Archive for April, 2009
ECU Tournament Calendar 2009-2011
The ECU Tournament Calendar was updated.
The ECU Board would like to emphasize that the general deadline for bids for the European championships 2011 is 1st July 2009. Deadline for the European Team Championship 2013 is 1st April 2010.
Due to the fact that the judgement of the court in Lausanne / Switzerland is not yet final, [...]
Court Case: Turkish Chess Federation – ECU
The second and final hearing of the court case of the Turkish Chess Federation against ECU was held in Lausanne / Switzerland on 30 March 2009. On 22 April the Court decided as follows:
The claim of the Turkish Chess Federation was partly acknowledged.
The decisions of the ECU Board regarding the European Individual Championships (men and [...]
European Senior Team Championship 2009
The European Senior Team Championship 2009 takes place in Velden (Austria) 5-13 April 2009 under the patronage of the Austrian President Dr. Heinz Fischer. The event starts on Sunday, 5 April, with the captains’ meeting at 10 a.m. and the opening ceremony with round 1 at 2 p.m. Games and tournament reports will be available [...]
Lewis Chessmen in New Gallery
Each year millions of visitors admire the “Lewis chessmen” at the British Museum. These pieces were probably made in Norway around AD 1150 – 1200.
On 25 March 2009 a new medieval gallery was opened at the British Museum: The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery – devoted to the Museum’s pre-eminent collection of medieval material. Among [...]
ECU Board Meeting
An ECU Board meeting will be held in Bled/Slovenia on 3 and 4 April 2009.