European Senior Team Chess Championship 2025 – Official regulations

The 2025 European Senior Team Chess Championship will be held from 4th April 2025 (day of arrival) to 14th April 2025 (day of departure) in Swidnica, Poland.

The event will played in two age categories: 50+ and 65+, open and women’s sections separately. Each National Federation of the European Chess Union has the right to register an unlimited number of teams in both categories: Open and Women 50+ & 65+. Each team should consist of four (4) players and optionally one (1) reserve player.

The teams may represent a National Federation or any regional structure of a National Federation (club teams, city teams, regional teams, national teams, or simply friends, etc. – there is no limitation), but all players must be members of the same federation.

Each tournament will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 seconds increment for every move played. The total prize fund of the event is 8.000 EUR.

The application deadline is 4th March 2025, with benefits for teams who register earlier.

The events will be played at the ***+Hotel Esperanto which is also one of the official hotels of the Championship.

Detailed information and official regulations can be downloaded below.

Contact information:
Website: www.estcc2025.pl
E-mail: info@estcc2025.pl