The 2015 Moscow Open – 11th International RSSU Chess Cup was has started. The festival takes place in Moscow, Russia from 29th January to 9th February, 2015. The tournament consists of 8 events, including Amateur, Veteran, Students, School and Chess Composition tournaments. The main events are Men’s and Women’s Cup of Russia Stage, gathering some of the top… Read More »
The European Chess Union and Turkish Chess Federation have the honour of inviting all National Chess Federations of the ECU and eligible players to the European School Championships 2015 organised in Konya, Turkey from 24 June (arrivals) to 03 July (departures). Each National Federation or School Association or schools may enter an unlimited number of players in each… Read More »
Dear Chess Friends, Let us begin by wishing you all the best for the year 2015. Especially, several and successful chess activities. Attempting to schedule all of our events on time and publish all the invitations the soonest possible, we are able to send you today the official regulations for all ECU events for the first half… Read More »
The government of Georgia, government of Adjarian Autonomous Republic and Georgian Chess Federation under the auspices of European Chess Union organize the 16th European Individual Women’s Chess Championships for 2015. The championship will be held in Chakvi, Adjara (13 km from Batumi) in Georgia, from May 18 (day of arrival) until May 31 (day of departure) 2015. The… Read More »
The 77th edition of Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2015 ended today, with a very exciting final round. After a strange draw with GM Ivan Saric, Carlsen won the tournament alone with 9 points out of 13. GMs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), Anish Giri (NED), Wesley So (USA) and Ding Liren (CHN) tied for second place with 8.5 points. Final… Read More »
During the recent years, after the agreement with FIDE, the Albanian Chess Federation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Sports has given the top priority to the ‘Chess in Schools’ project, by introducing the chess activities to all schools in the country. The agreement with the Ministry will be finalized in a short notice, with the… Read More »
The Jersey Chess Federation announces the Polar Capital Jersey International Chess Tournament which will be held in March, 15-20 2015, in St Clement Bay, Jersey. The Official venue is the Hotel Ambassadeur Sponsors of the event are Polar Capital, Jersey Tourism, the One Foundation and Nautilus Trust Limited. The event consists of three tournaments: Open Tournament, Holiday Tournament… Read More »
On January 12 Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Mr. Gabriel Ghazaryan on the occasion of 60th anniversary and for the unique services in the field of Physical Culture and Sport awarded the Vice President of Chess Federation of Armenia, the Chairman of Rules Committee of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), the Chairman… Read More »
The European Individual Women Chess Championship will take place in Georgia from 18th to 31st of May 2015. The proposal of the Georgian Chess Federation to the European Chess Union includes 75.000 EUR as the total prize fund (60.000 EUR net for the players) and all the organizational expenses covered. The exact venue and all the details will… Read More »
CONI Expo Sport Open Day – The CONI Epiphany stocking enters in the Guinness World Record, promoted by CONI Event Point and included in the program “WhiteWinter 2014-2015” by the City of Milan, Italy. The event was organized on 6th January to involve children and adults, invited to support the longest sock in the world, and was open… Read More »
