Le planning des cours 2024-2025 a changé – les cours pour jeunes du jeudi auront lieu le lundi :
Warmest congratulations to Elvira Berend who just won the Small Nations Women’s Chess Championship 2024!
The 5th European Small Nations Individual Chess Championship and the 2nd European Small Nations Women’s Chess Championship took place from 22 to 30 June Andorra la Vella.
The events were played as 10-player round-robin tournaments with the players representing the following federations: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Faroe Islands, Malta, Guernsey, Monaco, Jersey, and San Marino.
After an intense last round in the Women’s event, WGM Elvira Berend (LUX, 2230) became the sole Winner of the event, scoring 7.5 points. Elvira Berend and WIM Marija Zvereva (MNC, 2040) headed into the last round tying for the top, and Elvira Berend won her last-round game against WFM Filipina Thornton (MLT, 1787), while Marija Zvereva lost against WFM Andrea Henderson De La Fuente (AND, 1966). Winning the final game, Andrea Henderson De La Fuente finished the event with 7 points and claimed silver, and Marija Zvereva came third with the score of 6.5 points.
GM Igor Efimov (MNC, 2312) emerged as the sole winner of the Open Championship scoring 8/9 points. Igor Efimov finished the event without a single loss, ahead of IM Fred Berend (LUX, 2235) who won silver with the score of 7 points. FM Serni Ribera Veganzones (AND, 2341) won bronze medal scoring 6.5 points.
Final rankings of both sections can be found here.
Elvira will also be one of the four players to represent our club in the European Women’s Chess Club Cup 2024 in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia, 19 to 27 October 2024. This will also be a historic first time that our club will play in the women’s section. Good luck!
Inscriptions jeunes (sauf sport pour tous) : Inscription jeunes
Inscription adultes (sauf sport pour tous) : Cours pour adultes
Pour la saison 2024/2025, des cours supplémentaires pour les jeunes seront proposés le lundi entre 14h et 20h avec l’entraîneur Stefan Maltezeanu. Les séances commenceront toutes les heures et dureront une heure chacune. Tous les niveaux sont bienvenus.
Plus d’informations: Cours pour jeunes
Here are the results of the Open Blitz tournament of 3 June:
The tie between Geoffrey and Jan was decided in an exciting armageddon game (5′ for white, 3’30” for black with draw odds). This was won by Jan who thus finished third overall.
Congratulations to the winners!
Armageddon between Geoffrey and Jan
P.S. By way of exception, this tournament did not count for the Grand Prix.
Our greatest achievements in Luxembourg are now listed online. Check it out! 😊🥇🏆
After getting the second place in the Luxembourg teams championship, Gambit A won the Luxembourg cup!
Our players eliminated Echternach, Strassen and Differdange A to win the final against Luxembourg 1915. Many thanks to GM Petar Genov, GMF Narmin Khalafova, Slobodan Filipovic, Cédric Reymann, Geoff Stern (captain in the final), Jan Bednarich, Oskar Bjarnason, Antoine Ellis and Steve Dishman, who all contributed to this achievement by taking part in the different stages of the competition.
The other Bonnevoie team competing in the event, Bonnevoie B, reached the semifinals. Three more Bonnevoie teams played in the Cup de la Fédération, with Bonnevoie A reaching the semifinals.
Congratulations!
Prize giving ceremony
Celebrating in town with the other finalists, Luxembourg 1915
Here are the results of the Open Handicap Blitz tournament of 22 April:
Open Handicap Blitz 3 May standings
Congratulations to the winners!
Here are the results of the Open Blitz tournament of 22 April:
Congratulations to the winners!
Here are the results of the Open Blitz tournament of 18 March:
Congratulations to the winners!
Congratulations to the winners!
The results of the latest Gambit Open Blitz tournament are here.
Congratulations to the winner, WGM Narmin Khalafova (Gambit Bonnevoie)!
(Image source: Microsoft Bing Image Creator by Designer, 2024)
The Gambit Open Blitz Christmas Edition tournament took place today. You can find the results here.
Congratulations to the winner, FM Steve Dishman (Gambit Bonnevoie)!
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.
With coach and captain
Petar Arnaudov
