Category Archives: Vie du club

Gambit Bonnevoie celebrates 90 years

Posted on 28/09/2026 by Mareks Graudins

Cercle d’échecs Gambit Bonnevoie celebrated 90 years since its establishment. This is a major milestone for our club, which shows vitality through renovation. The festive ambience was made possible by the Centre culturel de Bonnevoie and by the players who … Continue reading →

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Gambit Bonnevoie renews partnership with Kasparov Chess Foundation Academy

Posted on 18/09/2026 by Mareks Graudins

CE Gambit Bonnevoie is thrilled to renew its partnership with the Kasparov Chess Foundation Academy for the 2027 season. The new season is already taking shape in Samarkand, where the KCF Academy team and many of its lecturers are currently … Continue reading →

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Opening on 15 September

Posted on 14/09/2026 by Mareks Graudins

Our club will reopen its doors for the new season on Tuesday, 15 September 2026. Welcome everybody!

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90th Anniversary Rapid Tournament – Sunday, 27 September

Posted on 06/09/2026 by Mareks Graudins

Gambit Bonnevoie is celebrating its 90th anniversary! To mark nine decades of chess, we are delighted to organise an 11-round FIDE Rapid Tournament on Sunday, 27 September 2026, at the Centre Culturel de Bonnevoie in Luxembourg, 2 Rue des Ardennes, … Continue reading →

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Simply a Better Way to Experience Chess

Posted on 03/08/2026 by Mareks Graudins

Forget clunky, static game replays. Club member Slobodan Filipovic has quietly released ngx-chessground, a sleek Angular library built around Lichess’s Chessground engine. At its heart is a PGN viewer that makes replaying chess games feel almost cinematic: https://topce.github.io/ngx-chessground/pgn-viewer Step through … Continue reading →

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Chess Meets the Boardroom: Gambit Bonnevoie Supports the Launch of Yvan Zizic’s Le Grand Abandon

Posted on 15/06/2026 by Mareks Graudins

On 19 June 2026 at 17:00, the Librairie Ernster at Cloche d’Or (25, Boulevard F. W. Raiffeisen, Luxembourg-Gasperich) will host a book signing for Yvan Zizic’s new work Le Grand Abandon, part of the Les managers lucides collection. The event … Continue reading →

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26e Open International d’Échecs pour Jeunes de Mondorf — Une journée dorée pour Gambit Bonnevoie

Posted on 13/06/2026 by Mareks Graudins

Le 7 juin 2026, Mondorf-les-Bains accueillait pour la vingt-sixième fois son Open International d’Échecs pour Jeunes. Les joueurs de Gambit Bonnevoie y ont brillé à travers toutes les catégories. Dans un plateau de 70 joueurs, Adam Amroune s’est imposé en … Continue reading →

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Un grand week-end pour Adam

Posted on 09/05/2026 by Mareks Graudins

Le week-end des 2 et 3 mai 2026 restera gravé dans la mémoire d’Adam Amroune. Notre jeune talent de Gambit Bonnevoie a réalisé un beau doublé, confirmant une progression fulgurante. qui force l’admiration. Le 2 mai à Schifflange, lors du … Continue reading →

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WGM Narmin Khalafova playing Magnus Carlsen

Posted on 02/04/2026 by Mareks Graudins

Gambit Bonnevoie supporters watching our player Narmin Khalafova fighting against Magnus Carlsen in the first round of the Grenke open in Karlsruhe. Stay tuned! Our member Fiona Steil-Antoni is one of the official presenters of the event. https://en.chessbase.com/post/grenke-freestyle-open-2026-d1 Day 1 … Continue reading →

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Luxembourg Blitz Teams Champions 2026

Posted on 22/03/2026 by Mareks Graudins

Gambit Bonnevoie I (Khalafova, Maltezeanu, Daubenfeld, Bednarich, Stern) won the national blitz teams championship 2026, scoring 10.5/11, ahead of Dudelange with 9.5/11 (rating average 2223) and Differdange with 9/11 (rating average 2287). Not only the best blitz in town, also … Continue reading →

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Ema Jakša featured at the Bled International Chess Festival

Posted on 10/03/2026 by Mareks Graudins

The beautiful Alpine town of Bled holds a special place in chess history, having hosted famous tournaments associated with legends such as Alexander Alekhine and Bobby Fischer. At this year’s Bled International Chess Festival, young talent Ema Jakša, who is a member of Gambit Bonnevoie, attracted … Continue reading →

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Ema Jakša in the World Top 10 (U12)

Posted on 02/03/2026 by Mareks Graudins

Congratulations to our young member Ema Jakša, who represents the Slovenian Chess Federation. According to the March 2026 players list, Ema has improved her FIDE rating to 2049, which places her among the world’s top ten players in the Girls … Continue reading →

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Bonnevoie Partners with Kasparov Chess Foundation Academy

Posted on 13/11/2025 by Mareks Graudins

CE Gambit Bonnevoie is thrilled to announce an exclusive partnership agreement with the prestigious Kasparov Chess Foundation Academy! No matter where you live, as a member or affiliated member of Gambit Bonnevoie, you can access the Premium Package — normally priced … Continue reading →

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Gambit web store and Chess in Music and Arts!

Posted on 02/11/2025 by Mareks Graudins

Check out Gambit’s web store to explore the collection and find your perfect items. Also, we invite you to follow our venture into the realms of art and music by listening to our first releases by GMBJTeam: GMBJT Music

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Gambit at ECCC 2025

Posted on 19/10/2025 by Mareks Graudins

26.10.2025.Gambit Bonnevoie Women’s Team Shines with Two Individual Medals and Shared 3rd Place Finish In a nail-biting finale, the Gambit Bonnevoie women’s team held last year’s champions, Tajfun Ljubljana, to a 2–2 draw. This result secured a shared third place, … Continue reading →

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Gambit Bonnevoie Women Strike Gold and Silver at European Team Championship 2025

Posted on 14/10/2025 by Mareks Graudins

Fantastic news from Batumi! Our Gambit Bonnevoie players delivered brilliant performances at the European Women’s Team Championship 2025, where they represented their respective national teams.Aleksandra Maltsevskaya and Klaudia Kulon won team gold with Poland, while Anna Ushenina captured team silver … Continue reading →

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Adam Amroune at the World Cadet U10 Championship

Posted on 07/10/2025 by Mareks Graudins

We are proud of Bonnevoie’s young player, Adam Amroune, who represented Luxembourg at the World Cadet U10 Championship, held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from September 18 to October 1, 2025. This championship is the official world event for the under-10 age … Continue reading →

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Surprise VIP visit at our first tournament of the season

Posted on 27/09/2025 by Mareks Graudins

Yesterday the participants of our first tournament of the season were pleasantly surprised by the courtesy visit of former European Champion GM Danielian, who will play for Gambit Bonnevoie at the forthcoming European Club Cup in Rhodes . Elina made … Continue reading →

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Opening on 15 September

Posted on 12/09/2025 by Mareks Graudins

Our club will reopen its doors for the new season on Monday, 15 September. Welcome everybody!

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Fiona is on the air

Posted on 31/08/2025 by Mareks Graudins

As the season is approaching, have a look at the interview with our member Fiona-Steil Antoni on Chessbase:   https://en.chessbase.com/post/fiona-steil-antoni-reinventing-herself-in-the-world-of-chess We wish Fiona all the very best in her future endeavors!

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