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 Frank Hoffmeister and Pere Moles Palleja who both finished with 7 points. The tournament was again a big success: 40 Europchess members participated. The 2018 Championship is kicking off in January. Final Ranking ...
35 players, including some late entries, are competing in the 2013-2014 edition of the Europchess Rapid Championship. After 5 of the 9 rounds, only defending champion Tom and Georgi are still unbeaten and lead the tournament with 4.5/5. The first half of the championship has already seen several surprises, such as José María’s win against Ronny, Ventsislav’s wins against Georges and Johannes, Luis Carlos’ win against Mattias, or Iñaki’s victory over Frank! With four...
With another shared victory in the 24th and last blitz tournament of last year, Carl Buhr won the 2013 Europchess Blitz Championship, ahead of Frank Hoffmeister and Ismo Ulvila. In the last tournament, Carl, Frank and Ismo were still in the race for the title. Carl and Frank, who who had the best chances before this last tournament, showed great determination, beating all their opponents and drawing against each other. As only the best...
On 9 October 2013 at 1pm, the 19th Europchess blitz tournament (5 rounds, 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move per player) of the season was played on our premises in Van Maerlant building. An ordinary lunchtime tournament, as nearly every week ? Not quite so. The winner, who made the perfect score of 5/5, was not a regular Europchess member but an “invité de marque” : Danish Grandmaster Peter Heine Nielsen, who was...
Jenő won the 2010 rapid championship with a convincing performance, finishing 1 point ahead of Timothy Binham! Congartulations for this superb result! We would like to thank to all those participated in this tournament. This year’s 39 players is a new record and we hope we will see another exciting championship in 2011. Classement Final Tit Nom Cote Pts Perf Rés Cum Buch B M S B 1 Jeno Czuczai (2131) 6.5/7 2454 ---...
Ronde 6 (05-12-2010)(Appariements) 1 0 Timothy Binham ( 1) ( 4.5) - Jozsef Barta ( 6) ( 4.0) 2 0 Jeno Czuczai ( 8) ( 4.0) - Christophe Keller ( 3) ( 4.0) 3 0 Frank Hoffmeister ( 4) ( 4.0) - George Vassilakis (15) ( 4.0) 4 0 Dominique Dupuis (13) ( 4.0) - Thomas Wiley ( 2) ( 3.5) 5 0 Johannes Bertram (12) ( 3.5) - Pere Moles Palleja ( 5)...
