Last weekend, 6-7 December, 2014 at the beginning of the 6th London Chess Classic tournament, ‘Chess and Mathematics – Chess and Education Conference’ was held, in London/England. The Conference was organized by the Chess in Schools and Communities and it gathered 130 participants from more than 30 countries. The conference was organised in a professional manner with the… Read More »
The Russian Chess Championship Super Final, the 67th for men and the 64th for women, took place from 27 November till 8 December in the city of Kazan, in a branch of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan (the Khazine Gallery). Both tournaments were played as 10-player Round Robin for the prestigious title… Read More »
Yesterday, at Tbilisi Chess Palace, the Presidential Election of the Georgian Chess Federation was held. 56 delegates attended the elections, among whom Georgian chess legend Grandmaster Nona Gaprindashvili, the ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili and chess Olympic Champions Nana Alexandria, Nana Ioseliani and Nino Gurieli. The delegates unanimously re-elected Mr. Giorgi Giorgadze as President, and later the members of… Read More »
The Montenegro Chess Federation organizes the “December Days of Chess” in Podgorica from 10th to 20th December 2014, when numerous competitions and activities will be held. The Montenegro Chess Federation feels it is time to get significant chess competitions again in the Capital, which has always been responsible for the development of chess in Montenegro, with a large… Read More »
In the last 3 months, after Tromso ECU GA and elections, the European Chess Union administration managed to find organizers for 6 European Championships, without a schedule for the years 2015 and 2016. The efforts continue with the target to finalize the entire ECU calendar for the next 2 years. Regarding the “European Individual Women Championship 2015”, during… Read More »
The European Chess Union has published the November 2014 edition of the monthly Newsletter. In the November 2014 edition you will find: Carlsen – Anand match – report about the World Championship Match 2014; The report about the European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2014 in Tallin; Short previewabout the 4th Quarter FIDE Presidential Board Meeting in Sochi; Who are the members… Read More »
The European University Sports Association (EUSA) Convention was held from 14 to 16 November. EUSA Convention is supported by the International University Sport Federation (FISU). The EUSA Convention formally started with a reception at the Rectorate of the University of Ljubljana on Friday, November 14. Participants were the Organisers of the European Universities Championships 2015, Organisers of the… Read More »
The World No. 1 Norwegian GM Magnus Carlsen defeated the challenger Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand with the result 6.5 – 4.5 and retained the World Champion title gained last year in Chennai. The World Championship match was played in the Winter Olympic City of Sochi, Russia, and finished after 11 rounds. The Norwegian took the lead in the… Read More »
The 8th edition of the Kings Chess Tournament will have a new format this year. The Romanian Chess Federation and Elisabeta Polihroniade Chess Club, in cooperation with the company ROMGAZ are proud to announce the match between the Olympic team of Romania and the current Olympic Champion – team of Republic of China. The match is taking place… Read More »
Chess in Schools and Communities organizes the 6th London Chess Classic which will be held from 6th to 14th December, 2014 at the Olympia Conference Centre in Kensington, London. The festival consists of several events, of which the main is the London Chess Classic, which is to be held 10-14 December. The ‘Super Six’ are the World Top… Read More »
