EDUCATION THROUGH CHESS – INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
The Romanian Chess federation organized together with the National Education Ministry the „Education through chess“ seminar in Bucharest, which was held on June 4-5, 2013 at the Romanian Academy. This event was honored by the presence of the Minister of education, Mr. Remus Pricopie, the Deputy Minister of Education, mrs. Stefania Duminica, six memebers of the Romanian Parliament, two famous members of the Romanian Academy, managers of education authorities and schools and many chess lovers.This event was supported by the important contribution of some great friends from abroad: there were present Boyko Hristov, Press Director of the European Chess Union and Sergei Bargan, General Secretary of the Moldovan Chess Federation, who shared during the two days of the seminra their expertize and useful information from their organizations.The other contributions were the Garry Kasparov\'s video message addressed to the participants and skype live presentations of the President of the European Chess Union Silvio Danailov, Tomasz Sielicki, Deputy President of ECU, Kevin O\'Conell – Executive Secretary of FIDE CIS Commission, Alessandro Dominici – Federal Instructor, member of the Italian Chess In School Commission.The organizers have received relevant information regarding chess in schools from the USA by the courtesy of Mrs. Susan Huston, US Chess, from Mr. Esteban Jaureguizar, Uruguayan Chess Federation, from Mr. Leo Battesti, France, and, of course, from many Romanian collaborators.The key support was offered by the Educational Sciences Institute of Romania, the national authority in the field of educational system curriculum.The organizers concluded that the seminar was extremely useful in achieving its goals, thanked everybody who supported the event and expressed hopes to improve in the near future the developing of chess in Romanian schools.Official website: www.frash.ro
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WEBSITE OF THE OFFICIAL ECU TOURIST AGENCY STARTED WORKING
It is our pleasure to inform you that the website of the official tourist agency of the European Chess Union AVAsa has started working. The website www.ECUtravel.net offers plane tickets at excellent price. In addition, the agency provides chess players all over the world with all the other offers related to tourism services.
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BIDDING PROCEDURE FOR ECU COMPETITIONS IN 2015
In the Circular Letter No. 1/2013 European Chess Union published the Invitation for Bids for the competitions in its calendar in 2015. You can find complete documentation and more details on the website in the section "Resources – Bidding Procedure". All the bids must reach the ECU office by 01 July 2013, 4 p.m. (CET) According to the decision of the European Chess Union Board, competitions related to national federations – members of the European Union or other groups of countries (EU Youth Championship, EU Individual Championship, Mitropa Cup) will not be part of the calendar of the European Chess Union, nor will there be any bidding procedure open for them. In addition, these competitions will be excluded from the existing bidding procedure for 2015 and no bids for them will be collected.
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ECU PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES MR. SARGSYAN ON HIS RE-ELECTION
20th May, 2013To: His ExcellencyMr. Serzh SargsyanPresident of Armenian Chess FederationDear Mr. Sargsyan,Allow me to extend my warmest and heartfelt congratulations on your re-election as President of the Armenian Chess Federation.I believe that your re-election comes as a recognition of the outstanding achievements you have made in popularising and promoting chess in your country, making Armenia one the chess-leading countries in the world, and a reward for your earnest efforts to assist in numerous ways the development and improvement of the game of chess.It is my hope that your new term will provide an opportunity to further strengthen the cordial and friendly relations between the Armenian Chess Federation and the European Chess Union while continuing to work positively and cooperatively towards the common goals of chess promotion and development in Europe and worldwide.The European Chess Union and myself once more send you our best wishes for continued great success in your duties.Yours respectfully,Silvio DanailovECU President
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WEBSITE OF THE OFFICIAL ECU TOURIST AGENCY STARTED WORKING
The official tourist agency of the European Chess Union AVAsa has started working
BIDDING PROCEDURE FOR ECU COMPETITIONS IN 2015
ECU PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES MR. SARGSYAN ON HIS RE-ELECTION
EUROPEAN SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
The European School Chess Championship 2013 will take place in Novi Sad, Serbia 20-28 June, 2013.The event consists of 12 age group tournaments (Boys and Girls U7, Boys and Girls U9, Boys and Girls U11, Boys and Girls U13, Boys and Girls U15, Boys and Girls U17).
264 young chess players from 13 countries have registered so far. Read More
EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL WOMEN'S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
The 14th edition of European Individual Women's Chess Championship will take place at the hotel Metropol in Belgrade, from July 22nd to August 4th, 2013.151 players from 30 countries are registered so far and will compete for the prestigious title.
The top seed is GM Nana Dzagnidze from Georgia, with rating 2550 and apart from her, there are 7 more players with rating 2500 or higher. Read More
THE FORTHCOMING SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIPS
The historic Chess City of Linares will be the venue of a big Chess Festival this summer.Five Spanish Chess Championships: Individual, Women, and Rapid, as well as the Teams: Primera Division (“First League”) and Division de Honor (“Honor League”), will be held in Linares from August 19th until September 14th. Read More
EUROPEAN YOUTH CHESS CUP 2013
European Youth Chess Cup will take place in Ureki, Georgia, from 16-26 June, 2013.The championship will be held in 3 categories for girls and boys (up to 8, 10, 12 years old). The players should fulfill the conditions that they have not reached the age of 8, 10 and 12 by January 1st, 2013. Read More
WELCOME TO THE ECU PLAYING ZONE - WWW.CHESSOK.COM/ECU
Welcome to the official ECU chess playing zone!Here, thousands of chess players gather to play individual and tournament games, follow and discuss top match broadcasts, join and organize teams, take or give lessons.
The access to the playing zone is free - just download and run one of the client programs below, designed for Windows OS, iOS and Android. Read More
