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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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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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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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
Read moreThe official tourist agency of the European Chess Union AVAsa has started working
The European School Chess Championship 2013 will take place in Novi Sad, Serbia 20-28 June, 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.
The historic Chess City of Linares will be the venue of a big Chess Festival this summer.
European Youth Chess Cup will take place in Ureki, Georgia, from 16-26 June, 2013.
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