The European Chess Union invites the National federations members to submit bids for the organization of European Chess Championships in 2025, 2026 and the European Open & Women Team Championship 2027.
The bids must be submitted exclusively in the Bid form regulated by the ECU (in the attachment). For any additional documents delivered separately from the bid form, it must be stated in the bid form what they relate to. Any document that reaches the ECU office after the official deadline will not be taken into consideration.
The deadline for bids to reach the European Chess Union office is by Tuesday 30th of April 2024 by 4 PM CET. All the bids must reach the European Chess Union office by e-mail ecu.secretary.general@gmail.com
A. The bidding procedure is open for the following ECU Chess Championships in 2025
1. European Rapid & Blitz Championship 2025 (estimated number of players: 700)
2. European Women’s Rapid & Blitz Championship 2025 (estimated number of players: 150)
3. European Corporate Chess Championship 2025
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B. The bidding procedure is open for the following ECU Chess Championships in 2026
1. European Senior Championship (estimated number of players 200)
2. European Senior Team Championship (estimated number of players: 200 – 50 teams)
3. European Rapid & Blitz Championship (estimated number of players: 700)
4. European Women’s Rapid & Blitz Championship (estimated number of players: 100)
5. European Amateur Championship (estimated number of players: 200)
6. European Corporate Chess Championship
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C. The bidding procedure is open for the following ECU Chess Championships in 2027
- European Open & Women Team Championship 2027 (est. number of players 350 – teams 70)
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D. Bid fees
| Championships Open for bids | Bid fee (euros) |
| European Senior Championship | 500 |
| European Rapid & Blitz Championship | 500 |
| European Rapid & Blitz Championship for Women | 500 |
| European Amateur Championship | 500 |
| European Corporate Championship | 500 |
| European Team Championship for Seniors | 500 |
| European Open and Women’s Team Championships | 1000 |
A bid will only be considered if the federation/organizer concerned has paid a bid fee (as the table above), for each championship, to the bank account of the European Chess Union within one week after the deadline. The deadline of a bid fee to reach the ECU Bank account is the Monday 6th of May 2024.
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E. Capacity of the Playing Halls
According the ECU Tournament regulations, the total space is calculated according the estimated number of participants of each event. Each Championship shall be played in the same paying hall. Multiple playing halls will be evaluated with fewer points by the inspectors.
The minimum size of a tournament hall shall foresee 3m2 per board and additionally 40 % (25% for youth tournaments) space for players’ and spectators’ corridors. The distance between the chess boards and the spectators should be not less than 1m.
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More information: Standards for ECU Competitions