Chess in Belgium

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European Chess Club Cups 2024 in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia

Helmut Froeyman    07.11.2024    1

The European Club Championship is organized every year. I suspect the recent edition was a record with 26 Belgians playing for 9 different clubs (5 Belgian, 1 German, 1 French, 1 Luxembourg and 1 Dutch).

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LADIES OPEN GENT 2025

Laurent Wery    07.11.2024

The Ladies Open Ghent is a collaboration between the Royal Belgian Chess Federation and the Royal Ghent Chess Circle. It…

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Nominations for directors and committees

Laurent Wery    01.11.2024    1

Anyone wishing to get involved in the RBCF can send their application to the Board of Directors for submission to…

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FIDE rating changes: Are they working so far?

Steven Bellens    27.10.2024    4

Here is an interesting read with analysis of the first 7 months after the FIDE rating changes.

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General assembly 23 november 2024

Laurent Wery    25.10.2024    18

You can find here all the documents for the GA. Only clubs may attend and vote if they are full…

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New version of Pairtwo is online

Bernard Malfliet    21.10.2024    2

This version is the first that allows everyone to publish tournament results on the internet. Version 1.18 makes perfectly finished html files that can be placed directly on the internet. The version has also been extensively tested and is ready to be used in all major tournaments

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Interclub communication

Laurent Wery    02.10.2024    19

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

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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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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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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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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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The Belgian Interclub Chess Competition

Latest calendar publication of Interclub competition

Steven Bellens    15.09.2024

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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Call for arbiters in the NIC

Steven Bellens    15.09.2024

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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Belgium in Budapest – Chess Olympiads – Round 4

Philippe Vukojevic    15.09.2024

‘Budapest is the most beautiful city in the world,’ I read in an article by Laszlo Jakobetz. Judit Polgar also…

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PairTwo revised

Bernard Malfliet    14.09.2024    2

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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Invitation 6th University PCU Chess Cup | Antwerp, Belgium | 22-24 November 2024

Laurent Wery    14.09.2024

THIS INVITATION OF THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL BELGIAN CHESS FEDERATION IS INTENDED FOR YOUR MEMBER CLUBS AND MEMBERS Dear…

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Belgium at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest

Laurent Wery    13.09.2024    2

Both Women en men’s team are taking part at the Olympiad. This tournament has begun the 11th of september. In…

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Search for candidates for the organization of one of the 2025 Belgian Championships

Steven Bellens    12.09.2024

The RBCF is looking for one or more organizers for the following championships, as every season: Each club or group…

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Daniel Dardha, winner of 3rd Mémorial Decrop

Daniel Dardha wins 3rd Mémorial Decrop in Namur

Damien André    10.09.2024

228 players came to Namur on 8th September for the third edition of Mémorial Decrop, to battle during 9 rounds…

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