The first round of the Intercercles championship of the Fédération Échiquéenne Francophone de Belgique was played in Marche-en-Famenne on 26 April 2015. As in the last years, Europchess participates with two teams, one in second division and one in third. In Round 1, both teams got into the competition with average results. Europchess 1 collected 2.5 points against the teams of CREC Charleroi 3 and Fleurus 2. While Frank Hoffmeister and Jozsef Molnar used...
Europchess 1 – Eisden/MSK-Dilsen 1 : 5.5 – 2.5 +++ Europchess 2 – CREC 2 : 3.5 – 2.5 +++ Europchess 3 – 2 Fous du Diogène 1 : 3 – 1 +++ Europchess 4 – Geerardsbergen 3 : 3.5 – 0.5 +++ Four match wins to conclude a successful season +++ Europchess 1 runner-up of the second Division! +++ All four teams took the full match points in the final round of the...
Anderlecht 1 – Europchess 1 : 6.5 – 1.5 +++ Anderlecht 2 – Europchess 2 : 1.5 – 4.5 +++ Machelen 1 – Europchess 3 : 2 – 2 +++ Soignies 2 – Europchess 4 : 1.5 – 2.5 +++ Round 10: End of dreams +++ Anderlecht beats Europchess 1 convincingly +++ In the decisive match for the title in the second division, Europchess 1 suffered a bitter defeat in Anderlecht although the ELO...
Europchess 1 – Amay 2 : 7 – 1 +++ Europchess 2 – Boitsfort 1 : 0.5 – 5.5 +++ Europchess 3 – DT Leuven : 3 – 1 +++ Europchess 4 – Boitsfort 3 : 1.5 – 2.5 +++ Round 9: The dance continues +++ Europchess 1 outplays Amay 2 +++ The first team was set against Amay 2, whose first team is currently leading the first division. As their strongest players were...
CREB 1 – Europchess 1 : 1 – 7 +++ Westerlo 1 – Europchess 2 : 3.5 – 2.5 +++ CREB 3 – Europchess 3 : 2 – 2 +++ Wavre 3 – Europchess 4 : 3.5 – 0.5 +++ Sun and Rain on a winter Sunday +++ Europchess 1 outclasses CREB 1 The first team went to CREB 1. Although we were favourites, as the royal club did not bring their three Ukrainian...
Europchess 1 – Eynatten 2 : 5.5 – 2.5 +++ Europchess 2 – Humbeek 1 : 4.5 – 1.5 +++ Europchess 3 – Woluwe 1 : 2 – 2 +++ Europchess 4 – Anderlues 1 : 2.5 – 1.5 +++ Promising start into 2015 Europchess 1 beats Eynatten 2 with safe hand The first team met Eynatten 2, a team whose composition changes every round. This time, our opponents did not come with their...
Europchess 1 – Eupen 2 : 7 – 1 +++ Europchess 2 – Mechelen 1 : 2 – 4 +++ Europchess 3 – Mechelen 3 : 2.5 – 1.5 +++ Europchess 4 – Fontaine 5 : 0.5 – 3.5 +++ Europchess 1 keeps the lead with convincing win over Rochade Eupen 2 The winner of last year’s division probably had a certain memory of Europchess, as we had given everything last year in the...
Herve 1 – Europchess 1: 2.5 – 5.5 +++ Geel 1 – Europchess 2: 5.5 – 0.5 +++ Dworp 1 – Europchess 3: 3.5 – 0.5 +++ Namur 5 – Europchess 4: 3.5 – 0.5 +++ Europchess 1 prevails against strongly lined up Herve The home team, Herve 1, evidently tried to score their first match points by lining up the strongest team so far. And indeed, on board 1, the newly activated Michael...
Europchess 1 – Leuven 1 : 6.5 – 1.5 +++ Europchess 2 – Leuven 2 : 4 – 2 +++ Europchess 3 – Leuven 3 : 2.5 – 1.5 +++ Europchess 4 – Tournai 2 : 3.5 – 0.5 Golden October for Europchess – In round 2 of 19 October 2014, all four teams won at home, constituting probably the best performance of our club history so far! Europchess 1 wins with large margin over...
Johansson – Bakels, ICN 2014-2015, Round 1 White is a pawn down and has a very vulnerable bishop, that does not have many squares to go to. The white knight is well placed, but cannot develop much further activity from there. In return the advanced a-pawn provides some counterplay. Black’s last move was Bb3-a4 with the idea to transfer the bishop to c6, securing a firm grip on the promotion square. As there was...