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Gambit successfully defended their team title at the national blitz championship in Schifflange on 21 May 2023, finishing clear first ahead of Differdange and Dudelange. GMF Narmin Khalafova finished with a perfect score of 14/14, while other Gambit I members (national individual champion S. Maltezeanu, S. Filipović, Z. Stanić, J. Bednarich) performed around the 90% mark. Gambit II (G. Stern, D. Vijups, S. Mendeleev, S. Brassey) supported the first team by offering fierce opposition to the other favourites.

Detailed results: Blitz Eq 2023 (lecavalier.lu) 

The teams national championship season just ended with Gambit I not performing as expected. :-/ Better luck in 2023/2024.
Congratulations to Chess club De Sprénger Echternach for their second national title in a row!
On the positive side, all our teams avoided relegation and our young players have shown significant progress.

CE Gambit Bonnevoie participated in the European Club Cup 2022 held in October 2022 in Mayrhofen, Austria. This top event, which saw the participation of Carlsen, Anand and Rapport among others, was won by Novy Bor from the Czech Republic.  Gambit could count only on GM Michael Hoffmann for strengthening their ranks at the highest level, and ended the tournament on place 45 out of 70 participants.

Gambit facing Bayern Munich in round 1 (photo: courtesy of Carmen Nova Hoffmann)

Who is the best player in Luxembourg when it comes to short time controls? The blitz and rapid national championships, played on 2 and 3 July in Diekirch, gave an unanimous verdict: Stefan Maltezeanu, of course.

The Blitz championship saw Stefan prevail ahead of Patrick Meurin and Tom Weidig, while in the Rapid championship Stefan scored 6.5/7 to finish clear first ahead of GM Sébastien Feller. Bonnevoie’s presence on the podium was completed by Zoran Stanic, bronze medal ex-æquo, highlighting that the best blitz in town in 2022 is to be found at Gambit’s.

After a 2-year long Covid-19 break the Blitz team national championship, as usual excellently organized by TSM Schëffleng, is back. Gambit1 (S. Dishman, Maltezeanu, Bjarnason, Bednarich) is national champion, ahead of Differdange1 and Schifflange1. Gambit2 (Basinas, M. Dishman, Vijups, Reiff) narrowly missed the podium, while our youth team (Sterlin, E. Östling, Fohr, C. Östling) gained valuable experience.

Best player prizes on their respective boards were awarded to Steve Dishman (11.5/12), Óskar Bjarnason (11/12) and Pit Reiff (11/12).

Our first team ended the 2021/2022 top-fight season unbeaten scoring 6/7, but the tie-breaker favoured new champions Echternach, with Differdange finishing third.

The last round of the national championship brought bitter news, as Bonnevoie II could not avoid relegation. In the lower leagues, Bonnevoie III and Bonnevoie IV performed in line with expectations amid a number of covid related defaults. On a positive note, our young players managed to experience the competition for the first time.

Konstantinos Basinas won the Luxembourg national championship, held from 11 to 14 April 2022 in Schifflange, with a 100% score in the U16 section. Konstantinos, the only representative from Gambit Bonnevoie, convincingly dominated a field of 16 young players.

Warmest congratulations to Konstantinos and to Mark Alex Maiquez, who got the bronze medal in the U14 group at his first participation in an official competition.

Chess courses in Ukrainian language

Chess Club Gambit Bonnevoie Luxembourg is offering free chess courses for children in Ukrainian language (beginner level) on Mondays and Thursdays from 17:30 to 19:00 in the premises of Hall Omnisports, rue Gangler Luxembourg. The activities are starting on 2 May. For information please contact (in English or French) info@gambit.lu , enrolment: https://forms.gle/oGRrfLPwkpKaHNTK8

Шаховий клуб Gambit Bonnevoie Luxembourg пропонує безоплатні курси для дітей на українській мові (початковий рівень) по понеділкам і четвергам з 17:30 до 19:00 у приміщенні Hall Omnisports, rue Gangler Luxembourg. Захід розпочинається 2 травня . Для отримання інформації звертайтесь (на англійській або французькій мові) за адресою info@gambit.lu .Заява: https://forms.gle/oGRrfLPwkpKaHNTK8

Gambit Bonnevoie is ranked 23 out of 38 participating teams at the European Chess Club Cup 2021, which is taking place in Struga on Lake Ohrid (North Macedonia) from 18 to 24 September 2021.

Our representatives GM Vitaly Kunin, IM François Godart, Steven Dishman, Slobodan Filipović, Michael Schwerteck, Roberto Visintin, Matthew Dishman, Geoffrey Stern and Robert McAndrew (captain) are to face élite opposition from the very start. In round 1 they will play against KPRF Russia with superstar Alexander Grischuk, Elo 2775, World rank 8, on board one.

Watch live on Chess24.com or Chessbase

Dear Members,

The chess championship and our courses are suspended until further notice.

Gambit Bonnevoie Committee