National Individual Championships of Romania for Men and Women – Finals are taking place in Calimanesti from 18th to 28th April, 2015. Top players in Men’s Championship are Constantin Lupulescu (2635), Mihai Marin (2591), Mircea-Emilian Parligras (2582) and Vladislav Nevednichy (2576) and Corina-Isabela Peptan (2430), Cristina-Adela Foisor (2384), Elena-Luminita Cozma (2323), Mihaela Sandu (2303) in Women’s Championship. Both events… Read More »
Mariya Muzychuk from Ukraine is the new World Women Chess Champion! She won the FIDE World Championship in knockout format after defeating Natalia Pogonina from Russia with 2,5-1,5 in the final match. The Championship was held in Sochi/Russia, 16 March – 7 April, 2015. Mariya Muzychuk started with a loss, but eliminated Canadian Yuanling Yuan in round 1 of the… Read More »
March 2015 edition of the European Chess Union Newsletter is out! In this edition of the monthly ECU Newsletter you will find: Report about European Individual Chess Championship 2015 in Jerusalem; Chess an Official Sport at European Universities – Memorandum between ECU and EUSA; ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili in Reykjavik; ECU Sponsors and Partners – Bank of Georgia, ChessBase and Chess Informant; Meeting… Read More »
On Saturday 28th March, in Zagreb, Croatia a memorandum between the European Universities Sports Association (EUSA) and the European Chess Union (ECU) was signed. The memorandum represents the inclusion of chess in the official sports program of the EUSA annual events. Chess is the 19th sport included in EUSA competitions. The agreement was signed during the EUSA annual… Read More »
Vojvodina Chess Federation under the auspices and support of the European Chess Union and Serbian Chess Federation organizes the 15th European Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship in Novi Sad/Serbia, July 31st to August 6th, 2015. The tournament hall will be “Master centar Novosadskog sajma” – Master Centre of Novi Sad Fair. Deadline for registration is June 26, 2015. Registration form… Read More »
Dear Chess Friends, ECU Board meeting took place from 6th to 8th March in Jerusalem/Israel, with a full agenda. Many important decisions were made. We would like to thank the Israel Chess Federation for an excellent organization and hosting of the meeting. Main information and decisions of the meeting: ECU Board was informed by the ECU bookkeeper Kurt… Read More »
Last weekend, 21-22 March, 2015 the most spectacular chess event took place in Katowice, Southern Poland. For the third time chess players from all over the world had the chance to fight against each other in one of the biggest halls in Europe – The International Conference Centre in Katowice. The Centre hosted 843 players, among them many Grandmasters and International Masters. Among them,… Read More »
The Czech Chess Federation, under the patronage of the European Chess Union organizes the 13th European Union Youth Chess Championship 2015 in Kouty nad Desnou/Czech Republic, from 18-27 August, 2015. The tournament is played in four categories: Under 8, 10, 12 and 14. Boys and Girls will play in the same tournament, but with two separate scores, so there will… Read More »
The new policy of the European Chess Union is to support European chess values and traditions through key partnerships. Partnerships with the aim to succeed more benefits for the European National federations and the European competitions. European Chess Union announces Chess Informant as an official ECU Partner and Sponsor of the European Chess Championships. Main points of the… Read More »
City Hall of Iasi and Iasi County Chess Association have the honor to invite all chess players to take part in the International Chess Festival “OPEN IASI” 2nd Edition organized in Iasi, Romania, May 29 – June 6, 2015. The festival will have three sections with total prize fund EUR 23.000. Iasi has a history of over 600 years and… Read More »
