The 2024 European Individual Chess Championship starts this Friday in Petrovac, Montenegro and will be played from 8th-19th November in ****Hotel “Palas” Petrovac.
The Championship will be played in 11 rounds, swiss system, with the time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, plus 30 minutes until the end of the game, with 30 seconds increment for each move starting from move one.
Nearly 400 players coming from 42 European federations registered for the event, including 120 Grandmasters, 85 International masters, 71 FIDE Masters, 3 Women Grandmasters and 8 Women International masters.
The best-rated players in the field are: GM Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO, 2712), GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU, 2687), GM Jorden Van Foreest (NED, 2687), GM Haik Martirosyan (ARM, 2676), GM David Navara (CZE, 2674), GM Ivan Saric (CRO, 2668), GM Nikita Vitiugov (ENG, 2668), GM Shant Sargsyan (ARM, 2655), GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre (DEN, 2654) and GM Matthias Bluebaum (GER, 2654).
Starting rank list of players can be found here.
European Open Chess Championship starts in 5 days. More than 400 players and 120 GMs compete for the European title, 100,000 prize fund and 20 qualifications spots for FIDE World Cup 2025. #Petrovac #Montenegro @AlojzijeJ @chessdom @ChessTopics @ChessBase @chesscom… pic.twitter.com/H0V9qPdtjS
— European Chess Union (@ECUonline) November 3, 2024
The European Individual Chess Championship 2024 is a qualifying event for the FIDE World Cup 2025. According to the FIDE regulations for World Cup and the ECU Board decision, 20 players* will qualify. (*Under the current FIDE World Cup regulations, FIDE is the only body responsible for the qualification spots)
The total prize fund of the Championship is 100.000 EUR, with 20.000 EUR reserved for the Winner of the event. Prize-list is shown below.
The Opening ceremony of the event will take place on Friday 8th of November at 14:00 CET, and the first round starts at 15:00 CET. Live broadcast of the games and video broadcast with commentaries by GM Alojzije Jankovic and Dragana Nikolovska can be followed through the ECU TV platform. Live video broadcast will also be available on the ECU YouTube channel.
