The European Youth Chess Championship 2022 will take place from 5th November (arrival day) – 15th November (departure day) in Antalya, Turkey. The event will be played in 6 age categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18, open and girls sections separately. Each national federation, which is a member of the European Chess Union, can register one… Read More »
The Superbet Chess Classic Romania, the first event of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour series, opens tomorrow in Bucharest and will be played from 4th to 15th May. 10 players participate in the event which will be played in 9 rounds, round robin system: Alireza Firouzja, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Levon Aronian, Richard Rapport, Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So,… Read More »
The Mitropa Chess Cup 2022 opened yesterday in Corti, France, and takes place from 27th April – 8th May in the Sports complex (COSEC) of Corti under the ECU auspices. Teams of Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland compete in 9 rounds within two sections: Open and Women. The open section teams are:… Read More »
The European School Chess Championship 2022 took place from 20th-30th April 2022 in “Rodos Palace” Hotel and Conference center, Rhodes, Greece. 200 children from 22 European federations participated in the Championship which was played in 6 age categories: U7, U9, U11, U13, U15 and U17, open and girls section separately. The Closing Ceremony of the European School Chess Championship… Read More »
The halfway of the European School Chess Championship 2022 most of the groups got the emerged leaders. The Chairperson of Irish Chess Union Mr. Desmond Beatty made the first ceremonial move at the 5th round of European School Chess Championship 2022 accompanied by ECU Secretary General Mr. Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou. There are four rounds left to be played before… Read More »
The annual Belgian Youth Chess Championship took place at the Floreal Hotel in Blankenberge from April 10 to 16, 2022. For a whole week, 346 children competed for the title of champion of Belgium in their respective age category. For the side events of the tournament, the organizers had invited the real ‘Beth Harmon’, Judit Polgar, the strongest… Read More »
The European School Chess Championship 2022 kicked off yesterday in Rhodes, Greece. The event was opened shortly before the first round with speeches of the ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili the Vice Governor of South Aegean Sea Mr. Nikos Nikolis and ECU Secretary General Mr. Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou. The ECU president made the first ceremonial move to open the… Read More »
ECU Educational Commission releases a project “Chess in Education Portal”. The project has been developed since 2021 with the support of the FIDE Development fund. The “Chess in Education Portal” is a guide to creating chess projects. Whether you are organizing a federation, chess club, chess-themed event, a competitive tournament or a school program, it takes considerable effort… Read More »
The European School Chess Championship 2022 takes place from 20th-30th April in Rhodes, Greece. The event kicks off on Thursday, 21st of April, with the Opening ceremony which will be held shortly before the start of the first round. More than 170 players from more than 22 European federations registered for the event which will be played in… Read More »
The Chess Academy of Armenia organizes four international chess events during the Summer in Armenia: 13th Karen Asrian Memorial (6th-16th June, Yerevan, Armenia) 1st International Youth Chess Festival (17th-26th June, Yerevan, Armenia) Chess Summer Camp with renowned chess players and Grandmasters (29th June – 6th July, Aghveran, Armenia) Stepan Avagyan International Open Chess Tournament (7th-16th July, Jermuk, Armenia)… Read More »
