The ECU Annual Academy training programme commences on Monday, 16th of November 2026 and will run until the 27th of April 2027 with the support of the FIDE Development Fund.
The lecturers are the world-renowned chess coaches, and the trainings are organised in two groups: A – for players rated 1900+, and B – for players rated U1900. Each group will have 24 live sessions for a total of 48 hours of instruction. Participants will have the opportunity to watch the lectures and recordings for a limited time if they are unable to watch all the live sessions. The program is based on the new ECU-ETC Trainers’ Syllabuses and aims to systematically develop chess talents.
The lecturers are: GM Ivan Sokolov, GM Adrian Mikhalchishin, GM Miguel Illescas, GM Efstratios Grivas, GM Antoaneta Stefanova, GM Laurent Fressinet, GM Etienne Bacrot, GM Anton Korobov, and GM Gudmundur Kjartansson.
Each European National Chess Federation is entitled to register free of charge on priority 2 Girls; one on each Group through the following link: https://forms.gle/2nrbfgATNkZLW1K58.
Registration deadline is 1st of November.
The program is open for a limited number of additional participants, from all continents, for each group. The cost is on Euros 200 for 48 hours of top-level training. Registrations of additional participants are made through the following link: https://forms.gle/ttNu3ee8BjSmnhi77.
Each participant will receive an ECU-ETC official Certificate for the respective group upon completion of the programme.
Detailed information about the programme can be found in the flyer below. For all additional questions, please contact: trainers@europechess.org or ecu.secretary.general@gmail.com.
Detailed information and full programme can be found below: