EUROPEAN CHESS UNION BOARD MEETING IN LEGNICA
European Chess Union Board held its regular meeting during the European Individual Championship in Legnica. The items of the agenda were the matters within the Board’s authority. Special attention was paid to the decisions of FIDE Presidential Board meeting in Tsakhkadzor (January), by which the recommendations of the Commission for World Championships & Olympiads have been confirmed. These recommendations are related to the abolishment of ‘’40 moves rule’’ and limitations regarding the minimum prize fund for European Individual Championships.The Board decided to discuss this topic at the next ECU General Assembly (Warsaw, November) and unanimously recommended to the General Assembly not to accept the changes of the ECU Tournament rules and regulations. The Board members are of the opinion that during the year of 2012 a serious and transparent procedure with respect to the rules changes was done, coordinated by the Commission appointed by the ECU General Assembly. The Commission’s proposal was adopted by the ECU General Assembly unanimously and the ECU Board members think that new changes are not necessary. In addition, the current rules will be applied until the decision by the ECU General Assembly.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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EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN LEGNICA
European Individual Championship is underway in Legnica (Poland). 280 chess players from 38 national federations are taking part in the competition. The championship boasts a number of very strong contestants among whom are 143 holders of the highest Grandmaster’s title. It is worth a special mention that 12 chess players with rating 2700 or higher are also among the participants. The current European champion Dmitry Jakovenko with rating 2731, it is interesting to say, is at the same time the main favourite for winning the tournament. Extremely attractive opening ceremony was organised outdoors and attended by numerous citizens of the town of Legnica. 24 most successful participants of this Championship will qualify for the World Cup 2015 to be held in Baku (Azerbaijan).Photos by chess-news.ru
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN CHESS UNION SILVIO DANAILOV VISITED ARGENTINA AND URUGUAY
From 17th to 25th March, 2013 the President of the European Chess Union Silvio Danailov visited Argentina and Uruguay together with the former World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov.The purpose of the visit was the collaboration and common projects between the ECU and Latin America and the promotion of the ECU Chess in School program.In Uruguay they met with the Ministers of Education and Sport, Dr. Ricardo Erlich and Mrs. Lilian Kechichian.In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mr. Danailov had meetings with the Governor of Buenos Aires Ing. Mauricio Macri, Minister of Sport of Argentina Claudio Moressi, Minister of Education of the City of Buenos Aires Mr.Esteban Bullrich, Minister of Culture of Buenos Aires Mr.Hernán Lombardi, Governor of Buenos Aires state Daniel Scioli.In the National Senate of Argentina, Mr. Danailov presented the ECU program “Chess in School” in the presence of all Argentinian MPs. The presentation of the project was accepted with big interest.During their visit, ECU President Silvio Danailov and GM Veselin Topalov were special guests in schools where children study chess as a subject in their curriculum.
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GM TSEITLIN AND WGM VOISKA ARE THE NEW EUROPEAN SENIOR CHAMPIONS 2013-03-26
GM Mark Tseitlin (ISR – ELO 2380) and WGM Margarita Voiska (BUL – ELO 2289) are the new European Senior Chess Champions. They won the 13th European Individual Senior Chess Championship which was held from 11-19 March, 2013 in Plovdiv.In the men section, the winner Mark Tseitlin finished with the final result of 7.5 points out of maximum 9. The silver medal went to GM Evgeny Sveshnikov (LAT – ELO 2534) who finished with 7 points. GM Nikolai Pushkov (RUS – ELO 2352) won the third place.In the women section, the winner WGM Margarita Voiska finished with the final result of 7 points out of maximum 9. WGM Galina Strutinskaya (RUS – ELO 2313) was second with 6.5 points, while WGM Tamar Khmiadashvili (GEO – ELO 2148) finished third with 6 points. One hundred and fifteen chess players in both sections took part in the competition for the title.The European Senior Chess Championship was played in 9 rounds according to the Swiss system with time control of 40 moves in 90 minutes and 30 minutes to the end of the game + 30 seconds increment per move, starting from move one.The 13th edition of the European Individual Senior Chess Championship was officially opened by the President of the European Chess Union, Silvio Danailov. The championship was held under the high patronage of the Vice President of the Bulgarian Parliament, Mrs. Menda Stoyanova, who made the first symbolic move in the game of legendary Nona Gaprindashvili to start the tournament.The Championship was organized by the European Chess Union and the Bulgarian Chess Federation, with the kind help of the Bulgarian Ministry of physical education and sports and the Municipality of Plovdiv.The rapid section of the championship was held from 20th to 21st March, 2013. The winners are GM Ivan Radulov (BUL) and WIM Ruzhka Genova (BUL).The European Senior Rapid Chess Championship was also played in 9 rounds according to the Swiss System. The time control was 25 minutes for the game of each player with additional 10 seconds for each move.For more information, you can visit the official website of the championship: http://www.escc2013.eu
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European Chess Union Board held its regular meeting during the European Individual Championship in Legnica
EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN LEGNICA
European Individual Championship is underway in Legnica (Poland)
THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN CHESS UNION SILVIO DANAILOV VISITED ARGENTINA AND URUGUAY
GM TSEITLIN AND WGM VOISKA ARE THE NEW EUROPEAN SENIOR CHAMPIONS 2013-03-26
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EUROPEAN SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 - REGULATIONS
GENERAL REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHEDEuropean Chess Union and Serbian Chess Federation have the pleasure to publish general Regulations of the European School Championship 2013 which will be held in Novi Sad (Serbia) from 20-28 June.
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