 – 1.5 +++ Europchess 4 – Excelsior 2 : 1 – 3 +++ Europchess 3 the winner of the day +++ In round 8 at home, the first team got a lucky draw against Herve 1, while E 2 lost 2-4 to Wetteren 1. A reinforced Europchess...
Eynatten 2 – Europchess 1 : 3.5 – 4.5 +++ Wavre 1 – Europchess 2 : 5.5 – 0.5 +++ Wavre 2 – Europchess 3 : 1 – 3 +++ Geraardsbergen 3 – Europchess 4 : 1.5 – 2.5* (*original result 2.5 – 1.5) +++ Mixed results in Round 7 +++ In Round 7, Europchess 1 and 3 scored important wins against Eynatten 2 and Wavre 2, respectively. In return, Europchess 2 and 4...
Europchess 1 – Boitsfort 1 : 4.5 – 3.5 +++ Europchess 2 – LSV-Chesspirant : 2 – 4 +++ Europchess 3 – Boitsfort : 3 – 1 +++ Europchess 4 – Boitsfort 4 : 3.5 – 0.5 +++ Round 6: Europchess succeeds in local derby with Boitsfort +++ In the sixth round, Europchess hosted three teams from Boitsfort and LSV Chesspirant. While we could celebrate victories in the local derby, the second team had...
On 9 January 2016, the Echiquier de Haute-Senne organised the 10th edition of its traditional Fête des Rois rapid tournament (15 minutes, 9 rounds)in Soignies-Neufville. Three Europchess members took the occasion to have an early start into the chess year. Martin Müller scored an outstanding 8/9, losing only to the top-seed Julien Sclacmender, who, also with 8 points therefore won the tournament – already for the third time, after 2011 and 2013. Nonetheless, Martin...
The 2014-2015 club championship, played again as a 9-round rapid tournament under the organisation of tournament director Jesper Abrahamsen, was again a great success, attracting 35 players. It ended with a convincing victory of Tom Wiley. Having lost the title in 2014 just in a play-off against Georgi Tomov, Tom won back the trophy with a fabulous score of 8/9, being the only player to stay unbeaten in the championship. One full point behind...
Even though it is a bit late, it is time to sum up the internal Europchess tournaments of 2015. On 16 December 2015, the Ronny Bonne-Blitz championship ended with a clear victory of Carl Buhr. Over forty players have participated over the year in 23 sessions, playing five 3+2 minute games during a lunch-break according to the Swiss system. Our German FIDE Master, who also plays on the first board of the first team...
