Welcome to the Ixelles Chess Club website
Formerly known as "Cercle d'échecs Le Pantin," after the bar where its members used to meet since the early 1990s, the Ixelles Chess Club is affiliated with the Fédération Échiquéenne Francophone de Belgique and participates in national competitions. With a community of over 100 members, the club organizes friendly blitz and rapid-play tournaments twice a week.
WEEKLY FRIENDLY TOURNAMENTS
EVERY TUESDAY AT 7 PM
>>> AT THE PANTIN, 355 CHAUSSÉE D'IXELLES, 1050 Brussels
Blitz Tournament (5+3') in 7 rounds
EVERY SATURDAY AT 3:30 PM
>>> AT MONTMARTRE, 344 CHAUSSÉE DE BOONDAEL,
1050 Brussels
Rapid Tournament (10+5') in 4 rounds
A three-month ranking system is organized for this tournament. The top three in the overall ranking receive vouchers for the Maison des chess.
Usually, a friendly Blitz tournament is held after the rapid tournament.
>>> Come and register 30 minutes before the announced time, tournaments are often full (especially on Tuesdays), first come, first served! Plan on €2 for participation in costs (games and clocks)
Nos deux tournois hebdomadaires ne sont pas des tournois Fide, ne comptent donc pas pour le classement elo et sont ouverts à toutes et tous, sans obligation d'être affilié à un club.
OFFICIAL PARTS
The Ixelles Chess Club participates in the National Interclub and French-speaking Interclub competitions for classical games approved by FIDE (International Chess Federation).
Becoming a member of the club allows you to be registered as a player with FIDE and to participate in any sanctioned tournament around the world.
NEWS AND RESULTS
12/10/2025 Plusieurs membres du Ixelles Chess Club sont bénévoles pour l'ASBL de Rode Antraciet dans le but d'organiser des activités échiquéennes au sein de la prison de Saint-Gilles. Chess For Freedom !
29/09/2025 Lors de la première ronde des Interclubs Nationaux 2025-26 de ce dimanche 28/09, les 10 équipes de l'Ixelles Chess Club (278) ont un score de +6, -3, =1. Tous les résultats sur le site de la FRBE
03/09/2025 L'Ixelles Chess Club est une ASBL depuis ce 03 septembre 2025.
20 juillet : Journée mondiale du jeu d’échecs : À cette occasion, l'Ixelles Chess Club en collaboration avec le Toots Jazz Club organise dans la Galerie de la Reine une après-midi consacrée au Roi des jeux. Une dizaine de tables d'échecs, pour des blitz ouverts à toutes et tous. Une simultanée sera également proposée ...De 14 à 18h!
08/06/2025 Sunday 8th June in Brussels Galerie Royale St-Hubert de la Reine & du Roi...are celebrating CHESS from 2 to 6pm...8 boards & clocks available...Come and Blitz together
Galerie
COMMUNITY
The club brings together a very active community of players of all levels. In addition to weekly meetings on Tuesdays and Saturdays, many spontaneous games are organized via a very dynamic WhatsApp group... You'll often find players at Café Montmartre.
The club's unique and warm atmosphere is regularly exported when members organize themselves to participate in various international tournaments.
For any information request, you can contact Michel, our president, by clicking on this link. Even better, come to one of our activities to meet our community directly!