Europchess had a difficult start in this year’s championship, scoring only 1.5 points in 8 games. Division 1 Titleholders Europchess 1 got two good draws from Georgi Tomov and Luis Parreira against Ans-Loncin. However, Benjamín Alberola and Johannes Bertram were outplayed by their opponents from the hosting club Amay. Clearly, much stronger performances will be needed in order to repeat the great result of 2016. EUROPCHESS 1 tableau 1 Tomov, Georgi 2286 1/2-1/2 T.A.L...
Namur 1 – Europchess 1 : 2 – 6 +++ Gent 4 – Europchess 2 : 2.5 – 3.5 +++ Machelen 1 – Europchess 3 : 1.5 – 2.5 +++ Mechelen 9 – Europchess 4 : 1.5 – 2.5 +++ Round 11: Vive l’Europe, vive l’Europchess! In the final round, all four teams of Europchess won! Tout court. And the pro-European candidate in the French Presidential elections is ahead. Europe is back in business....
Europchess 1 – Fontaine 2 : 3.5 – 4.5 +++ Europchess 2 – Opwijk 1 : 2.5 – 3.5 +++ Europchess 3 – Woluwe 1 : 0.5 – 3.5 +++ Europchess 4 – Opwijk 4 : 2.5 – 1.5 +++ Round 10: Deviations and other setbacks In round 10, the VM 2 road was completely blocked, forcing some invited players to go through the tunnel with huge deviation and delay. Luckily, everyone managed to come by...
Europchess 1 – Geel 1 : 5.5 – 2.5 +++ Europchess 2 – Brussels 1 : 4 – 2 +++ Europchess 3 – Brussels 3 : 2 – 2 +++ Europchess 4 – Brussels 4 : 1 – 3 +++ Europchess played its first home match last Sunday in the “reorganised” premises at Van Maerlant. The space is not quite as welcoming as before, as a large chunk of the clubroom is now taken...
Wirtzfeld 2 – Europchess 1 : 4.5 – 3.5 +++ Dworp 1 – Europchess 2 : 2.5 – 3.5 +++ CREB 2 – Europchess 3 : 1 – 3 +++ CREB 4 – Europchess 4 : 0.5 – 3.5 +++ Round 7: A good party for all, but for the first team In round 7, team E 2, E 3 and E 4 scored convincing wins, while E 1 suffered another narrow loss, this...
Europchess 1 – Amay 2 : 5 – 3 +++ Europchess 2 – Pantin 1 : 3 – 3 +++ Europchess 3 – Pantin 2 : 1 – 3 +++ Europchess 4 – Pantin 3 : 1.5 – 2.5 +++ Round 6: Good prospects for 2017 +++ In the first round of the new year, the first team beat Amay 2 and the second team held a good draw against Pantin 1. E 3...
CREB 1 - Europchess 1 : 4.5 – 3.5 +++ Brasschaat 2 – Europchess 2 : 3.5 – 2.5 +++ The Belgian CC 2 – Europchess 3 : 1.5 – 2.5 +++ DT Leuven 2 – Europchess 4 : 1.5 – 2.5 +++ Round 5: E 3 and E 4 in good form +++ In the last round of the year, E 1 and E 2 had to suffer two hard defeats, while E 3 and...
Leuven 1 - Europchess 1 : 3.5 – 4.5 +++ Soignies 1 - Europchess 2 : 1 – 5 +++ 2 Fous Diogène 1 - Europchess 3 : 2 – 2 +++ Leuven 4 - Europchess 4 : 0 – 4 +++ Round 2: Europchess unbeaten +++ In Round 2, all the four teams scored important points. While the first, second and fourth teams grounded their opponents from Leuven and Soignies, the third team...
Europchess 1 – Rochade Eupen 2 : 3.5 – 4.5 +++ Europchess 2 – Leuze 1 : 4 – 2 +++ Europchess 3 – Excelsior 1 : 3.5 – 0.5 +++ Europchess 4 – Humbeek 3 : 3 – 1 +++ Round 1: Good start into the new season +++ For some unknown reason many people in Brussels decided to run through the city on the first chess Sunday rather than having a nice...
+++ Division 2 B: Europchess 1 finishes in 3rd place +++ Division 3 B: Europchess 2 finishes in 6th place +++ Division 4 B: Europchess 3 only 1 point behind 3rd rank +++ Division 5 J: Europchess 4 ends up in 5th place