Archive for February, 2009
ISCU Anniversary
At the closing ceremony of school chess tournaments in Moscow the vice-president of the Moscow Chess Federation and President of the International School Chess Union (ISCU) Alexander Kostiev pointed out that ISCU was formed 10 years ago. Since 1999 ISCU organized qualifying tournaments for European and World School Chess Championships.
Chess in the Educational System
During the International “Moscow Open 2009″ festival that took place at Russian State Social University, the International Research Conference “Chess in the Russian and world educational system” was held at the same place and time.
Experience has shown that bringing chess lessons in schools allows to skyrocket the level of children logical reasoning, forces children make [...]
Convention in Torino
On 25, 26, 27 February in Torino, Italy, there will be an international conference on Chess in School. The opening ceremony will be attended by the President of FIDE, Mr Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Among the speakers in the 3 days will be many GMs, representatives of FIDE and of many chess federations and of course Italian [...]
Mitropa Cup 2009
The Chess Federation of Slovenia invited the chess federations of Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia and Switzerland to the Mitropa Cup 2009: 9 – 17 May in Rogaska Slatina. The tournament will be organized with two separate sections, men’s section and women’s section.
Official Internet site: www.sah-zveza.si/mitropa/
European Women’s Championship: Registration
For the 10th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship in St. Petersburg, Russia (7-21 March, 2009) the national federations or participants themselves are kindly requested to return the Application Forms not later than February 10, 2009. Late registrations after this date will be accepted under the condition of an extra charge.List of registered players by February [...]
Correction: Senior Championship 2009
The European Individual Senior Championship 2009 will take place in Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia: 22-31 of July 2009. In addition there will, for the first time, be organized a European Senior Rapid Chess Championship 2009: 19 -21 of July.The homepage for these championships is: www.sahohlacnik.com/eu-sen
European Individual Championship: Registration
For the 10th European Individual Chess Championship in Budva, Montenegro (5-19 March, 2009) the national federations are kindly requested to fill in and return the Application Form not later than February 5, 2009. Late registrations have to be confirmed by the ECU..Registered players so far: www.chess-results.com