Gambit – Luxembourg Rapid Chess Champions

Posted on 03/12/2019 by Sebastien Wernerus

The Gambit team was victorious in the Luxembourg Rapid Team Chess Championship, organised by TSM Schëffleng, which took place on 1 December.

In this 13-team event, the Gambit team – comprising, in each round, four of the five-player squad of Stefan Maltezeanu, Óskar Bjarnason, Jan Bednarich, Geoff Stern and Dans Vijups – won all its matches, but faced its chief rivals in rounds 3 and 4. In round 3, Differdange were defeated 2.5-1.5 in a tight match, victory finally being secured when Stefan overcame International Master Mietek Bakalarz in an endgame. Then, in round 4, the pre-tournament favourites, Belvaux, were decisively defeated, with convincing wins from Stefan (against International Master Tom Weber), Óskar and Dans.

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Battles on the chessboard in the town of Cervantes’s captivity

Posted on 18/11/2019 by Willem van Gemert

The European Chess Club Cup 2019, Ulcinj, Montenegro, 9-16 November, has been dominated by Obiettivo Rinascimento Padova from Italy (GMs Rapport, Adams, Lekó, Vallejo Pons, Šarić, Vocaturo, Brunello, rating average: 2686), ahead of Nový Bor from the Czech Republic and Mednyi Vsadnik from Russia.

The Champions league of chess saw Gambit score in line with expectations, prevailing on the squads from Turkey and Ireland and missing a deserved victory in the last round, which would have propelled our club higher in the final standings. The best representatives from Luxembourg were De Sprenger Echternach on place 33. In the women section, Nona from Georgia (GM Dzagnidze, IM Javakhishvili, GM Batsiashvili, GM Khotenashvili, IM Melia)  clinched the title, with Kyiv Chess Federation from Ukraine and Cercle d’Échecs Monte Carlo on the second and third place, respectively.

Gambit at the ECC 2019 in Montenegro: from left to right, Geoff Stern (team captain), Roberto Visintin, Rytis Virbalis, Steve Dishman, Michael Schwerteck, IM François Godart, Robert McAndrew and Zoran Stanić.

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Stefan Maltezeanu at the World Junior Chess Championship 2019

Posted on 12/11/2019 by Willem van Gemert
Gambit’s Stefan Maltezeanu represented Luxembourg at the World Junior Chess Championship  in Delhi, India, from 14 to 26 October 2019.
 
Stefan acquired valuable experience, scoring 4.5 points amidst strong international competition after allowing more than one lucky escape to his titled opponents. The title in the open section went to GM Evgeny Shtembulyak (2577) from Ukraine, while in the girls section the winner was WIM Polina Shuvalova (2412) from Russia.
 
Stefan during his game against IM Bronstein. Photo: Ruggero Percivaldi.
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Umberto Cerasi wins the Coupe de la commune de Bettembourg

Posted on 12/11/2019 by Willem van Gemert

Gambit’s Umberto Cerasi clinches the title in Bettembourg scoring 6/7 ahead of Stanislas Loiret (Metz) and Steve Dishman (Gambit Bonnevoie).

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GM Vitaly Kunin shining at the Eurasia Open Cup

Posted on 06/09/2019 by Sebastien Wernerus

Despite sharply reducing his tournament activity, Gambit’s GM Vitaly Kunin proved his strength once again at the high-level Eurasia Open Cup held in Ekaterinenburg (Russia) from 31 July to 9 August 2019.

Vitaly scored 7.5 points out of 9 to get the 2nd place behind GM Sargsyan from Armenia, topping almost 200 participants, including 23 GMs and 19 IMs. Top seed and former Russian champion GM Evgeny Alekseev is found on place 11 of the final standings.

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Chess for your mind

Posted on 03/07/2019 by Sebastien Wernerus

Chess is a stimulating game for any mind. It requires self-control, management of emotions, courage and creativity. Importantly, it helps develop analytic thinking and logical reasoning.

Chess Club Gambit Bonnevoie offers chess courses for young players and adults. More details.

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Tim Upton Memorial Tournament 

Posted on 21/06/2019 by Willem van Gemert
On Saturday 22 June an invitational rapid tournament to honor the memory of Gambit Bonnevoie I captain Tim Upton has taken place in Foyer Européen, Luxembourg. The tournament has been organized by our club and the Chess club of the EU Institutions.
 
At the end of a hard-fought tournament, Gambit’s Steve Dishman prevailed. The second and third place went to GM Michael Hoffmann (Gambit) and IM Michael Wiedenkeller (Echternach), respectively, with our guests from Scotland, GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, her husband Jonathan Grant and IM Craig Pritchett to follow closely.
 
A book of the most remarkable games by Tim Upton, annotated by Gambit top players and others, has been made available to the participants of our traditional barbecue on 23 June. 
 
Gambit and the Chess Club of the European institutions would like to thank all the participants and the spectators, in particular our friends from Scotland, for creating a great ambiance which made the tournament memorable.
 

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CHAMPIONNAT INDIVIDUEL des JEUNES

Posted on 30/01/2019 by Sebastien Wernerus

Les weekends du 19/20 et 26/27 janvier 2019 le club d’échecs d’Echternach a organisé le championnat individuel des jeunes.
Un grand merci de la part du Gambit Bonnevoie.

Nos félicitations à tous les vainqueurs!

U20 : Stefan Maltezeanu
U18 : Michel Sadler
U16 : Clara Burdot
U14 : Franciszek Waligora
U12 : Vlad Onea
U12 : François Gerard
U10 : Yvan Burdot
U8 : Dora Burdot

Nous remercions et encourageons en particulier les jeunes du club de Bonnevoie qui ont participé à cette compétition.
Stefan Maltezeanu et Vlad Onea ont gagné leur catégorie, un bravo spécial à eux!

Voici le classement final des diverses catégories d’âge.

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International Solving Contest 2019 in Luxembourg

Posted on 14/01/2019 by Willem van Gemert

Sunday, 27 January 2019 at 11:00 a.m.

The International Solving Contest (ISC) is a chess problem solving competition centrally organised by the World Federation for Chess Composition (https://www.wfcc.ch). It is for individual solvers and takes place in multiple places worldwide on a Sunday at the end of January, simultaneously in all participating countries. It has been organised yearly since 2005, with the 15th ISC taking place in 2019, but for the very first time one of the venues will be in Luxembourg.

Format of Competition: 2 rounds of 6 problems (Categories 1 and 2)/single round of 6 problems (Category 3) Category 1 mainly for experienced solvers, but open to all solvers Category 2 for less experienced solvers Category 3 for children below 13 years

For details, please consult the rules for the ISC: https://www.wfcc.ch/competitions/solving/isc-rules

11:00-13:00 – round 1 (single round of Category 3) 13:00-14:30 – break 14:30-16:30 – round 2

Detailed results of ISC 2018 together with the problems and solutions for all categories are available here: https://www.wfcc.ch/competitions/solving/isc18 (please consult also links at the bottom of the linked page) The same for ISC 2017 is available here: https://www.wfcc.ch/competitions/solving/isc17

Venue: Cercle d’échecs Gambit Bonnevoie (http://www.gambit.lu) Hall Omnisports de Bonnevoie 42, rue Jean-François Gangler L-1613 Luxembourg

The premises of the club are in the basement of the Hall Omnisports. There is a small public parking area opposite the entrance and some parking places in the surroundings streets (free on Sundays). The venue is reachable from the railway station (Gare Centrale) for example by bus 5, bus stop Wisestrooss. Comprehensive information about public transport in Luxembourg: https://www.mobiliteit.lu Possibility of buying light refreshments at the venue, as well as of ordering sandwiches when registering.

Local Controller: Leif Winther

Participation: free of charge

Registration: not compulsory, but recommended (due to the capacity of the premises), by email to isc2019luxembourg@gmail.com (request for sandwiches by Wednesday, 23 January 2019).

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Cours d’échecs saison 2020- 2021

Posted on 19/07/2018 by Bob Weinand

Vous trouverez toutes les infos à propos des cours d’échecs organisés par Gambit Bonnevoie à la page Cours d’échecs.

You will find all the info concerning the chess courses organised by Gambit Bonnevoie on our website at the following page: Cours d’échecs.

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Gambits at lightning speed

Posted on 12/06/2018 by Willem van Gemert

Our players have won their second national Blitz Chess title in a row, emerging clear first ahead of Differdange and Bieles after 18 rounds of 3’ per player games with 2’’ increment. The tournament organised by CE Philidor Beggen offered a number of though battles among the participating teams.

Gambit I (Steve Dishman, Slobodan Filipović, Óskar Bjarnason, Zoran Stanić) started as rating favourites and successfully defended their Luxembourg champions title by winning 15 matches, drawing 2 and losing 1.

Gambit II (Stefan Maltezeanu, Geoffrey Stern, Matthew Dishman, Dans Vijups) finished the competition on place 5.

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Luxembourg Chess League 2017/18: An end-of-season balance

Posted on 28/03/2018 by Willem van Gemert

The Luxembourg Chess League 2017/18 is over, with a final round on 25 March in Differdange which brought together all the participating teams for a colourful gran finale (RTL).

The balance for Gambit teams is mixed.  Despite a fierce fight, Gambit Bonnevoie I was not able to defend our Luxembourg champions title, which returned to the Echternach team of the Luxembourg all-time-best GM Alberto David and chess legend GM Robert Hübner. Congratulations to Echternach for dominating this season!  The clear second place gained by our players ahead of Dudelange qualifies us for the European Chess Club Cup in Porto Carras (Greece) later this year.

Gambit I (left) Dishman and GM Tratar facing  Echternach in the final match (photo: www.lecavalier.lu)

Gambit II had to admit the superiority of Differdange II and finished third in the Promotion d’honneur, missing the chance of promotion to the highest division. Our players could not overcome the merciless laws of statistics reflected in an average Elo difference of 180 points.

The other Gambit teams gained significant experience for the next season, with our young players making good progress and putting into practice what they have learned so far.

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Belle performance des Grands Maîtres Viktor Erdős et Matej Šebenik au Championnat d’Europe du jeu d’échecs

Posted on 10/11/2017 by Bob Weinand

En dépit d’un début très prometteur l’équipe nationale hongroise n’a pas réussi à remporter de médaille au Championnat d’Europe des échecs en Grèce (http://www.euroteams2017.com/en/) et a dû se contenter de la cinquième place, une finale au goût amer pour nos membres József, László et Csaba.  Viktor a très bien figuré dans cette compétition des  meilleurs joueurs d’Europe gagné par l’Azerbaïdjan devant la Russie (argent), l’Ukraine (bronze) et la surprenante Croatie de Zoran: il est resté invincible en gagnant le top-11 avec une performance à 2765 points Elo.  Résultats assez gratifiants aussi pour l’autre GMI de Gambit Bonnevoie, le slovène Matej Šebenik, qui lui aussi a obtenu une performance Elo supérieure aux 2700 points en devançant, parmi d’autres, les deux superstars Boris Gelfand et Alexander Grischuk.



le GMI Matej Šebenik, assis, deuxième à gauche, partie nulle face au russe Maxime Matlakov, nº 27 au monde (source: euroteams2017.com)

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Gambit Bonnevoie at the European Club Cup 2017

Posted on 18/10/2017 by Bob Weinand

Gambit Bonnevoie has ended its adventure at the European Club Cup in Antalya (Turkey) from 8 to 15 October 2017 on place 26. Our club was represented by GM Marko Tratar, Óskar Bjarnason, FM Jan Bednarich, FM Tim Upton (captain), Zoran Stanić, Roberto Visintin, Rytis Virbalis and Dans Vijups.

The “Champions league of chess” saw the triumph of the Russian team Globus with one of the strongest line-ups in the history of the competition (super GMs Kramnik, Mamyedarov, Grischuk, Karjakin, Giri, Nepomniachtchi, Korobov and Khismatullin, average rating 2772). Alkaloid from Macedonia (average rating 2724) and Odlar Yurdu from Azerbaijan (average rating 2634) got silver and bronze, respectively.

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Les échecs au … chocolat

Posted on 15/09/2017 by Bob Weinand

Envie de manger quelques pions, des chevaliers ou peut-être un fou?  

Désormais c’est possible grâce aux créations du maître Toni Hasani.

Une délice à goûter sans modération pour gagner aisément des points Elo!

Contact: nentori28lu@hotmail.com

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Gambit Bonnevoie Viktor Erdős facing legend Peter Svidler

Posted on 06/09/2017 by Bob Weinand

Gambit Bonnevoie top player Victor Erdős has started successfully his adventure in the FIDE Ches World Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia, by beating world’s number 48 Amin Bassem from Egypt in an exciting tie-break. Now he is playing living legend Peter Svidler, ranked 16 in the world.


photo source chessbase.com (Erdős vs Bassem)

The second Gambit Bonnevoie Grandmaster playing in the competition, Vitali Kunin, did not manage to surprise world’s number 26 Le Quang Liem from Vietnam.

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Bonnevoie champion national 2017 blitz par équipes

Posted on 30/06/2017 by Willem van Gemert

Pour plus d’infos, voir l’article sur le site de la FLDE:

Championnat national Blitz par équipes 2016/2017

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Excellent results for Gambit Bonnevoie players in ABC tournament 2017

Posted on 17/04/2017 by Willem van Gemert

Following the excellent results of our teams in the Interclubs championship, our individual players did very well as well in this years ABC tournament. Five Gambit Bonnevoie players participated in the B and C tournaments.

Sietske Greeuw and Stefan Maltezeanu came 2nd and 3rd in the B tournament, Esad Agovic 3rd in the C tournament. Congratulations for this excellent achievement!

Stefan Maltezeanu (left) and Sietske Greeuw (right) with the winner of the B tournament Dominique Hartmann

You will find all the results on the ABC Results page on the dedicated ABC site by the Cercle des Echecs Dudelange (CED).

Plus d’infos sur le site de la FLDE:

Championnats Individuels ABC

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Gambit Bonnevoie champions 2016/2017!

Posted on 03/04/2017 by Willem van Gemert

On Sunday 02/04/2017 the first team of Gambit Bonnevoie clinched the title after beating Bieles in a dramatic encounter. It took us some 15 years and now the dream has come true: Gambit Bonnevoie are champions again!

2016/2017 has been a great season for Gambit Bonnevoie. Not only did our first team get the champion title, following a few exciting turnarounds, but also the third, fourth, fifth and sixth teams got promoted!

Along with the growth of our youth section, this is a confirmation of the good work delivered at all levels. Let’s continue with the same spirit.

Here is a picture of the champions dinner. More celebrations to come at the annual barbecue.

Thank you all for your contributing to this achievement!

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1/4 de Finales de la coupe de la Fédération

Posted on 22/11/2015 by Gunnar Gnad

Succès complet (100 % des points possibles) pour les 2 équipes de Bonnevoie !! Félicitations !
ERR – BON a 4 – 12 (victoires de Jon Trevi, Driton Hasani, Pit Reiff et Halit Haka)
ECH b – BON b 4 – 12 (victoires de Jacques Lorentz, Esad Agovic, Marc Wagner et Stefan Maltezeanu).
Nos équipes joueront les demi.finales le 13 mars 2016 .

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