European Chess Union and the Georgian Chess Federation invite ECU member federations to participate in European team Chess Championship 2025. The event will be held in Batumi, Georgia, from 4 of October (arrival day) to 15 of October (departure day).
The event will be played in Open and Women’s sections separately, with 9 swiss rounds in each competition and time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds for every move starting from move 1.
Each national federation member of the ECU has the right to enter with one team of four players and one reserve in the Open competition and one team of four female players and one reserve in the Women’s competition. The deadline for the registration is August 10th, 2025. Registration form can be downloaded from the official tournament website.
Tournament schedule:
The official hotel of the event is 5***** Grand Bellagio Convention and the playing venue of the championships is located within the Hotel complex.
The organizer will provide transport services of all participants on October 5th as well as the departure transfer on October 14th. The organizers will provide transfer from Batumi airport free of charge, and Kutaisi airport, Trabzon (Turkey) airport, Rize-Artvin (Turkey) airport, or Tbilisi airport on special requests for affordable prizes.
Prizes:
The first three teams in the Open and Women’s sections will each receive cups. Each member of the winning team (players, reserves and captain) shall receive gold medals and diplomas. Members of the second and third-placed teams shall each receive silver and bronze medals and diplomas respectively.
The best – performing players in the Open and Women’s sections on each board (10 players in total) will receive gold medals. Performance shall be calculated as per ECU tournament rules. Second and third placed players in both sections will receive silver and bronze medals.
ECU General Assembly and ECU 40 years anniversary Gala:
The annual ECU General Assembly and ECU 40 years anniversary Gala will take place on Saturday 11th of October. Additional information about the delegates and rest participants will be published by ECU.
Contact information:
Email – batumieurope2025@gmail.com
Website – https://etcc2025.com/