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ResultsOn the tracks of Nadal: the 9th title of champion of Belgium for "invincible" Lucas NeirynckHe did it once again: Lucas Neirynck is Belgian champion. *** This year, for the 1st time, the final of the Belgian championship was organized as a knock-out tournament with (partially) 2 lives Unfortunately, 2 qualified competitors did not participate: There were no surprise during the 1st day of the competition. The semi-finals, played the 2nd day, opposed Lucas Neirynck to Gabriel Mercier (Winner: Lucas) and Jan Ramon to François Gonze ( Winner Jan). François won the "little final" and climbed onto the podium. And Lucas, as you know, triumphed in the final on a good-performing Jan. Here is the final standings:
Chinese Chen Wang is 2019 world amateur champion; François Gonze ends 26th out of 59 with 4/8Chinese Chen Wang triumphed in the 2019 World Amateur Championship. Second is Korean Jaesung Lee with 7/8, who lost by a half point to Chen Wang. Further, five competitors got 6 victories, in order of the tie-breaker: Our delegate was François Gonze.
European Team Championship: 8th and 9th rounds: Belgium won to Denmark and Switzerland 3-1 and ends 3rd in B-leagueIn the last 2 rounds of the 2018-2019 season, Belgian team won. In the 8th round (played on 18/04) against Denmark (3-1): Lucas +, Lucman + Gabriel - and Nelis + In the 9th round (played on 07/05) against Switzerland (3-1): Lucas +, Jan +, Lucman + and Nelis - Belgium ends at the 3rd place, behind Austria (2nd) and Serbia (1st) who climb in 1st division next year. Final standings: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps *** The 4 finalists in the A-league are: Russia, Hungary, France and Ukraine.
European Team Championship: 7th round: Belgium lost to Austria 1-3 (and the hope of being promoted to A-league)On 19/03, Belgian team lost to a direct competitor, Austria (1-3), losing the hope of being promoted to the A-league next season. On board 1, Lucas Neirynck lost to Victor Lin by 2,5 points. As François Gonze (board 2) and Gabriel Mercier (board 4) also lost, the victory by Jan Ramon (board 3) was not enough to avoid the defeat... Now Belgium (8 points) stands in the middle of the "peloton" in this B-league which is dominated by Austria (12 points) and Serbia (11 points). There are still 2 rounds to go. Results of the round: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/499 Standings: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps
Europan Team Championship - 6th round: Belgium made draw against Turkey (2-2)On 19/02/2019, Belgian team made draw against Turkey. Lucas Neirynck won (against Denis Karadaban) and so did Gabriel Mercier, but François Gonze and Nelis Vets lost. Belgium is now still 3rd (with 8 points), 2 points behind Serbia (with the 2 Mitic brothers, both 7-d) and Austria (with Viktor Lin, a strong 6-d)... Results of the round: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/498 Standings: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps
François Gonze (4d) winner in LeuvenFrançois Gonze (4d, Louvain-la-Neuve) has won with a prefect score the 29th edition of the tournament of Leuven ahead of his clubmate Gabriel Mercier (3d) and Nelis Vets (2d, Leuven). Two other competitors remained unbeaten: There were 33 participants. Complete results: https://www.gofed.be/tournament/results?tournament=LEU&year=2019
European Team Championship, 5th round: Belgium made draw against Netherlands 2-2On 22th of January, Belgian team made draw against the Netherlands (2-2). Belgium is now 3rd with 7 points, but the standings are very close (there are only 2 points difference between the leader and the 6th team) Results of the round: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/497 Standings: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps
European Team Championship, 4th round: Belgium won against Sweden 3-1By beating on 11/12/2018 a strong Swedish team (Lucas +, Jan +, Gabriel -, Nelis +) in the 4th round of the ETC , Belgium remains in the race for the title in the B-league. Results of the round: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/496 Standings: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps
Favourites qualified in the preliminaries rounds of the 2019 Belgian ChampionshipThe favourites qualified for the final rounds through the preliminaries rounds of the 2019 Belgian Championship (in which only 9 contestants played). These are: Jan Ramon (3-d), Gabriel Mercier (3-d), Lucman Bounoider (3-d) and Nelis Vets (2-d). They will join Lucas Neirynck (6-d), François Gonze (4-d), Thomas Connor (4-d) and Thibaut Pillon (2-d) in the final rounds in Spring 2019. Complete results: https://www.gofed.be/tournament/results&tournament=BCP&year=2019 Note the final rounds formula has changed: instead of a round-robin (everybody meets everybody) with 10 finalistes during 2 WE, it will now be played with 8 finalists in a "double-life" knock-out tournament (in one WE).
European Team Championship, 3rd round: Belgium won against Great-Britain (3-1)In the 3rd round of the European team championship, played on 20th of November,, Belgian team (Lucas +, Ramon +, Lucman -, Gabriel +) won 3-1 against Great-Britain ! Belgium stands presently 4th (out of 10 teams) with 4 points (2 victories, 1 defeat). Results of the round: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps/rounds/495 Standings: https://pandanet-igs.com/communities/euroteamchamps
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