The 2022 European Senior Team Chess Championships 2022 (categories 50+ and 65+) will be played from 27th October to 5th November 2022 in Dresden, Germany. The event opens today with the technical meeting and opening ceremony starting at 11:00 CEST, while the first round kicks off at 15:00 CEST. A record number of 79 teams will take part… Read More »
The FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship over-the-board final opened yesterday in Reykjavik, and will be played from 25-30 October 2022 at the Brjaya Reykjavik Natura Hotel. The finals will consist of a two-group stage followed by the knockout semifinals and final. The time control will be 25 minutes per player for the first 30 moves, after which… Read More »
The 2022 European Open and Women Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships will take place from 16th-18th December in Katowice, Poland. Organiser is Silesian Chess Federation under the auspices of the ECU and Polish Chess Federation The first tournament on the schedule will be the European Blitz Chess Championship which will be played on December 16th. Open and Women’s… Read More »
FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2022/2023 opens tomorrow in Monaco with the Pool A knock-out part of the event. FIDE this year adopted the new knock-out system for the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2022/2023 which features 8 players and two knock-out pools: A and B. The Winners of each pool will qualify for the Finals which will be played… Read More »
ECU E-Magazine September 2022 is out! In this edition of the ECU E-Magazine you may read about: European Chess Club Cup 2022 ECU Commissions Global Chess Festival 2022 4th ESNA European Small Nations Individual Chess Championship 2022 European Cities & Towns Chess Championship 2022 Tournament of Peace 2022 Upcoming European Senior Team Chess Championship 2022 9th RIDEF Francophone’s… Read More »
The 37th European Chess Club Cup and the 26th European Women’s Club Cup concluded yesterday in Mayrhofen, Austria, with Novy Bor Chess Club clinching the title in the Open section and ASVOe Pamhagen winning the Women’s tournament. The Czech team Novy Bor defeated Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier from France in the thrilling last round to score impressive 7/7… Read More »
The historical chess tournament, Tournament of Peace 2022, will take place from 12th – 20th October 2022 in Zagreb, Croatia. The event will be played in the National and University Library, with 10 world-class grandmasters competing over 9 rounds (round-robin system). The participants are: Santos Latasa Jaime (ESP, 2672), Moussard Jules (FRA, 2670), Shevchenko Kirill (UKR, 2642), Yilmaz… Read More »
Three rounds have been already played at the 37th European Chess Club Cup and the 26th European Women’s Club Cup in Mayrhofen, Austria with six teams in the Open section and two teams in the Women’s section emerging on the top with the perfect score of 6 match points. With no major upsets, most of the favorites scored… Read More »
The 4th ESNA European Small Nations Individual Chess Championship 2022 took place from 25th September – 2nd October 2022 in the Principality of Liechtenstein with the support of the European Chess Union. GM Henderson de la Fuente Lance (AND, 2504) won the event scoring 8/9 points. With an important victory in the last round against Apol Luitjen Akselsson (FAI, 2113),… Read More »
The 37th European Chess Club Cup and the 26th European Women’s Chess Club Cup take place from 2nd – 10th October in Mayrhofen, Austria. The Opening ceremony is scheduled for tonight at 20:00 CEST, while the first round starts tomorrow at 14:00 (local time). Schedule: With participation of 87 teams (70 in the Open event and 17 in… Read More »
