The 24th European Youth Chess Championship has officially started. The competition gathered 989 young chess players from 45 European countries, divided in 12 categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18, boys and girls separately. The Championship takes place in Batumi, costal town in Georgia, 18-29 October, 2014 in hotel Sheraton Batumi, and is organized by the European… Read More »
On Saturday, 11th October, 2014 in Birmingham the Annual General Meeting of the English Chess Federation was held. The European Chess Union congratulates the new elected President of the English Chess Federation, Mr. Dominic Lawson. The new elected FIDE delagate is Mr. Malcolm Pein. More information at the official website of the ECF 60 SHARES Share on Facebook… Read More »
On 25 October, 2014 in Batumi/Georgia the ECU Extraordinary General Assembly will take place. The venue of the General Assembly will be Congress Center and Hotel Radisson Blu Batumi. The General Assembly is scheduled at 10.30 am. The Agenda and the Invitation can be downloaded below. Agenda of Extraordinary GA 2014 Annex 1 – GA invitation 60 SHARES… Read More »
Dear Friends in Chess At the Glorney, Gilbert junior international competitions in Scotland in early August, I announced my intention to seek election to the role of Chairperson of the Union. Since then, I have received a huge level of support, encouragement and good wishes from right across the Irish Chess community. The overwhelming vote of support that… Read More »
The European Chess Union Newsletter will be published on a monthly basis from now on. We have prepared a brand new design with interesting news and articles. In the September 2014 edition you will find: History made in Bilbao – report about the European Chess Club Cup 2014; ECU News – important news about the events happened during September;… Read More »
Big favourite Socar from Azerbaijan confirmed this evening all the predictions, getting the overall European title this evening on the last day of Bilbao Chess 2014. Batumi from Georgia surprised those present by winning the women’s European title, even if they were not initially regarded as strong candidates. Socar started out as favourite owing to the strong lineup… Read More »
Bilbao Chess 2014 was officially opened this evening. The chess event will start at the Euskalduna Congress Centre tomorrow, on Sunday, and will hold simultaneously the European Club Cup and the Grand Slam Masters Final. Chairing the opening ceremony, which was celebrated by the enormous playroom that will hold more than 200 games at the same time, was Bilbao… Read More »
On Thursday September 4th 2014 culminated in Kouty nad Desnou (CZE) fights for winning EU Youth Chess Championship 2014. The championship was shot by Czech Television and will be broadcast on TV and the Net (http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ivysilani/10111941499-v-sachu/). The last rounds were full of fights and tension. Final round visited the president of Slovakian chess federation and member of board… Read More »
On Wednesday August 27th, in the Hotel Dlouhe Strane in Kouty nad Desnou in the Czech Republic, the 12th European Youth Chess Championship has started. European Youth Chess Championship 2014 under the patronage of the European Chess Union is organized by Sachov? klub Svetla nad Sazavou in cooperation with the Czech Chess Federation. Boys and girls play in the… Read More »
On the occasion of winning the election for President of the European Chess Union, President of Georgia Mr. Giorgi Margvelashvili, and the Prime Minister of Georgia Mr. Irakli Gharibashvili congratulated Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili. We present their letters in their entirety. Letter of Mr. Giorgi Margvelashvili, President of Georgia Dear Zurab, I would like to express my sincere congratulations… Read More »
