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Latest Chess news from Belgium
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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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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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Chess to get out of misery... it could easily have been a theme at the Global Chess Festival organised for the 10th time by Judit Polgar yesterday and the day before yesterday, but it was reality after the First World War. On 6 November 1921, the Hungarian Chess Federation MSSZ was founded at the Budapest Chamber of Industry and Commerce …
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Just as our Olympics teams did not travel to Budapest to visit the city, the young Maroczy (yes, the one from the Maroczy bind) had not come to Budapest to see the new buildings. He was mostly intrigued by the already long tradition of Hungarian chess. When the first leg of Maroczy's career had ended, Budapest had become a city …
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Today I searched in vain for the Café Wurm in Budapest, the cradle of organised Hungarian chess, where in the first quarter of the 19th century chess players regularly met and conceived the idea of forming a league. Yet it was not that Café, but rather the Café Velence, equally untraceable today, that became the main venue for chess players …
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Find the latest calender publication of the National Interclubs on the National Interclub tournament page. To be sure, verify all the (latest) changes.
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As always, arbiters are appointed for the matches in the first national division. If you are interested, please let me know, with preference for dates and home clubs.
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‘Budapest is the most beautiful city in the world,’ I read in an article by Laszlo Jakobetz. Judit Polgar also confided this to me when she came to the 2022 Belgian Youth Championships, but she then also added: ‘... but Bruges is also a beautiful city’. I doubt that Budapest is the most beautiful city in the world, and the …
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Over the last years, Bernard Malfliet has reworked his PairTwo tournament management software. You can read the latest release notes below. PairTwo is available for download from the Software page.
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THIS INVITATION OF THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL BELGIAN CHESS FEDERATION IS INTENDED FOR YOUR MEMBER CLUBS AND MEMBERS Dear Madam,Dear Sir, I’m honored to invite you to the 6th PCU Chess Cup from 22 to 24 November 2024 organized at the campuses of the official host, the AP University of Applied Sciences and Arts Antwerp, Belgium. The PCU Chess …
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FRBE (ASBL) - KBSB (VZW) - KSB (VoG)
Frans Vekemansstraat 131, 1120 Brussel
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