The 2018 FEFB Intercercles ended with a big success for Europchess! For the second time in its history Europchess won the Championship! The first team was slightly lagging behind Amay 1 and needed a clear win to maintain chances for the title. On board 3, Frank Hoffmeister played with Black against Tagumpay Gravidez (1793) from CREB 1. White played a symmetric opening line and got an equal middle game position. However, Frank could create...
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...
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,...
Wavre 1 – Europchess 1 : 1.5 – 6.5 +++ Brasschaat 2 – Europchess 2 : 3 – 3 +++ Midden-Limburg 3 – Europchess 3 : 3 – 1 +++ DZD Halle 1 – Europchess 4 : 2 – 2 +++ Round 9: Spring feelings for the upper teams +++ With a clear win in Wavre, Europchess 1 defended the lead in Division 2 B. The second team scored an important match point against...
Europchess 1 – Zottegem 2 : 5 – 3 +++ Europchess 2 – Opwijk 1 : 0.5 – 5.5 +++ Europchess 3 – Zottegem 6 : 2.5 – 1.5 +++ Europchess 4 – Nivelles 1 : 3 – 1 +++ Round 8: Crunch time +++ With a neat 5-3 victory over Zottegem 2, the first team defended its lead in Division 2 B. The 3rd team probably saved itself from relegation by beating Zottegem 6...
CREB 1 – Europchess 1 : 1.5 – 6.5 +++ CREB 2 – Europchess 2 : 4 – 2 +++ Leuven 2 – Europchess 3 : 1.5 – 2.5 +++ CREB 3 – Europchess 4 : 2.5 – 1.5 +++ Round 6: Of triumphs and tragedies +++ In the seventh round, a huge victory over CREB 1 allowed the 1st team to take the lead of Division 2! Also E 3 made two important...
Europchess 1 – Geel 1 : 5.5 – 2.5 +++ Europchess 2 – KGSRL 4 : 3 – 3 +++ Europchess 3 – Woluwe 1 : 0.5 – 3.5 +++ Europchess 4 – Woluwe 2 : 3 – 1 +++ Round 6: Back in business +++ In the sixth round, the 1st and 4th team took continued to score, while E 2 gained an important match point from Ghent 4. E 3 were defeated by...
FEFB Round 1: Europchess welcomes 200 Wallonian chess players On 21 January 2018, Europchess hosted the first round of the Wallonian club championships (FEFB – intercercles). On behalf of the club, President Frank Hoffmeister welcomed the players in the inter-institutional centre at Overijse. He remarked that our club participated in the championships for several years now and was willing to contribute to the well-functioning of the event by also hosting it for the first...
