Austrian Chess Federation (ACF) was founded in Vienna on December 12, 1920, and on the occasion of the 100th anniversary, the ACF presents an exclusive chess magazine. Austria’s current Number 1 Markus Ragger was voted Austria’s Player of the Century by the readers of ‘Schach aktiv’ magazine. Shortly after the turmoil of World War I, the Austrian Chess… Read More »

ECU E-Magazine November 2020 is out! In this edition of the ECU E-Magazine you may read about: FIDE Online Olympiad for People with Disabilities Skilling Open EU High Level Virtual Conference Presentation of 2024 Hungarian Chess Olympiad bid ECU General Assembly 2020 Upcoming European Online Women’s Club Cup ECU Annual Training Program ChessTech2020 Conference Tornelo Festival of Chess… Read More »

8th London Chess Conference – ChessTech2020 will take place online this year, on 5th and 6th December 2020. The Conference is supported by the European Chess Union and keeps up with the theme Chess and Technology. The conference will focus on playing and teaching chess online, using sophisticated self-learning systems and will bring together the world’s leading experts… Read More »

The first event on the $1.5 million Champions Chess Tour, the Skilling Open, starts today with the participation of 16 World Top players: reigning World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen (NOR), Vachier-Lagrave Maxime, Ding Liren, Nakamura Hikaru, Nepomniachtchi Ian, Aronian Levon, Duda, Jan-Krzysztof, Radjabov, Teimour, Le Quang Liem, Svidler Peter, Wesley So, Anish Giri, Karjakin Sergey, Firouzja Alireza, Anton… Read More »

On behalf of ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili, we herewith invite all ECU members federations to attend the Annual ECU General Assembly 2020 to be held online on Saturday 19th of December 2020 at 10.00 CET. Each National federation member can be represented by its Delegate or President. Representatives of Member Federations can be assisted by one counsellor each… Read More »

ECU E-Magazine October 2020 is out! In October 2020 edition of the ECU E-Magazine you may read about: Intercontinental Youth Online Chess Cup Masterclass with Judit Polgar European Online Corporate Chess Championship Online Youth Chess Camps for the Winners of European Youth Online Chess Championship 2020 ECU Annual Training Program- Develop practical way of thinking European Online Women’s… Read More »

European Chess Union and European Chess Academy, supported by FIDE Development Fund, organise the annual training program in period from December 5th 2020 to June 5th 2021. ECU annual training program is open for all ages and levels and will be organised within four levels: LEVEL 1 – for players below 1300 ELO LEVEL 2 – for players… Read More »

Reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen won the first super grandmasters tournament to be organised during the pandemic of corona virus in Stavanger, Norway. Magnus Carlsen was racing for the top together with Alireza Firouzja, but in the direct encounter in the penultimate round, Magnus took a victory in basic pawns drawn endgame and won the event with… Read More »

ECU Online Youth Camps organised for the Winners of European Youth Online Chess Championship will start on Monday within two groups. The best ranked 8 players of each age category at the European Youth Online Chess Championship were awarded with free participation in ECU Online Youth Camps with top trainers. The lecturers of group for players aged from… Read More »

Intercontinental Youth Team Online Chess Cup, organised by Global Chess Festival and European Chess Union, concluded tonight. After 6 played rounds played through Tornelo Online playing server, the Winner of the event became Team of Asia, with score of 11 match points (5 victories and 1 draw). Second place went to Team Europe with score of 9 match… Read More »