Chess in Belgium

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Karpov meets Dardha: 6 – 9 juni 2025

Steven Bellens    31.12.2024

During the Pentecost weekend of 2025, chess club SK Karpov Deinze is organizing a 4-day chess event in honor of their 50th anniversary.

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New ELO rankings on January 3rd (??)

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Steven Bellens    26.12.2024    1

Your Player Manager is busy on the FIDE world Rapid & Blitz Championship in New York. We expect a slight delay in the publication of the new ELO rankings for beginning of 2025. You can expect an updated ranking list by January 3rd.

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Steven Bellens    24.12.2024

Best wishes for the New Year. by the RBCF-team

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General Assembly on January 18th 2025

Laurent Wery    20.12.2024    2

A General Meeting is scheduled for 18 January 2025. At the last GA, the number of full members present was not enough to vote on the amendments to the Articles of Association. At this GA, whatever the number of members present, we will be able to vote.

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January changes to the playerlist

Luc Cornet    17.12.2024

New previously affiliated unranked players can be added from now until January 2nd 2025. For now, they should be added at the bottom of the existing players on the player list.

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New national ELO rankings on January 1st & changes to the ELO processing rules

ELO

Steven Bellens    12.12.2024    23

January 1st, our national ELO 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 28.12. Furthermore, the General Assembly approved important changes to the national ELO processing (from 01.01.2025 onwards).

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7th ANDERLUES TRIATHLON

Christian Henrotte    08.12.2024

The 7th edition of the Cercle d’Echecs d’Anderlues Triathlon is approaching: it’s January 3,4,5, 2025 (Friday evening-Saturday-Sunday).

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World Chess Championship seniors +50

Gunther Delhaes    01.12.2024    1

From November 16 to 29, the World Championships for Seniors 50+ took place on the Portuguese peninsula of Porto Santo and the Royal Chess Club Rochade Eupen was represented in this category by Grandmaster Igor Glek and FIDE Master Rudolf Meessen.

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World Cadet Chess Championships 2024

Philippe Vukojevic    29.11.2024    7

Belgium is a chess country that has a lot to offer on an organisational level: in addition to the ubiquitous…

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Feedback on General Assembly

Laurent Wery    25.11.2024    4

The Annual General Meeting took place this past Saturday at our head office. Despite efforts by the OA to facilitate…

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An exciting final at the 2024 European Individual Chess Championship

Gunther Delhaes    22.11.2024    2

Daniel Dharde of KSK Rochade became European vice-champion. From November 7 to 20, 2024, the European Individual Chess Championship took place in the picturesque town of Petrovac, Montenegro.

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Electronic voting for General assembly

Ruben Decrop    19.11.2024    10

This evening we’ve sent the registration codes for the election process for the general assembly of Saterday. We’ve sent out…

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