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Laurent Wery    02.10.2024    19

Following an official complaint from a club, the bord met on wednesday evening to analyze the situation. The RBCF acknowledges…

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October rankings available

ELO

Steven Bellens    30.09.2024    3

Our quarterly ranking update (October) has just been published. Head over to Lichess if you’re feeling lucky now. Read a good book if you feel depressed.

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Belgium in Budapest – Chess Olympiads – Round 11

Philippe Vukojevic    23.09.2024    3

The last report from Budapest, chess city par excellence, where all eyes were also on in the 1990s because one…

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Interclubs Manager: Planning

Ruben Decrop    22.09.2024    15

In the Interclubs Manager the planning module has become active, meaning that all clubs can input their teams for the…

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Call for contributors

Steven Bellens    04.07.2024    5

Our new website is open for everyone to register and contribute. Become a contributor today!

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Belgium in Budapest – Chess Olympiads – Round 10

Philippe Vukojevic    22.09.2024

Lajos Portisch, who we presented in our yesterday’s report, got to play the first move at the Olympiads today and…

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Belgium in Budapest – Chess Olympiads – Round 9

Philippe Vukojevic    21.09.2024

A country where chess was so popular would naturally put itself on the chess map. Laszlo Szabo took over from…

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Belgium in Budapest – Chess Olympiads – Round 8

Philippe Vukojevic    20.09.2024

Due to the many commissions I try to attend in Budapest, yesterday’s report has been delayed for a while…. My…

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Chess clubs in Belgium

Each registered chess club is indicated on the map with a marker. Click on any marker to see detailed information about the club, including its address and contact details. Explore and find your nearest club easily.

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Belgians in foreign tournaments: Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Trophy (Aug. 10-18, 2024)

Helmut Froeyman    19.09.2024

The prize money in our Belgian summer tournaments has not been indexed for decades so that (foreign) professionals rarely play in them nowadays.

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FIDE ELO vs national ELO

New national ELO rankings on October 1st

ELO

Steven Bellens    19.09.2024

October 1st, our national rankings get their 3-monthly update. In order for games to be processed, the tournament reports need to be submitted to ratings@frbe-kbsb-ksb.be at latest 27.09

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Belgium in Budapest – Chess Olympiads – Round 7

Philippe Vukojevic    19.09.2024

Chess to get out of misery… it could easily have been a theme at the Global Chess Festival organised for…

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Belgium in Budapest – Chess Olympiads – Round 6

Philippe Vukojevic    17.09.2024

Just as our Olympics teams did not travel to Budapest to visit the city, the young Maroczy (yes, the one…

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Belgium in Budapest – Chess Olympiads – Round 5

Philippe Vukojevic    16.09.2024    5

Today I searched in vain for the Café Wurm in Budapest, the cradle of organised Hungarian chess, where in the…

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