The European Chess Union, sole European Chess official organisation comprised of 55 European national chess federations and recognized by the World Chess Federation FIDE, calls for a tender open to all interested persons for: A customized design for a trophy dedicated to the winners of the European Club Cup Chess Championships, Open and respectively Women section, the official… Read More »
ECU Newsletter June 2016 is out! In this edition of the monthly ECU Newsletter you will find: Anna Ushenina wins European Individual Women’s Chess Championship 2016; Four new European Senior Champions crowned in Yerevan; Anatoly Borodavkin wins European Amateur Championship 2016; European Schols Chess Championship 2016; Czech Republic and Germany win Mitropa Cup 2016; ECU Board meeting in Prague; Education through… Read More »
The second European Board meeting in 2016, organized in Prague, Czech Republic, took place on 24th and 25th June after the kind invitation of the Czech Chess Federation. The meeting was held under the excellent conditions in the hotel Olympic during the 2016 Mitropa Cup. The President of the Czech Chess Federation Viktor Novotny opened the meeting and… Read More »
Over the last few years Polish Chess Federation has put extremely lot of energy in order to develop this social project. Our efforts and attention has finally paid off. On June the 27 Polish Minister of Education Anna Zalewska has officially announced, that from September 1, 2017 chess will be in each Polish elementary school in the first… Read More »
Romanian Chess Federation, together with Lindenfeld Association organizes the special charity event on 7th July in Bucharest/Romania. The event consists of a Blitz tournament, which will be held in downtown Bucharest, with the kind participation of WGM Luminita Cosma, GM Constantin Ionescu, IM Dragos Dumitrache, and others. The money donated will be used to help children in foster cares, to… Read More »
Czech Republic A in Open section and Germany in Women section are the winners of the Mitropa Cup 2016, which took place in Prague/Czech Republic, 19-27 June, 2016. IN the Open section the last round was crucial and decided the Champion. Germany tied the match against Hungary, while Czech Republic A defeated Slovenia, so the both teams finished… Read More »
FIDE Secretariat reminds all the Chess Federations that the registration deadline for the Olympiad is 30 June, 2016. All the necessary information about the registration process can be found here. 2016 Chess Olympiad takes place in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, from 1st to 14th September in Crystal Hall. Olympiad Official Website 60 SHARES Share on Facebook Tweet Follow us… Read More »
The European Schools Chess Championship 2016 finished yesterday in Halkidiki, Greece, with participation of more than 250 players from over 20 European federations divided in 6 age categories: U7, U9, U11, U13, U15 and U17. In Open U17 Trubchaninov Timur (RUS 2183) became the Champion with 7.5 points. Second place went to Turkish player Erdogan Anil Berk (1932)with… Read More »
Five rounds have been played so far at the European Schools Chess Championship 2016, which takes place in Kallithea, Greece. In Open U17 Erdogan Anil Berk (TUR 1932) and Trubchaninov Timur (RUS 2183) lead with 4 points, while in category Open U15 Keinanen Toivo (FIN 2218) and FM Ozen Deniz (TUR 2212) tie for the first place with… Read More »
The traditional event Mitropa Cup 2016 started yesterday in Prague/Czech Republic. The tournament is organized by the Czech Chess Federation, in cooperation with AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o. and Hotel Olympik ****. Ten Chess Federations participate in this event: Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland, and compete in Open and Women sections. Each team is… Read More »
