Daniel Dardha is one of the most exciting European chess juniors to follow nowadays. He has been consistently around the top 20 of the junior rating list and is adding more ELO points with every tournament. This weekend Daniel Dardha won convincingly the Belgian Chess Championship 2022 with a score of 8,5/9, adding 9,1 ELO points. Now Dardha is rated 2604,3 and is officially member of the 2600 ELO club.
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Daniel Dardha was excited about the title and shared, “Won the Belgian Championship for the 3rd time with 8.5/9, exceeding the 2600 mark and becoming nr° 1 Belgium. On the next goal!”
This is the third title from the national championship for the young talent. Daniel Dardha won his first Belgian Championship when he was only 13 years old in 2019. His second title was last year, when he was 15. Now at the age of 16 he is Belgian Chess Champion 2022.
More young talents to follow: Alireza Firouzja / Hans Niemann / Vincent Keymer / Nodirbek Abdusattorov / Gukesh D / Andrey Esipenko / Arjun Erigaisi / Shant Sargsyan / Kirill Schevchenko / Nihal Sarin / Praggnanandhaa / Christopher Yoo
The Belgian Chess Championship is a championship organized yearly by the Koninklijke Belgische Schaakbond/Fédération Royale Belge des Echecs (Royal Belgium Chess Federation). The first unofficial tournaments were organised by the Cercle des Echecs de Bruxelles (the Chess Club of Brussels). In 1920 the “Fédération Belge des Echecs” (Belgium Chess Federation) was established under the supervision of the four principal chess clubs in Belgium at that time: Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent and Liège. The first official Belgian championship was played in 1921.
All Belgian Chess Champions
| Year | Champion of Belgium |
| 1901 | Eugène Pécher |
| 1905 | E. E. Middleton |
| 1906 | E. E. Middleton |
| 1913 | F-H. Königs |
| 1921 | Nicholas Borochovitz |
| 1922 | Edgard Colle |
| 1923 | George Koltanowski |
| 1924 | Edgard Colle |
| 1925 | Edgard Colle |
| 1926 | – |
| 1927 | George Koltanowski |
| 1928 | Edgard Colle |
| 1929 | Edgard Colle |
| 1930 | George Koltanowski |
| 1931 | Marcel Barzin |
| 1932 | J. Kornreich, Victor Soultanbeieff |
| 1933 | Paul Devos |
| 1934 | – |
| 1935 | Arthur Dunkelblum |
| 1936 | George Koltanowski |
| * | Albéric O’Kelly de Galway |
| 1937 | Albéric O’Kelly de Galway |
| Paul Devos | Albéric O’Kelly de Galway |
| Paul Devos | |
| 1938 | Albéric O’Kelly de Galway |
| 1939 | – |
| 1940 | Paul Devos |
| 1941 | Paul Devos |
| 1942 | Albéric O’Kelly de Galway |
| 1943 | Albéric O’Kelly de Galway |
| 1944 | Albéric O’Kelly de Galway |
| 1945 | Paul Devos |
| 1946 | Albéric O’Kelly de Galway |
| 1947 | Albéric O’Kelly de Galway |
| 1948 | Paul Devos |
| 1949 | Arthur Dunkelblum |
| 1950 | Robert Lemaire |
| 1951 | Albéric O’Kelly de Galway |
| 1952 | Albéric O’Kelly de Galway |
| 1953 | Albéric O’Kelly de Galway |
| 1954 | Jos Gobert |
| 1955 | Jos Gobert |
| 1956 | Albéric O’Kelly de Galway |
| 1957 | Albéric O’Kelly de Galway |
| 1958 | Alfons Franck |
| 1959 | Albéric O’Kelly de Galway |
| Jozef Boey | Frits Van Seters |
| 1960 | Robert Willaert |
| 1961 | Paul Limbos |
| 1962 | Robert Willaert |
| 1963 | Paul Limbos |
| 1964 | Jozef Boey |
| 1965 | Jozef Boey |
| 1966 | François Cornelis |
| 1967 | Jan Rooze |
| 1968 | Robert Willaert, Albert Vandezande, Y. Ebrahimi |
| 1969 | Helmut Schumacher |
| 1970 | Karl Van Schoor |
| 1971 | Jozef Boey, Roeland Verstraeten |
| 1972 | Friedhelm Freise |
| 1973 | Robert Willaert |
| 1974 | Jean Moeyersons |
| 1975 | Johan Goormachigh, José Tonoli, Henri Winants |
| 1976 | Gunter Deleyn |
| 1977 | Ronald Weemaes |
| 1978 | Richard Meulders |
| 1979 | Gunter Deleyn |
| 1980 | Alain Defize |
| 1981 | Richard Meulders, Ronny Weemaes |
| 1982 | Johan Goormachtigh, Thierry Penson |
| 1983 | Richard Meulders, Alain Defize |
| 1984 | Michel Jadoul |
| 1985 | Richard Meulders |
| 1986 | Luc Winants |
| 1987 | Robert Schuermans |
| 1988 | Michel Jadoul, Richard Meulders |
| 1989 | Richard Meulders |
| 1990 | Michel Jadoul |
| 1991 | Richard Meulders |
| 1992 | Michel Jadoul |
| 1993 | Gorik Cools |
| 1994 | Ekrem Cekro |
| 1995 | Ekrem Cekro |
| 1996 | Marc Dutreeuw |
| 1997 | Juri Vetemaa, Ekrem Cekro |
| 1998 | Ekrem Cekro |
| 1999 | Pieter Claesen, Serge Vanderwaeren |
| 2000 | Vladimir Chuchelov |
| 2001 | Mikhail Gurevich |
| 2002 | Alexandre Dgebuadze |
| 2003 | Geert Van der Stricht |
| 2004 | Bart Michiels |
| 2005 | Alexandre Dgebuadze |
| 2006 | Shahin Mohandesi |
| 2007 | Alexandre Dgebuadze |
| 2008 | Bruno Laurent |
| 2009 | Mher Hovhanisian |
| 2010 | Mher Hovhanisian |
| 2011 | Bart Michiels |
| 2012 | Tanguy Ringoir |
| 2013 | Tanguy Ringoir |
| 2014 | Geert Van der Stricht |
| 2015 | Mher Hovhanisian |
| 2016 | Tanguy Ringoir |
| 2017 | Mher Hovhanisian |
| 2018 | Mher Hovhanisian |
| 2019 | Daniel Dardha |
| 2020 | Alexandre Dgebuadze |
| 2021 2022 | Daniel Dardha Daniel Dardha |
