The 2024 European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships will take place from 6th-11th December at Hotel Continental Skopje, North Macedonia.
European Rapid Chess Championship 2024 will be the first on the schedule, taking place on 7th and 8th of December. The Championship will be played according to the Swiss system, in
11 rounds with the time control 15 minutes game + 10 seconds per move starting from the first
move.
The European Blitz Chess Championship 2024 will be played on 9th of December, with 13 rounds, swiss system, and time control of 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment for each move, starting from the move one.
The European Individual Fisher Random (chess 960) Chess Championship will be held on 10th of December and will be played according to the Swiss system, in 11 rounds with the time control 10 minutes game + 5 seconds per move starting from the move one.
The Championship is open to all players representing Chess Federations which are ECU members
(FIDE zones 1.1. to 1.10), regardless of their title and rating. There is no limit to the number of participants per federation.
Championship schedule:
The total prize fund of the events is 47.000 EUR plus 3.000 EUR in vouchers of Modern Chess. The prize fund of the European Blitz Chess Championship is 12.000 EUR + 1.000 EUR of vouchers for Modern Chess site. The prizes for European Rapid Chess Championship amount to 20.000 EUR + 1.000 EUR of vouchers for Modern Chess site. And the prize fund for the European Fischer Random Championship will be 15.000 EUR + 1.000 EUR Modern Chess vouchers.
Registration starts after 30th of September 2024 and the registration deadline is 30th of November 2024. The organisers will offer special conditions for the best-rated players who register before 6th of November 2024.
Tournament is published on https://outpostchess.com/ and Registration and payment can be done
on: http://tournaments.outpostchess.com/EUROPEAN-INDIVIDUAL-RAPID-&-BLITZ-&-FISHER-
CHAMPIONSHIP-2024-12-06
The official hotel and the playing venue of the event is ****Hotel Continental.
Contact information:
Tournament Director: IO Zoran Stojcevski
Contact email: zorans@asseco-see.mk
Event website: www.eirbcc2024.com.mk