De Sprénger Echternach
De Sprénger Echternach is a chess club from the Luxembourg city of Echternach . The German-speaking name of the club is Schachklub Echternach , in Luxembourg it is De Sprénger Iechternach . The association is affiliated with the umbrella organization Fédération luxembourgeoise des échecs (FLDE).
The association was founded in 1981. One of De Sprénger Echternach's greatest successes was winning the Luxembourg team championship, the national division , in the seasons 2004/05 , 2005/06 , 2008/09 , 2010/11 , 2012/13 , 2014/15 , 2015/16 , 2017/18 and 2018/19 , the team cup 2008 and 2009 and the national youth championship 2010. Echternach took part in the European club championship, the European Club Cup , for the first time in 1999 in Bugojno , Bosnia , and only finished penultimate in its preliminary group. The best overall ranking was achieved in 2014 with 29th place in Bilbao .
The chairman of the association's board is the FIDE master Serge Brittner. The club house is the Echternach youth center on Nationalstrasse 10 (Rue Hoovelecker Buurchmauer).
Well-known players who have played for Echternach include Christian Bauer , Slim Belkhodja , Alexander Berelowitsch , Igor Berezovsky , Yuri Boidman , Nicolas Brunner , Vadim Chernov , Norbert Coenen , Alberto David , Romain Édouard , Gennadij Ginsburg , Thorsten Michael Haub , Daniel house counsel , Alexander Goloshchapov , Mykhaylo Holubjew , Robert Hübner , Andrei Istrăţescu , Namig Guliyev , Igor Khenkin , Ludger Körholz , Felix Levin , Elisabeth Pähtz , Thomas Pähtz , Richard Polaczek , Petar Popović , Matthias Roder , Gerhard Schebler , Hans-Hubert Sunday , Andrij Sumez , Claude Wagener , Camille Wians and Michael Wiedenkeller .
Rapid chess tournament
Since 1994, the association has been organizing an international, nine-round rapid chess tournament in the imperial abbey of Echternach , a former Benedictine monastery from the 7th century, with a time limit of 45 minutes. While 64 participants were registered in 1994, there were 352 in 2004.
| year | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Fred Berend | Camille Wians | Predrag Ostojić |
| 1995 | Alexei Barsov | Viesturs Meijers | Tim Upton |
| 1996 | Normunds Miezis | Patrick Burkart | Vladimir Chuchelov |
| 1997 | Mikhail Gurevich | Igor Khenkin | Edvīns Ķeņģis |
| 1998 | Mikhail Gurevich | Vladimir Chuchelov | Igor Khenkin |
| 1999 | Simen Agdestein | Vladimir Chuchelov | Normunds Miezis |
| 2000 | Sergey Tiviakov | Vladimir Chuchelov | Michał Krasenkow |
| 2001 | Normunds Miezis | Serhiy Ovseevich | Christian Bauer |
| 2002 | Volodymyr Tukmakov | Vadim Milov | Igor Khenkin |
| 2003 | Vadim Milov | Igor Khenkin | Volodymyr Tukakov |
| 2004 | Leonid Kritz | Rustam Kasimjanov | Vladimir Chuchelov |
| 2005 |
Vlastimil Jansa Slavko Cicak |
Alexander Berelovich | |
| 2006 | Slavko Cicak | Igor Khenkin | Zoltán Gyimesi |
| 2007 | Zoltán Gyimesi | Konstantin Landa | Leonid Gofshtein |
| 2008 | Mikhail Gurevich | Konstantin Landa | Daniel Fridman |
| 2009 | Romain Édouard | Ulf Andersson | Dieter Morawietz |
| 2010 | Romain Édouard | Andrei Istrățescu | Alexander Berelovich |
| 2011 | Igor Khenkin | Daniel Fridman | Andrei Istrățescu |
| 2012 | Daniel Fridman | Romain Édouard | Igor Khenkin |
| 2013 | Andrei Istrățescu | Tanguy Ringoir | Igor Khenkin |
| 2014 | Andrei Istrățescu | Romain Édouard | Alberto David |
| 2015 | Andrij Sumez | Loek van Wely | Igor Khenkin |
| 2016 | Sébastien Feller | Christopher Noe | Romain Édouard |
| 2017 | Vitaly Kunin | Andrij Sumez | Felix Levin |
| 2018 | Felix Levin | Christian Bauer | Andrij Sumez |
| 2019 | Alberto David | Sébastien Feller | Christopher Noe |
Web links
- Homepage of De Sprénger Echternach
- List of members of the association at the Fédération Luxemburgeoise des Èchecs (French)
- Statistics of the Echternach Open
Individual evidence
- ↑ De Sprénger Echternach at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ The Open in Echternach . Report by Bernd Loo from June 13, 2004 on de.chessbase.com