The first European Online Youth Team and Individual Chess Championship concluded tonight after three days of play. The first winners of European Youth Individual Chess Championship were announced even before the start of the 9th last round, since they won the event with a round to spare: top seed of the Open U18 section Esipenko Andrey (RUS) and… Read More »
Six rounds have been already played at European Online Youth Chess Championship, which have started on Friday, 18th of September, and concludes today! The closing ceremony of the event will take place on Monday 21st September at 18.00 CEST and will be streamed live. The event is played through Tornelo platform, from 60 different venues chosen by National… Read More »
European Online Youth Chess Championship 2020 starts today with participation of more than 700 players from 40 European federations! The Opening Ceremony of the event will take place at 14:45 CET while the 1st round starts at 15:00 and can be followed LIVE together with LIVE commentaries of WGM Keti Tsatsiashvili and guest Grandmasters: https://www.twitch.tv/europeanchessunion?fbclid=IwAR0pO9iPQpaYiLfqvdcnRvMG8OD7WdMNL8lQwoK4epsLROyXOIc177W9Lyg . Regulations: European… Read More »
The 4th ECU Board Meeting in 2020 took place on Saturday 12th of September 2020 through teleconference, with full house and special guests including FIDE Deputy President Mr. Bachar Kouatly and Mrs Laura Barnaba representative of C.S.E.N. the largest Sports Promotion Body in Italy, which partners with ECU for Erasmus+ projects. The main areas under discussion and decisions… Read More »
ECU partners with the C.S.E.N. the largest Sports Promotion Body in Italy, with sports division dedicated to chess for educational purposes, for the CGS project that has been approved by Erasmus+ program (European Union) with a € 420.000 grant. “CHESS: A GAME TO SPREAD AT SCHOOL” (CGS), is a project aimed at primary school teachers and in part… Read More »
Judit Polgar Chess Foundation & European Chess Union, within the 6th Global Chess Festival which going online, organise the 1st Intercontinental Online Youth Team Chess Cup on 10th of October 2020, supported by the FIDE Development Fund. Each FIDE Continent, Africa, America, Asia and Europe have the right to nominate one team of 16 players. And each team… Read More »
The ECU Board has a scheduled teleconference meeting, on Saturday 12th September with main items in the agenda: 1. Decisions about the events which are scheduled for the last quarter of 2020. 2. The rescheduling of ECU Calendar for 2021 and 2022. 3. The ECU General Assembly 2020. 4. Online Hybrid #Chess Competition. 5. ECU new projects and… Read More »
ECU E-Magazine August 2020 is out! In this edition of the ECU E-Magazine you may read about: ECU Hybrid Chess Events FIDE Online Olympiad 2020 ECU Online Training Series “Improve your chess” vol2 Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting kiva National Chess events throughout Europe Arbiters corner Fun Zone ECU E-Magazine August 2020 can be read online together… Read More »
The Icelandic Chess Championship took place from 22nd August to 30th August and concluded this Sunday in the town of Gardabaer. Before the final 9th round, two players led scoring 6 points: IM Gudmundur Kjartansson (2466) and GM Helgi Gretarsson (2401). GM Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson (2579) and GM Bragi Thorfinnsson (2427) were chasing tame with 5 points each,… Read More »
FIDE Online Olympiad concluded yesterday and took place from 22nd July to 30th August 2020 trough online chess platform chess.com. Finalists of the event India and Russia played a two matches to determine the Winner of the 1st Online Olympiad. After the first match ended in a tie with score 3-3 and draws on all the boards, the… Read More »
