The European Corporate Chess Championship 2025, organised by Asnière Le Grand Echiquier under the auspices of the European Chess Union, will be held on 7-8 November in Asnieres sur Seine, Paris, France.
The event will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 15 minutes for the whole game, plus 5 seconds of an increment starting from move one. The system of match points
is as follows: a match won is worth 3 match points, a draw 2 match points, a match lost on the chessboard 1 match point, and a forfeit loss 0 match points.
The tournament is open to teams from corporate entities based in Europe. Each team consists of four players and possibly one substitute player.
Each team :
⦁ Can only have one player over 2400 ELO (FIDE Rapid Rating – October 2025 FIDE Rating
Lists)
⦁ Must include at least one player below 2000 ELO participating in each round.
⦁ For each round, at least two players on the team should have an employment relationship
(or similar) with the corporate entities they are playing for. Players are ranked in order of initial team
composition (FIDE rating lists October 2025) in order to play amateurs against amateurs as much as
possible.
⦁ All participants must be over 16 years old
The registration deadline is October 26th, 2025.
The guaranteed minimum prize fund of the event is 7.000 EUR. The organisers will provide special trophy for the following sectors of activity (with a minimum of 3 teams per sector): Banking &Insurance, Energy, Digital, Consulting, Industry, Sport &Tourism and Special.
The tournament playing venue will be: Espace Francis Delage – 27 rue de la Concorde – 92600 Asnières-sur-Seine.
The tournament features a special side event Chess and Strategy Conference, which will take place on Friday, 7th of November, in the morning hours.
Contact information:
Jean-Claude MOINGT
+33 6 03 00 47 79
jeanclaude.moingt@gmail.com
