List of Belgian chess players

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Albéric O'Kelly de Galway not only celebrated great successes in local and correspondence chess, but also led two competitions for the world championship as main referee .

The list of Belgian chess players contains chess players who are or were eligible to play for the Royal Belgian Chess Federation (French Fédération Royale Belge des Echecs ; Dutch Koninklijke Belgische Schaakbond ) and who meet at least one of the following conditions:

General

In Nahschach, nine grandmasters, 27 international masters (including Anna Zozulia , the only woman who is also the women's grandmaster), one women's grandmaster and one international women's champion are eligible to play for the Belgian Chess Federation. Two grandmasters, two honorary grandmasters and two international champions have already passed away, three international champions and one international female champion are no longer eligible to play for the Belgian federation.

In correspondence chess, six Belgian players have acquired the title of Grand Master, eight that of an Honored International Master, 22 that of an International Master and two that of an International Master of Women. Of these, two Grand Masters, one Honored International Master and nine International Masters have already passed away. Albéric O'Kelly de Galway won the third World Correspondence Chess Championship.

The Belgian individual championship was played 95 times, the championship of the Belgian Chess Federation 47 times and the championship of women 61 times. The record champion is Albéric O'Kelly de Galway with 13 titles, the championship of the Belgian Chess Federation was won most often by Frits van Seters with nine titles and the women's competition by Louise Loeffler with six titles.

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The following table contains this information:

  • Name : gives the name of the player.
  • Life data : states the year of birth and, if applicable, the year of death of the player.
  • FIDE : Names the player's highest FIDE title (GM = Grand Master, HGM = Honorary Grand Master, IM = International Master, WGM = Women's Grand Master, FM = FIDE Master , WIM = International Women's Master, WFM = FIDE Master the women).
  • Year : Name the year the title was awarded
  • ICCF : Calls the player's highest ICCF title (GM = Grand Master, SIM = Honored International Master, IM = International Master, LIM = International Women's Champion).
  • Year : Name the year the title was awarded
  • Title (BEL) : Indicates the number of Belgian individual championships won.
  • Title (KBSB) : Indicates the number of individual championships won by the Belgian Chess Federation.
  • Title (women) : indicates the number of Belgian individual championships won by women.
  • Other associations : For players who were sooner or later eligible to play for at least one other association, this indicates these associations with the periods of eligibility to play (if known).

The list is current as of March 24, 2020.

Surname Life dates FIDE year ICCF year Title (BEL) Title (KBSB) Title (women) other associations
Arthur Abolianin 1966 IN THE 2002 0 0 0 Netherlands (until 1997)
Astrid Barbier 1996 0 0 1
Wiebke barber 1992 0 0 4th
Marcel Barzin 1891-1969 1 1 0
Hugues Baufays 1958 IN THE 2010 0 0 0
Eddy van Beers 1973 IN THE 2003 0 0 0
Stefan Beukema 1996 IN THE 2016 0 0 0 Netherlands (until 2012)
Jan Bex IN THE 2003 0 0 0
Roland Beyen 1932 IN THE 1978 0 0 0
Frank Blockx 1929 IN THE 1975 0 0 0
Jozef Boey 1934-2016 IN THE 1973 GM 1975 4th 3 0
Guido Boonet 1955 IN THE 2003 0 0 0
Nicolas Boruchowitz 1898-1966 1 1 0
Sophie Brion 1985 0 0 1
Fernand Broucke 1936-2006 IN THE 2004 0 0 0
Simone Bussers 1928 or 1929 0 0 3
Viviane Caels 1968 0 0 2
Nicola Capone 1999 IN THE 2016 0 0 0
Ekrem Cekro 1950 IN THE 1996 4th 0 0 Yugoslavia (until 1993), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993–1996)
Louisa Ceulemans 1925-2007 0 0 3
Vladimir Chuchelov 1969 GM 1995 1 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1993)
Pieter Claesen 1971 IN THE 1997 1 0 0
Edgard Colle 1897-1932 5 6th 0
Jef Coolen 1921-1976 IN THE 1965 0 0 0
Gorik Cools 1964 FM 1997 1 0 0
Frans Cornelis 1942-2011 FM 1988 1 0 0
Francis Cottegnie 1949 SIM 2008 0 0 0
Elisabeth Cuypers 1917-2012 0 0 4th
Liban van Damme 1928-2018 IN THE 2003 0 0 0
Daniel Dardha 2005 IN THE 2019 1 0 0
Georges De Coninck IN THE 1998 0 0 0
Brenda Decorte 0 0 2
Alain Defize 1953 FM 1984 2 0 0
Marigje Degrande 1992 0 0 3
Jan Delabie 1951 IN THE 1990 0 0 0
Gunter Deleyn 1955 FM 1988 2 0 0
Glen De Schampheleire 1992 IN THE 2019 0 0 0
Paul Devos 1911-1981 6th 3 0
Alexandre Dgebuadze 1971 GM 2000 3 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Georgia (1992–2000)
Stefan Docx 1974 IN THE 2013 0 0 0
Jean-Pierre Dondelinger 1954 IN THE 2002 0 0 0
Arthur Dunkelblum 1906-1979 IN THE 1957 2 0 0
Philippe Dusart 1949 SIM 2002 0 0 0
Marc Dutreeuw 1960 IN THE 1996 1 0 0
Gina Finegold WIM 1990 0 0 1 United States (until 1989, since 1992)
Greta Foulon 1946 0 0 3
Alfons Franck 1927-2013 1 0 0
Andrija Fuderer 1931-2011 HGM 1990 0 0 0 Yugoslavia
Marc Geenen 1961 FM 1988 GM 2000 0 0 0
Steven Geirnaert 1984 IN THE 2012 0 0 0
Dirk Ghysens 1955 IN THE 2013 0 0 0
Jos Gobert 1922 2 0 0
François Godart 1994 IN THE 2015 0 0 0 France (2006-2009)
Johan Goormachtigh 1955 FM 1983 2 1 0
Hanne Goossens 1992 WIM 2018 0 0 4th
Irina Gorshkova 1977 WFM 2000 0 0 4th Uzbekistan (until 2000)
Cemil Gulbaş 1980 IN THE 2009 0 0 0 Turkey (since 2013)
Mikhail Gurevich 1959 GM 1985 1 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Turkey (2005–2015)
Stéphane Hautot 1980 IN THE 2011 0 0 0
Martine van Hecke 0 0 1
Elena van Hoecke 1987 0 0 1
Mher Howhannisjan 1978 GM 2018 5 0 0 Armenia (until 2014)
Frans Huybrecht † 2009 IN THE 2001 0 0 0
Michel Jadoul 1957 IN THE 1985 4th 0 0
André Janssens IN THE 1982 0 0 0
Peter Jonckheere IN THE 2005 0 0 0
Fernand Joseph 1936 IN THE 2000 0 0 0
George Koltanowski 1903-2000 HGM 1988 4th 3 0 United States (from 1940)
FH King 1 0 0
J. Kornreich 1 0 0
Simone Lancel 1911-1988 0 0 1
Bruno Laurent 1975 IN THE 2006 1 0 0
Robert Lemaire 1916-1994 1 0 0
Jacques Leroy IN THE 2001 0 0 0
Paul Limbos 1914-1987 2 1 0
Louise Loeffler 0 0 6th
Mieke Maeckelbergh 1965 0 0 1
Thibaut Maenhout 1989 IN THE 2015 0 0 0
Valeer Maes 1946 GM 1988 0 0 0
Wadym Malachatko 1977 GM 1999 0 0 0 Ukraine (until 2007)
Richard Meulders 1951 FM 1983 7th 0 0
Bart Michiels 1986 GM 2014 2 0 0
Snežana Mićić 1966 WFM 1990 0 0 2 Yugoslavia (until 1988, 2001-2003), Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006), Serbia (since 2006)
Edward Empson Middleton 1885-1947 2 0 0 England
Frédéric Mignon SIM 2011 0 0 0
Jean Moeyersons 1948 1 1 0
Shahin Mohandesi 1962 IN THE 2002 1 0 0 Iran (since 1999)
Guy Monaville 1938 IN THE 1992 0 0 0
Iris Neels 1980 0 0 1
Jean-Michel Noseda 1956 IN THE 1998 0 0 0
Albéric O'Kelly de Galway 1911-1980 GM 1956 GM 1962 13 7th 0
Christophe Pauwels 1972 GM 2009 0 0 0
Eugène Pécher 1 0 0
Simonne Peeters 1959 0 0 4th
Thierry Penson 1955 1 0 0
Tom Piceu 1978 IN THE 2016 0 0 0
Richard Polaczek 1965 IN THE 1989 GM 1994 0 0 0
Mia Poppe LIM 1996 0 0 0
Tanguy Ringoir 1994 GM 2015 3 0 0
Jacques Roose 1943-2015 IN THE 1996 0 0 0
Jan Rooze 1947 IN THE 2014 1 0 0
Ülvi Sadıxov 1998 GM 2019 0 0 0 Azerbaijan (since 2014)
Daniyal Saiboulatov 1970 IN THE 2006 0 0 0
Karl van Schoor 1925 1 0 0
Robert Schuermans 1950 1 0 0
Helmut Schumacher 1931 1 1 0
Frits van Seters 1913-1976 0 9 0 Netherlands
Herman Sneppe 1957 IN THE 1998 0 0 0
Stef Soors 1992 IN THE 2013 0 0 0
Victor Soultanbéieff 1895-1972 0 5 0 Russian Empire (until 1917), Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1920)
Spoormans 0 0 1
Martina Sproten 1970 0 0 1
Marianne Stoffels 1900 / 1901– ?? 0 0 5
Todor Todorow 1974 GM 2006 0 0 0 Bulgaria (until 2018)
José Tonoli 1931-2006 1 1 0
Brigitte Vandecasteele LIM 1995 0 0 0
Thibaut Vandenbussche 1987 IN THE 2015 0 0 0
Caroline Vanderbeken 0 0 1
Bonuses Vandermeulen 1946-2014 SIM 2006 0 0 0
Geert Van der Stricht 1972 IN THE 2001 2 0 0
Serge Vanderwaeren 1964 FM 1990 1 0 0
Chantal Vandevoort 1967 0 0 2
Pascal Vandevoort 1971 IN THE 2005 0 0 0
Albert Vandezande 1935 1 0 0
Patrick Van Hoolandt 1958 FM 2003 0 0 0 Luxembourg (at least until 1985, at most until 1992), Monaco (since 2001)
Etienne Van Leeuwen 1943 SIM 2000 0 0 0
Alexis Vanosmael SIM 2000 0 0 0
Marcel Van Tricht IN THE 2005 0 0 0
Hans Veen SIM 2000 0 0 0
Purely Verstraeten 1995 IN THE 2020 0 0 0
Roeland Verstraeten 1945 1 1 0
Jüri Vetemaa 1956-2003 FM 1992 1 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Estonia (1992–1997, from 2000)
Heidi Vints 1987 0 0 1
Ronald Weemaes 1955 IN THE 1988 2 0 0
Robert Willaert 1928-1983 5 1 0
Henri Winants 1929-2014 1 1 0
Luc Winants 1963 GM 1998 1 0 0
Klaus Wolf 1961 SIM 2011 0 0 0
Anna Zozulia 1980 IN THE 2004 0 0 1 Ukraine (until 2006)

See also

Web links

Commons : belgian chess players  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michail Gurewitsch also won once the Soviet and twice the Turkish individual championship.
  2. ↑ Patrick Van Hoolandt won the Monegasque individual championship once.
  3. ↑ Anna Zozulia has also had the WGM title since 2001.