Follow europechess, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, Whatsapp etc.) https://follow.it/europechess Thu, 21 Jan 2021 18:24:15 GMT FeedCreatorClass 1.0 dev (follow.it) https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/Rs6m-N46dK_mnZMbTkJK-H1z8-xSOmNl1E6sIStCFYDccF6AIN6SeDWUakCqgd-v6cXVIwq7s0eVChygXz_DiygotAtH5eqHmuAqX-VaQzcnhprb09sbpI0_SNsQohrK <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/392713489/36316" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 392713489" title="Story 392713489"> <p>The first ECU Board meeting in 2021 took place on Saturday 16^th of January 2021 through teleconference. The main areas under discussion and decisions were the following:</p> <p><strong>European Championship/World Championship Qualifications</strong></p> <ol><li>The European Open Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland is rescheduled <strong>for 22^nd May to 2^nd June 2021 </strong>as the final dates to be held to be included in the current FIDE cycle.&nbsp; <br>The final decision about its conduct will be taken within February 2021, according to the deadlines set by the FIDE World Cup 2021 regulations</li><li>If the pandemic conditions will not allow the organizers to issue an invitation by February or/and the situation in whole Europe will maintain restrictions to players travel, and so to postpone the EOC on a later period, the WC qualification stage will be organized in a hybrid-type rated event by May 2021 as was foreseen by the regulations for the FIDE World Cup 2021. ECU has already started the procedure to prepare the conditions and special regulations for such a competition if needed.&nbsp; </li><li>Parallel, ECU and Icelandic Chess Federation examine the possibility the European Championship 2021 in Reykjavik to be held in later dates in August/September 2021 and be included in the next FIDE WC cycle. </li><li>The European Women’s Chess Championship 2021 in Mamaia, Romania is scheduled for 31^st May-13^th June 2021 but in the case of a postponement, is a part of the next Women’s World Championship Cycle.&nbsp; </li></ol> <p>ECU notes that by the new system of World Cup as was announced by FIDE, forty (40) additional spots were set for the European players. ECU Board on its meeting on January 2020 in Larnaca, Cyprus decided not to keep 50% of these additional spots for the European qualification stages but to be distributed to forty (40) European federations. This decision ensured the wide geographical\federations representation to FIDE World Cup. For the rest qualification spots the priority is to give equal chances to all European top and strong players to qualify, competing in a chess tournament.&nbsp; </p> <p><strong>Online and Hybrid Championships </strong></p> <ol><li>ECU has adopted the FIDE Online Regulations with few specifications for the European Championships that will be published.</li><li>ECU Board approved the following European Online/Hybrid competitions for the 1^st half of 2021 while is expected to be possible more &#8220;over the board&#8221; championships to be held in the 2^nd half of 2021 according to the ECU official calendar: <br><br>A. The 1st European Online Open Club Cup will be organized in March 2021 in co-operation with Monaco Chess Federation <strong>from 27^th to 31^st March 2021. </strong><br>B. The 2^nd European Online Rapid #Chess Championship in multiple rating categories and qualifications from one rating level to the next will be organized in April 2021.&nbsp; <br>C. The 2^nd European Youth Online/Hybrid Rapid Championship will be organized by ECU in May 2021. <br>D. ECU will host the 1st European Online Parliamentary Championship March or April 2021. </li></ol> <p><strong>Educational and Training Programs</strong></p> <ol><li>The ECU Arbiters Council organizes two Arbiter Online Certification Courses for titled Arbiters.</li><li>The European Chess Academy will organize the 3rd part of the program “Improve Your Chess” starting on the 22nd of February.</li><li>A partnership three-years was signed between ECU and the C.S.E.N. for the project “Chess: A game to spread at school” as a joint Erasmus+ Project. </li><li>A program of webinars will be scheduled and announced including the special info-webinar for Erasmus+ program. </li></ol> <p>Sincerely, </p> <p>Theodoros Tsorbatzoglo<br>ECU Secretary-General </p> <p><a href="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ECU_CL1_2021_Communique-of-the-ECU_Board.pdf">Communique of the ECU Board Meeting CL No1/2021</a></p><div class='sfsi_responsive_icons' style='display:inline-block; width:100%' data-icon-width-type='Fully responsive' data-icon-width-size='240' data-edge-type='Round' data-edge-radius='5' > <div class="sfsi_responsive_icons_count sfsi_responsive_count_container sfsi_medium_button" style='display:none;text-align:center; 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this year will comprise only Masters event, which will take place from 15-31 January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe id="_ytid_96867" width="665" height="374" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IXRxSeNH_3U?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;showinfo=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;controls=2&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;" class="__youtube_prefs__" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy="1" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=""></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Fourteen top Grandmasters will participate the event which will be played in 13 rounds, Round Robin system of play.Reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2862) will participate the event for the 17th time in his chess career. </p> <p>Among the players are also: Fabiano Caruana (USA, 2823), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA, 2784), Anish Giri (NED, 2764), Alireza Firouzja (FIDE, 2749), Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL, 2743), Pentala Harikrishna (IND, 2732), Daniil Dubov (RUS, 2710), Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL, 2705), David Anton Guijarro (ESP, 2679), Andrey Esipenko (RUS, 2677), Jorden Van Foreest (NED, 2671), Nils Grandelius (SWE, 2663) and Aryan Tari (NOR, 2625).</p> <p>More details about the event can be found <a href="https://tatasteelchess.com/">on the Official website.</a></p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe id="_ytid_82493" width="665" height="374" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BlhKL3ObQTU?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;showinfo=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;controls=2&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;" class="__youtube_prefs__" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy="1" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=""></iframe> </div></figure> <div class='sfsi_responsive_icons' style='display:inline-block; 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The meeting was interactive with video presentations and productive discussion. </p> <p>FIDE President, Mr. Arkady Dvorkovich joined the ECU General Assembly and congratulated ECU for the good work organizing online activities and for the fruitful cooperation in the common FIDE-ECU projects.</p> <p>A detailed video-report of activities of the past year was presented by the ECU Board.  Delegates and participants had the opportunity to comment on the report and make suggestions for future activities.</p> <p>Main information and decisions:</p> <ul class="block-editor-rich-text__editable editor-rich-text__editable" role="textbox" contenteditable="true" aria-multiline="true" data-is-placeholder-visible="false" aria-label="Write list…" aria-autocomplete="list"> <li>The closing of the year 2019 was unanimously approved and the Board was discharged for the year 2019.</li> <li>The ECU Treasurer and Auditor confirmed that ECU is healthy financially, regardless of the past year’s difficulties and is prepared to face any new challenges.</li> <li>The budget for the year 2021 was unanimously approved. Due to the ongoing situation with Pandemic the ECU Board will proceed to any necessary adjustments, during the year.</li> <li>The Arbiters’ Council presented an overview of the activities of the year 2020 and future plans.</li> <li>The Educational Commission presented the report on the 2020 activities and the next steps on the running projects connected with the FIDE development fund and Erasmus+.</li> <li>The achievements of the ECU Women’s Commission were presented and included webinars online training and events like the European Women’s Cub Cup.</li> <li>The Icelandic Chess Federation that will host the European Individual Chess Championship 2021 in Reykjavik, will search the option of moving the event in May 2021.</li> <li>ECU Vice President Mr. Johann Poecksteiner read the message of the founder and 1^st President of European Chess Union Professor Kurt Jungwirth. 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The Technical Organizer was IA Mihail Prevenios (GRE).</p> <p>The Lecturer was IA Takis Nikolopoulos (GRE), FIDE Arbiters’ Commission Honorary Chairman and FIDE Lecturer and the Assistant Lecturer were IA Ilaha Kadimova (AZE).</p> <p>The language of the Seminar was English.</p> <p>The lectures lasted in total for 20 hours with the following subjects:</p> <ol><li>The Laws of Chess ( including Rapid, Blitz and Appendices ) and the duties of the Arbiters in the Tournaments.</li><li>The FIDE Competition Rules and tie-breaks.</li><li>The systems of games, the Swiss system and the pairing rules.</li><li>The FIDE Titles and Ratings Regulations.</li><li>The Regulations for the Titles of the Arbiters.</li><li>The FIDE Fair Play regulations and guidelines for Arbiters.</li></ol> <p>Seventeen (17) women from eleven (11) Federations (RUS (1), CYP (1), IRL (1), ISL (1), ROU (5), GRE (2), ENG (1), SVK (2), MKD (1), NED (1), LAT (1) ) participated in the Seminar.</p> <p>Many examples and cases from tournaments were presented and the participant showed great interest, asking questions and participating in the discussions.</p> <p>Fourteen (14) of them took part in the examination test, which was held after the end of the lectures, and which, according to the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission guidelines, lasted for four (4) hours&nbsp;and covered all the topics of the seminar.</p> <p>The following succeeded in the test and will be awarded a norm for the FIDE Arbiter title, after the approval of the next FIDE Congress/Council:</p> <table class="wp-block-table"><tbody><tr><td> <strong>SURNAME</strong> </td><td> <strong>FIRST NAME</strong> </td><td> <strong>FED</strong> </td><td> <strong>FIDE ID</strong> </td></tr><tr><td> RENDI </td><td> EVA </td><td> ROU </td><td> 1210440 </td></tr><tr><td> LAUTERBACH </td><td> INGRID </td><td> ENG </td><td> 405221 </td></tr><tr><td> IONICA </td><td> IULIA </td><td> ROU </td><td> 1205480 </td></tr><tr><td> FIRARU&nbsp; </td><td> ROXANA-MARIA </td><td> ROU </td><td> 1218972 </td></tr><tr><td> TSEDENOVA </td><td> POLINA </td><td> RUS </td><td> 34130346 </td></tr><tr><td> ROMANOVA </td><td> EMA </td><td> SVK </td><td> 14941961 </td></tr><tr><td> PTACNIKOVA </td><td> LENKA </td><td> ISL </td><td> 305650 </td></tr><tr><td> NADZAMOVA </td><td> REBEKA </td><td> SVK </td><td> 14923076 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/91st-INTERNET-based-FIDE-Arbiters-Seminar-RARTICIPANTS-and-RESULTS-of-the-Examination-Test.xlsx">List of participants</a></p> <p>Report by: IA Takis Nikolopoulos (GRE) FIDE Lecturer and IA Ilaha Kadimova (AZE) Assistant Lecturer</p> <div class='sfsi_responsive_icons' style='display:inline-block; width:100%' data-icon-width-type='Fully responsive' data-icon-width-size='240' data-edge-type='Round' data-edge-radius='5' > <div class="sfsi_responsive_icons_count sfsi_responsive_count_container sfsi_medium_button" style='display:none;text-align:center; 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The second and third team wins the silver and bronze e-medals –&nbsp;<strong>Final Group.</strong></p> <p>Top-ranked four teams will be awarded also with money prizes: 1^st&nbsp;<strong>Winner Team-</strong> <strong>Cercle d&#8217;Echecs de Monte-Carlo (Monaco)</strong> 2500 euros,<strong>&nbsp; 2^nd&nbsp;Winner Team-UGRA (Russia)</strong>&nbsp;2000 euros,&nbsp;<strong>3^rd&nbsp; Winner Team</strong>&#8211; <strong>GAMBIT Volgograd (Russia)&nbsp;</strong>1500 euros and&nbsp;4^th&nbsp;<strong>Winner Team</strong>&#8211; <strong>Poland Hussars (Poland)</strong>&nbsp;1000 euros.</p> <p>Individual e- Medals are won by 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place of each board of final Group. The first winner of each Board will receive 200 euros (5 x 200).</p> <p><strong>The best players of the 1st board: </strong></p> <ul><li>1st place- Gunina Valentrina (GAMBIT Volgograd) 7/9 points</li><li>2nd place- Zawadzka Jolanta (Poland Hussars) 6.5/9 points</li><li>3rd place Mammadzada Gunay (Odlar Yurdu) 5.5/9 points.</li></ul> <p><strong>The best players of the 2nd board: </strong></p> <ul><li>1st place- Kashlinskaya Alina (Clichy-Echecs-92) 6.5/9 points</li><li>2nd place- Girya Olga (UGRA) 5/8 points </li><li>3rd place- Dzagnidze Nana (Cercle d&#8217;Echecs de Monte-Carlo) 5/8 points</li></ul> <p><strong>The best players of the 3rd board:</strong></p> <ul><li>1st place- Papp Petra (Hello Sakk) 4/7 points</li><li>2nd place- Dauletova Gulmir (TREMBLAY EN FRANCE) 5/9 points </li><li>3rd place- Badelka Olga (UGRA) 4/7 points</li></ul> <p><strong>Players with the best score of the 4th board:</strong></p> <ul><li>1st place- Dordzhieva Dinara (UGRA) 7/9 points</li><li>2nd place- Antolak Julia (Poland Hussars) 4.5/7 points</li><li>3rd place- Paehtz Elisabeth (Cercle d&#8217;Echecs de Monte-Carlo) 4.5/7 points</li></ul> <p><strong>The best reserve players (board 5):</strong></p> <ul><li>1st place- Buksa Nataliya (Kyiv Chess Federation &#8211; Greco) 5.5/8 points</li><li>2nd place- Ambartsumova Karina (SK Schwäbisch Hall) 5/7 points</li><li>3rd place- Fataliyeva Ulviyya (Odlar Yurdu) 2.5/5 points</li></ul> <p>European Online Women&#8217;s Club Cup was LIVE broadcasted from ECU live studio, together with live commentaries by GM Marcin Tazbir and WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/131985364_3619154071478118_4361974380685120694_n.png" alt="" class="wp-image-19736" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/131985364_3619154071478118_4361974380685120694_n.png 862w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/131985364_3619154071478118_4361974380685120694_n-300x153.png 300w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/131985364_3619154071478118_4361974380685120694_n-768x391.png 768w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/131985364_3619154071478118_4361974380685120694_n-600x306.png 600w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/131985364_3619154071478118_4361974380685120694_n-665x339.png 665w" sizes="(max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px" /></figure> <p>The event was played within two stages: Qualification and Final.<br>Qualifications were played on 19th and 20th of December, as Round Robin events and the first two teams of each qualification group qualified for Final Group which consisted of 10 teams. 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(ARM, 2402) with 6.5/11 points and Socko Monika (POL, 2421) with 6 points.</p> <p>The best ranked Senior players are awarded with an invitation for European Blitz and Rapid Chess Championship in Katowice 2021: Bykhovsky Avigdor (RUS, 2400) with 5.5 points, Efimov Igor (MNC, 2416) and Mazi Leon (SLO, 2340), each with 5 points.</p> <p>Theodorou Nikolas (GRE, 2554) was the best-ranked U20 player with 8 points, while Mammadzada Gunay (AZE, 2443) was the best ranked Girl U20 with 6.5 points. Garayev Kanan (AZE, 2331) was the best ranked U18 player with 8 points, and Kacharava Nikolozi (GEO, 2443) was the best ranked U16 player. All of them will be awarded an invitation for European Blitz and Rapid Chess Championship 2021.</p> <p>All the results can be found <a href="http://chess-results.com/tnr544022.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=1&amp;flag=30">here.</a></p> <p>The event was hosted by the city of #Katowice and LIVE broadcasted in ECU Live Studio, with commentaries by WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili, GM Marcin Tazo and WFM Maria Leks. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/live1-1024x576.png" alt="" class="wp-image-19723" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/live1-1024x576.png 1024w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/live1-300x169.png 300w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/live1-768x432.png 768w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/live1-600x337.png 600w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/live1-665x374.png 665w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/live1.png 1366w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p><a href="https://www.katowice2020.eu/">Official Website of the event</a></p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are planning to come back to the City of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Katowice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Katowice</a> next year in December, to play &#39;over the board&#39; 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The battlefield is led by: Duda Jan-Krzysztof (POL, 2743), Wojtaszek Radoslaw (POL, 2705), Navara David (CZE, 2697), Sargissian Gabriel (ARM, 2682), Van Foreest Jorden (NED, 2671), Bluebaum Matthias (GER, 2670), Jones Gawain C B (ENG, 2670), Guseinov Gadir (AZE, 2665), Grandelius Nils (SWE, 2663), Melkumyan Hrant (ARM, 2663) and other top European players, together with Sarana Alexey (RUS, 2640)- the Winner of European Online Chess Championship 2020.</p> <p>Starting rank list can be found <a href="http://chess-results.com/tnr543742.aspx?lan=1&amp;zeilen=99999">here.</a></p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/starting-list.png" alt="" class="wp-image-19711" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/starting-list.png 478w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/starting-list-230x300.png 230w" sizes="(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px" /></figure> <p>ECU Presidents Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili sent a welcome message to participants, organisers and sponsors of the event:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe id="_ytid_11184" width="665" height="374" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ztsXibjOu7Y?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;showinfo=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;controls=2&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;" class="__youtube_prefs__" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy="1" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=""></iframe> </div></figure> <p><strong>European Online Blitz Chess Championship will consist of 3 stages: Qualifications, Top16 playoff and Top4 Superfinals.</strong></p> <p>Qualification stage will be played in 11 rounds, Swiss system, with a time control of 3 minutes for the whole game, plus 2 seconds of an increment per each move, starting from move one. The best ranked 16 players will qualify for the Top 16 playoff, which will be played within four games matches + Armageddon (5’ vs 4’ with no increment).</p> <p>The best 4 players from the playoff phase will qualify for Semifinals which will determine the medalists and the Winner of the event. The Superfinal will be played within four games matches + Armageddon. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/schedule.png" alt="" class="wp-image-19713" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/schedule.png 618w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/schedule-300x84.png 300w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/schedule-600x168.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px" /></figure> <p>European Online Blitz Chess Championship will be broadcasted LIVE from 18:00 CET on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanChessTV/?__cft__[0]=AZWSFsoBaE-1Dpi2cV-KEmfi2v_I3GZi9rTIxMCXUMQstYKE695iQqNUBiH_ivmcRGj7iKgpqn6X3Zp6UAMAEMUFA2G9Y2k646PTA257c98MhvMwP9dWlXTkRB0Lw0fAzazdaVPJAkIUVEeS7aQQoE6XY-D2D5_Cz1LsNrgXV6IncQ&amp;__tn__=kK-R">European Chess TV</a> ! The hosts of the broadcasts are: WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili, GM Marcin Tazo and WFM Maria Leks. Broadcast can be followed <a href="https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-online-blitz-championship-2020-prelims/1/1/1">here.</a></p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/live-broadcast-1024x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-19714" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/live-broadcast-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/live-broadcast-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/live-broadcast-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/live-broadcast-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/live-broadcast-600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/live-broadcast-665x665.jpg 665w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/live-broadcast.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p>List of prizes:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/prizes-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-19715" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/prizes-1.png 704w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/prizes-1-283x300.png 283w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/prizes-1-600x636.png 600w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/prizes-1-665x705.png 665w" sizes="(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px" /></figure> <p>European Online #Chess Championship Regulations can be found <a href="https://www.europechess.org/european-online-blitz-chess-championship-official-regulations/">here.</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.katowice2020.eu/">Official website of the event</a></p> <div class='sfsi_responsive_icons' style='display:inline-block; 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ECU and Silesian Chess Federation have the right to accept additional players (wild cards).</p> <p><strong>The event will consist of 3 stages: Qualifications, Top16 playoff and Top4 Superfinals.</strong></p> <p>Qualification stage will be played in 11 rounds, Swiss system, with time control of 3 minutes for the whole game, plus 2 seconds of an increment per each move, starting from move one. The best ranked 16 players will qualify for the Top 16 playoff, which will be played within four games matches + Armageddon (5’ vs 4’ with no increment).</p> <p>The best 4 players from the playoff phase will qualify for Semifinals which will determine the medalists and the Winner of the event. The Superfinal will be play within four games matches + Armageddon. </p> <p>Top 16 players will be awarded with money prizes, medals and trophies. Organisers prepared also the special prizes for the best ranked women players, senior players, boys and girls born in 2000 or earlier and for boys and girls born in 2004 or earlier. </p> <p><strong>The list of prizes:</strong></p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/prizes.png" alt="" class="wp-image-19677" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/prizes.png 704w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/prizes-283x300.png 283w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/prizes-600x636.png 600w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/prizes-665x705.png 665w" sizes="(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px" /></figure> <p>Registrations for the event will be accepted till<strong> registration deadline 17th of December 2020.</strong> Registrations can be done through the playing platform Tornelo on <a href="https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/europechess/events/eobcc-2020 ">t</a><a href="https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/europechess/events/eobcc-2020-only-for-players-2300-fide-rating">he following link</a>. </p> <p>More details about the event can be found in official regulations which can be downloaded below. </p> <p><a href="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/OFFICIAL-REGULATIONS-EUROPEAN-BLITZ-ONLINE-2020_Approved_v4.pdf">European Online Blitz Chess Championship 2020- Regulations</a></p><div class='sfsi_responsive_icons' style='display:inline-block; 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Austria’s current Number 1 Markus Ragger was voted Austria&#8217;s Player of the Century by the readers of &#8216;Schach aktiv&#8217; magazine.<br><br>Shortly after the turmoil of World War I, the Austrian Chess Federation was founded in December 1920 in the Hotel Palace in the chess metropolis of Vienna. The ACF started with 22 clubs.<strong> Josef Krejcik</strong>, who was also one of the strongest players at that time, was elected the first president.<br><br>Krejcik was followed by Josef Hanacik and Franz Cejka, and from 1971 long-term president<strong> Prof. Kurt Jungwirth</strong> shaped Austrian‘s chess life for 46 years. He achieved the recognition of chess as a sport, was founder and president of the ECU and vice-president of the FIDE. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GRA_26_02_2020_5-1024x680.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-19668" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GRA_26_02_2020_5-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GRA_26_02_2020_5-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GRA_26_02_2020_5-768x510.jpg 768w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GRA_26_02_2020_5-391x260.jpg 391w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GRA_26_02_2020_5-600x399.jpg 600w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GRA_26_02_2020_5-665x442.jpg 665w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GRA_26_02_2020_5.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p>Christian Hursky is heading the ÖSB since 2017. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CF_21084-Christian-Hursky-c-christian-fürthner-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-19670" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CF_21084-Christian-Hursky-c-christian-fürthner-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CF_21084-Christian-Hursky-c-christian-fürthner-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CF_21084-Christian-Hursky-c-christian-fürthner-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CF_21084-Christian-Hursky-c-christian-fürthner-391x260.jpg 391w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CF_21084-Christian-Hursky-c-christian-fürthner-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CF_21084-Christian-Hursky-c-christian-fürthner-665x443.jpg 665w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p><a href="https://www.chess.at/pdf/schachmagazin2020.html">The magazine “100 Years of ACF”</a> takes a journey back in time (Wilhelm Steinitz conquered the chess world from Vienna, Carl Schlechter and Rudolf Spielmann were world-class players) and presents the currently strongest German-speaking GM Markus Ragger as Austria&#8217;s player of the century. Managers, artists and politicians like Arnold Schwarzenegger talk about why chess plays an essential role in their lives.<br><br>Further contributions to the magazine are dedicated to the successful work with young talents, the growing female chess scene and the future development of the sport of chess.<br><br>Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili and FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich congratulated the historic #Chess Federation and are convinced that chess in Austria has a bright future ahead of it in the next hundred years.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ECU-Präsident-3-ECU-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-19669" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ECU-Präsident-3-ECU-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ECU-Präsident-3-ECU-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ECU-Präsident-3-ECU-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ECU-Präsident-3-ECU-391x260.jpg 391w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ECU-Präsident-3-ECU-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ECU-Präsident-3-ECU-665x443.jpg 665w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <div class='sfsi_responsive_icons' style='display:inline-block; 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ChessTech2020 will take place online this year, on 5th and 6th December 2020.</p> <p>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 in Chess &amp; Technology.<br>Expectations are that more than 400 decision-makers, technologists and multipliers, businesses representatives will attend the event.</p> <p> Main themes under discussion will be:</p> <ul><li>Online Chess &amp; Cheating</li><li>Streaming</li><li>Hybrid events</li><li>Digital Strategy</li><li>Digital Formats</li><li>Online Learning Systems</li><li>Integrated hardware</li><li>Clubs and Teams</li><li>Time Controls</li><li>Playing Platforms</li></ul> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/download.png" alt="" class="wp-image-19654" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/download.png 604w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/download-212x300.png 212w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/download-600x848.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px" /></figure> <p>More details about the event and details about registrations for the event can be found on <a href="https://www.chessconference.org/">the official website of the conference.</a></p> <div class='sfsi_responsive_icons' style='display:inline-block; 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The event will be played online on the chess24 Playzone, with a time control of 15 minutes+10 seconds of an increment. The total prize fund of the event will be 100.000$, with 30.000$ reserved for the Winner of the event.</p> <p>Games will be live transmitted through <a href="https://chess24.com/en/read/news/the-commentators-of-the-skilling-open">chess24.com</a> , with special live coverage of the event with broadcasts in 8 languages, 4 in English, and separate ones in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Turkish and Portuguese. </p> <p>For the first time, one of the broadcasts includes a state-of-the-art live studio in Oslo with GM David Howell and IM Jovanka Houska, hosted by Kaja Snare. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/howell-houska-kaja.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-19641" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/howell-houska-kaja.jpg 1000w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/howell-houska-kaja-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/howell-houska-kaja-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/howell-houska-kaja-391x260.jpg 391w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/howell-houska-kaja-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/howell-houska-kaja-665x444.jpg 665w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure> <p>Official website:&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://championschesstour.com/">championschesstour.com</a></p> <div class='sfsi_responsive_icons' style='display:inline-block; 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The registration is completed with tuition payment on European chess Academy Bank account or PayPal. </p> <p><strong>Two nominees per European Chess Federation are supported by the European Chess Union (55 spots) and FIDE Development Fund (55 spots). </strong></p> <p>The registration form for all participants and federations nominees in separate form is <a href="http://european-chessacademy.com/index.php/news-bottom-eng/304-ecu-annual-training-program">here </a></p> <p>The lecturers are:</p> <ul><li><strong>GM, FST Adrian Mikhalchishin</strong> &#8211; More than 40 years of coaching experiences </li><li><strong>GM, FST Georg Mohr</strong> &#8211; More than 35 years of coaching experiences </li><li><strong>IM, FT Tadej Sakelsek</strong> &#8211; More than 15 year of coaching experiences </li></ul> <p>Detailed information about the event can be found in invitation down bellow or on the <a href="http://european-chessacademy.com/">European Chess Academy website.</a></p> <p> <strong>Contact information:</strong><br>E-mail: info.zavod.esa@gmail.com <br>Mobile number: 00386 (40) 748 91 </p> <p><a href="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ECU-Annual-Training-Program.pdf">ECU Annual Training Program- Invitation</a></p><div class='sfsi_responsive_icons' style='display:inline-block; 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ECU keeps the right to accept and additional teams.</p> <p>Each team consists of 4 basic players and one reserve player. The composition of the team is open without any restrictions for the female players belonging to any FIDE member federation. During the event, each team will appoint one captain/representative for the technical meeting and communication during the event.</p> <p>By signing in the tournament, all teams and participants confirm to have&nbsp;read and accepted these regulations the terms and conditions of this championship. </p> <p>All the teams and players are recommended to play with a club branded attire and background visible for the event’s livestream coverage.</p> <p>Registrations are made by the Clubs through the online <a href="https://forms.gle/yyu1HkW265zZ88Pf7"><strong>entry form.&nbsp;</strong></a>&nbsp; Registrations are accepted till <strong>Friday 4^thDecember </strong>2020. Entry fee per each team is 150 EUR.</p> <p>The event will be played within Qualification groups of 8 teams, Round Robin 7 rounds and the first two teams of each qualification group will qualify for Final Group which will consist of 8 teams. Time control: 15min + 5 sec per player.</p> <p>Groups will be divided according the average classic rating of 4 basic players. FIDE December 1^st, 2020 list will be taking in account.&nbsp; </p> <ul><li>Group A : &nbsp;&nbsp;1, 8,&nbsp; 9, 16, 17, 24, 25, 32 </li><li>Group B : &nbsp;&nbsp;2, 7, 10,15, 18, 23, 26, 31 </li><li>Group C : &nbsp;&nbsp;3, 6, 11,14, 19, 22, 27, 30 </li><li>Group D : &nbsp;&nbsp;4, 5, 12,13, 20, 21, 28,&nbsp;29 </li></ul> <p>Schedule of the event:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Untitled-2.png" alt="" class="wp-image-19592" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Untitled-2.png 646w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Untitled-2-300x138.png 300w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Untitled-2-600x277.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px" /></figure> <p><strong>The first Team is the European Women’s Club Cup Champion 2020 and will receive the &#8220;Coupe Princesse Charlène&#8221; </strong>during the opening ceremony of the 2021 European Women&#8217;s Club Cup. The second and third team wins the silver and bronze e-medals – <strong>Final Group.</strong> </p> <p>Top ranked four teams will be awarded also with money prizes: 1^st <strong>Winner Team </strong>2500 euros,<strong>&nbsp; 2^nd Winner Team</strong> 2000 euros,&nbsp;<strong>3^rd&nbsp; Winner Team</strong> 1500 euros and&nbsp;4^th <strong>Winner Team</strong> 1000 euros.</p> <p>Individual e- Medals are won by 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place of each board of final Group. 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Five rounds later, Magnus suffered another loss against Aronian in the final round.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SfSSgQUo-1024x903.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-19585" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SfSSgQUo-1024x903.jpeg 1024w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SfSSgQUo-300x265.jpeg 300w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SfSSgQUo-768x677.jpeg 768w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SfSSgQUo-600x529.jpeg 600w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SfSSgQUo-665x586.jpeg 665w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SfSSgQUo.jpeg 1361w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p>Norwegian Champion 2019 Tari Aryan scored 3.5 points and came 6th.</p> <p><a href="https://norwaychess.no/en/results-2020/">Standings &amp; Results</a></p> <p>Photos by: Lennart Ootes</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/QAXR1nOw.jpeg-1024x700.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-19587" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/QAXR1nOw.jpeg-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/QAXR1nOw.jpeg-300x205.jpg 300w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/QAXR1nOw.jpeg-768x525.jpg 768w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/QAXR1nOw.jpeg-474x324.jpg 474w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/QAXR1nOw.jpeg-600x410.jpg 600w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/QAXR1nOw.jpeg-60x42.jpg 60w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/QAXR1nOw.jpeg-665x454.jpg 665w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <div class='sfsi_responsive_icons' style='display:inline-block; 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Each team consists of 16 boards (age categories):&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <ul><li>boys&nbsp; &nbsp;–&nbsp;&nbsp; (2 of each U12-U14-U16-U18 categories)</li><li>girls&nbsp;&nbsp; –&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2 of each U12-U14-U16-U18 categories)</li></ul> <p>All 6 matches played in Round-Robin double matches system were LIVE Broadcasted through chess24.com page, as the official broadcaster of the event.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/chess.24.png" alt="" class="wp-image-19537" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/chess.24.png 837w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/chess.24-300x209.png 300w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/chess.24-768x535.png 768w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/chess.24-600x418.png 600w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/chess.24-200x140.png 200w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/chess.24-60x42.png 60w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/chess.24-665x463.png 665w" sizes="(max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px" /></figure> <p>Congratulations to the Team Asia on becoming the 1st Intercontinental Online Youth Team Chess Champion and to all 64 players for participation and fair-play, who will as prize receive a&nbsp;<strong>Masterclass</strong>&nbsp;(1.5 hour)&nbsp;<strong>by GM Judit Polgar</strong>&nbsp;in two&nbsp;Groups of 32 players. Date and Time will be announced.</p> <p>Shortly before the start of the first round today, the Opening ceremony took place Online, through the participants&#8217; zoom call meeting. ECU Vice President, Dana Reizniece-Ozola, ECU Secretary General, Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou and Chairperson of FIDE Planning and Development Commission, Sonja Johnson, addressed and welcomed all the players and opened the event. Grandmaster Judit Polgar sent to participants the video message, which was played to them during the opening ceremony.</p> <ul class="wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped"><li class="blocks-gallery-item"><figure><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Judit-polgar-1.png" alt="" data-id="19550" data-link="https://www.europechess.org/?attachment_id=19550" class="wp-image-19550" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Judit-polgar-1.png 694w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Judit-polgar-1-300x206.png 300w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Judit-polgar-1-600x412.png 600w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Judit-polgar-1-60x42.png 60w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Judit-polgar-1-665x457.png 665w" sizes="(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px" /></figure></li><li class="blocks-gallery-item"><figure><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sonja-Johson-3.png" alt="" data-id="19551" data-link="https://www.europechess.org/?attachment_id=19551" class="wp-image-19551" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sonja-Johson-3.png 852w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sonja-Johson-3-300x169.png 300w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sonja-Johson-3-768x433.png 768w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sonja-Johson-3-600x338.png 600w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sonja-Johson-3-665x375.png 665w" sizes="(max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px" /></figure></li><li class="blocks-gallery-item"><figure><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dana-Reizniece-Ozola2-2-1024x716.png" alt="" data-id="19552" data-link="https://www.europechess.org/?attachment_id=19552" class="wp-image-19552" 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data-link="https://www.europechess.org/?attachment_id=19556" class="wp-image-19556" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ECU-Secretary-General-3-1024x685.png 1024w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ECU-Secretary-General-3-300x201.png 300w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ECU-Secretary-General-3-768x514.png 768w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ECU-Secretary-General-3-600x401.png 600w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ECU-Secretary-General-3-665x445.png 665w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ECU-Secretary-General-3.png 1039w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure></li><li class="blocks-gallery-item"><figure><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Opening-ceremony-3-1024x677.png" alt="" data-id="19557" data-link="https://www.europechess.org/?attachment_id=19557" class="wp-image-19557" srcset="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Opening-ceremony-3-1024x677.png 1024w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Opening-ceremony-3-300x198.png 300w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Opening-ceremony-3-768x508.png 768w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Opening-ceremony-3-391x260.png 391w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Opening-ceremony-3-600x397.png 600w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Opening-ceremony-3-665x440.png 665w, https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Opening-ceremony-3.png 1039w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure></li></ul> <p>Organising and Arbiters Team:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Arbiters-and-Organising-Team-1024x548.png" alt="" class="wp-image-19539" 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