Europchess 1: Tom played the black side of a Sicilian Defence. Both sides castled king-side, and White threw forward his f and g pawns. After playing f4, g4 and g5, however, he refrained from pursuing his attack further with f5 and f6. Instead he tried simply to hold the position (he offered a draw after his 19th move). Tom was able to exchange off an important defensive bishop, and then to create targets on...
Dream Sunday for Europchess in Round 2: In Round 2, Europchess continued its good performance at home. While E1 and E3 scored together 7,5 / 8, only E2 had to give in with 1,5 – 2,5. The first team faced with FCH Zottegem 1, a solid team with an ELO average of around 1750. On board four, Joszef Barta played with black an exchange Slav against Eddy de Gendt. He started early piece play...
After winning the division 5E in the previous season Europchess 1 now continues in division 4C. Europchess 2 has also advanced to the 4th division they will play in the 4F group. Our new team, Europchess 3 will start this year in group 5J. Here are the dates and pairings for the 2009-2010 season together with some statistics from last year...
In the final round 11, Europchess 1 played at home against Wachtebeke 3. As we were leading Division 5 E with a single point in front of Geraardsbergen 2, everything depended on a good performance on this day.
Before the last round our team is at the first place, leading by just 1 point before Geraardsbergen. We have to win the last round convincingly to secure the 1st place… Before the last round our team is at the first place, leading by just 1 point before Geraardsbergen. We have to win the last round convincingly to secure the 1st place…Before the last round our team is at the first place, leading by...
The 10th round was a great success, we had only one draw and won on the other 3 boards… 1 PEELMAN LIEVEN (1674) 0-1 HOFFMEISTER FRANK (2198) 2 INGHELBRECHT VERONIQUE (1566) 0-1 BARTA JOZSEF (2155) 3 VERHASSELT JIMMY (1560) ½-½ RAUTA NICOLAS (1931) 4 VAN DEN BERGHE JAN (1287) 0-1 FREDERIKSEN JENS (1872)
