Six rounds have been played at the 2022 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament in Madrid and Ian Nepomniachtchi is the sole leader with 4.5 points.

In 6th round, Nepomniachtchi defeated Jan-Krzysztof Duda as he built a kingside majority and started a powerful attack on Duda’s king. The Polish grandmaster missed chances to fight for a draw and eventually resigned in a hopeless position.

Fabiano Caruana was victorious against Alireza Firouzja to score 4 points and stay in the race for the top. With score of 4.5 and 4 points, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana (respectively) made the distance from the rest of the field, with Hikaru Nakamura and Richard Rapport sharing the third place with 3 points, each.

Rankings after 6 played rounds:

Today is the second resting day of the tournament and the event continues tomorrow with the 7th round. The games start at 15:00 CEST and can be followed live through the Official website of the event.

Official Website
Photos: FIDE/Stev Bonhage

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The 3rd edition of Stepan Avagyan Memorial “Jermuk 2022” takes place from 19-28 of June, 2022 in Jermuk, Armenia.

The tournament is held in a 10-player GM norm round-robin format, in 9 rounds, and it is a FIDE category 16 event. After four played rounds, GM Tabatabaei M. Amin (IRI, 2650), GM Martirosyan Haik (ARM, 2656) and GM Sargsyan Shant (ARM, 2648) tie for the first place scoring 2.5 points.

Pairings, Results & Rankings can be found here.

Live broadcast of the games can be followed through the Official website of the event. The event is organized by Chess Academy of Armenia.

Photo gallery:

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European Corporate Chess Championship 2022 took place over the weekend 18-19 June in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The event was played with the participation of 17 teams in the venue of the luxury cruise ship Royal Spido (named James Cook), while sailing in the Rotterdam harbour. 

The Closing Ceremony of the event took place yesterday evening with attendance of the ECU Vice President Ivan Sokolov, Tournament director Jeroen Van den Berg, and Chief Arbiter Arno Eliens.

The team of Hotels.nl won the Championship thanks to a better Olympiad-Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break (without lowest result) as they had the same score of 16 match points as Polish PricewaterhouseCoopers. Having better tiebreaks Hotels.nl clinched gold while PwC came second.

The Winning Hotels.nl Team composition:

• GM Van Wely Loek (NED, 2692)
• FM Lambrechts Koen (NED, 2307)
• Rietman Frits (NED, 2232)
• Groenewold Jan Joris (NED, 2134)
• Muller Kenneth (NED, 1891)

DSE Automatisering claimed bronze scoring 15 match points. Final standings & Results can be found here.

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Photo gallery from the Closing Ceremony:

The event was played in 9 rounds, Swiss system, with time control: 15 minutes for the whole game, plus 5 seconds of an increment starting from the move one. Among the players representing their corporations were: GM Anish Giri (2761, NED, Optiver 1 team), GM Loek van Wely (2629, NED, Hotels.nl), GM Max Warmerdam (2613, NED, Flow Traders), GM Friso Nijboer (NED, 2466, DSE Automatisering), IM David Simon Pardo (ESP, 2461, Optiver 2), IM Radoslaw Barski (2437, POL, PwC).

Official website of the event

Photo gallery from the venue:

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The 2022 European Corporate Chess Championship takes place on weekend 18-19 June in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

The tournament is played on a luxury cruise ship of Royal Spido (named James Cook), while sailing in the Rotterdam harbour. 17 teams will participate in the event which will be played in 9 rounds, Swiss system, with time control: 15 minutes for the whole game, plus 5 seconds of an increment starting from the move one.

Among the players representing their corporations are: GM Anish Giri (2761, NED, Optiver 1 team), GM Loek van Wely (2629, NED, Hotels.nl), GM Max Warderdam (2613, NED, Flow Traders), GM Friso Nijboer (NED, 2466, DSE Automatisering), IM David Simon Pardo (ESP, 2461, Optiver 2), IM Radoslaw Barski (2437, POL, PwC).

Starting rank list of teams:

The total prize fund of the Championship is 6.000 EUR, with 3.000 EUR reserved for the Winner of the event.

Official website of the event

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The FIDE Candidates Chess 2022 opens on Thursday 16th of June, and will be played from June 17th – July 5th in Madrid.

The tournament is played in 14 rounds, with participation of eight players. The winner of the event will qualify for the World Championship match later this year.

The magnificent Palacio de Santoña, a centrally located historic building in Madrid, will host one of the most anticipated chess tournaments of 2022. Built in 1730, this mansion boasts of distinguished carved granite baroque façade and is home to one of the most refined eclectic interiors in the Spanish capital. It is currently one of the headquarters of the Madrid Chamber of Commerce.

Participants:

• Jan-Krzystof Duda (POL) – World Cup winner
• Ding Liren (CHN) – highest rating 30 games, substitute of Sergey Karjakin
• Fabiano Caruana (USA) – Grand Swiss runner-up
• Teimour Radjabov (AZE) – Wild Card
• Alireza Firouzja (FRA) – Grand Swiss winner
• Hikaru Nakamura (USA) – Grand Prix winner
• Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) – 2021 World Champion Match runner-up
• Richard Rapport (HUN, transfer to ROU in the process)– Grand Prix runner-up

System of play:

14 rounds (double round-robin system) will be played with time control: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61. The total prize fund of the event is 500.000 EUR.

If two or more players tie for the top after 14 played rounds, the Winner will be determined in the Playoffs according to updated tiebreak rules of the event. If there are two players tied for the first place they will play a match of two rapid games (15 min + 10 sec). In case of a 3-6-way tie, a round-robin rapid tournament will be played (15 min + 10 sec).

If two players are tied after stage 1 of the playoffs, they will play a match of two blitz games (3 min + 2 sec). In case of a three-way tie (or more) a round-robin blitz tournament will be played (3 min + 2 sec). Finally, in case of another tie, depending on number of players, either knockout match or knockout tournament will be played. Each match consists of a single blitz game (3 min +2 sec). The colours will be determined by drawing of lots. In
case of a draw, another game will be played with the colours reversed. If
there is another draw, the opponents will play until the decisive outcome.

Official regulations, live games and detailed information about the event can be found on the Official website.

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The Women Chess Conference Prague 2022 will be held from 25th-27th August in Hotel Don Giovanni, during the European Women’s Chess Championship.

The Conference is open to all ECU federations (representatives, players, officials, etc) aiming to support and promote women and girls in chess on a national and international level.

Some of the Invited Guests and Speakers are: the ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili, the ECU Vice President and FIDE Managing director Ms. Dana Reizniece-Ozola, reigning European Women’s Chess Champion Ms. Elina Danielian, Vice President of Chess Sports Associaton Ms. Lilli Hahn, International Arbiter Ms. Jirina Prokopova.

The scope of the event:

• To share best practices and introduce successful female chess projects
• To engage strong female players to promote chess on local and international level
• To connect on the international level and discuss the possibilities of mutual cooperation.

The Conference is free for all entries. The participants should register for the event until 26th June 2022.

Women Chess Conference Prague 2022 – Official invitation

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The ECU E-Magazine May 2022 is out!

In this edition of the ECU E-Magazine you may read about:

• FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022
• Grand Chess Tour events in Romania and Poland
• Norway Chess 2022
• ECU General Assembly 2022
• “Chess: a Game to be Spread in Schools” Conference
• ECU EDU Working visit to Slovenia
• ECU101 – The SMART Method to Teach Chess seminar
• Queens’ Online Chess Festival
• Upcoming European Corporate Chess Championship 2022
• European Senior Chess Championship 2022
• European Youth Teams & Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2022
• 20th EU Youth Chess Championship 2022
• 4th ESNA European Small Nations Individual Chess Championship 2022
• European Chess Club Cup 2022
• Arbiters Corner
• Fun zone

The May 2022 edition of the ECU E-Magazine can be read online together with interactive links on the following link, or it can be downloaded down below.

ECU E-MAGAZINE May 2022 – PDF Download

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The 4th ESNA European Small Nations Individual Chess Championship 2022 will be held from 24th September – 2nd October 2022 in the Principality of Liechtenstein with the support of European Chess Union.

Federations participating in the event are as follows (alphabetical order): Andorra, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco and San Marino. Each federation shall select one player who will compete in the Championship which will be played in 9 rounds, round-robin system. The time control is: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game, plus 30 seconds increment for every move played starting from the first move.

The Playing Hall will be the Vadozner Huus in the center of Vaduz with all the required commodities.

The federations should complete the registration form for their player and accompanying persons through the www.schach.li/esna. The registration deadline for players and accompanying persons is June 30th, 2022.

Last year, 2021 Liechtenstein Chess Federation celebrated its 50th anniversary since its funding.

Contact information:
The tournament director: Mr. Renato Frick.
Phone (+41) 78 625 28 25
Email: renato@powersurf.li
Official website: www.schach.li/esna

4th ESNA European Small Nations Chess Championship 2022 – Official invitation

Featured photo: Bild: Julian Konrad / Liechtenstein Marketing

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The 38th edition of the Andorra Chess Open will take place from 24th-31st July in Hotel Panorama Andorra. On Monday, July 25th, the Andorra Chess Grand Prix event will be played in Centre de Congressos d’Andorra la Vella. 

The Andorra Open event will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with a total prize fund of 10.500 EUR. The time control will be: 40 moves in 90 minutes and 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from the first move.

The Andorra Grand Prix features a prize fund of 1.525 EUR and will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with Blitz time control: 3 minutes + 2 seconds of increment.

Organizers have a set registration limit of 150 players for the Open event and 100 players for the Andorra Grand Prix tournament.

Official website of the event

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The 37th European Chess Club Cup and the 26th European Women’s Chess Club Cup will simultaneously take place from 2nd – 10th October in Mayrhofen, Austria.

Both events will be played in 7 rounds, swiss system, with time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The total prize fund of the event will be 40.000 EUR (25.000 EUR for the Open event and 15.000 EUR for the Women’s event).

Event’s Schedule:

Each European federation is allowed to take part in this competition and the event is open to:

• Five (5) clubs per federation in which a national team championship is organized or four (4) clubs per federation in which no national team championship is organized. There is no restriction how the clubs will be selected by the National federations.
• Any additional request for participation should be examined by the ECU Board
• In the Women competition all the club members of ECU Federations are allowed to participate.
• Clubs shall be registered through the National chess Federations or direct if there is no objection from the National Chess Federation.

The open teams shall be composed of six (6) players plus two (2) reserves all of whom must be members of the club and were entitled to play for the club in the national team championship of the federation, which was organised within one year before the start of the current European Club Cup. However, players who are foreigners to the federation in which the national team championship is organised, must have played at least two games in this championship. Foreigners are defined as those which are either belonging to another federation in the FIDE Rating List valid at the start of the national team championship or have a permanent residence outside the federation in which this national team championship is organised.

If a participating club wants to include a national or foreign player in the open competition who does not fulfil the requirements of article F.1.2 the club has to pay a reduced player’s license fee to ECU according the player’s FIDE classical rating (each year, 1^st July rating list):

• Rating 2600 and more 1500 EURO*
• Rating 2500 – 2599 1000 EURO*

All the other player’s license fees are waived for the year 2022. For Ukrainian players, all license fees will be waived for 2022.

The women teams shall be composed of four (4) players plus one (1) reserve player. There is no restriction on the composition and all female player’s license fees are waived for the year 2022.

Prize list:

The venue of both tournaments will be Europahaus Mayrhofen – Congress Zillertal.

Every federation that intends to participate, with one or more clubs, must inform the Organizing Committee before August 1^st, 2022 of its acceptance of the invitation specifying the exact number of the clubs participating. A copy should be sent to the Tournament Director Mr. Petr Pisk, e-mail: petr.pisk@centrum.cz. Afterwards, entry forms must be completed and sent to the tournament mail-account office@eccc2022.at no later than August 15^th, 2022.

Contact information:

Organizer: SK Mayrhofen Zell/Zillertal  – Werner Csrnko, MAS, MSc
Contact: IO Johann Pöcksteiner
Telephone: +43 664 2110806
Mail: office@ecc.2022.at
Website: www.eccc2022.at

European Chess Club Cup 2022 – Official Invitation

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The 10th edition of the Norway Chess kicks of today with the Blitz tournament. The event takes place from 30 May – 10 June in Stavanger with participation of 10 world class players.

The field is headlined by reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and includes: Wesley So, Shakhriyar Mammedyarov, Anish Giri, Teimour Radjabov, Viswanathan Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Veselin Topalov, Wang Hao and Aryan Tari who replaced Richard Rapport after his withdrawal.

The pairings of the main event will be announced after the Blitz tournament, which will be played on Monday in 9 rounds, round robin. The Winner of the Blitz tournament will choose his starting number for the round-robin classical event.

The time control of the main classical event will be: 120 minutes on the clock with an increment of 10 seconds after move 4. If the classical game ends in a draw, then the players will play an Armageddon meaning that each round will have five winners.

Players will get the following points per round:

• Victory main game: 3 points
• Loss main game: 0 points
• Draw main game & victory Armageddon: 1.5 points
• Draw main game & loss Armageddon: 1 point

Schedule Norway Chess 2022:

All the games will be broadcasted live and can be followed through the official website of the event.

Photos @Norway Chess
Official website of the event

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The 20th edition of the European Union Youth Chess Championship U8-U14 will take place from 21st – 30th August 2022 in Prague, Hotel STEP.

The event is open for citizens of a member state of the European Union or of a Schengen state. Each federation can register one player, a boy or a girl, in each of the categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, and unlimited number of extra (additional) players.

The 20th EU Youth Chess Championships will be played according to the Swiss System in 9 rounds. The rate of play will be according to FIDE regulations 90 min for the whole game + 30 sec increase for each move played.

The best ranked three players from each category will receive championship trophies, medals and diplomas. Every player of each category will receive a commemorative championship medal and a diploma. Furthermore, players will receive prizes. The winners of each tournament receive a laptop, other medalists will receive a digital clock. Prizes will receive at least the first six players of each category. The total value of the prize fund will be at least 6.000 Euro. Girls in each category will be evaluated separately.

The official venue and the hotel of the event is Wellness Hotel STEP in Prague.

Registrations shall be done online by filling the registration form and sending it on the following email address: zdenek.fiala@chess.cz. The registration deadline is 15th July 2022.

The event is organized by Czech Chess Federation under the auspices of European Chess Union.

Contact information:
Ing. Zdenek Fiala, director of the tournament
E-mail address: zdenek.fiala@chess.cz

Registration form – Download here

20th European Union Chess Championship U8-U14 – Official regulations

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The Chess in School conference “Chess a Game to be Spread in Schools” a took place on 14th May 2022 in Dorint Airport Hotel, Zurich.

On behalf of Swiss Chess Federation Secretary General Mr. Oliver Marti welcomed all participants in Zurich.

Main items in the program:

• CGS project overall presentation
• Psychomotricity on giant chessboard – CASTLE/ERASMUS+ project
• Report of the CGS research and Chess Teaching Models.
• Case Studies by pioneer Chess organisations
• Chess and Coding presentation
• Strategy Games on the chessboard
• Interactive online training platform
• ECU and FIDE Presentations of CIS programs and actions.

Among the speakers were: the ECU President, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, ECU Secretary General Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou, ECU Vice President and FIDE Managing Director Dana Reizniece Ozola, Chairman of ECU EDU Commission Jesper Hall, Luis Blasco de la Cruz (Club Villalba 64), Davide Della Rina – Turin University, Miriam Minardi – CSEN, Alessandro Dominici – Alfiere Bianco, Zurich, Jerry Nash – Senior Adviser for Chess in Education.

The full program and all speakers here

CGS Presentation

Program Output 1 Presentation

Presentation_FIDE_CiE

The Conference was broadcasted LIVE through the ECU Facebook page. Both parts of the conference can be replayed here:

Part 1:

Part 2:

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Photo gallery:

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The series of the Grand Chess Tour 2022 events continues from 17th -23th May with the Superbet Rapid&Blitz in Warsaw, Poland. The event opens tomorrow and kicks off with the Round 1 on Thursday, 19th May.

Ten players will compete for the total prize fund of 175.000$, playing 9 Rapid games (round robin system) and 18 Blitz games (double round robin system). The time control of Rapid games will be 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment, and for the Blitz games: 5 minutes + 2 seconds increment.

Superbet Rapid&Blitz Warsaw 2022 participants:

• Fabiano Caruana
• Richard Rapport
• Wesley So
• Levon Aronian
• Viswanathan Anand
• Jan-Krzysztof Duda
• Radoslaw Wojtaszek
• Anton Korobov
• Kirill Shevchenko
• David Gavrilescu

The Winner of the event will get 12 GCT points, as well as the money prize of 40.000$. Any player who wins a GCT event outright (without the need for a playoff) will earn a bonus GCT Tour Point for the outright victory and the total of 13 GCT points for winning the tournament from the tour. Tour Points are shared equally between tied players and shall not be impacted by the result of any playoff or tiebreaks that may take place.

After the end of the Grand Chess Tour Romania 2022, the overall tour ranking list is led by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So and Levon Aronian who all earned 10 GCT points in Bucharest.

Official website of the events

Featured photo from: tourscanner

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As we have already informed by the CL -2/2022 following the decision- CM1-2022/44 ofFIDE Council on April 28,  ECU Board taking in account the special circumstances, has fanilised the place and the dates of the ECU General Assembly and elections 2022 in Thessaloniki, Greece on Saturday July 23. 

Venue: 

Porto Palace, Hotel Thessaloniki. – https://www.portopalace.gr

Schedule:

Friday,       22  July: Arrival of Delegates – Welcome Reception 

Saturday,   23  July : ECU General Assembly 2022

                     1^st  Session 09.30 – 13.30 / Board Report – ECU Elections 

                     2^nd Session 15.30 – 19.30 / Bid Procedure – Rest Agenda items

Sunday,    24^.  July: Departure of Delegates

Hosting Hotel:

Porto Palace Hotel Thessaloniki (5 stars)

One delegate per federation will be hosted for free, including all meals for two (2) days on 22 and 23 of July in a single room.  

Supplement extra person: 30€ per person per day on full board basis paying direct by the guest to the hotel 

Rate for extra nights or additional participants:  

Single room full board (3 meals):   130 euros per room, per night.

Supplement extra person: 30€ per person per day on full board basis paying direct by the guest to the hotel 

Transportation:

Transfers from and to the airport of Thessaloniki will be free of charge for all participants. Free (7-seater) Shuttle Bus service for hotel guests from/to city center (Aristoteles Squarer) according to schedule and upon request.  

Registration deadline:

You can register for hotel accommodation and transportation till 23 June 2022.

You can register online here: https://forms.gle/RiQDCDbo7H4NJLQn8

ECU Electoral Assembly representation 

Members and Associate Members shall appoint one Permanent Delegate each for the purposes of representation at the ECU. Any such Member or Associate Member may revoke at any time the appointment of its Permanent Delegate and may substitute another representative in his stead. All appointments and revocations shall be made in writing.

Every Member or Associate Member may be represented at the General Assembly by the representative (Permanent Delegate or proxy) of another Member. Any change of delegate or proxies for the electoral Assembly must be registered at the ECU Secretariat till 21^st July 17.00 two days before the opening day of the General Assembly. After this deadline further proxies will not be accepted. The ECU   Secretariat shall publish the complete list of those entitled to vote on the ECU  website by 17.00 22^nd July one day before the opening day of the General Assembly.

Information: ECU Secretariat: ecu.secretary.general@gmail.com

secretariat@europechess.or

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The ECU E-Magazine April 2022 is out!

The May 2022 edition of the ECU Magazine can be read online together with interactive links on the following link, or it can be downloaded in PDF format down bellow.

In this edition of the ECU E-Magazine you may read about:

• European School Chess Championship 2022
• Mitropa Chess Cup 2022
• ECU Circular Letter No.2/2022
• Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2022
• 44th Chess Olympiad, Chennai, India
• European Youth Chess Championship 2022
• Chess in Education Portal
• ECU101 – SMART Method to teach chess seminar
• ECU EDU meetings for Chess in Schools programms
• Reykjavik open 2022
• Belgian Youth Chess Championship 2022
• Queens’ Chess Festival 2022
• Arbiters Corner
• IN MEMORIAM Yuri Averbakh
• Fun Zone

ECU E-Magazine May 2022 – PDF Download

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Dear Chess Friends,

The following nominations have been received within the deadline of the 6^th May 2022, for the ECU Board elections 2022.

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A – Ticket of  Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili:

• President: Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO)
• Deputy President: Mrs. Dana Reizniece-Ozola (LAT)
• Vice President: Mr. Malcolm Pein. (ENG)
• Vice President: Mr. Gunnar Bjornsson (ISL)
• Secretary General: Mr. Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou (GRE)
• Treasurer: Mr. Ion-Serban Dobronauteanu (ROM)

B – Nominations for the 3 Vice Presidents to be elected individually:

• Mr. Sarkhan Gashimov (AZE)
• Mr. Geert Bailleul (BEL)
• Mr. Alojzije Jankovic (CRO)
• Mr. Javier Ochoa (ESP)
• Mr. Jean Michel Rapaire (MNC)
• Mr. Adrian Mikhalchishin (SLO)
• Ms. Eva Repkova (SVK)

All the candidates were nominated by their National Chess Federations, but Mr. Adrian Mikhalchishin nominated by the National Chess Federations of Armenia, Iceland, and Ukraine.  All candidates are eligible to be elected for the European Chess Union Board.   

After the request of the Asian Chess Federation, FIDE Council decided on 28^th of April 2022 to allow Continental Assemblies to be held before or after the Chess Olympiad in Chennai. ECU examines the possibility the ECU General Assembly to be held in Europe prior to the Chess Olympiad and FIDE elections (within the period 20-23 July). The main and exceptional reasons are:

A. The high costs for ECU for the organization of the General Assembly in Chennai, India, exceed the budget item. 
B. The representation of the European Chess Federations at the highest level (Presidents or permanent Delegates) when the General Assembly is held in Europe.
C. The access of bidders to the General Assembly (presentation of their bids) taking into account the extremely high cost of travel to India. 
D. The Asian Chess Federation has already decided not to hold its General Assembly during the Chess Olympiad, which will be organized in Chennai,India.

The ECU Board, taking into account all aspects and after consultation with all interested parties, will inform in the coming days about the final venue and date of the General Assembly ECU in case something changes.

.2. European Chess Championship 2024

By the deadline of the 29^th of April 2022, the following bids has been received:   

2.1 European Senior Teams Chess Championship 2024

• Lignano, Sabbiadoro, Italy
• Brezice, Terme, Catez, Slovenia

2.2. European Senior Individual Chess Championship 2024

• Porec, Croatia,
• Lignano, Sabbiadoro, Italy

2.3 European Amateur Chess Championship 2024

• Zagreb, Croatia

2.4 European Youth Team Chess Championship 2024

• Thessaloniki, Greece

2.5 European Women’s 2024 & Youth Chess Championships 2026 (combined bid)

• Rhodes, Greece

2.6 European School Chess Championship 2024

• Porec, Croatia,
• Limerick, Ireland,
• Bellaria, Rimini, Italy,
• Manaia, Romania,
• Brezice, Terme, Catez, Slovenia

2.7   The European Youth Chess Championship 2024 has already been awarded to Prague, Czech Republic

2.8.  The European Corporate Chess Championship 2024 has already been awarded to Paris, France.

2.9   The European Youth & Rapid Chess Championship 2024 has already been awarded to Pardubice, Czech, Republic.  

.3. European Chess Championships 2023 & 2024 open for bids

3.1 – European Individual Chess Championship 2023 combined with European Club Cup 2024

3.2. – European Individual Chess Championship 2024 combined with European Team Chess Championship 2025.

3.3.  European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2023 and 2024

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With kind Regards,

Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou
ECU Secretary General                   

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The 2022 Mitropa Chess Cup took place from 27th April – 8th May in Corti, Corsica France.

The traditional event for teams from Central Europe was played in 9 round-robin rounds within Open and Women’s sections.

French teams won the historical double gold , winning both Mitropa Cup events. French team in the Open section scored convincing 16 match points to win the event, with Slovenia taking silver with 14 match points. Bronze came to Hungary scoring 13 match points.

A dramatic final round decided the Winner of the Women’s section as France and Slovenia had a direct encounter in the round 9.

A narrow 2.5-1.5 victory for France brought the Winning trophy to the team and a historical result. Slovenia came second with 12 match points, and Hugary claimed bronze with 11 match points thanks to the best board results compared to Italy and Slovakia who had the same scored and tied for bronze.

Final rankings and results can be found here.

During the Mitropa Cup organised by the French Chess Federation and Corsican Chess League, under the auspices of ECU, the Jellysmack Labs hosted the Mitropa hybrid General Assembly and Board Meeting.

The Mitropa Cup is the annual team chess tournament for national teams from Central Europe. The traditional team event this year brings together 10 nations competing against each other in an Open and a Women section on 4 boards each. Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland. The event commenced in 1976 in Innsbruck.

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Only Grandmaster, who reached 100 years passed away in Moscow.

When I was twelve  I was lucky to buy one of the best endgame books! It was Yuri Averbakh three volumes endgame manual. I studied every position from the books! It was his main endgame evergreen work. I could never imagine in that moment ., that after 10 years my first win against Grandmaster will be against Yury Lvovich in the Soviet Semifinal! In endgame! It means, that his education was great.

In eighties, he modernized this work into five books, which are translated into different languages till nowadays! He established himself as one of the most important chess authors of the 20th century. Later he published great memoirs “Silence of the pieces”, “Chess behind the curtains” and “Life of chess player in the System”. Plus many manuals for children and one great book on the Karpov-Kasparov match in Merano 1981. For many years he had Chess school on Soviet TV. For more than 30 years he was a Chief editor of one of the best World Chess magazines “Шахматы в СССР” and “Шахматный Бюллетень”.

He was not just a prolific author, but a very famous Arbiter and Chess functioneer. From 1962 to 1992 he was Vice President and then President of the Soviet Chess Federation, Chairman of the few FIDE Commissions. He introduced a very important system against Kings Indian, which is named after him.

He was active as a second on top level , working with World Champions Mikhail Botvinnik and Tigran Petrosian. He was a Trainer of Soviet Youth Teams in 80ies on many training camps and Youth World Championships. I was lucky to be a member of these teams. I must say, that nobody else had such an honest attitude to the young generation, and his dinner talks to the team we all remember still! Such stories about great players and tournaments helped our generation simply to love chess more! He was a very warm person with a fantastic sense of humor. Averbakh himself called himself a fatalist.

He was top 10 player in 50ies, winning USSSR Championship in 1954 and qualifying for World Candidates Tournament in 1953. In his young years, he could not choose between chess and his engineer work. He graduated from one of the most prestigious and difficult technical Universities  MVTU in Moscow. Difficult war times 1941-45 he spent far from Moscow on the tank repairing factory.

Nobody else in the chess World was active on every level of chess!

Text by GM Adrian Mikhalchishin

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The Queens’ Online Chess Festival 2022, a series of continental women’s online blitz tournaments, starts on June 05, 2022.

The event organized by FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess in cooperation with FIDE Events Commission, is supported by the Asian Chess Federation, the African Chess Confederation, the European Chess Union, and the Confederation of Chess for Americas.

Female players from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas will compete in the Continental Online Blitz Qualification Tournaments first, and those who qualify will advance to the Queens’ Online Individual and Team Finals. 

The festival welcomes all women chess players from around the world of all ages and all rating groups, including unrated chess fans.

To facilitate the registration process national federations are asked to appoint team captains and to send their contact details to queensfestival@fide.com.  Registrations for the tournaments are made by the National Federations by filling this form and sending it to the organizers’ email address: queensfestival@fide.com.

The deadline for registration: 
Friday, May 27, 2022 for America; 
Friday, June 03, 2022 for Africa and Asia; 
Friday, June 09, 2022 for Europe.

To learn more, download the PDF presentation of the event.

Official Regulations of the event

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