<![CDATA[europechess]]> Follow europechess, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/europechess Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:30:53 +0200 <![CDATA[European Youth Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2021 – Official regulations]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYejbMiksrjBN2w

The 20th edition of the European Youth Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2021 will take place from 26th-31st December in Novi Sad, Serbia.

The events will be played in 6 age categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18, open and girls sections separately.

The event features 4 Championships: European Youth Individual Chess Championship, European Youth Individual Blitz Chess Championship, European Team Youth Chess Championship and European Championship in solving chess problems.

The first on the schedule will be the 20th European Youth Individual Rapid Chess Championship (U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18, open and girls sections separately), taking place from 27th-28th December. The event will be played in 9 rounds, Swiss system, with time control: 15 minutes+ 10 seconds of an increment.

Registration fee is 20 EUR per participant. The best 3 players, in each category, will receive trophies, medals, and gift prizes.

European Problems solving Championship will take place on 28th of December. The event will be organized within 3 age categories: U10, U14 and U18, open and girls categories separately.

Registration fee is 5 EUR per participant. The best 3 players, in each category, will receive trophies, medals, and gift prizes.

20th European Youth Individual Chess Championship will be played on 29th and 30th of December. The event will be played in 6 age categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18 (open and girls separately), in 9 rounds, Swiss system, with time control of 3 minutes + 2 seconds of an increment.

Registration fee is 5 EUR per participant. The best 3 (three) players, in each category, will receive trophies, medals, and gift prizes.

European Team Chess Championship 2021 will be played on 30th of December, within U10, U14 and U18 age sections.

Teams should be composed of 4 players without reserves from the same federation. The tournament will be held in 7 rounds, according to the Swiss system, with the rate of play: 10 minutes + 5 seconds of an increment.

Registration fee is 20 EUR per team. Members of the 3 (three) best placed teams in each will receive trophies, medals, and gift prizes.

Registration of participants should be done exclusively by filling out the registration form and sending it to the e-mail address of the organizer, no later than December 3rd, 2021.

All information, including the registration form, can be found on the official website of the tournament: www.youthchess.org

Contact Email: youthchess2021@gmail.com

Contact person: Boško Stanimirović, tel: +381 63 840 6135 (Viber + whatsApp)

Official regulations – European Youth Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2021

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]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 13:39:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYejbMiksrjBN2w <![CDATA[Chess Ambassadors for the Environment]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYejbF1YHe5H4Pw

European Chess Union and Judit Polgar’s Global Chess Festival invite one player U12 from each European Chess federation to take part in the special chess and social event “Chess Ambassadors for the environment”. 

The event will take place on Saturday 9th of October with the following program.

11:30  CEST  Lecture & Q&A session for the Environment & the Climate Change  

           Eleni Svoronou, Head of environmental education of WWF Greece

12:15 CEST   Break. 

13:00 CEST   Judit’s Polgar Masterclass / Chessable Classroom

14:00 CEST   Blitz Tournament 5min + 5 sec. – 7 rounds/ Chessable Platform 

In all events will take part actively one player by Federation but the events will be in a live stream so everybody will have access to the Lecture (English) and the Masterclass. 

Certificates and Prizes

All participants will receive a special certificate of “Chess Ambassadors of the Environment” 

The first 3 winners of the Blitz Competition will take the following gifts from the WWF program and the Judit PolgarChess Foundation.

1st Prize:  Adoption of a Polar Bear, + Chessable course of Master Your Chess with Judit Polgar 

2nd Prize:  Adoption of a Pinguin, + Chessable course of Master Your Chess with Judit Polgar 

3rd Prize:  Adoption of a Dolphin, + Chessable course of Master Your Chess with Judit Polgar 

Registration

Each National Chess Federation has the right to register one player U12 (boy or girl) to the following online form till Friday 1st October: 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSegsek3eQhszznVLzRKOxkViSg8Qg4ZswJIcq_nVjiRg7UjHQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

After the end of registration, the players will receive by email the necessary information and links to join the events. All registered players are kindly requested to have the day of the festival their country mini flag or behind them a banner with their flag. 

More information about Global Chess Festival

https://www.globalchessfestival.com
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]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 07:55:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYejbF1YHe5H4Pw <![CDATA[European Club Cup 2021 starts]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYeiMlqi1J1pb4A

The 36th European Club Cup and the 25th European Club Cup for Women open tomorrow in Struga, Ohrid Lake, North Macedonia. The events will simultaneously take place from 17th-25th September in two different venues: Hotel Drim (Women’s event) and Hotel Izgrev (Open event).

38 teams will participate in the 36th European Club Cup and the battlefield is led by teams of Alkaloid (Average rating of players 2713, North Macedonia), Mednyi Vsadnik (Average rating of players 2694, Russia), Novibor (Average rating of players 2677, Czech Republic), KPRF (Average rating of players 2655, Russia), C.A. Silla – The Origin of Modern Chess (Average rating of players 2612, Spain) and others.

Among the players who will defend the colours of their teams will be world elite grandmasters, such as: reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2855, Offerspill Chess Club), Grischuk Alexander (RUS, 2775, KPRF), Mamedyarov Shakriyar (AZE, 2762, Alkaloid), Andreikin Dmitry (RUS, 2728, Alkaloid), Harikrishna Pentala (IND, 2725, Novibor)…

Starting list of teams and participants can be found here.

Photo from European Club Cup 2018, Porto Carras, Greece

Teams of Monte Carlo (Average rating of players 2513, Monaco), GRECO-Kyiv Chess Federation (Average rating of players 2501, Ukraine) and South Ural (Average rating of players 2441, Russia) are the top seeds of the Women’s European Club Cup.

Among the participants are: Goryachkina Aleksandra (RUS, 2608, Monte-Carlo), Muzychuk Mariya (UKR, 2540, GRECO-Kyiv Chess Federation), Muzychuk Anna (UKR, 2534, GRECO-Kyiv Chess Federation), Dzagnidze Nana (GEO, 2525, Monte-Carlo), Shuvalova Polina (RUS, 2510, Alkaloid)…

Starting rank list of teams and list of participants can be found here.

Photo from European Women’s Club Cup 2018, Porto Carras, Greece

Both events will be played in 7 rounds, with time control of 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.

Schedule of the event:

The total prize fund of events will be 44.000 EUR, with 28.000EUR for the Open section and 15.000 EUR for Women’s event. Despite the prizes for the best ranked 5 teams in each section, there will be special prizes for the best individuals per board, as well as special prizes for players with the best performance from a “European Small Nations” club.

Details and regulations of the events can be found on the Official Website.

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]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 07:50:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYeiMlqi1J1pb4A <![CDATA[ECU E-MAGAZINE AUGUST 2021]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYejf1Jg5yS5LNg

ECU E-Magazine August 2021 is out!

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

  • European Individual Chess Championship 2021
  • European Women’s Individual Chess Championship 2021
  • European Senior Team Chess Championship 2021
  • Upcoming European Club Cup 2021
  • Upcoming European Senior Chess Championship 2021
  • Invitation for European Youth&Junior Chess Championships 2021
  • Upcoming Seminars in September
  • Arbiters Corner
  • Legends Questions
  • In Memoriam – GM Evgeny Sveshnikov

The August 2021 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 August 2021 – Download PDF

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]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2021 11:27:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYejf1Jg5yS5LNg <![CDATA[European Senior Team Chess Championship 2021 concluded]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYehW4rNM3bZl0g

European Senior Team Chess Championship 2021 concluded yesterday in Prague, Czech Republic.

The event was played in two sections: 50+ and 65+. The Winner of 50+ category became the domestic team, team of Czech Republic with score of 17 match points.

Team of Slovakia was second, lagging behind the Winners for only one match point. With 16 match points, Slovakia claimed silver.

The Czech team “1960-69” was third with 13 match points.

The best Women team of 50+ section was Czech Republic with 8 match points.

European Senior Team Vice-Champion in Women’s section became Germany with 3 match points.

Israel1 claimed the title of European Senior Team Chess Champion of 65+ section. With 8 victories and one drawn match Israel scored final 17 match points to be the sole Winner of the event.

Second place came to German team “Lasker Schachstiftung GK” with 16 match points.

Teams of France and “Lysa nad Labem – 100 Let” (CZE) tied for the third place with 12 match points each, but according to number of board points, France took bronze.

German Women Team claimed the gold of Women’s 65+ category with 7 match points.

Czech Republic Women’s team was silver with 6 match points.

Final standings

The 2021 European Senior Team Chess Championship took place from 29th August – 8th September, in organization of AVE-KONTAKT Pardubice agency, Czech Chess Federation and European Chess Union.

The total prize fund of the event was 6.000 EUR with material prizes for the best individual players per each board.

Official Website of the event

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]]> Wed, 08 Sep 2021 09:37:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYehW4rNM3bZl0g <![CDATA[Work4Chess – Conference]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYejDyEja_3gXuw

An online conference with a focus on restarting chess in leagues, clubs and schools, titled Work4Chess, is held on Saturday, 18 September 2021, in English. The meeting also has sessions on hybrid chess and preventing cheating through education, workshops on marketing and improving the user experience, and exhibitor presentations by Tornelo, Play Magnus Group and others. All recordings stay available for registrants until 27 September. Thanks to an ECU grant all officials and staff members of ECU member federations participate for free. Claim your free access code by sending – just enter re: Work4Chess – from the e-mail address you will register with to  sl@chesstech.org

Register here after you take your free code: https://a.beamian.com/#/event/work4chess

Conference Program https://bridge.beamian.com/event/475/sessions

The new season is coming. Players and organisers are keen on returning to the boards. More chess events than ever seem to be in the making. But planning and managing events is complicated by uncertainties over Covid-19 variants, the efficacy of the vaccination programmes, and ever-changing public regulations. ChessTech is bringing experts and activists together for a one-day conference to help federations and clubs cope with these challenges as well as to make the best out of tens of millions new players who discovered online chess or got hooked by The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix.

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]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2021 20:39:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYejDyEja_3gXuw <![CDATA[Anton Demchenko is the European Chess Champion for 2021]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYehuKFQehU1jGg

After 11 played rounds at the 2021 European Individual Chess Championship 2021, Russian Grandmaster Anton Demchenko (RUS, 2597) triumphed the event to claim the title of European Champion.

Demchenko drew as black in the last round against Deac Bogdan-Daniel to score 8.5 points. Meanwhile, 17 years old Keymer Vincent (GER, 2602) managed to build a winning position against Vocaturo Daniele (ITA, 2630) who made a decisive mistake in the endgame. With a decisive result in the last round, Keymer scored 8.5 points to share the top with Anton Demchenko.

Tiebreak criteria (average rating of opponents) decided that Demchenko Anton gets gold and Keymer Vincent the silver. Additionally, as the best Junior U20 player Keymer Vincent was granted the seat in FIDE Grand Swiss, according to ECU Board decision.

European Online Chess Champion 2020 – Alexey Sarana (RUS, 2643) and Deac Bogdan-Daniel (ROU, 2639) tied for the third place scoring 8 points, each. According to tiebreak criteria, Sarana came third and Deac took fourth place.

The best ranked 23 players of the Championship qualified for the next FIDE World Cup:

1GMDemchenko Anton RUS25978.5
2GMKeymer Vincent GER26028.5
3GMSarana Alexey RUS26438
4GMDeac Bogdan-Daniel ROU26398
5GMPiorun Kacper POL26087.5
6GMMamedov Rauf AZE26547.5
7GMErdos Viktor HUN26147.5
8GMHuschenbeth Niclas GER25927.5
9GMNavara David CZE26757.5
10GMSanal Vahap TUR25577.5
11GMBluebaum Matthias GER26747.5
12GMVocaturo Daniele ITA26307.5
13GMAntipov Mikhail Al. RUS26077.5
14GMPaichadze Luka GEO25647.5
15GMYilmaz Mustafa TUR26307.5
16GMFridman Daniel GER26217.5
17GMMamedov Nidjat AZE25957.5
18GMSvane Rasmus GER26157.5
19GMGabuzyan Hovhannes ARM25877
20GMIvic Velimir SRB25717
21GMNagy Gabor HUN25187
22GMBjerre Jonas Buhl DEN25507
23GMLagarde Maxime FRA26317

Besides regular prizes, also the special prizes for the best ranked Juniors, Seniors, Females and ACP players (who did not take a regular prize), were awarded during the Closing ceremony which took place yesterday evening.

Two Junior players tied for the prize of the best ranked Junior, scoring 7 points each. According to tiebreaks, Bjerre Jonas Buhl (DEN, 2550) was 1st Junior player to be awarded with special prize, Sokolovsky Yahli (ISR, 2415) was second and Horvath Dominik (AUT, 2455) was third with 6.5 points.

Ftacnik Lubomir (SVK, 2513) was the best ranked senior player with score of 6 points. Hillarp Persson Tiger (SWE, 2543) and Hjartarson Johann (ISL, 2519) had the same score, but tiebreak criteria decided that Ftacnik gets the 1st prize, Hillarp took the 2nd and Hjartarson was third.

Maltsevskaya Aleksandra (RUS, 2409), Gueci Tea (ITA, 2188) and Butenandt Svenja (GER, 2036) tied for the prize of the best female player. According to tiebreaks, Maltsevskaya was first, Gueci took second prize, and Butenand came third.

Final rankings can be found here.

ECU Deputy President Mr.Gunnar Bjornsson and ECU Vice President and FIDE CEO Dana Reizniece-Ozola took part in the awarding ceremony and declared the event officially closed.

Arbiters team of the European Individual Chess Championship 2021:

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]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2021 10:25:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYehuKFQehU1jGg <![CDATA[Call for Bids – 2023 European Championships]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYeh7nTiB6xaRTA

The European Chess Union invites the National federations members to submit bids for the organization of the official European Chess Championships in 2023.

The bids must be submitted exclusively in the Bid form regulated by the ECU (in the attachment). For any additional documents delivered separately from the bid form, it must be stated in the bid form what they relate to. Any document that reaches the ECU office after the official deadline will not be taken into consideration.

The deadline for bids to reach the European Chess Union office is the Friday 1st of October 2021. by 4 PM CET. All the bids must reach the European Chess Union office by e-mail  ecu.secretary.general@gmail.com

A. The bidding procedure is open for the following ECU chess championships in 2023:

  1. European Individual Open Championship (estimated number of players: 350)
  2. European Open & Women Team Championship (estimated number of players 300 – teams 70) Bids for No1 and No2 events are accepted only as a combined bid (dates are different as also venues can be different)
  3. European Open Club Cup (estimated number of players: 360 – 60 teams)
  4. European Rapid & Blitz Championship (estimated number of players: 700)
  5. European Women’s Rapid & Blitz Championship (estimated number of players: 100)
  6. European Amateur Championship (estimated number of players: 200)
  7. European Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships (estimated number of players: 300) *

 *The 2021 respective event is scheduled for December in Novisad, Serbia, in case of postponement then the bid will be transferred to 2024).

B. Bid fees

Championship Open for bid Bid fee (euros)
European Open Championship 1000
European Team Chess Championship (Open and Women) 1000
European Open Club Cup 1000
European Rapid & Blitz Championship 500
European Rapid & Blitz Championship for Women 500
European Amateur Championship 500
European Youth Rapid and Blitz Championship 500

A bid will only be taken into account if the federation concerned has paid a bid fee (as the table above), for each championship, to the bank account of the European Chess Union within one week after the deadline.

The deadline for the payment of a bid fee is the Friday 8th of October 2021.

 C. Capacity of the Playing Halls

According the ECU Tournament regulations, the total space is calculated according the estimated number of participants of each event. Each Championship shall be played in the same paying hall. Multiple playing halls will be evaluated with fewer points by the inspectors.

The minimum size of a tournament hall shall foresee 3m2 per board and additionally 40 % (25% for youth tournaments) space for players’ and spectators’ corridors. The distance between the chess boards and the spectators should be not less than 1m.

Official_ecu_bid_form

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]]> Sat, 04 Sep 2021 10:14:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYeh7nTiB6xaRTA <![CDATA[European Senior Team Chess Championship 2021 starts]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYehvGbaPopkOIw

European Senior Team Chess Championship 2021 starts today in Prague, Czech Republic.

The event is played in two sections: 50+ and 65+.

10 teams will take part in 50+ European Senior Team Chess Championship, Top seeders are: Czech Republic, Slovakia and 1960-69 Czech team.

21 teams from 9 European federations registered for 65+ category. The battlefield is led by: Lasker Schachstiftung GK (Germany), Lysa Nad Labem – 100 Let (Czech Republic) and Israel 1.

146 players in total are attending the competition, among 15 GMs and 26 IMs. List of players is fulfilled with well known names: GM Hracek Zbynek (CZE, 2565), GM Stohl Igor (SVK, 2462), GM Haba Petr (CZE, 2444), GM Vaisser Anatoly (FRA, 2469), GM Knaak Rainer (GER, 2476), GM Kalinitschew Sergey (GER, 2434), GM Jansa Vlastimil (CZE, 2420), GM Vlastimil Hort (GER, 2385) and others.

Starting lists of teams and lists of participants can be found here.

Both sections will be played in 9 rounds, with time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves+ 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per each move, starting from the move one. The official venue – Hotel Don Giovanni.

Live Coverage

More details about the event can be found on the Official Website.

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]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:24:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYehvGbaPopkOIw <![CDATA[European Chess Championship 2021 kicked off in Reykjavik]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYeiBnAy-GzfiSw

European Individual Chess Championship 2021 kicked off yesterday in Reykjavik, Iceland.

The event was opened shortly before the start of the first round. Prime Minister of Iceland Mrs. Katrín Jakobsdóttir and the ECU Deputy President and Chief Organiser Mr. Gunnar Bjornsson addressed the players and made the 1st inaugural move in the game between GM Jones Gawain C B (ENG, 2684) and IM Baltag Iulian (MDA, 2410).

The 1st round of the event brought interesting games and fights and only 7 games ended in a peaceful manner with a draw. Three favourite Grandmasters suffered huge upsets: GM Banusz Tamas (HUN, 2631) lost against FM Heimisson Hilmir Freyr (ISL, 2309), Wecker Martin (GER, 2195) defeated GM Bosiocic Marin (CRO, 2610) and Kueng Nicolas (SUI, 2005) took a victory over GM Hillarp Persson Tiger (SWE, 2543).

Results, pairings and standings

The top 40 boards of each round can be followed live through the Official Website of the event or through the ECU Website.

The Organisers provided LIVE commentaries on games which can be followed through the youtube channel or through the twitch channel.

The round 2 of the European Individual Chess Championship 2021 starts today from 17:00 CEST and the top pairings are:

1IMSuleymanli Aydin 25361 1GMJones Gawain C B 2684
2GMValsecchi Alessio 25271 1GMNavara David 2675
3GMBluebaum Matthias 26741 1GMVan Foreest Lucas 2544
4GMGrandelius Nils 26661 1GMBasso Pier Luigi 2541
5GMDonchenko Alexander 26571 1GMPlat Vojtech 2531
6GMFerreira Jorge Viterbo 25201 1GMAbasov Nijat 2656
7GMMamedov Rauf 26541 1IMPetrov Martin 2521
8GMSarana Alexey 26431 1GMHjartarson Johann 2519
9GMStefansson Hannes 25191 1GMDeac Bogdan-Daniel 2639
10GMMartirosyan Haik M. 26321 1GMSteingrimsson Hedinn 2519

European Individual Chess Championship 2021 is a qualification event for the FIDE World Cup 2023 and the best ranked player aged U20 will be granted a qualification spot for the 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss. The total prize fund of the event is 100,000EUR, with 20.000EUR reserved for the Winner of the event.

Official Website of the event

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]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2021 08:13:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYeiBnAy-GzfiSw <![CDATA[Winners of European Union Youth Chess 2021 announced]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYeh8dyLbh_mU7w

The EU Youth Chess Championship 2021 concluded in Kouty nad Desnou/Czech Republic on Sunday, August 22nd.

The last rounds were full of fights and tension. Vladimir Sofronie (ROU) took the first place in Open U8 category, the second place came to Maksymilian Janeczek (POL) and Stepan Kroulik (CZE) was third.

Aleksandra Pehlivanova (BUL) triumphed Girls U8 section, Emma Cretescu (ROU) was second, and the third place came to Amalie Martikanova (CZE).

Champion EU in category Boys U10 has become Andrei Negrean (ROU), silver medal took Danail Popzafirov (BUL) and the third place took Filip Kulich (SVK). In category Girls U10 has won Ariana Badica (ROU), second place took Sofiia Markina (CZE) and the third place took Eliska Janouskova (CZE).

Kamil Warchol (POL) won the event in Open U12 section, Matej Jasso (CZE) came second while Roman Popov (CZE) took bronze.

Timea Haasova (SVK) became the Girls U12 EU Champion, Ena Bangerter (SUI) won silver and Valerie Barteckova (CZE) took the third place.

Ondrej Winter (CZE) took the first place in Open U14 section, Iosif Ciocani (ROU) came second and the third place came to Nikola Kanov (BUL).

Lucia Kapicakova (SVK) became the Winner of Girls U14 category, Ioana-Bianca Chicarosie (ROU) took second place and bronze came to Adela Janouskova (CZE).

Final rankings of all sections can be found here.

Players who took first three places in each of categories got a cup and diploma. Every participant of EUYCC got a medal. All eight EU champions are leaving Kouty nad Desnou with a notebook! The next five players in each category also got valuable prizes. Every player got a T-Shirt with a logo of EUYCC.

The prizes were given by director of the event Mr. Zdenek Fiala together with the tournament director of ECU Mr. Petr Pisk. EU Youth Chess Championship 2021 under the patronage of the ECU was organized by Sachovy klub Svetla nad Sazavou in cooperation with the Czech Chess Federation. Boys and girls have played in the same tournament. Eventually boys and girls were evaluated separately. Championship had 81 players from 10 federations. All games were on-line transmitted.

Young players have been pleased by awarding best game of each round. Thanks to the performance during the last three rounds these players were awarded: Aleksandra Pehlivanova (BUL), Danail Popzafirov (BUL), Jan Vana (CZE), Daniel Kulich (SVK), Emma Cretescu (ROU), Eliska Janouskova (CZE), Teodor-Stefan Anghelescu (ROU), Tamir Artan (SUI), Bozhidar Mihaylov (BUL), Nikol Barteckova (CZE), Kamil Warchol (POL) and Simon Lang (CZE).

Organizers awarded the best game in each category – for the best game in boys category was announced Andrei Negrean (ROU) for his game against A. Tsolov (cat. B10, round 7) and Sofiia Markina (CZE) for her game against Matej Mydlar (cat. G10, round 8).

For all participants and accompanying persons, the organizers had prepared chess and non-chess leisure time activities (simultaneous games with IM Pisk, blitz tournament, trips).

On Friday morning there was a return simultaneous game with IM Petr Pisk.  There were 11 players, who had as Petr Pisk 30 minutes on their clocks. The result was 8,5 : 2,5 for IM Pisk (Marian Jurky (SVK) won and draw was made by David Kluska (SVK), Jan Bara a Vit Vilimek (both CZE).

Participants of the championship had available many leisure time activities. In the hotel, they could use a swimming pool, wellness, sauna, table tennis, bowling, pool, etc. On the official website organizers placed a photo gallery from the tournament and other activities.

The final report of the Organizers can be downloaded here.

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]]> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:56:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYeh8dyLbh_mU7w <![CDATA[European Individual Chess Championship 2021 starts in Reykjavik]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYeiP5YxBA_UHpQ

European Individual Chess Championship 2021 kicks off on Thursday, 26th of August in Reykjavik, Iceland.

190 players coming from 36 different European federations will participate the event, fighting for the title of European Champion and qualification spots for the FIDE World Cup 2023. The best ranked player aged U20 will be granted a qualification spot for the 2021 FIDE Grand Swiss.

The total prize fund of the event is 100,000EUR, with 20.000EUR reserved for the Winner of the event.

The battlefield is led by 32 players rated 2600+, and the top seeds are: Jones Gawain C B (ENG, 2684), Sargissian Gabriel (ARM, 2682), Navara David (CZE, 2675), Bluebaum Matthias (GER, 2674), Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter (GER, 2671), Grendelius Nils (SWE, 2666), Lupulescu Constantin (ROU, 2659), Donchenko Alexander (GER, 2657), Abasov Nijat (AZE, 2656), Mamedov Rauf (AZE, 2654) and others…

Starting list of the players

The event will be played in 11 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.

All the players need to follow the health protocol and personal safety measures that are detailly described on the official website of the event.

The official venue of the championship is Hotel Natura, a historic place with a rich history of chess events held there. Bobby Fischer stayed at this hotel during his 1972 World Championship match against Boris Spassky. A replica of the famous table used in 1972 can be found at the hotel. Several other high-profile events have been held at the hotel, including the 1977 Spassky vs. Hort Candidates match and the 1991 GMA World Cup. as well as the GMA World Cup in 1991.

Official regulations of the event can be found here.

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]]> Mon, 23 Aug 2021 12:10:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYeiP5YxBA_UHpQ <![CDATA[Danielian Elina wins European Women’s Chess Championship 2021]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYeh0ngxA-ljRVQ

After 11 played rounds at the 2021 European Women’s Chess Championship in Iasi, Romania, GM Danielian Elina (ARM, 2407) triumphed the event.

Danielian Elina won the last round against WIM Narva Mai (EST, 2276) to be the sole Winner and to take the crown of European Women’s Chess Champion 2021 with final score of 9 points.

After a tough 60 moves draw in the last round against GM Khotenashvili Bela (GEO, 2471), IM Osmak Iulija (UKR, 2418) came second scoring 8.5 points.

Kiolbasa Olivia (POL, 2288) and Buksa Nataliya (UKR, 2413) drew in the last round ending with a same score of 8 points and tying for the bronze. According to tiebreak criteria, Kiolbasa won the third place.

Results and standings

According to ECU Board decision and FIDE regulations, top 10 players qualified for the next FIDE Women’s World Cup. By the decision of the ECU Board, the first player U20 – Sargsyan Anna M. (ARM, 2388) is awarded with qualification to FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss 2021.

Qualifiers for the next FIDE Women’s World Cup:

Rk. NameFEDRtgIPts. TB1
1GMDanielian Elina ARM240792404
2IMOsmak Iulija UKR24188.52388
3WIMKiolbasa Oliwia POL228882372
4IMBuksa Nataliya UKR241382334
5WGMSargsyan Anna M. ARM23887.52370
6IMMammadova Gulnar AZE23857.52360
7GMKhotenashvili Bela GEO24717.52358
8WIMNarva Mai EST22767.52346
9IMArabidze Meri GEO24387.52329
10WGMGarifullina Leya RUS23857.52327
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]]> Fri, 20 Aug 2021 20:46:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYeh0ngxA-ljRVQ <![CDATA[Open Chess Tournaments in Armenia]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYejka-61iPZLhg

Chess Academy of Armenia and Armenian Chess Federation organize two Open Chess Tournaments in the period from 4-22 October 2021.

The first tournament of the chess tour is “Chess Mood” International Open which will take place from 4th-12th October at a 5 stars Tsaghkadzor Mariott Hotel.

The event will be held within two groups: A (for players rated 2000+) and B (for players rated less than 2000). The time control of A event will be 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, plus 30 minutes till the end of the game with 30 seconds increment starting from move one. The time control of the B event will be 90 minutes for the whole game with 30 seconds increment starting from move one.

The total prize fund of events will be 21000 USD.

“Chess Mood” International Open tournament – Regulations and invitation

Immediately after the “Chess Mood” Open, Yerevan Chess Federation organizes the “Yerevan Open” International tournament from 13th-22nd October.

The event will take place at Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex, a historic venue where the 1996 Olympiad took place.

The event will be played within two sections: A (for players rated more than 2100) and B (for players rated less than 2200). Both events will be played according to Swiss system with time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, plus 30 minutes till the end of the game with 30 seconds increment per move, starting from move one.

The prize fund of the tournament is 22 500 USD.

3rd Yerevan Open – Regulations

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]]> Thu, 19 Aug 2021 14:29:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYejka-61iPZLhg <![CDATA[EVGENY SVESHNIKOV – Cheliabimsk Warrior]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYeg2wDhOCC2Cyw

Unbelievable news-Evgeny Sveshnikov died after seemed overcomed COVID 19.

He was just 71, always full of ideas. His dream was to participate in Seniors Championships (he won a lot) and to meet old friends. He really fought for Seniors chess and for the intellectual rights of chess players. He was one of the members of the famous Cheliabinsk school, together with Panchenko, Timoshchenko, Dvoirys.

From early years became a top Soviet junior, won Soviet Young Masters, became World student Champion. Participated in many Soviet Championships, fighting successfully against such legends as Tal, Petrosian, Spassky with whom he had together Chess school. He won many top team competitions in many countries.

His career was stopped for one year, when he fought successfully cancer. But he was known by the all chess World as the inventor of the famous Cheliabinsk in Sicilian. He was improving it constantly up to the moment when his child became the most dangerous weapon of best players.

Last years he spent in Riga with his wife and two sons, chess players.
We, all his friends will always remember Cheliabinsk Warrior!

Text by GM Adrian Mikhalchishin

Two years ago, in September 2019, Evgeny Sveshnikov gave us the pleasure to answer the 10 legends questions prepared by Adrian Mikhalchishin.

Find the interview below.

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]]> Wed, 18 Aug 2021 20:40:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYeg2wDhOCC2Cyw <![CDATA[FIDE Grand Swiss – ECU nominees]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYegrvVq6uxM1wg

Based on the final announcement for the organisation of FIDE Grand Swiss in Riga, Latvia, from October 25 to November 8, 2021, the tournament rules and the recent information from FIDE, that the president of ECU shall nominate two players (one for the open tournament and one for the women’s tournament) by September 5, ECU Board announces :

The ECU policy is to decide all qualifications in competition and transapency and to give more chances to the new generations. Therefore, under today’s special conditions, the 2 ECU wildcards will be awarded to the first player U20 at the European Open Chess Championship 2021 in Reykjavik, Iceland, and to the first player U20 at European Women’s Chess Championship 2021 in Iasi, Romania. If they have already qualified via the rating, the place will go to the next U20 player.

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]]> Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:50:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYegrvVq6uxM1wg <![CDATA[European Women’s Chess Championship 2021- R8 report]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYejf1XEBvz2qQg

Eight rounds have been already played at the 2021 European Women’s Chess Championship in Iasi, Romania.

23 years old Osmak Iulija (UKR, 2418) emerged on the top as the sole leader of the event after defeating Maltsevskaya Aleksandra (RUS, 2409). With a score of 7 points, Osmak is half a point ahead of Danielian Elina (ARM, 2407), while seven players tie for the third place, scoring 6 points, each.

Results, pairings and current standings

Only three rounds left to be played before the announcement of Winners and 10 qualifiers for the next FIDE World Cup. The round 9 starts tomorrow at 14:00 CEST and games can be followed live through the Official Website of the event.

Pairings of the top 10 boards:

1IMOsmak Iulija 24187 6½GMDanielian Elina 2407
2WGMMaltsevskaya Aleksandra 24096 6GMKhotenashvili Bela 2471
3IMDaulyte-Cornette Deimante 24086 6IMJavakhishvili Lela 2470
4IMBuksa Nataliya 24136 6IMMammadova Gulnar 2385
5IMArabidze Meri 24385½ 6WIMKiolbasa Oliwia 2288
6WIMNarva Mai 22765½ 5½IMMammadzada Gunay 2460
7WGMInjac Teodora 23705½ 5½IMMilliet Sophie 2403
8WGMSargsyan Anna M. 23885½ 5½WGMGarifullina Leya 2385
9GMBatsiashvili Nino 24875 5IMMkrtchian Lilit 2388
10IMBodnaruk Anastasia 24495 5IMZimina Olga 2345

Live streaming with commentaries can be followed through the youtube channel or the twitch channel.

Official Website

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]]> Tue, 17 Aug 2021 20:55:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYejf1XEBvz2qQg <![CDATA[19th European Union Youth Chess Championship started]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYeh565eYWkpT6A

On Saturday August 14th, in the Hotel Dlouhe Strane in Kouty nad Desnou in the Czech Republic, the 19th European Union Youth Chess Championship U8, U10, U12 and U14 has begun.

European Union Youth Chess Championship 2021 under the patronage of the European Chess Union is organized again by Sachovy klub Svetla nad Sazavou in cooperation with the Czech Chess Federation and continues in previous successful years.

Boys and girls in each category play the same tournament. Eventually, boys and girls will be evaluated separately. The rate of play is 90 min for the whole game + 30 sec increment for each move played. There will be 9 rounds, one round every day.

This prestigious event attracts many young chess players – this year there was registered 104 players from 12 national federations of ECU. Due to the new travel measures in EU countries, the number of players has been reduced to 81 and the number of federations to 10. The highest rated player of the event is Bulgarian player CM Nikola Kanov (U14) with the rating 2199.

For player’s parents and all chess fans the organizers prepared chess and non-chess activities, plus on-line transmissions of all the games! Visitors in Kouty nad Desnou can watch the games also in the projection hall of the Hotel Dlouhe Strane.

All participants can use the leisure time activities offered by the hotel, such as pool, wellness, bowling, billiard and table-tennis. In Velke Losiny there is a new aquapark opened and there is also a possibility to see new The Sky Walk in Dolni Morava.

On Sunday August 22nd we are going to know eight new champions of EU for the year 2021. For the winners of each category of boys and girls, there are prepared notebooks and for the 2nd and 3rd places in each category digital chess clocks are prepared. All participants will receive memorial diploma and medal.

Every player will receive at least one price because everyone will be awarded with a T-shirt with the logo of the championship. After each round there will be announced the best game of every category awarded with a material price.

On the website of Czech Chess Federation we will be releasing the news as the championship continues. Among others (results, live games etc.) you can await a rich photo gallery.

Zdeněk Fiala,
director  Sachovy klub Svetla nad Sazavou

Webpage of the event: https://www.chess.cz/mistrovstvi-evropske-unie/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr573693.aspx?lan=5&art=0&turdet=YES&flag=30

On-line transmission of the category U8: http://sach2.csprint.sk/MEU_2021/U08/

On-line transmission of the category U10: http://online.chessfm.cz/MEU_2021/U10/index.htm

On-line transmission of the category U12: http://sach2.csprint.sk/MEU_2021/U12/

On-line transmission of the category U14: http://online.chessfm.cz/MEU_2021/U14/index.htm

Photo gallery of the championship: https://sachysvetla.rajce.idnes.cz/EUYCC_2021/

Photo gallery of the championship – players: https://sachysvetla.rajce.idnes.cz/EUYCC_2021_Players/

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]]> Tue, 17 Aug 2021 12:20:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYeh565eYWkpT6A <![CDATA[Erasmus+ Online Seminar]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYejOc4IZ8nCdYg

The 2nd Online Seminar on applying for and running an Erasmus+ project will be held on Friday, 17th September, 2021, from 15:00 till 17:00 CET.

The European Union has increased its participation in the fund Erasmus+. ECU Education, and its’ members, has been part of several successful applications and projects.

In two seminars Jesper Bergmark Hall and Alessandro Dominici share their experiences with the goal to support more applications for chess to the Erasmus+ fund.

In the first seminar that was held 18th June, we discussed the new rules for Erasmus+ and what the key-factors are for an application. Now it is time for the follow up where different ideas for applications are presented based on the participants own ideas and not the least, we connect you all if you want to make applications together.

The seminar is open both for those that took part the 18th of June and newcomers from European Chess Federations, clubs, and chess educators.

The seminar is free of charge supported by the FIDE Development fund. 

You can register in the following form:

Registration form

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]]> Mon, 16 Aug 2021 18:10:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYejOc4IZ8nCdYg <![CDATA[EUROPEAN YOUTH & JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2021 – Official regulations]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sw0FLMlnYeji6Gidw9mDqw

European Youth and Junior Chess Championships 2021 will take place from 15-21 October 2021 and will be played as a “hybrid” event within 12 categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18 and U20, open and girls sections separately.

The events will be played in several venues with a all FIDE rules through Tornelo platform and will be submitted for rating. Swiss System, 9 rounds, rate of play 90 minutes for a game per player + 30-seconds of increment after each move.

Each National Federations has the right to nominate up to 3 players per category. Federations have the right of a different distribution of the total of 42 spots between categories.  Additionally, each National federation has the right to nominate the medal winners of the European Hybrid Youth Chess Championship 2020.

Each National federation will appoint one team representative for the technical meeting and any communication during the event. A team representative cannot be accepted as an arbiter. 

Registrations are made by the National Federation filling the special registration form and sent it to eocc@europechess.org.

Registration form can be downloaded here

The deadline for registrations is Friday, 1st   October 2021.

All the players compete from the approved tournament halls per country. Tournament halls are selected and installed by federations and local organisers. Each National federation may select up to 3 venues in 3 different cities which will be approved by the European Chess Union. In exceptional cases, ECU may decide on more venues in one country.

In each playing venue, the necessary number of venue cameras shall be installed to ensure ample supervision. Additionally, each player shall be supervised by a camera (notebook or external side camera).

In each playing venue, Zoom calls with screen sharing are mandatory. The event’s Chief Arbiter shall be provided with all Zoom recordings.

A detailed guide for the venues set up will be sent to National federations.

Prizes:

The first winner (gold medal) in each of 12 categories is the European Chess Champion 2021 in the respective category and will be invited player for European Youth Chess Championship 2022 as a special prize.

The first winners (gold medal) in Open U20 and Girls U20 is the European Junior and Girls Champions 2021 and will be invited (free accommodation) in the European Individual Chess Championships 2022 (qualifiers for FIDE World Cup).

The first 3 winners of each category will be awarded with e-medals.

The first 6 winners of each category (84 players) will be awarded with an annual training Program (8 months) through the European Chess Academy program with Top Trainers.

Special Prizes: 

The best 6 collective results in European Youth (one player per age category with the highest score per federation) decide the team winners and medalists in the open and girls’ sections. The first 3 Team winners of each section will be awarded with e-medals.

ECU Certificates will be available for all participants.

Contact information: eocc@europechess.org.

Official regulations of the event can be downloaded down below.

European Youth&Junior Hybrid Chess Championships 2021 – Official regulations

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