<![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 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 03:50:18 +0200 <![CDATA[European School Chess Championship 2022 – Official invitation]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbNTvSWcKlxH0Q

The European School Chess Championship 2022 will take place from 20 April (arrival day) to 30 April (departure day) in 5 stars “Rodos Palace” conference resort, located in Rhodes island, Greece.

The European School Chess Championships are part of the “Rhodes Chess Festival 2022”, together with the Rhodes Spring Open (also 20 – 30 April 2022) and the FIDE World Youth/Cadet Blitz & Rapid Championships (30 April – 4 May 2022). A unique opportunity for young players to combine two chess events in a beautiful island with only one airticket!

The event will be played in 6 age categories: U7, U9, U11, U13, U15 and U17, open and girls sections separately. System of play will be Swiss system, 9 rounds, with time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. If, in any age group, there are 11 to 15 participants only 7 rounds will be played. If in any age group there are 10 or fewer participants a round-robin tournament will be played.

The official Hotel and the venue of the event will be 5 stars “Rodos Palace” Hotel and Conference center.

Prizes

All the players will receive a certificate of participation. The 3 best ranked players of each category will be awarded with trophies and medals. The top six players of each section will receive special prizes (chess books). The best 3 teams-federations of the Championship. For the team standings, the best 6 individual results (points) per federation in all categories will be calculated.

The 1st winner of each European School Championship category shall have the personal right to participate as an invited player in the World School Championship of the corresponding or of a higher age category if the relevant stipulation of the FIDE Tournament Regulation is met. This privilege may be exercised exclusively in the subsequent year following the qualification.

The official website of all events: http://rodos2022.com

Covid-19 and Health Protocol
The official information regarding travel regulations to Greece, including instructions for the PLF form to be filled 24h before the flight and the vaccine/testing policy of Greece, is published at: https://travel.gov.gr.
The organizers and the participants should follow the official ECU Health Protocols. The organizers and the participants should also comply with all the health and testing regulations applied by Greek Public Authorities.

Contact Information
Tournament Office: Mr. Ioannis Kalesis, Tel.: (+30) 2112346251,
Email: rodos2022@chess.travel

Official regulations – European School Chess Championship 2022

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]]> Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:56:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbNTvSWcKlxH0Q <![CDATA[TATA STEEL CHESS 2022 Starts in Wijk aan Zee]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbOBKhSStwo9bA

The 84th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament opens tomorrow and takes place in Wijk aan Zee from 14 – 30 January 2022.

This year, the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022 features Masters and Challengers events, taking place in the traditional Wijk aan Zee venue, while the annual Tata Steel Chess for children will take place Online from 23rd-24th January. Amateur events will not be held due to covid19 epidemiological situation in Netherlands.

Tata Steel Masters gathers 14 top Grandmasters who will compete in a round-robin tournament with 13 rounds. The first round of the event starts on Saturday, 15th of January and the participants are:

  • Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2856),
  • Fabiano Caruana (USA, 2792),
  • Anish Giri (NED, 2772),
  • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov(AZE, 2767)
  • Richard Rapport (HUN, 2763),
  • Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL, 2760),
  • Sergey Karjakin (RUS, 2743),
  • Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (IND, 2727),
  • Daniil Dubov (RUS, 2720),
  • Andrey Esipenko (RUS, 2714),
  • Samuel Shankland (USA, 2708),
  • Jorden van Foreest (NED, 2702),
  • Nils Grandelius (SWE, 2672),
  • Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (IND, 2612).

23-year-old Jorden van Foreest (NED, 2702) will aim to defend the title of the Tata Steel Chess Champion.

The Challengers event will be played in same format with following players:

  • Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ, 2631),
  • Arjun Erigaisi (IND, 2629),
  • Surya Ganguly (IND, 2627),
  • Erwin l’Ami (NED, 2622),
  • Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE, 2609),
  • Max Warmerdam (NED, 2599),
  • Jonas Buhl Bjerre (DEN, 2586),
  • Daniel Dardha (BEL, 2533),
  • Lucas van Foreest (NED, 2530),
  • Volodar Murzin (RUS, 2519),
  • Polina Shuvalova (RUS, 2516),
  • Marc’Andria Maurizzi (FRA, 2496),
  • Zhu Jiner (CHN, 2478), and
  • Roven Vogel (GER, 2452).

The players started arriving in Wijk aan Zee yesterday during the day and gave interviews upon arrival in the official venue of the event.

The games will be broadcasted live through the Official website of the event, and the Netherlands chess federation’s Twitch channel will feature a daily news feed during all rounds from 20:00 – 20:30 CEST. IM Stefan Kuipers will highlight and discuss the highlights of each round, and fans are welcome to ask questions.

More detailed information can be found on the Official website of the event.

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]]> Thu, 13 Jan 2022 15:27:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbOBKhSStwo9bA <![CDATA[ECU E-MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2021]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbNqNLZ6upLRNA

ECU E-Magazine December 2021 is out!

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

  • FIDE World Chess Championship 2021
  • European Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2021
  • European Youth Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2021
  • FIDE World Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2021
  • European Online Rapid School Chess Championship 2021
  • European Individual Chess Championship 2022 – Invitation
  • The 2022 – The “Year of Women in Chess”
  • Arbiters Corner
  • Upcoming Tata Steel Chess 2022
  • Legends Questions
  • Fun Zone

The December 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 MAGAZINE December 2021

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]]> Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:32:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbNqNLZ6upLRNA <![CDATA[European Individual Chess Championship 2022 – Official regulations]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbO4q8b1KQ6nqg

The European Individual Chess Championship 2022 will take place from 27th March (1st round) – 6th April (11th round) 2022, in Terme Catez, Slovenia.

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.

The total prize fund of the event will be 100.000 EUR, with 20.000 EUR reserved for the Winner of the event. Along with the regular prizes for the best ranked 23 players, the special prizes for best female players, best junior players, best senior players and best ACP players will be distributed.

Full Schedule:

The European Individual Chess Championship 2022 is a qualifying event for the FIDE World Cup 2023.  According to FIDE regulations for World Cup and the ECU Board decision, 20 players will qualify*.

The European Individual Chess Championship is open to all players representing the Chess Federations which are members of the European Chess Union regardless of their title or rating. There is no limit to participants per federation. However, applications can only be sent by national federations.

The registration deadline is February 20th, 2022.

The organizers welcome all participants and accompanying persons to stay in the Official Hotels of the event: Hotel Terme****, Hotel Toplice**** and Hotel Catez***.

The organizer will provide transport services for the participants lodge at the official hotels from Zagreb (CRO) International Airport to the official hotels – on March 26th as well as the departure transfer – on April 7th free of charge. All travel information must be sent by e-mail to euroindivudialchess22@gmail.com not later than March 1st, 2022.

The event is organized by the Government of Slovenia and the Slovenian Chess Federation, under the auspices of the European Chess Union.

Official regulations of the event can be downloaded here.

Contact information:
E-mail: euroindivudialchess22@gmail.com
Official website: www.eicc2022.eu

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]]> Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:06:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbO4q8b1KQ6nqg <![CDATA[European Youth Blitz Chess Champions 2021 crowned]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbNNt0DOyWTADQ

The 2021 European Youth Blitz Chess Championships 2021 took place form 29th-30th December in Novi Sad, Serbia, with participation of more than 400 kids coming from 29 European federations.

The event was played within 6 age categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18, open and girls sections separately, in 9 double rounds, Swiss system.

Winners of the U8 category:
1. Kleimenov Nikolay (RUS, 1956), 16.5 points
2. Sofronie Vladimir (ROU, 1348), 14.5 points
3. Bulgak Damir (BLR), 14 points

Winners of the U10 category:
1. Korelskiy Egor (RUS, 1917), 14.5 points
2. Fedosov Alexander (RUS, 1876), 14.5 points
3. Vasilkov Nikolay (RUS, 1501), 12 points

Winners of the U12 category:
1. Vetokhin Savva (RUS, 2282), 15.5 points
2. Gilfanov Marat I (RUS, 2011), 13 points
3. Gusev Kirill (RUS, 1406), 13 points

Winners of the U14 category:
1. Stribuk Artiom (BLR, 2224), 14 points
2. Chyndygyr Tamerlan (RUS, 2011), 14 points
3. Navumenka Mikhei (BLR, 2097), 13 points

Winners of the U16 category:
1. Laux Dominik (GER, 2133), 14 points
2. Silich Yahor (BLR, 2070), 13 points
3. Nareks Matic (SLO, 2063), 13 points

Winners of the U18 category:
1. Shubin Kirill (RUS, 2501), 16.5 points
2. Lazavik Denis (BLR, 2436), 13 points
3. Budisavljevic Luka (SRB, 2286), 12.5 points

Winners of the Girls U8 section:
1. Alejunaite Milda (LTU, 1113), 17 points
2. Sivanandan Bodhana (ENG), 15 points
3. Sevastsyanchuk Anastasiya (BLR, 1162), 12.5 points

Winners of the Girls U10 section:
1. Beber Anja (SLO, 1481), 15.5 points
2. Matskevich Varvara (BLR, 1321), 15 points
3. Velychko Sofiya (UKR, 1218), 13.5 points

Winners of the Girls U12 section:
1. Shukhman Anna (RUS, 1628), 15 points
2. Merkulova Victoria (RUS, 1753), 14.5 points
3. Tabermakova Leila (RUS, 1534), 13 points

Winners of the Girls U14 section:
1. Darmaeva Nomina (RUS, 1523), 14 points
2. Volchkova Alena (RUS, 1721), 13.5 points
3. Vlasova Olesia (RUS, 1687), 13 points

Winners of the Girls U16 section:
1. Zeliantsova Kseniya (BLR, 1930), 13.5 points
2. Alekseenko Mariya (RUS, 1691), 13 points
3. Bodnaruk Kseniya (RUS, 1916), 12 points

Winners of the Girls U18 section:
1. Tarasenka Aliaksandra (BLR, 1796), 16.5 points
2. Pogorelskikh Sofia (RUS, 1864), 12.5 points
3. Getman Tatyana (RUS, 2060), 12.5 points

The final results of all sections can be found here.

Official Website of the event

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]]> Thu, 30 Dec 2021 21:40:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbNNt0DOyWTADQ <![CDATA[European Youth Rapid Chess Champions 2021 announced]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbMV7Q0v1iov1w

European Youth Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2021 currently are ongoing in Novi Sad, Serbia.

The 2021 European Youth Rapid Chess Championship took place from 27th-28th of December, being played in 6 age categories, open and girls separately.

The President of Serbian Chess Federation Mr. Dragan Lazic and Vojvodina Province secretary for Youth and Sports Mr. Dane Basta made the first ceremonial move to open the event.

More than 450 children coming from 29 European federations participated in the event, but only 12 of them became European Rapid Champions.

Medalists of U8 category:
1. Kleimenov Nikolay (RUS, 1718), 8.5 points
2. Novodvorskiy Dmitriy Al (RUS, 1131), 7.5 points
3. Bulgak Damir (BLR), 7 points

Medalists of U10 category:
1. Fedosev Alexander (RUS, 1973), 8 points
2. Witczak Borys (POL, 1363), 7.5 points
3. Veluchko Semen (UKR, 1368), 7 points

Medalists of U12 category:
1. Ljepic Andrej (SRB, 1735), 7.5 points
2. Verokhin Savva (RUS, 2155), 7 points
3. Novozhilov Semen (RUS, 1969), 6.5 points

Medalists of U14 category:
1. Chyndygyr Tamerlan (RUS, 2163), 8.5 points
2. Stribuk Artiom (BLR, 2201), 7.5 points
3. Pilshofer Paul (AUT, 1581), 6.5 points

Medalists of U16 category:
1. Ohanyan Emin (ARM, 2207), 7.5 points
2. Tsaruk Maksim (BLR, 2195), 6.5 points
3. Morgunov Marc (AUT, 2171), 6.5 points

Medalists of U18 category:
1. Shubin Kirill (RUS, 2454), 7.5 points
2. Budisavljevic Luka (SRB, 2141), 7 points
3. Peyrer Konstantin (AUT, 2200), 7 points

Medalists of Girls U8 category:
1.Sevastsyanchuk Anastasiya (BLR, 1034), 8 points
2. Sivanandan Bodhana (ENG, 1253), 8 points
3. Cretescu Emma (ROU, 1060), 7.5 points

Medalists of Girls U10 category:
1. Preobrazhenskaya Diana (RUS, 1658), 8.5 points
2. Matskevich Varvara (BLR, 1346), 7 points
3. Velychko Sofiya (UKR, 1314), 7 points

Medalists of Girls U12 category:
1. Shukhman Anna (RUS, 1742), 8.5 points
2. Merkulova Victoria (RUS, 1654), 7.5 points
3. Bendik Margarita (BLR, 1353), 6.5 points

Medalists of Girls U14 category:
1. Zhapova Yana (RUS, 1829), 8 points
2. Komissarova Soigina (RUS, 1810), 7 points
3. Norman Kseniya (BLR, 1511), 6.5 points

Medalists of Girls U16 category:
1. Blokhin Sofia (EST, 1835), 8 points
2. Zeliantsova Kseniya (BLR, 1848), 7 points
3. Katter Katharina (AUT, 1741), 6.5 points

Medalists of Girls U18 category:
1. Tarasenka Aliaksandra (BLR, 1827), 8 points
2. Getman Tatyana (RUS, 2115), 6.5 points
3. Pogorelskikh Sofia (RUS, 2016), 6.5 points

Final results of all sections can be found here.

Official website of the event

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]]> Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:34:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbMV7Q0v1iov1w <![CDATA[FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2021 start in Warsaw, Poland]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbMnSck-H20zxA

The FIDE Women’s and Open Rapid&Blitz Chess Championship 2021 start tomorrow in Warsaw, Poland.

More than 180 players from 46 federations registered for the 3Open event and more than 100 players coming from 30 different federations will participate in Women’s events.

FIDE World Rapid Chess Championships 2021 are first on the schedule, taking place from 26th-28th December.

The 2021 FIDE Open World Chess Championship will be played in 13 rounds, Swiss system, and Women’s Championship will be played in 11 rounds. Time control will be 15 minutes + 10 seconds of increment.

The very strong battlefield of Rapid Open Championship is led by reigning World Chess Championship Carlsen Magnus (NOR, 2892) who aims to defend the throne in all three formats of World Championships (classical, rapid and blitz). Among the top seeds are also: Nakamura Hikaru (USA, 2836), Duda Jan Krzysztof (POL, 2801), Nepomniachtchi Ian (CFR, 2798), Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA, 2773), Caruana Fabiano (USA, 2770), Giri Anish (NED, 2767), Grischuk Alexander (CFR, 2763), Karjakin Sergey (CFR, 2757) and Rapport Richard (HUN, 2750).

The top seeds of Women’s Rapid Championship are: Lagno Kateryna (CFR, 2545), Goryachkina Aleksandra (CFR, 2521), Kosteniuk Alexandra (CFR, 2515), Muzychuk Mariya (UKR, 2501), Gunina Valentina (CFR, 2499), Muzychuk Anna (UKR, 2497), Koneru Humpy (IND, 2483), Harika Dronavalli (IND, 2475), Dzagnidze Nana (GEO, 2471) and Abdumalik Zhansaya (KAZ, 2449).

Magnus Carlsen upon arrival in Warsaw. Photo by Anastasia Karlovich

FIDE World Blitz Women’s and Open Chess Championships 2021 follow from 29th-30th December, being played in the same venue- PGE Narodowy Stadium.

Carlsen Magnus (NOR, 2892) is the top seed of the Blitz event, followed by: Nakamura Hikaru (USA, 2884), Artemiev Vladislav (CFR, 2830), Firouzja Alireza (FRA, 2810), Caruana Fabiano (USA, 2803), Duda Jan-Krzysztof (POL, 2792), Nepomniachtchi Ian (CRF, 2792), Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA, 2787), Giri Anish (NED, 2778) and other world top Grandmasters.

Lagno Kateryna (CFR, 2592), Muzychuk Anna (UKR, 2509), Koneru Humpy (IND, 2483), Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL, 2477), Kosteniuk Alexandra (CFR, 2475), Gunina Valentina (CFR, 2452), Goryachkina Aleksandra (CFR, 2441), Michna Marta (GER, 2433), Paehtz Elisabeth (GER, 2412) and Bodnaruk Anastasia (CFR, 2406) are the top 10 on the starting list of Women’s Blitz Championship.

Starting lists of both events can be found on the official website of the event.

The official venue of the event- PGE Narodowy Stadium

The total prize fund of the events will be 1.000.000$, with 350.000$ for Open Rapid and 350.000$ for Open Blitz championships, while the prize fund of Women’s Rapid and Blitz Championships counts 150.000$ for each competition.

More details and official regulations of the events can be found on the Official website.

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]]> Sun, 26 Dec 2021 10:42:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbMnSck-H20zxA <![CDATA[European Youth Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2021 start]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbM8xIsGwsJg4Q

The 2021 European Youth Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships take place from 27th to 30th December in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Almost 500 players coming from 29 European federations registered for the event which will be played within 4 different Championships:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 20th European Youth Individual Blitz 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.
  • European Youth Rapid Team Chess Championship 2021 will be played on 29th of December, within U10, U14 and U18 age sections.
    Teams will 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.

Starting rank lists of participants for European Youth Rapid Chess Championships 2021 can be found here.

All the participants and accompanying persons will need to follow the health protocol which can be found on the following link.

Detailed information and Official regulations of the event can be found on the Official Website of the event.

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]]> Fri, 24 Dec 2021 10:15:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbM8xIsGwsJg4Q <![CDATA[Alexander Motylev wins European Rapid Chess Championship 2021]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbMkgQfgjBIDPA

European Rapid Chess Championship 2021 concluded on Sunday, 19th of December after two days of play in Katowice, Poland.

After 11 played rounds three players were in a tie for the top, scoring 9.5 points each. Tiebreak criteria determined the Winner of the event and the medalists. Alexander Motylev (RUS, 2703) had the best additional criteria to claim gold.

Donchenko Alexander (GER, 2535) finished the event on the second place.

Bronze medal came to Pultinevicius Paulius (LTU, 2536).

Final results can be found here.

The total prize fund of the event was 19.000 EUR, with 4.000 going to the 2021 European Rapid Chess Champion. Along with the regular prizes, the best juniors, seniors, women players and best ranked players of different rating categories were awarded.

The best female players of the European Rapid Chess Championship 2021 were also decided by tiebreaks criteria as three best female players had the same score of 7 points. With best tiebreaks Sliwicka Alicja (POL, 2166) was first ranked women player, Kulon Klaudia (POL, 2227) second and Froewis Annika (AUT, 2092) was third.

The Closing Ceremony of European Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2021 took place yesterday evening, with attendance of ECU Vice President Mr. Adrian Michalchishin and FIDE Vice Presidents Mr. Lukasz Turlej and Ms. Anastasia Sorokina.

Photo gallery can be found on the Facebook page of the event.

  • European Blitz Chess Champions 2021
  • European Rapid Chess Champions 2021
  • Best female players- Rapid event
  • Best female players- Blitz event

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]]> Mon, 20 Dec 2021 09:49:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbMkgQfgjBIDPA <![CDATA[Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2021]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbN-Pukl54uPdw

The 7th edition of the Vugar Gashimov Memorial kicked off today in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The event is played from 18th-24th December and consists of Rapid and Blitz tournaments with a double round-robin system for each. Eight Super Grandmasters participate in the event: Fabiano Caruana, Mamedyarov Shakhriyar, Rapport Richard, Viswanathan Anand, Karjakin Sergey, Navara David, Mamedov Rauf and Asadli Vugar.

The 2021 Vugar Gashimov Memorial was opened today. The ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili attended the opening ceremony and made the first ceremonial move before the start of the 1st round on the game between former World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand and Azerbaijan Grandmaster Mamedov Rauf.

The Minister of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan Mr. Farid Gayibov attended also the opening, stressing that the high level annual organisation of this event is of interest to the world chess community.

The President of the Azerbaijan Chess Federation and Vice-President of the International Chess Federation Mr. Mahir Mammadov emphasized that world leading players take part in the tournament and he thanked to Azerbaijani President Mr. Ilham Aliyev for showing interest in the Vugar Gashimov Memorial tournament.

Official website of the event

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]]> Sat, 18 Dec 2021 17:53:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbN-Pukl54uPdw <![CDATA[Duda Jan-Krzysztof wins European Blitz Chess Championship 2021]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbMqjsXRp0Xejg

European Blitz Chess Championship 2021 took place on 17th of December in Katowice, Poland.

After 22 rounds, Duda Jan-Krzysztof (POL, 2792) became the sole Winner of the event, scoring 18 points.

Klekowski Maciej (POL, 2444) scored 17.5 points to claim silver.

Eight players tied for the third place with score of 16.5 points each: Balog Imre (HUN, 2678), Demchenko Anton (RUS, 2531), Schneider Ilja (GER, 2524), Tazbir Marcin (POL, 2518), Bernadskiy Vitaliy (UKR, 2500), Teclaf Pawel (POL, 2431), Dragnev Valentin (AUT, 2396) and Keinanen Toivo (FIN, 2358).

Tiebreaks criteria decided that the European Champion in Reykjavik 2021 Demchenko Anton takes bronze medal.

The total prize fund of the event was 11.000 EUR, with 2.000 EUR reserved for the European Blitz Chess Champion 2021. Besides the regular prizes for the best ranked 20 players, the best Juniors, Seniors, Women, and best players of different rating categories were awarded with special prizes.

Final rankings can be found here.

Official Website of the event

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]]> Sat, 18 Dec 2021 10:53:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbMqjsXRp0Xejg <![CDATA[European Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2021 start in Katowice]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbP0sUMCcVv4XQ

The 2021 European Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2021 kick off on Friday, 17th of December in Katowice, Poland.

The first event on the schedule will be the European Blitz Chess Championship 2021 which will be held on 17th of December. The event will be played in 11 double rounds, Swiss system, with time control 3 min + 2 sec.

More than 550 players coming from 21 European federations registered for the Blitz event, and the battlefield is led by: GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof (POL, 2792), GM Balog Imre (HUN, 2678), GM Kovalenko Igor (LAT, 2638), GM Sumets Andrey (UKR, 2619), and GM Durarbayli Vasif (AZE, 2599).

Starting rank list of the players can be found here.

The European Rapid Chess Championship 2021 will take place from 18th-19th December and it will be played in 11 rounds, Swiss system, with time control of 15 min + 10 sec.

More than 600 players from 22 European federations are registered for the Rapid Championship. The top seeds are: GM Motylev Alexander (RUS, 2703), GM Demchenko Anton (RUS, 2666), GM Kovalenko Igor (LAT, 2649), GM Balog Imre (HUN, 2629), and GM Bernadskiy Vitaliy (UKR, 2616).

Starting rank list of the players can be found here.

The total prize fund of the events is 30.000 EUR with 11.000 EUR reserved for Blitz competition, and 19.000 EUR for Rapid event. Despite the regular prizes for the best ranked players, the organizers provided special prizes for best female player, senior player, junior player and for best players of different rating categories.

The Championship is under the auspices of Prime Minister of Poland Mr. Mateusz Morawiecki.

More details and official regulations and the health of the event can be found on the Official website.

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]]> Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:10:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbP0sUMCcVv4XQ <![CDATA[European Online Rapid School Chess Champions crowned]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbOUaxT9zIlWEg

European Online Rapid School Chess Championship 2021 was played from 3rd-12th December 2021, through Tornelo playing platform.

The event was played within 5 different age groups, open and girls separately. After the qualification stage of the event, the top 8 players of each section proceeded to the final – knockout stage which determined the winners of the event.

The Winners of Open U10 section:

The Winners of Open U11 section:

The Winners of Open U13 section:

The Winners of Open U15 section:

The Winners of Open U17 section:

The Winners of Girls U10 section:

The Winners of Girls U11 section:

The Winners of Girls U13 section:

The Winners of Girls U15 section:

The Winners of Girls U17 section:

Results of the Finals can be found here.

The first three winners of the event (in each category) will be awarded with E-Medal and diploma.

The event was organized by the Georgian Chess Federation & the Georgian Chess Club “64”, together with European Chess Union.

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]]> Tue, 14 Dec 2021 14:47:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbOUaxT9zIlWEg <![CDATA[Magnus Carlsen defends the title of FIDE World Chess Champion]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbOhP28vh4PUIA

The 2021 FIDE World Chess Championship Match between the challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi and defender Magnus Carlsen, concluded yesterday in Dubai.

The match ended with final result 7.5 – 3.5 in favor of Magnus Carlsen, who won the FIDE World Chess Championship for the 5th consecutive time.

After 5 draws in first 5 games of the match, Carlsen took a lead with a victory in the game 6. After almost 8 hours of play and 136 moves, the game 6 of the 2021 FIDE World Chess Championship match became the longest game ever played at the World Championship matches.

After an important victory for Magnus in the game 6, only five more games were played with 2 draws and 3 decisive results for Carlsen.

Finally, after 11 played games, Magnus Carlsen retained the World Champion title.

Recaps of all games can be found on the FIDE Youtube channel.

More detailed information and the photo gallery can be found on the official website of the event.

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]]> Sat, 11 Dec 2021 10:44:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbOhP28vh4PUIA <![CDATA[ECU E-MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2021]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbPe1WQcMpGRRQ

ECU E-Magazine November 2021 is out!

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

  • FIDE World Chess Championship Match 2021, Magnus Carlsen – Ian Nepomniachtchi
  • European Team Chess Championship 2021
  • ECU Congress 2021
  • Mitropa Chess Association
  • Liechtenstein Chess Federation 50 years anniversary
  • European Small Nations Team Chess Championship 2021
  • London Chess Classic 2021
  • European Online Rapid School Chess Championship 2021
  • Upcoming European Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2021
  • Upcoming European Youth Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2021
  • FIDE Arbiters Seminar in Terme Catez, Slovenia
  • Arbiters corner
  • Legends Questions – Meet GM Komarov Dimitri
  • Fun Zone

The November 2021 edition of the ECU Magazine can be read online together with interactive links or videos on the following link or it can be downloaded in PDF format down below.

ECU E-Magazine November 2021 – PDF Download

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]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2021 11:26:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbPe1WQcMpGRRQ <![CDATA[Faroe Islands wins European Small Nations Team Chess Championship 2021]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbPsmkEOBL26KQ

The 2021 European Small Nations Team Chess Championship concluded yesterday in Sliema, Malta with awarding ceremony of the Winners and medalists.

The ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili joined the Closing ceremony of the event and awarded the Medalists.

The team of Faroe Islands convincingly won the event. With score of 17 match points, 8 team victories and only one draw, Faroe Islands became the sole Winner of the event.

The last round decided the medalists of the event, as Andorra had a direct encounter with Cyprus. With a 3-1 victory Andorra secured silver medal scoring 14 match points.

Teams of Monaco and Cyprus tied for third place with 13 match points each, but board points decided that bronze goes to Monaco (24.5 board points) while Cyprus finished the event on the fourth position (23 board points).

The final results can be found here.

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]]> Sun, 05 Dec 2021 12:15:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbPsmkEOBL26KQ <![CDATA[Mitropa Chess Association founded]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbOz33HHWcUXRQ

The MITROPA countries Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland founded the Mitropa Chess Association (MCA) in a meeting after the ECU General Assembly on November 13, 2021 in Catez, Slovenia. Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou, Secretary General of the European Chess Union, attended the meeting as a guest.

The statutes were signed by the representatives of the federations. Marco Biagioli (ITA) was elected as the first President of the Association, Nina Rob (SLO) as Vice President and Luigi Maggi (ITA) as Treasurer. Walter Kastner (AUT) was appointed Secretary General. The headquarters of the association is in Vienna, Austria, where the Mitropacup was founded.

The Chess Mitropacup is an idea of the Austrian International Arbiter Gertrude Wagner. She wanted to create a tournament for teams in the center of Europe, as it was common in soccer. Kurt Jungwirth, President of the Austrian Chess Federation from 1971 to 2017, recognized the chances of this idea and said: “Ok, let’s organize a Mitropacup”.

The first Mitropacup was held in Innsbruck in 1976. Germany won the premiere ahead of Switzerland and Yugoslavia. This year, Switzerland organized the 39th Mitropacup in a hybrid online format for the first time due to the pandemic. The 40th Mitropacup will be held in France in 2022 and will hopefully be possible on the board again.

A project that shows how the MCA can cooperate in the future is the Erasmus plus project “CUPS”, submitted in June 2021. “Chess unites and promotes skills” will, if the application is positive, bring chess into schools as a compulsory subject. The focus is on the German “Bremen Model”, in which teachers and children learn chess together in a weekly lesson. Regardless of the children’s age, chess can teach better concentration skills, more patience and perseverance, a greater sense of creativity, better intuition, better memory, and better analysis and decision-making skills. In addition, children and young people can learn determination, motivation and fairness through the game. In addition, chess promotes social inclusion. This includes, in particular, students from immigrant backgrounds, students with socioeconomic difficulties, and also students with physical disabilities.

The MCA has agreed in its statutes to work more closely together and to agree on common values. Chess is sport, but also a means to promote friendship, culture, common values such as sportsmanship, gender equality, integration and social improvement.

Links:
Archiv Mitropacup
https://cloud.chess.at/index.php/s/GLz8EnzdN4P6MYK

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]]> Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:17:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbOz33HHWcUXRQ <![CDATA[European Small Nations Team Chess Championship 2021 starts in Sliema, Malta]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbPMEUGff-HfxA

The 7th European Small Nations Team Chess Championship 2021 opens today in Sliema, Malta, taking place from 27th November – 5th December in the AX Victoria Hotel.

The event is supported by European Chess Union and will be opened by the ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili.

Nine federations (Andorra, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, and Monaco) participate in the event and the 10th ESNA Women’s Team completed the starting list instead of San Marino. Each team consists of four players and one reserve player.

The exact starting list and pairings of all 9 rounds will be known after the Technical meeting and Drawing of lots which will be held today in the William Shakespeare Suite as the playing venue of the event.

Starting rank list and pairings per each round can be followed here.

The 7th Small Nations Team Chess Championship 2021 will be played in 9 rounds, round-robin system, with time control: 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 Winner of the event will become the European Small Nations Team Champion for 2021, while the top three ranked teams will be awarded with medals and prizes. Also, the best individual players per each board will be awarded according to regulations of the event.

Official regulations and details about the event can be found on the Official Website.

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]]> Sat, 27 Nov 2021 11:35:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbPMEUGff-HfxA <![CDATA[FIDE World Championship Match preview- Carlsen vs. Nepomniachtchi]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbP_hMZdhUEYAg

The FIDE World Championship Match between reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and the challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi starts tomorrow at Dubai Exhibition Centre.

The Match consists of 14 games, played with the time control of 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 player who scores 7.5 points will become the Winner of the World Championship Match. If the score after 14 games is equal, the tie-break match will decide the new World Chess Champion.

The Opening press conference of the event took place yesterday morning, with the participation of players Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, and representatives for event partners Kaspersky and PhosAgro.

The press conference concluded with a representation of an impressive trophy that will be passed in the hands of the Match Winner. The trophy is made by sterling silver, gold plating, dolerite and obsidian, created by the Chamovskikh Jewelry House, with the support of the Sverdlovsk Region Chess Federation represented by its president Andrey Simanovsky, owner of SIMA-LAND company. The design of the cup was provided by FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich.

The Opening gala ceremony of the event was held yesterday evening, with the attendance of distinguished guests representing sponsors and chess federations.

The drawing of lots took place during the opening ceremony deciding that Ian Nepomniachtchi takes White pieces in the first game of the match.

Although the Chess World odds are in favor of the reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, the challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi is the only top player in the world who has a positive score against Carlsen. In classical time control, Nepomniachthi won 4 games, made 8 draws, and lost only one game to Magnus.

More detailed information about the Match and links for the live broadcast of the games can be found on the Official website of the event.

Photo gallery of the event

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]]> Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:06:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbP_hMZdhUEYAg <![CDATA[London Chess Classic 2021]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/OKRkUXeGqbMDBEwpc8po4Q

Chess in Schools and Communities is happy to announce that the London Chess Classic will be going ahead this year, with a varied programme of events taking place from 3-12 December at the Cavendish Centre in central London.

Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, we will be welcoming a smaller number of participants than usual, and entry will be on a ticketed-only basis.

The centrepiece will be an England v. Rest of the World Scheveningen match, with Michael Adams, Luke McShane and Gawain Jones against a Rest of the World team comprising current Russian champion Nikita Vitiugov, Maxime Lagarde and former World Championship finalist and chess legend Boris Gelfand.

At the other end of the chess-playing spectrum, there will be the traditional London Chess Classic events for invited groups of CSC schoolchildren from around the country, with over 100 children attending on any particular day for a fun-filled day of chess.

Then there will be a 10-player English Rapidplay Championship (11-12 December), featuring several Grandmasters, a 10-player English Women’s Rapidplay Championship (4-5 December), and an all-star commentary team (Nigel Short, Matthew Sadler & Natasha Regan, Stuart Conquest and Chris Ward) providing free live coverage of all the events as well as on the Magnus v Nepo World Championship match (on game days).

There are also four evening blitz tournaments, Grandmaster lectures from Boris Gelfand, Matthew Sadler, Nigel Short, and Nikita Vitiugov and a 48 board simul to close out the events.

For more information and live coverage, go to: www.londonchessclassic.com

For more information about the London Chess Classic, contact the organisers team at: info@londonchessclassic.com
Visit the Official website: www.londonchessclassic.com
Twitter: @london_chess

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