Archive for January, 2010
Croatia Chess Championship
The Croatian Chess Championship was held on 18-28th January at the Open University in Otocac. Twelve players, all but one with Grandmaster rank, competed in the round robin tournament. The Championship is officially valid for the year 2009, and top four finishers will qualify for the 2010 event. The prize fund is 10.000 EUR.
The last [...]
Promote with ECU
Dear Chess & Business Friends,
European Chess Union is presenting the new e-marketing policy. After the successful launch of the new ECU official web site, we have the opportunity to offer a complete promotion program for commercial companies, chess related products, events etc.
Connect your event or product with an International Sports’ Organizations, [...]
Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2010
The 2010 Gibtelecom International Chess Festival got underway today at the Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar. At precisely 2.45pm (Gibraltar time) Charles Isola from Anglo Hispano Ltd, representing all sponsors, made the first move with Etienne Bacrot from France who is the highest rated player in the Gibtelecom Chess Masters. Play began at 3pm.
Famous Grandmaster Boris [...]
Media Invitation: 11th European Individual Men and Women’s Chess Championship
Dear media representatives,
as you already know the 11th European Individual Men and Women’s Chess Championship will be held from 5th to 19th of March 2010 in Rijeka, Croatia. Organizers are expecting more participants than any European Championship until now, thus we cordially invited you to join us at this event.
ACCREDITATION PROCESS
Please note that the Organizer [...]
ECU Youth Grand Prix
To:
All European Federations
ECU Board members
18 January 2010
Dear chess friends,
Following the approval of the ECU President, Mr.Boris Kutin we are continuing with organisation of the European Youth Grand Prix. We wish to make ECU Youth Grand Prix traditional and to include many young and gifted players in this competition.
The next ECU Board meeting will be [...]
Mateusz Bartel is Poland Chess Champion
The 2010 Poland Chess Championship was held on 9-17 January, 2010 in Warsaw, Hotel Novotel Centrum. The tournament was played over nine rounds of Swiss system, with 28 players and 17 Grandmasters among them. GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2639) emerged as the leader with perfect score after four rounds, but then he slowed down, and GM [...]
Belarus Chess Championship
The 76th Belarusian Chess Championship was held in Minsk from 12th until 22nd January. Twelve players competed in an all-play-all tournament with 11 rounds, and among them were eight Grandmasters. But even in such a strong field, with five players being rated 2600 elo and higher, the untitled Evgeny Podolchenko (2450) exceeded all expectations and [...]
Russia Wins World Team Chess Championship
The World Team Chess Championship was held from 5th until 14th January in Bursa, Turkey. The event was organized by the Government of Turkey and the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF) with the patronage of the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality.
According to the FIDE Regulations D.07.11.6.2., the Federations entitled to participate in the Championship are Continental Champions, top [...]
Extraordinary General Assembly
As announced in the Circular Letter from 09/2009, the next General Assembly will take place on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at Rijeka, Croatia.
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Corus 2010
The 2010 Corus chess tournament was held from 16th until 31st January 2010 in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. The winner of the top group qualifies for the Grand Slam Final 2010.
The Corus had three main tournaments, with 14 players each. They are played according to the round-robin system, whereby each competitor plays in turn against [...]