Happy December is here! Time for Christmas tournaments valid for the Grand Prix Series,
PRIZES FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS + CHRISTMAS LOTTERY!
Monday, 11 December, 19:00: OPEN Christmas edition 3min +2, 9 to 11 rounds (depending on number of participants), young players and adults all welcome!
registrations: OPEN Christmas edition
Monday, 18 December, 18:00: U18 Christmas edition. PRIZES FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS, no adults, only U18 players
registrations: U18 Christmas edition
These are the dates for the upcoming U18 and Open tournaments in the Grand Prix Series:
Monday, 4 December, 18:00: U18 10+0 9 rounds
Monday, 11 December, 19:00: OPEN Christmas edition 3min +2. 9-11 rounds depending on how much time we have. Extra time for U12 players.
Friday, 15 December, 19:00: U18 10+0 7 rounds
Monday, 18 December, 18:00: U18 Christmas edition
Slight time handicaps in all U18 tournaments for U18 players playing against U12 players.
You can register for the next tournament using one of the following links:
U18 Grand Prix Tournament Gambit Bonnevoie
OPEN Grand Prix Tournament Gambit Bonnevoie
CE Gambit Bonnevoie is excited to announce a series of chess tournaments tailored for participants under the age of 18. These engaging events, featuring both blitz and rapid formats, will take place once or twice a week from November 2023 to June 2024. The tournaments are open to all youngsters, including those without a license.
Our first tournament kicked off on Monday, November 20, 2023, with a rapid format running from 18:00 to 20:30 at our club premises. Typically, these tournaments consist of either 9 rounds with a 10-minute reflection time per participant (rapid) or 11 rounds with a 5-minute reflection time per participant (blitz). No time increment is applied in either case.
Prizes (60% of total inscription fees) are awarded to top players and exceptionally young talents under the age of 10 and 8. Participants earn points in the Grand Prix rankings, with additional prizes distributed at the end of the season.
Based on feedback from players through a Google document, tournaments are scheduled for Mondays (18:00 – 20:30) and Fridays (19:00 – 21:00), accommodating the availability of the majority.
Every other week, the Monday tournament will also be open to adults, becoming part of the Open Grand Prix. To level the playing field for new participants, stronger players will receive a slight time handicap when competing against younger opponents.
Pre-registration is not mandatory, allowing participants to register up to 10 minutes before the tournament at the playing hall, with a fixed entry fee of 10 euros. However, for added convenience, a Google form for tournament pre-registration as well as additional tournament details will be circulated to all clubs and Bonnevoie members approximately 4-5 days before each tournament.
While we may explore additional tournaments featuring different chess variants like chess960 in the future, none are planned in the coming two weeks.
The first Open event of our Grand Prix series, a 9-round 5-minute blitz, saw GM Marko Tratar get the first place ahead of FM Jan Bednarich and FM Stephen Dishman (all Gambit Bonnevoie), with IM Fred Berend from CE Dudelange in 4th place, and Serge Karp from CE Beggen-Dommeldange in 5th.
Several young players took part in the event, with Sevda Reding taking the 7th place – first among U18.
See full results here.
Congratulations to our coach and player GM Petar Arnaudov! Petar is also the coach of the Bulgarian women national team who this week won the gold medal at the European championships ahead of Azerbaijan (2), France (3) and Ukraine (4).
Photo: European Chess Union
CE Gambit Bonnevoie is thrilled to announce a series of open tournaments, blitz and rapid, which will be held once or twice a month from November 2023 to June 2024. Detailed schedule of all events and Grand Prix Regulations available shortly.
The tournaments are open to everyone, children and adults, including to players with no licence. The first tournament of this series is a Blitz, taking place on Monday 27 November 2023, from 19:00 to 21:00 in our club premises. There will be 9 rounds, 5 minutes reflection time per participant, no increment. Prizes for best players.
Tournament Director: Stefan Maltezeanu
Mandatory registration by using the following link:
Grand Prix Tournament Gambit Bonnevoie
Registration will be closed once the upper limit of participants has been reached, and in any case at 17:00 on the day of each individual tournament of the series. All registrations are deemed valid, finalization through Confirmation of presence on the spot: all registered players should confirm their pre-registrations by coming to our Club premises on the day of the tournament from 18:30 to 18:55 at the latest in order to be paired for the first round.
Gambit won the national rapid championship for teams 2023. The tournament held in Schifflange on 19/11/2023 saw Gambit prevail over Differdange after a tense battle. Congratulations to our players Steve Dishman, Narmin Khalafova, Slobodan Filipović, Zoran Stanić (board prize) and Jan Bednarich.
CE Gambit Bonnevoie is glad to announce the start of a series of tournaments for young players U18, which will be held from November 2023 to June 2024.
The tournaments are open to all young players from 6 to 18 years of age. The first tournament of this series will take place on Monday 20 November 2023 from 17:30 to 21:00 in our club premises. There will be 7 rounds, 10 minutes reflection time per participant, no increment. Prizes for best players.
Tournament Director: Stefan Maltezeanu
Players wishing to play please register by using the following link:
U18 tournament Gambit Bonnevoie
Registration will be closed once the upper limit of participants has been reached, and in any case at 17:00 on the day of each individual tournament of the series. Confirmation of presence: all registered players should confirm their pre-registrations by coming to our Club premises on the day of the tournament from 17:00 to 17:50 at the latest in order to be paired for the first round.
On Tuesdays:
1) from 14:30 to 16:00 mixed session adults/children
2) from 16:00 to 17:00 class for adults, class for children
3) from 17:00 to 18:00 class for adults, class for children
4) from 18:00 to 19:30 class for adults, class for children
On Wednesdays:
1) from 14:30 to 17:00 mixed session adults/children
2) from 17:00 to 18:00 class for adults, class for children
3) from 18:00 to 19:00 classes for adults
On Fridays:
1) from 17:30 to 18:30 mixed session adults/children
2) from 18:30 to 20:00 class for adults, class for children
On 14 October 2023 CE Gambit Bonnevoie hosted a training session and a simultaneous exhibition by GM Petar Genov. Several players from our club, including our young pupils, made good use of this opportunity to develop their understanding of the game.
Gambit Bonnevoie landed on place 34 out of 84 participants in the European Club Cup 2023 in Durrës, Albania, 1 to 8 October 2023. The tournament has been won by Magnus Carlsen’s Offerspill Sjakklub. Among the players representing our club (IM Robert Baskin, GM Margeir Pétursson, IM Julian Geske, IM François Godart, FM Steve Dishman, FM Jan Bednarich, captain Óskar Bjarnason, WFM Bruna Geske), the best performance was recorded by François, who scored 6/7, while Steve managed to get a prestigious draw in his game against GM Gata Kamsky.
Le club d’échecs Gambit est prêt à accueillir ses membres et sympathisants le vendredi 15 septembre 2023 à 20h00 pour le début de la nouvelle saison.
Nous rappelons aux membres que le barbecue du club aura lieu le samedi 23 septembre.
Congratulations to Gambit’s GM Vitaly Kunin for winning the Individual German Chess Championship held in Ostfildern (Stuttgart) from 14 to 20 August 2023!
Vitaly ended clear first by emerging victorious from a long and fiercely fought battle in the last round, which proved decisive for winning the title after a number of second places in the recent past.
Photo ©DSB/Paul Meyer-Dunker
Gambit Bonnevoie confirmed that blitz is their 2023 flavour. Just before joining Echternach for continuing his chess evolution, Konstantinos Basinas won the national individual blitz championship 2023 which was held in Diekirch on 8 July 2023. Oleksii Aliferenko from Differdange won the Federation title.
Echternacher open 2023
During the last weekend Gambit Bonnevoie members participated to the Echternacher Open Memorial Remy Rippinger, the biggest tournament in Luxembourg which saw the participation of 350+ players. FM Steve Dishman on place 25 was our best representative. Congrats to Geoff Stern, who beat a few strong titled players along the way.
Les inscriptions aux cours d’échecs pour la saison 2023/2024 sont ouvertes. Enrolment to chess courses 2023/2024 is open.
Vous trouverez toutes les infos à propos des cours d’échecs organisés par Gambit Bonnevoie pour la nouvelle saison à la page Cours d’échecs.
You will find detailed information on chess courses organised by Gambit Bonnevoie on our website at the following page: Cours d’échecs.
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.
Club d'échecs Gambit Bonnevoie
42, rue Jean-François Gangler
L-1613 Luxembourg
E-mail: info@gambit.lu
