The 37th edition of Reykjavik Open kicks off this Wednesday and will be held from March 29 – April 4 in Harpa Conference Center. The event broke the participation record with 408 entries and the top-seeds are: GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (UKR, 2664), GM Nils Grandelius (SWE, 2658), GM Aryan Tari (NOR, 2656), GM Mustafa Yilmaz (TUR, 2629), GM… Read More »
After six played rounds at the European Women’s Chess Championship 2023 in Petrovac, Montenegro, IM Oliwia Kiolbasa (POL, 2406) emerged on the top with 5.5 points. In the sixth-round direct encounter between the leaders, IM Oliwia Kiolbasa defeated IM Irina Bulmaga (ROU, 2438) to head into the free day as the sole leader of the Championship. The European… Read More »
ECU notes that chess is by definition an individual sport, and that all players have the right to participate in FIDE world championships or continental championships under the flag of a new federation, already considering representation of a national team at the highest level. ECU decides on players formerly belonging to the Chess Federation of Russia (CFR) that… Read More »
The 9th edition of the London Chess Conference took place from 17-19 March 2023. The theme of the 2023 London Chess Conference was Chess and STEM – exploring the ways in which chess relates to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The participants and speakers represented 32 countries with the opportunity to form partnerships and collaborations with each other… Read More »
The European Women’s Chess Championship 2023 kicked off in Petrovac, Montenegro, with participation of 134 players coming from 34 European federations. The Opening ceremony of the event took place on Friday evening with the attendance of the ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili, the ECU Honorary Vice President and the Vice President of Montenegro Chess Federation Mr. Veselin Draskovic,… Read More »
The 9th edition of the London Chess Conference will take place from 17-19 March 2023. The theme of the 2023 London Chess Conference is Chess and STEM – exploring the ways in which chess relates to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The conference covers the education needed to lay the intellectual foundations for life and work in the… Read More »
The 23rd edition of the European Women’s Individual Chess Championship 2023 takes place from 17th-30th March in Hotel “Palas” Petrovac, Montenegro. The Championship will be played in 11 rounds, swiss system, with the time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds for every… Read More »
Chess will make its first step in the European Games – European Olympic Committees as an accompanying event under the aegis of the Organising Committee of Krakow-Maloposka 2023. ECU regulated a new special competition the European Pair Blitz Chess Championship 2023 which will take place on 19th of June 2023 in Krakow, Poland, as the accompanying event and… Read More »
The European Individual Chess Championship 2023 concluded yesterday in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia. After 11 played rounds, three players tied for the first place scoring 8.5 points each: GM Alexey Sarana (FIDE, 2668), GM Kirill Shevchenko (ROU, 2668), and GM Daniel Dardha (BEL, 2610). Alexey Sarana and Kirill Shevchenko met each other in the direct last-round encounter for the… Read More »
The European Chess Union (ECU), together with the Romanian Chess Federation and Universul Chess Club invite all National Chess Federations of ECU to participate in the European Youth Team Chess Championships 2023, organised from 23 July (arrivals) to 31 July (departures). The event will be played in two age categories: U12 and U18, open and girls sections separately.… Read More »
