The European School Chess Championship 2022 will take place from 20 April (arrival day) to 30 April (departure day) in 5 stars “Rodos Palace” conference resort, located in Rhodes island, Greece. The European School Chess Championships are part of the “Rhodes Chess Festival 2022”, together with the Rhodes Spring Open (also 20 – 30 April 2022) and the… Read More »
The 84th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament opens tomorrow and takes place in Wijk aan Zee from 14 – 30 January 2022. This year, the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022 features Masters and Challengers events, taking place in the traditional Wijk aan Zee venue, while the annual Tata Steel Chess for children will take place Online… Read More »
ECU E-Magazine December 2021 is out! In this edition of the ECU E-Magazine you may read about: FIDE World Chess Championship 2021 European Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2021 European Youth Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2021 FIDE World Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2021 European Online Rapid School Chess Championship 2021 European Individual Chess Championship 2022 – Invitation The 2022 – The “Year… Read More »
The European Individual Chess Championship 2022 will take place from 27th March (1st round) – 6th April (11th round) 2022, in Terme Catez, Slovenia. The event will be played in 11 rounds, Swiss system, with time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per… Read More »
The 2021 European Youth Blitz Chess Championships 2021 took place form 29th-30th December in Novi Sad, Serbia, with participation of more than 400 kids coming from 29 European federations. The event was played within 6 age categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18, open and girls sections separately, in 9 double rounds, Swiss system. Winners of the… Read More »
European Youth Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2021 currently are ongoing in Novi Sad, Serbia. The 2021 European Youth Rapid Chess Championship took place from 27th-28th of December, being played in 6 age categories, open and girls separately. The President of Serbian Chess Federation Mr. Dragan Lazic and Vojvodina Province secretary for Youth and Sports Mr. Dane Basta made the… Read More »
The Israel open championship was held on December 8-16 2021 in the old northern city of Tzfat (Safed) by the Israel chess federation, under the auspices of the local municipality and Mifal Hapais (the national lottery). 102 players, including 9 GMs and 9 IMs competed in 9 Swiss rounds for the top honours as well as for the… Read More »
The FIDE Women’s and Open Rapid&Blitz Chess Championship 2021 start in Warsaw, Poland. More than 180 players from 46 federations registered for the 3Open event and more than 100 players coming from 30 different federations will participate in Women’s events. FIDE World Rapid Chess Championships 2021 are first on the schedule, taking place from 26th-28th December. The 2021… Read More »
The 2021 European Youth Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships take place from 27th to 30th December in Novi Sad, Serbia. Almost 500 players coming from 29 European federations registered for the event which will be played within 4 different Championships: 20th European Youth Individual Rapid Chess Championship (U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18, open and girls sections separately) taking place… Read More »
European Rapid Chess Championship 2021 concluded on Sunday, 19th of December after two days of play in Katowice, Poland. After 11 played rounds three players were in a tie for the top, scoring 9.5 points each. Tiebreak criteria determined the Winner of the event and the medalists. Alexander Motylev (RUS, 2703) had the best additional criteria to claim… Read More »
