
In July, the Europchess rapid championship tournament 2019 was concluded. The two Elo favourites, our two Bulgarian FIDE Masters Rossen Roussev and Georgi Tomov dominated the field and scored 8 point out of 9 rounds. Thus, like in professional tournaments a blitz tie-break was played over four games. Here Georgi decided the match for himself with 2.5-1.5 and conquered the title back from Rossen. Congratulations to Georgi. The third place went to Christophe Keller...
The Europchess Championship 2018 has finished with a victory of FM Rossen Roussev, who takes over the title from his compatriot FM Georgi Tomov. Rossen was the only player to score strong 7.5/9 points, leaving IM Tim Binham and FM Georgi Tomov on the podium with 7/9. In total, the tournament attracted 44 participants and was also the first Europchess championship for a number of new members to whom we prolong a warm welcome....