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 2019 edition of the Europchess Rapid Championship is well under way. Results from Rounds 1-3:
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....
