Interclubs 1st round results

In the first round Europchess 1 and Europchess 3 won 11-5 against Lessines 1 and Machelen 2 respectively while Europchess 2 lost 6-10 to Leuven 4. Europchess 1 has faced one of the strongest teams in the group so this victory was very important.

Lessines 1 – Europchess 1:

BAGUET FREDERIC 1947 0-1  WILEY TOM 2287

FOSTIEZ PASCAL 1918 0-1  HOFFMEISTER FRANK 2192

HANNECART MARC 1864 ½-½ BARTA JOZSEF 2130

KNUDDE FRANCIS 1845 0-1 SEMANAT PLANAS EDUARDO 2127

Score: 5 – 11

Leuven 4 – Europchess 2:

DAUW TONY 1666 1-0 RAUTA NICOLAS 1973

VAN VOOREN KRISTIEN 1760 0-1 GILBERT COLIN 1864

VANDERMEULEN BONI 1622 1-0 FREDERIKSEN JENS 1858

ISHCHUKOV IVAN 1049 1-0 MARIAME PHILIPPE 1671

Score: 10 – 6

Machelen 2 – Europchess 3:

MAARSE WILLY 1651 0-1 MOLES PALLEJA PERE 2126

GROENEZ PIERRE 1644 ½-½ RAMOS FLORIDO JOSE-MARIA 2019

VANDENHOEKE PATRICK 1406 0-1 FREDERIKSEN KRISTIAN PADE 1800

MAESSCHALCK VINCENT 1005 0-1 PEIN MILAN 1598

Score: 5 – 11

Jose-Maria had the following position with White. In the diagramed position it’s Black to move and after a few moves they agreed to a draw after White’s Ke3-f4 plan didn’t seem to work…

Click on this link to see a small video footage of Europchess 3 playing the endgame against Machelen 2 team