Jenő Czuczai won the spring rapid tournament!
Congratulations to Jenő who scored an impressive 6 points out of 7 and won the spring rapid tournament half a point ahead of Frank Hoffmeister and Timothy Binham. This time we had a record…
Memories
Explore Europchess through tournament reports, photographs and stories from club life. 321 articles from 2009 to 2022.
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Fine results for Europchess players in the Limburg Open tournament
The 4 th ENCI Limburg Open took place in Maastricht from 21 to 24 May. Almost three hundred players took part, divided into three Sections according to rating. The top Section was a…
Results of the latest round of the rapid tournament
Top rankings after 5 rounds: 1. Pere Moles Palleja 4.5 2-5. Frank Hoffmeister, Marc Vallett, Christophe Keller, Timothy Binham 4.0 Ronde 7 (9-06-2010)(Appariements) 1 0 Marc Vallet ( 3) (…
Last round of the Interclubs
V for Victory! All three Europchess teams have won in the final round! Tom had White, and his opponent played the Albin Counter-gambit (1 d4 d5 2 c4 e5 !?). As compensation for his pawn,…
Round 10 report
Europchess in the pole position before the final round In Division 4 C, Europchess 1 met CREB 2 which was identified as our main contender at the beginning of the season. However, given the…
Bluff in chess?
It’s important in every chess game to have a plan but it’s also important to know your opponent’s plan. You can guess it if you know the opening theory or you can think about the sequence…
Round 9 report
The first game to finish was Milan Pein against Marcel Van Cauwenberge (1612). In a Bogo-Indian / Catalan mix Black played precise moves (…Bb4+ after which White plays Bd2 and Be7 retreat…
Interclubs 8th round results
Europchess 1 Europchess 1 played in Zottegem 2 a hardly fought match. On board 4, Vladymyr Dedobbeleer achieved an opening advantage with White against a Dutch formation. Rather than taking…
Corus chess tournament 2010
The Corus Chess Tournament is a unique event in many respect. It has a long tradition, running since 1938 this year was the 72nd edition already! Also it’s a very long tournament, it lasts…
Interclubs round 7 report
Playing home against the three teams of Epicure, Europchess was able to bring home four important match points. On board one of Europchess 1, we had the pleasure to welcome back Timothy…
Kosteniuk & Skripchenko played in Brussels
World champion Alexandra Kosteniuk (2523) and Almira Skripchenko (2456) played against 25 Belgian players in a tandem simultan event. It’s not easy to play when you make only every second…
Interclubs 6th round results
The new year has started with another successful round for our club. Europchess 1 and 3 won their matches (3-1 and 4-0 respectively) while Europchess 2 made a 2-2 draw. Europchess 1…