The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2023 opens on Friday, December 25th in Almaty, Kazakhtstan. The event will be held from 25-30 December at the Baluan Sholak Palace of culture and sports. The Open and Women’s competitions are held separately, with around 180 players in the Open events and 100 players in the Women’s events. The… Read More »
The European Senior Chess Championship 2023 will take place from May 25 to June 4 in Acqui Terme, Italy. The event will be played in two age categories: 50+ and 65+, with separate open and women’s sections. The Championships will be played in 9 rounds of the Swiss System. The time control will be 90 minutes for 40… Read More »
The 2022 European Open and Women’s Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships took place from 16-18 December in Katowice, Poland. The event gathered 1000 players coming from more than 40 European federations, with more than 800 participants in Blitz, and more than 900 participants in Rapid championship. The first event on the schedule was the 2022 European Blitz Chess… Read More »
The European Open and Women Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2022 will commence on Friday in Katowice, Poland. The events will be played from 16th-19th December in “Spodek” Sport and Entertainment Centre. The first tournament on the schedule will be the European Open and Women Blitz Chess Championship 2022 which will be played on December 16th. The event… Read More »
The time of the year has come to launch the Call of Interest for 2023! If you have never participated before, the ECU Arbiters’ Council appoints foreign arbiters (20% of all match arbiters) in all European events. Arbiters who wish to be considered, should fill in the application form, answer questions regarding their skills, experience and tournament preferences and… Read More »
ECU E-Magazine November 2022 is out! In this edition of the ECU E-Magazine you may read about: Communique of the ECU Board Meeting held in Antalya, Turkey European Youth Chess Championship 2022 FIDE World Team Chess Championship 2022 Upcoming European Open and Women Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2022 European Cities & Towns Chess Championship European Individual Chess… Read More »
The European School Chess Championship 2023 will be held from 12th-22nd May in Durres, Albania. The event will be played in 6 age categories: U7, U9, U11, U13, U15 and U17, open and girls sections separately, in the 5-star Blue FAFA Resort Durres, which is the official hotel and venue of the tournament. Each ECU member federation can… Read More »
On July 10th – August 10th 2022, NEUROHM, Michal Kanarkiewicz and PLAY MAGNUS GROUP conducted a chess survey, aimed at promoting the royal game and expanding knowledge about the group of people who play chess, both professionally and on amateur level. The respondents were in different age groups, with different ELO Rating, from different countries and with different… Read More »
The European Individual Chess Championship 2023 is organised by Serbian Chess Federation under the auspices of European Chess Union will take place from 2nd – 14th March 2023 in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia. The event is open to all players representing Chess Federations that are members of the European Chess Union regardless of their title or rating. There is… Read More »
The 2022 FIDE World Team Chess Championship took place from 17-26 November in Jerusalem, Israel. China clinched gold medal after defeating Uzbekistan in the finals. The finals were played over the two matches and China scored narrow 2.5-1.5 victories in both to win the event without the need for tiebreaks. 2022 Olympiad Champions Uzbekistan won silver medal. Spain… Read More »
