FEFB Round 1: Europchess welcomes 200 Wallonian chess players On 21 January 2018, Europchess hosted the first round of the Wallonian club championships (FEFB – intercercles). On behalf of the club, President Frank Hoffmeister welcomed the players in the inter-institutional centre at Overijse. He remarked that our club participated in the championships for several years now and was willing to contribute to the well-functioning of the event by also hosting it for the first...
As in previous years, the blitz tournament covered the entire year 2016. Out of 20 events, tournament director Jesper Abrahamsen counted the 15 best results of the participants to determine the winner. The temporary departure of last years’ winner FM Carl Buhr let some space for other players. And indeed, the race was tense until the end. For a long time, Martin Müller led the field with a strong performance on almost every Wednesday....
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 – 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 – 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...
Europchess 1 misses promotion to Division 1 +++ Europchess 2 finishes last in Division 2 +++ The Francophone Chess Federation’s 2014 Interclubs championship ended with a double disappointment for Europchess’ teams. Already in Round 3, the objectives – promotion for the first team and salvation for the second – got practically out of reach. Still on a promising 2nd rank, Europchess 1 suffered a set-back. While the tandem Tomov-Hoffmeister disposed easily of their much...
It’s half time in the 2014 FEFB team championship, which is as usually organised on four weekends, each time hosted in a different Wallonian city. This year, Europchess is represented with two teams, both in second division. On each matchday, two players of a team face opponents from one club, while the other two play against a different club. After two matches, Europchess 1 is fully in the race for promotion to 1st division,...
Europchess 3 holds division in epic game against Boitsfort 3. In view of preparing the play-off match to avoid relegation from division 4D, Europchess looked for the strongest possible team to compose from the team roster. However, according to the rules, only those players who had participated in at least three matches with Europchess 3 in this championship were eligible. This meant that only 5 players came into consideration. Fortunately, four were available: 1....