After 13 played games at the World Chess Championship Match 2023 between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren, the result is tied 6.5-6.5. New World Chess Champion will be determined in the last classical game of the match or in the playoffs. Ian Nepomniachtchi had a full-point lead before the last two-game portions. Ding Liren once again bounced back… Read More »
The second quarterly meeting of the ECU Board was held in Rhodes, Greece, on April 21 and 22. The Municipality of Rhodes hosted the event under excellent conditions. ECU expresses its thanks and appreciation to the Mayor of Rhodes, Mr. Andonis Cambourakis. The opening of the meeting was attended by the FIDE and Greek Chess Federation Vice President… Read More »
The ASEAN Chess Confederation and the European Chess Union announce the chess symposium which will include separate workshops for trainers, arbiters and organisers. The Symposium will take place from 19-24 June in Bangkok, Thailand. The Symposium will start with the Trainers workshop which will be held from 19-21 June with GM Artur Yusupov as the lecturer. The workshop… Read More »
France’s teams won gold medals in both the open and women’s sections at Mitropa Chess Cup 2023, organised by the Croatian Chess Federation in Mali Lošinj. The closing ceremony featured the presence of some honourable guests: the Mayor of Mali Lošinj, Mrs Anna Kučić, and the President of the European Chess Union, Mr Zurab Azmaiparashvili. The President of… Read More »
After the eighth round of the event, Italy and France teams in the Open section are sharing the first place, and France in the Women’s Section is solo leading in the Mitropa Cup 2023. Yesterday’s eighth round was opened by the ceremonial first move made in the match France – Germany in the Open section by the President… Read More »
ECU E-Magazine March 2023 is out! In this edition of the ECU E-Magazine you may read about: FIDE World Chess Championship Match 2023 European Individual Chess Championship 2023 European Women’s Chess Championship 2023 European Youth Team Chess Championship 2023 – Official invitation European Open and Women’s Chess Club Cup 2023 – Official invitation Mitropa Cup 2023 in Mali… Read More »
The 2023 edition of the Mitropa Cup starts this Monday in Mali Losinj, Croatia. The event will be played from 10th – 20th April at Hotel Aurora in the well-known tourist destination in Croatia. The event is played in Open and Women’s sections separately, with participation of 10 federations: Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia,… Read More »
The 2023 FIDE World Chess Championship match will take place from 7th of April to 1st May in Astana, Kazakhstan. The match will be played in 14 games between Ian Nepomniachtchi – the Winner of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022 and Ding Liren – the runner-up of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022 since Magnus Carlsen decided not to… Read More »
The 37th edition of the Reykjavik Open took place from March 29 to April 4 in Harpa Conference Center, Iceland. GM Nils Grandelius (SWE, 2658) emerged as the Winner of the event with the score of 7.5 points. Grandelius scored a victory in the last round against IM Quentin Loiseau (FRA, 2449) to be half a point ahead… Read More »
The 38th edition of the European Chess Club Cup and the 27th European Club Cup for Women will be held in Durres, Albania, from September 30th to October 8th 2023. The events will be played in 7 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game… Read More »
