Interclubs 2021/22 – Round 1
Europchess played this time in the CIE Overijse, away from the traditional venue in the Van Maerlant building. The conditions were excellent, and we could welcome our guests in a nice…
Memories
Explore Europchess through tournament reports, photographs and stories from club life. 321 articles from 2009 to 2022.
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End of 2019/2020 season (finally!)
In September, after the saga of the Covid-interruption, the 2019-2020 season was completed. The outstanding rounds 10 and 11 were played, as had been controversially decided by the…
Polish grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda gives thrilling online performance for Europchess
On Friday 4 June 2021, the Polish No. 1 player, GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, visited Europchess “online”. Our high-level guest was first welcomed by Arkadiusz Langer, a Cabinet member of the…
100th anniversary of the French Chess Federation unites chess historians
The French Chess Federation marks this year its 100th anniversary. Even in our current unusual situation, this is an event not to be missed, and on this occasion a special online event on…
Europchess at the Capelle-la-Grande open
From 5 to 8 March, the famous open of Cappelle-la-Grande took place. The organisers had optimistically announced a physical tournament a while ago, but given the sanitary situation this was…
Training sessions… and a must-read book presentation
Europchess is not giving up its activities in these pandemic times. Despite the compulsory suspension of over-the-board chess, online blitz tournaments are organised twice a week, and…
Martin Müller continues to dominate in Uccle
Brussels Chess Club was the first club in the capital to come out of confinement in August, to resume playing over-the-board chess. Under the necessary special hygienic conditions, the…
European Online Chess Championship 2020
In times of the Coronavirus, where all traditional “on-the-board” chess competitions are suspended, opportunities to play tournaments online flourish. The European Chess Union joined the…
Friendly online match Europchess vs SK Bebenhausen 1992
With the lockdown making chess activities on the board impossible, Europchess continues its activities online. Besides the regular blitz tournaments, on Saturday, 2 May, we took up a…
New Europchess Presidency elected
In February 2020, just before the Coronavirus made physical meetings impossible, Europchess held its annual general assembly. On the occasion, several members were elected into new…
Rapid Championship 2019/2020 – R.5
Photographs and material from the club archive.
Interclubs 2019-2020 – Round 9
Wachtebeke 1 – Europchess 1 : 7.5 – 0.5 +++ Boitsfort 2 – Europchess 2 : 4 – 2 +++ Boitsfort 4 – Europchess 3 : 2 – 2 +++ Boitsfort 5 – Europchess 4 : 1 – 3 +++ Wavre 5 – Europchess 5 : 3 –…