Belgian Military Chess Club vzw

Category: NATO Chess Championship

  • Rapid & Blitz Tournament 2021 – Results

    Rapid

    Final Ranking

    1. FM Ovidiu-Jean LUPU (Romania)
    2. Ionel LUCA (Romania)
    3. Simeon ONUT (Romania)
    4. Kimball ROSSEEL (Belgium)
    5. Janek TAMMISTO (Estonia)
    6. Albert HERNANDEZ (United States of America)
    7. Pieter HENDERYCKX (Belgium)
    8. Marc KOCUR (Belgium)
    9. Adam WILCZYNSKI (Poland)
    10. Kobe VANDENHOLE (Belgium)
    11. Iulian ANGHEL (Romania)
    12. Lotus DECRAENE (Belgium)
    13. Gerson FLOR (Canada)

    Best Player

    • Belgium
      • Kimball ROSSEEL
    • Canada
      • Gerson FLOR
    • Estonia
      • Janek TAMMISTO
    • Poland
      • Adam WILCZYNSKI
    • Romania
      • FM Ovidiu-Jean LUPU
    • United States of America
      • Albert HERNANDEZ

    Blitz

    Final Ranking

    1. Simeon ONUT (Romania)
    2. Emilio RODRIGUEZ MARTIN (Belgium)
    3. Mark OUAKI (Belgium)
    4. Marcin SKWARCZYNSKI (Poland)
    5. Steven STINIS (Belgium)
    6. Stein DE WITTE (Belgium)
    7. FM Marcel ROOFTHOOFD (Belgium)
    8. Ionel LUCA (Romania)
    9. Iulian MIHAILOV (Romania)
    10. Janek TAMMISTO (Estonia)
    11. Gundars MEIERS (Latvia)
    12. Parsuram BUDHA (Nepal)
    13. Kimball ROSSEEL (Belgium)
    14. Liviu-Gabriel FLORESCU (Romania)
    15. FM Ovidiu-Jean LUPU (Romania)
    16. Csaba CSIZMADIA (Hungary)
    17. Albert HERNANDEZ (United States of America)

    Best Player

    • Belgium
      • Emilio RODRIGUEZ MARTIN
    • Estonia
      • Janek TAMMISTO
    • Hungary
      • Csaba CSIZMADIA
    • Latvia
      • Gundars MEIERS
    • Nepal
      • Parsuram BUDHA
    • Poland
      • Marcin SKWARCZYNSKI
    • Romania
      • Simeon ONUT
    • United States of America
      • Albert HERNANDEZ

  • Word of Thanks

    This evening I don’t want to talk about the effort it took me to bring the
    NATO Chess Championship to Belgium for the third time in history,
    but I have to admit that there have been moments when I felt like an isolated pawn within the Belgian Defense.

    Luckily for me, my king stepped into the square just in time to guide me across the chessboard
    and once we got to the promotion square,
    something amazing happened.

    Something that is normally only possible in an anti chess game
    became possible in a classic tournament like the NATO Chess Championship:
    the pawn was promoted to king and suddenly there were two kings on the board to keep the right course with the Spirit of Denmark.

    Behind every strong man there is an even stronger woman
    and there is probably no need to tell you that Sofie is the strong woman behind Captain Rosseel.

    However, on the chessboard there is not only a strong queen next to the king.
    Just as the king is surrounded by a full team of chess pieces during the chess game,
    I was also surrounded by a team of motivated people
    to make the 31st edition of the NATO Chess Championship an unforgettable adventure.

    Deputy Organizer
    Chief Arbiter
    Logistics
    Guest Program
    Deputy Chief Arbiter
    Assistant Referee
    Webmaster
    Driver
    Driver
    Photographer

  • CM Alexandros Papasimakopoulous wins NATO Blitz Tournament

    Final Ranking

    Lukas Stauskas (LTU)
    Second Place
    CM Alexandros Papasimakopoulous (GRE)
    First Place
    Marcin Pietruszewski (POL)
    Third Place

    Category Prices

    • Lukas Stauskas (LTU)
      -2255 FIDE
    • Marcin Pietruszewski (POL)
      -2150 FIDE
    • William Boudry (BEL)
      -2080 FIDE
    • Tobias Jauk (GER)
      -2020 FIDE
    • Daniel Michalski (POL)
      -1950 FIDE
    • Glenn Dayer (BEL)
      -1830 FIDE
    • Wonder Dutré (BEL)
      -1700 FIDE
    • Wonder Dutré (BEL)
      Youth

  • Poland wins NATO Chess Championship 2021

    Team Ranking

    Podium
    GREECE
    Second Place
    POLAND
    First Place
    GERMANY
    Third Place

    Individual Ranking

    FM Robert Stein (GER)
    Second Place
    Lukas Stauskas (LTU)
    First Place
    FM Finn Pedersen (DEN)
    Third Place

    Round Prices

    • 1. Wilhelm Jauk (GER)
    • 2. Konstantinos Mouroutis (GRE)
    • 3. Marins Ivbulis (LAT)
    • 4. Maris Noviks (LAT)
    • 5. Karl Koopmeiners (GER)
    • 6. Cveto Ivsek (SLO)
    • 7. Andrew Duren (USA)