Heading into the last round of the European Individual Chess Championship 2023, GM Alexey Sarana (FIDE, 2668) and GM Kirill Shevchenko (ROU, 2668) share the lead scoring 8 points each. GM Kirill Shevchenko (ROU, 2668) outplayed GM Benjamin Gledura (HUN, 2637) in the penultimate round to join the race for the trophy. Shevchenko had a slightly better position… Read More »
Six rounds have been already played at the European Individual Chess Championship 2023 in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia, and GM Anton Korobov (UKR, 2659) and IM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (GRE, 2520) tie for the top scoring 5.5 points, each. The ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili opened yesterday’s round wishing a happy International Women’s Day to all female participants, arbiters, and… Read More »
The ECU E-Magazine February 2023 is out! A mag created with Madmagz. In this edition of the ECU E-Magazine you may read about: International Women’s Day Invitation for bids: European Chess Championships 2023, 2024 & 2025 European Individual Chess Championship 2023 FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Munich 2023 European Women’s Chess Championship 2023 Chess is included in the list… Read More »
The European Individual Chess Championship 2023 commenced yesterday in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia with the participation of 482 players from 40 European federations. The event officially broke the participation record previously set in Rijeka 2010 with 408 players. The Opening ceremony of the event took place on Friday evening in a magnificent Hotel Zepter Crystal Hall with the attendance… Read More »
The 23rd edition of the European Individual Chess Championship 2023 takes place from the 2nd-14th of March in Hotel Zepter Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia. The event broke the participation record with more than 490 players coming from 40 European federations. The event includes 48 players rated 2600+, 128 Grandmasters, 105 International masters, and a total of 379 titled players.… Read More »
ECU Board has earlier announced the distribution of qualification spots for the FIDE World Cup 2023 from the following events: European Individual Chess Championship 2021, Reykjavic, Iceland (23 qualification spots – the list of qualifiers can be found below) European Individual Chess Championship 2022, Terme Catez, Slovenia (20 qualification spots – the list of qualifiers can be found… Read More »
Following the FIDE Council’s decision concerning the proposed transfer of the Russian Chess Federation (RCF) to the Asian Chess Federation (ACF), the European Chess Union (ECU) hereby declares: The ECU Board expressed in detail its position in its statement of 30.01.2023. The FIDE Constitutional Commission (FIDE CC) after its meeting on 5th of February justified most of the ECU’s positions and opined… Read More »
The European Chess Union opens the bidding procedure for the organisation of the official European Chess Championships in 2023, 2024 & 2025. The bids must be submitted exclusively in the Bid form regulated by the ECU (can be downloaded below). For any additional documents delivered separately from the bid form, it must be stated in the bid form what… Read More »
ECU E-Magazine January 2023 is out! In this edition of the ECU E-Magazine you may read about: The 1st European Cities & Towns Chess Championship The 1st FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities Tata Steel Chess 2023 FIDE Women Grand Prix Munich European Senior Team Chess Championship 2023 – Official invitation Upcoming European Individual Chess Championship 2023 Upcoming… Read More »
The 1st European Cities & Towns Chess Championship was played on Sunday, January 29th with participation of 50 teams from 30 European cities. The event was from hybrid cities & towns venues, through Tornelo online platform and consisted of three categories: Open/Seniors, Women’s, and Youth U12. Each section featured 9 rounds played in swiss system, with the time… Read More »
