Meeting the Austrian Presidency: Grandmaster Markus Ragger gives thrilling exhibition at Europchess In the second half of 2018, Austria assumed the Presidency of the European Union’s Council of Ministers. In line with established custom, Europchess invited the best player of…
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…
Already in summer, the 2016-2017 edition of the Europchess Club Championship, held as usual as a 9-round rapid tournament, was completed. This year’s winner was Georgi Tomov who was the only one to reach 7.5/9. Silver and Bronze went to…
On 24 and 25 November 2017, the 1st European Corporate Chess Championship was held in Asnières, near Paris. Europchess as a genuine corporate chess club could of course not miss such an event and so, Christophe Keller, Szymon Pozimski, Johannes…
World class performance of the unbeaten candidate On 6 April 2016, the Dutch top player and current champion Anish Giri paid a visit to Brussels in the Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the European Union, which holds the Presidency…
In the end of September 2014, our longest serving active member, Ronny Bonne took his retirement. That may, in itself, not be a bad thing, as it frees more time for chess. However, in Ronny’s case this is clearly sad…
On 31 August, KSK Rochade Eupen organised a 9-round rapid tournament which also counted as Belgian Championship in rapid chess. Four Europchess members took the occasion to warm up for the season. József Barta got well into the tournament, using…
European Woman Champion lectures and outplays Europchess with style On 8th October 2013, the European Woman Champion of 2011, GM Viktorija Cmilyte paid a visit to Brussels upon invitation of our club. The Lithuanian star was born in 1983 and…
Report by Tom Wiley Each year over the Ascension Day long weekend, the Fédération Echiquienne Francophone de Belgique holds its Championnats Individuels. Last year the championship was hosted in Brussels by the CREB. This year the tournament was hosted by…
Pendant les vacances de Pâques, Europchess a reçu la visite de six enfants amérindiens de Guyane française. Le voyage organisé par le professeur et président du club d’échecs local, Daniel Baur, était leur premier voyage en métropole et en Europe.…