Fighting chess all around The new year 2019 started with the first round of the Francophone championship. Europchess plays with two teams in Division 1 and 3. With 2.5/4 and 2/4 points we started well, albeit not perfectly well. Europchess 1 beats Namur and draws with TAL The one half of Europchess 1 met with Namur 1 one of the strong teams in the division. On board 1, Georgi Tomov faced the enterprising Sébastien...
Namur 1 – Europchess 1 : 1.5 – 6.5 +++ Aalst 1 – Europchess 2 : 1.5 – 4.5 +++ Namur 4 – Europchess 3 : 1 – 3 +++ Europchess 4 – Wavre 4 : 3 – 1 +++ DT Leuven 3 – Europchess 5 : 3.5 – 0.5 +++ Round 5: Almost 100 % +++ In the fifth round, the first four teams won! Only E 5 was overcome by a strong...
Europchess 1 – Wirtzfeld 2 : 5.5 – 2.5 +++ Europchess 2 – Zottegem 3 : 2.5 – 3.5 +++ Europchess 3 – Zottegem 4 : 3 – 1 +++ Europchess 4 – Braine l’Alleud 3 : 3 – 1 +++ Europchess 5 – Zottegem 7 : 3 – 1 +++ Round 4: First Team Takes the Lead +++ In the fourth round at home, our teams scored four wins and suffered one defeat....
Charleroi 1 – Europchess 1 : 4 – 4 +++ Pantin 1 – Europchess 2 : 5.5 – 0.5 +++ Pantin 3 – Europchess 3 : 2 – 2 +++ 2 Fous du Diogène 2 – Europchess 4 : 2 – 2 +++ Pantin 7 – Europchess 5 : 3 – 1 +++ Round 3: Missed Chances +++ As the Sunday fell on the beginning of a holiday week our times teams missed many...
Europchess 1 – Leuven 1 : 5 – 3 +++ Europchess 2 – Woluwe 1 : 5 – 1 +++ Europchess 3 – Geraardsbergen 1 : 3 – 1 +++ Europchess 4 – Pantin 6 : 1.5 – 2.5 +++ Europchess 5 – Leuven 5 : 2.5 – 1.5 +++ Round 2: Full House In our first home match, all teams except the fourth one provided for a full house with good wins. Europchess...
Wavre 1 – Europchess 1 : 4 – 4 +++ Tournai 1 – Europchess 2 : 2 – 4 +++ Boitsfort 4 – Europchess 3 : 3 – 1 +++ Woluwe 2 – Europchess 4 : 2 – 2 +++ Wavre 5 – Europchess 5 : 2 – 2 +++ Round 1: Fifty-Fifty The start into the new season was not bad, but could have been better. E 2 won, E 3 lost, while...
The 2018 FEFB Intercercles ended with a big success for Europchess! For the second time in its history Europchess won the Championship! The first team was slightly lagging behind Amay 1 and needed a clear win to maintain chances for the title. On board 3, Frank Hoffmeister played with Black against Tagumpay Gravidez (1793) from CREB 1. White played a symmetric opening line and got an equal middle game position. However, Frank could create...
