After the pause of the over-the-board chess activities due to health reasons, National Chess Federations throughout Europe have announced the continuation of the over-the-board Open chess festivals and individual events.
The upcoming events in June and July are:
- Panevėžys Open 2020 , 26th June-3rd July
Location: Panevezys, Lithuania - 16th Baltic Pearl Open 2020– 28th June- 7th July,
Location: Lazy, Poland - Ceske Budejovice Chess Festival 2020, 1st-9th July,
Location: Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic - 13th International Chess Festival Paracin Open 2020, 3rd-17th July
Location: Paracin, Serbia - First Saturday July 2020, 4th-14th July,
Location: Budapest, Hungary - 54th Ilmar Raud Memorial, 6th-12th July Location: Viljandi, Estonia
- Polugaevsky Memorial 2020, 9th-19th July,
Location: Samara, Russia - 43rd Ikaros Chess Festival 2020, 10th-19th July
Location: Aghios Kirykos, Greece - National Individual Cup Georgi Tringov Memorial 42nd Open,
12th-19th July, Plovdiv, Bulgaria - 40th International Chess Tournament „Plunge 2020”, 13th-19th July
Location: Plunge, Lithuania - 24th International Chess Festival ,,The Battle of Senta 1697″,
11th-18th July, Location: Senta, Serbia - IX festivāls “Vidzemes vasara” Limbažos, 17th-24th July
Location: Limbazi, Latvia - 13th Paleochora Open 2020, 18th-25th July
Location: Paleochora, Greece - 53rd Biel Chess Festival 2020, 18th-29th July
Location: Biel, Switzerland - XVII CHESS FESTIVAL „Jūros šventė – 2020”, 20th-26th July
Location: Klaipeda, Lithuania - 3rd Summer Festival of Chess in Belgrade 2020, 20th-26th July
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Croatian Chess Federation was one of the first ECU affiliated federation which organised the Individual National Chess Championship, which takes place from 19th-29th June in Vinkovci, Croatia. The event is currently ongoing in Vinkovci, and can be followed on the following link.
European Chess Union recommends all participants to be informed in detail for the travel/health rules and chess events protocols in each country.