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E-MAGAZINEMAY 2019
ECU boosts Chess inSchools programs.Agreements in
Tirana,Pristina & Podgorica
European School ChessChampionship 2019 openedin Mamaia,
Romania
CIS PROGRAMS
INVITATION FOR THE EUROPEANTEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2019,BATUMI,
GEORGIA
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ECU Board Meeting
The 2nd European Chess Union Board meeting for 2019, took
place on the 1st of June in Mamaia, Romania, during the
European School Chess Championship 2019.
The main areas under discussion were: Development fundings
Sponsorships programs, new projects, the European
Championships, CIS programs and improvement of the ECU
regulations.
The Conference "Education through Chess”, under the
patronage of the Romanian Presidency of EU Council, took
place on 2nd of June in the same venue. CIS Projects from
Romania, Turkey, Poland, Israel, Hungary, Sweden, Norway,
Italy were presented and discussed.
More details in pages 3,4,5.
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European Chess Union has its seat in Switzerland,Address:
Rainweidstrasse 2, CH-6333, HunenbergSee, Switzerland
European Chess Union is an independentassociation founded in
1985 in Graz, Austria;European Chess Union has 54 National
FederationMembers; Every year ECU organizes more than 20prestigious
events and championships.
[email protected]
ECU Board meeting
CIS CONFERENCE"Education through Chess"Chess in Schools
Conference
ECU boosts CIS programms
ECU President visitedAlbania, Kosovo* andMontenegro
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ESCC 2019
European School ChessChampionship 2019
FIDE GRAND PRIX
Moscow FIDE Grand Prix finalreport
INVITATIONS
European Championhsips
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Upcoming events
Arbiters corner,
Training lesson and
Fun Zone
ECU BRAND BOOK
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ECU NEWS
ECU BOARD MEETING inMamaia, Romania
The European Chess Union 2nd Board meeting for 2019,took place
on the 1st of June in Mamaia, Romania, duringthe European School
Chess Championship 2019.
The main areas under discussion: Development fundingsand
sponsorships, new projects, EuropeanChampionships-Tournaments and
Chess in Schoolsprograms.
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The main areas under discussion anddecisions made were the
following:
Funding – Sponsorship
• ECU Board discussed proposals forpartnership in sponsorships
programs. Afurther announcement will be made indue time.• The
program of the FIDE developmentfund was evaluated, and further
actionswere approved among them social andinnovative projects. In
the frame of theprogram, the European Chess Uniondelivered• In the
frame of the program ECUreceived from FIDE 200 e-boards,pieces and
digital clocks that will beused for its championships.• An ECU
Presentation for Sponsors willtake place in Stockholm, Sweden
inNovember 2019.
New Projects
• ECU Board has decided to establishthe annual award ceremony -
“EuropeanGolden Pawn” - that will be held everyyear on the last
Saturday of Novemberin Monaco (Monte-Carlo). More detailsabout the
project will be announced.
The European ChessUnion 2nd Boardmeeting for 2019, tookplace on
the 1st ofJune in Mamaia,Romania.
ECUBoard
meeting
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European Championships-
Tournaments
• The ECU Board was informed aboutthe bids received for the
2021Championships by the deadline of the31st of May 2019. The valid
bids will bepublished on the ECU website after theconfirmation of
the bids fees payment.• The European Women’s Rapid andBlitz
Championship 2020 was awardedto the Ukranian Chess Federation.• The
invitations for the European TeamChess Championship 2019
andEuropean Club Cup 2019 have beenpublished.
CIS Conference
The Conference "Education throughchess”, under the patronage of
theRomanian Presidency of EU Council,took place on 2nd of June in
Mamaia,Romania. CIS Projects from Romania,Turkey, Poland, Israel,
Hungary,Sweden, Norway, Italy were presentedand discussed.
European Chess Union, awarded Mr.Alexander Kostyev (RUS),
President ofInternational School Chess Union(ISCU) with the ECU
Honorary Awardfor the 20 years of the Unionestablishment &
their high contribution tothe development of the #Chess inSchool
programs and championships.
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Legend GM JuditPolgar rmade aninspiredpresentation duringthe
Conference.https://youtu.be/
qZ78mxs3Qe0
"Education through Chess"CIS CONFERENCE
The conference “Education through chess” took place onthe 2nd of
June, in Mamaia, Romania, under thepatronage of the Romanian
Presidency of the EU Council,on the occasion of the European School
Championship.
he main agenda of theconference was to evaluatethe
implementation ofchess in various educationsystems following
theWritten Declaration 50/2011of the EuropeanParliament, to
presentachievements and goodpractices of co-operationbetween
nationalfederations and state, localauthorities in Europe.
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The patronage of thePresidency of EU Councilfor the
“Educationthrough Chess”conference is outstandingrecognition of
theimportance of chess inthe education field.
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ECU NEWS
ECU BOOSTS CHESS INSCHOOLS PROGRAMMS
In the period from 5th to 12th of May, thePresident of European
Chess Union, Mr. ZurabAzmaiparashvili, visited Tirana,
Albania,Pristina, Kosovo* and Podgorica, Montenegrowith the main
agenda to support and promotethe chess in schools programs in the
area.
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ECU NEWS
On 6th of May, ECU President,accompanied by the ECU
ExecutiveDirector Mr. Erald Dervishi visited theEmin Duraku School
in Tirana, to greetthe pupils on the closing day of the“Chess Week”
which included multipleevents like tournaments and chessexhibitions
with paintings made by thekids. “Chess in Schools andCommunities”
is a project recentlyundertaken by the Albanian ChessFederation
during the months of April –May, extended to 10 elementary
andmiddle schools, supported by theMunicipality of Tirana, in
partnershipwith the Ministry of Education for Youthand Sports, ECU
and FIDE.
Day after, on 7th of May, Mr.Azmaiparashvili went to Pristina,
whereEuropean Chess Union, Ministry ofCulture, Youth and Sports of
Kosovo*and the National Chess Federationsigned a memorandum of
co-operationwith main scopes:A. Exchange of experiences and
mutualsupport for youth-sports and chess inschools projects;B.
Joint commitment to running andorganizing sports-chess
competitions;C. Intervention in sports infrastructure byoffering
cooperation in organizing chesscompetitions.
"Europe Day", 9th ofMay, in Podgorica
The “Europe Day” wascelebrated in Podgorica with achess game
between theMinister of Foreigner Affairs,Prof. Dr. Srđan
Darmanović,and ECU President Mr. ZurabAzmaiparashvili, while
thesecond game was playedbetween the ECU Presidentand Kristina
Basic, MontenegroWomen’s Chess ViceChampion and Captain of theAir
forces.
ECU Presidentvisited Pristina,Tirana andPodgorica, withmain
agenda tosupport chess inschools programms.
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D. Promoting and sharing a culture ofequal opportunities by
supporting theparticipation of women at all levels oftheir sporting
practice.
The agreement was signed by theECU President Mr.
ZurabAzmaiparashvili, the NationalCoordinator of Culture Youth and
SportsMr. Rexhep Hoti and the President of theKosovo* Chess
Federation Mr. NysretAvdiu.On 10th of May, Minister of Education
ofMontenegro, Dr. Damir Šehović, signeda Memorandum with the
President of theEuropean Chess Union , Mr. ZurabAzmaiparashvili and
the President of theChess Federation of Montenegro, Mr.Jovan
Milović. The Agreement ofCooperation signed in Podgorica,Montegro,
targets to popularize chessamong pupils of elementary schools,with
the aim of strengthening intellectual,cultural and sports capacity,
wherebyschools will be provided with chessequipment and requisites
for performingsports competitions in chess.On this occasion,
Minister Šehović saidthat the Ministry of Education
supportsprojects that encourage the intellectualdevelopment of
children, and chess issurely a sport that leads to
thinking,exercise persistence and arouses self-criticism.
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The Chess week in Emin Duraku School inTirana, Albania
Signing the Agreement of cooperationbetween European Chess
Union, Ministry of
Culture, Youth and Sports of Kosovo* andKosovo Chess
Federation
On the Europe Day, ECU President, Mr.Zurab Azmaiparashvili and
the Minister
of Foreigner Affairs, Prof. Dr. SrđanDarmanović, played chess
game
ECU President in the Ministry of Educationof Montenegro, in
Podgorica
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EVENTS
European School ChessChampionship 2019started on 31st of May
inMamaia, Romania, andtakes place till 9th ofJune.
European School Chess Championship 2019
The Winners of each section will receive the title of European
School ChessChampion 2019, and three the best-ranked players of
each category willreceive medals and diplomas.
Official Website of the event: https://ecumamaia2019.ro/
LINK for LIVE: https://ecumamaia2019.ro/live-games/
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EUROPEAN SCHOOL CHESSCHAMPIONSHIP 2019 OPENED
The organizers provided LIVEtransmission of the top boards,
which isavailable through the official website ofthe event.
The event is played in 6 age categories,U7, U9, U11, U13, U15
and U17, boysand girls separately, with participation ofmore than
300 young talents, comingfrom 20 different European
federations.
The Championship is played accordingto the Swiss System in 9
rounds withtime control 90 minutes for 40moves+30 minutes for the
rest of thegame with an increment of 30 secondsper move starting
from move 1.
The event was opened on 31st of May,with the attendance of ECU
President,Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili, ECUSecretary-General, Mr.
TheodorosTsorbatzoglou, ECU Vice President Mr.Johann Pocksteiner
and ECU TreasurerMr. Ion Dobronauteanu.
President of European Chess Unionofficially opened the first
round bymaking the first ceremonial move.
Besides the main event, the blitzcompetition was organized on
the 4th ofJune.
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IAN NEPOMNIACHTCHI WINSMOSCOW FIDE GRAND PRIX 2019
Ian Nepomniachtchi became the Winner of the first leg ofthe FIDE
Grand Prix 2019, organized by World Chessfrom 17th-29th May in
Moscow, Russia.
he match was decided in tiebreaks offinals, since first two
games played byclassical time control ended in a draw.
Nepomniachtchi defeated hiscompatriot, Alexander Grischuk, in
thesecond game of the tiebreak match, tobecome the Winner of the
first leg ofFIDE Grand Prix, which is also aqualification event for
next year'sCandidates Tournament.The Closing Ceremony took place
onMay 29 and was attended by FIDEPresident Arkady Dvorkovich,
Vice-President of the Russian ChessFederation and head of
PhosAgroAndrey Guryev, CEO of World ChessIlya Merenzon, the 12th
World ChessChampion Anatoly Karpov andExecutive Director of the
Russian ChessFederation Mark Glukhovsky.
Photos by:World Chess
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Standings after the first leg of FIDEGrand Prix are as
followed:
1. Ian Nepomniachtchi - 9 points2. Alexander Grischuk - 7
points3. Radoslaw Wojtaszek - 5 points4. Hikaru Nakamura - 3
points5. Peter Svidler - 2 points6. Wei Yi - 2 points7. Daniil
Dubov - 2 points8. Wesley So - 1 point and9-16. Anish Giri,
ShakhriyarMamedyarov, Levon Aronian, TeimourRadjabov, Sergey
Karjakin, NikitaVitiugov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, DmitryJakovenko - 0
points.
The 2019 FIDE Grand Prix seriesconsists of four knockout
tournaments,with 16 players each, who play twoclassical games per
round and if neededa tiebreak on the third day. Theremaining three
Grand Prix tournamentsare Riga/Jurmala, Latvia (July
11–25),Hamburg, Germany (November 4–18)and Tel Aviv, Israel
(December 10–24).
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EUROPEAN TEAM CHESSCHAMPIONSHIP 2019 - Invitation
European TeamChessChampionship 2019will take place from23rd
October – 3rdNovember in the 5stars HotelSheraton, in
Batumi,Georgia.
ach ECU member federation has theright to enter one team in Open
and oneteam in Women’s competition. Teams ineach of the
competitions shall consist offour players and one reserve player.
TheEuropean Team Chess Championship2019 will be played in 9 rounds,
Swisssystem, with the time control of 90minutes for 40 moves + 30
minutes forthe rest of the game, with 30 secondsincrement for every
move played,starting from the move one.Registrations shall be made
through theofficial website of the event, by filling
theregistration form. Registration formsmust be submitted only by
the nationalfederations, and the registrationdeadline is on Monday,
21st of August2019. Late registrations sent after thedeadline, may
be refused or will be anextra charge.
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INVITATIONS
The organizer will provide transportservices of all participants
on October23rd as well as the departure transfer onNovember 3.
If any delegation arrives one or two daysbefore the competition
or leaves laterthe same service will be provided.
Travel from Batumi airport (2 ways) tohotels is free of charge,
while travelprice from Kutaisi airport (2 ways) tohotels (120 km)
is for each person 50Euro, travel price from Trabzon airport
(2ways) to hotels (160 km) is for eachperson 70 EUR and travel
price fromTbilisi airport (2 ways) to hotels (360 km)is for each
person 80 EUR.
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ETCC 2019
Registration deadline
Registrations shall be madethrough the official website ofthe
event, by filling theregistration form. Registrationforms must be
submitted onlyby the national federations, andthe registration
deadline isMonday, 21st of August 2019.
Late registrations sent after thedeadline, may be refused or
willbe an extra charge.
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The first three teams in open andwomen’s sections will receive
cup andprize money of 32.000 EUR in total.
The Winners of the event will receive thetitle of European Team
Chess Champion2019. Besides the regular prizes, thebest performing
players in the open andwomen’s sections on each board willreceive
medals and money prizes also.
The ECU Dress Code Rules will befollowed as in detail described
in theECU regulations. The ECU anti-cheatingguidelines, the FIDE
Code of Ethics andthe ECU Fair Play Code are valid for allthe
European Championships and allplayers, arbiters, organisers
&participants shall follow theseregulations.
Contact Information:
Email:[email protected]
Official Website of the event:http://www.euro2019.ge/
Official regulations andinvitation are available on theECU
Website, on thefollowing
link:http://www.europechess.org/european-team-chess-championship-2019-official-invitation/
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According to ECU Tournament Rules,each European federation is
allowed totake part in the European Club Cupevent. Number of clubs
per federationmay be found in the ECU TournamentRules. In the Women
competition allclubs, members of ECU federations, areallowed to
participate.
Registrations for the event shall be doneby national chess
federations. Beforethe final registration, each federationthat
intends to participate in EuropeanClub Cup 2019 must
confirmparticipation to the organizingcommittee. Deadline for
confirmation ofparticipation is 30th July 2019. A copy
ofconfirmation shall be sent to TournamentDirector, Mr. Petr Pisk
to the following e-mail address, e-mail:[email protected].
Afterwards, theentry forms must be completed andreturned to the
Tournament office email:[email protected] no later than15th
September 2019. The date of 15thSeptember 2019 is the
registrationdeadline.
The teams shall be composed of sixplayers and two reserves in
Opencompetition, while in the Women’scompetition teams shall be
composed offour players and one reserve.
EUROPEAN CLUB CUP 2019The 35th edition of EuropeanClub Cup and
the 24th edition ofEuropean Club Cup for Womenwill simultaneously
take placefrom 9th-17th November 2019 inUlcinj, Montenegro.
INVITATIONS
Official website of the EuropeanClub Cup 2019
ishttp://www.sahcg.meTournament Director: Petr
Pisk,[email protected] Manager:IO Jovan Milović (00
382 69 306388)Technical director: AndrijaČabarkapa (00 382 69 303
301)
Email:[email protected]
Contact information
The total prize fund ofthe event will be 45.000EUR, with 26.000
EURreserved for Opencompetition, 14.000 EURin Women competitionand
5.000 EUR forindividual prizes.
PRIZE FUND
ECC 2019
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The events will be played in 7 rounds,Swiss system, with time
control 90minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutesfor the rest of the
game, with anincrement of 30 seconds per move,starting from move
one.
The organizers provided transfer fromPodgorica (78km) and Tivat
(87km)airports to the official hotel and venue ofthe event. In
addition, transfer fromTirana (Albania) Airport (135km) may
beorganized. The official hotel of the eventwill be KARISMA HOTELS
Ulcinj, 4stars “Holiday Village Montenegro”Hotel, while the playing
venue of theevents will be Karisma Hotels Hall.
Invitation for the event can bealso found on the ECU
Website:
http://www.europechess.org/european-club-cup-2019-official-invitation/
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EUSA Universities Championshipsinclude this year, 22 sports
competitionstaking place across 15 European citiesfrom June 23rd to
September 7th:Antequera (Spain), Lodz (Poland),Bydgosz (Poland),
Camerino (Italy),Braga (Portugal), Katowice (Poland),Poznan
(Poland), Madrid (Spain), Koper(Slovenia), Podgorica
(Montenegro),Olomouc (Czech Republic), Zagreb(Croatia), Budapest
(Hungary), Porto(Portugal), Jonkoping (Sweden),Orleans (France),
Belgrade (Serbia) andZrenjanin (Serbia).
Among the events is the EuropeanUniversities Chess Championship
2019,under the ECU auspices. EuropeanUniversities Chess
Championship 2019will take place from 24th-28th July inBudapest,
Hungary, during theEuropean Universities
MindsportsChampionship.
Official Website of EUSA
UniversitiesMindsports:https://mindsports2019.eusa.eu/
Registrations:https://mindsports2019.eusa.eu/news-events?registrations-for-european-universities-championships-2019-are-open
European Universities Chess Championship 2019
European UniversitiesChess Championship 2019will take place
from24th-28th July in Budapest,Hungary.
INVITATIONS
EUSA Technical Delegates for Bridgeand Chess visited the
Hungarian capitalon November 14 and 15, in 2018.
EUSA Technical Delegate for Bridge MrHarry Van de Peppel and
EUSATechnical Delegate for Chess MrOleksandr Sulypa were welcomed
byrepresentatives of the organisingcommittee and their partners,
lead by MrTamas Sterbenz as the Chairman, andalso the Vice Rector
of the University ofPhysical Education and Vice Presidentof the
Hungarian Universities SportsFederation.
EUSA Technical Delegates for Bridge and Chessvisited the
Hungarian capital
European UniversitiesChess Championship willbe held in
Budapestbetween July 24-28 2019in cooperation with theEuropean
Bridge League(EBL) and under theauspices of EuropeanChess Union
(ECU).
European UniversitiesChess Championship
About the event
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European Universities ChessChampionship 2019 will beorganized
for the 3rd time thisyear, and over 35 players alreadyhave
confirmed the participationfor the event. Registration for
theevents is available throughnational universities sportsbodies of
the countries, and moredetails can be found on thefollowing link on
the officialwebsite of EUSA EuropeanUniversity Championships
2019.In preparation for the EuropeanUniversities Mind
SportsChampionship 2019,
Also, there were present Mr Mate Nagy,secretary general OC, Mr
Daniel Mezei,Communication manager, Ms. SzilviaPerenyi, Volunteers
coordinator, Mr.Gyorgy Kovacs, HUSF DeputySecretary-General, and
representativesof the Chess Federation Mr GaborKallay and
representative of the BridgeFederation Mr. Adam Magyar.Together,
they inspected the venues,had a tour of the host University,
checkout the playing rooms, dormitories, andother required
facilities. Also, otherorganisational aspects were
discussed,confirming good preparation of theevent.
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FEDERATIONS
he Championship is open for bothschool and selected national
teams,both boys and girls aged 15 to 18. Theevent will be held in 4
differentcategories: schoolboys, schoolgirls,selected boys and
girls in the nationallevel.
Each team shall consist of two playersaccording to the following
rule: allstudents in the school team must havebeen enrolled at the
same school sincethe beginning of the school year 2018/2019 and all
students of a selected teammust have been enrolled at a school
inthe country concerned since thebeginning of the school year
2018/2019.
The event will be played in 9 rounds,Swiss system with time
control 60minutes for the entire game with 30second increment per
move. The officialvenue and Hotel of ISF World SchoolsChess
Championship will be“Tsaghkadzor General Sport Complex”Hotel.
Registrations have been officiallyopened until the registration
deadline30th July 2019. The electronic entryregistration form can
be accessed here:https://isf-eras.org/.
1ST ISF WORLD SCHOOL CHESSCHAMPIONSHIP 2019
The Executive Committee of the International SchoolSport
Federation (ISF) entrusted the organization of the1st World Schools
Chess Championship to Tsaghkadzor,Armenia to be held from 18th-25th
September 2019.
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Registrations havebeen officially openeduntil the
registrationdeadline 30th July2019. The electronicentry
registration formcan be accessedhere: https://isf-eras.org/.
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The participation fee (per person/pernight) is 50/100 EUR,
depending on theparticipants (coach, player, head of thedelegation,
teachers, additional adults).The fee covers full boardaccommodation
for the duration of theevent. It covers the competition,
culturalprogramme activities and all transport inconnection with
the official programme(arrival, departure, sports and
culturalprogrammes).
Also, an additional ISF fee of 40 € permember of the delegation
must be paidtogether with the balance of theparticipation fee. The
ISF School SportFoundation intends to provideunderprivileged school
children withopportunities to access sports trainingby highly
qualified PE teachers andtrainers and to dispose of good
qualityschool sports equipment andinfrastructure.One of the
occasions to help theFoundation is the Charity Gala Dinner inwhich
the Heads of Delegation will beinvited. An extra contribution of 50
€ fortaking part is requested.
The first ISF Schools ChessChampionship is organized by
Ministryof Education and Science of the RA,Armenian School Sport
Federation andArmenian Chess Federation.
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Czech Tour 2019/2020
Czech Open 2019, which celebrates its30th anniversary this year,
will containmore than 30 different events, opentournaments, blitz
and rapid events,team events, Fischer random events,youth events
and others.
The events will take place in the officialvenue of the
tournament CSOBPojistovna arena. The total prize fund ofthe events
will be more than 40.000EUR.
Besides the events for chess players,the organizers provided
also very wideAccompanying programmes: gamesanalysis in the
festival party tent, smallfootball tournament, bowlingtournament,
table tennis tournament,crossword puzzles and Sudokucompetitions,
trips, social evenings atthe swimming pool etc.
Complete information, such asregulations of individual
championshipscan be found on the internet festivalWebsite.
Regulations of Czech Open 2019 areavailable
here:http://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CzechOpen-2019-en.pdf
CZECH TOUR 2019/202219th International ChessFestivals Series of
CzechRepublic this year will be openedwith with 30th edition of
CzechOpen, which will take place from11th-28th July 2019 in
Pardubice,Czech Republic.
Contact information
AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o. Strossova239, 530 03 Pardubice
CzechRepublicTel. +420-466 535 200mobile +420-608 203 007E-mail:
[email protected]
Official Website of the tourInteresting
things:http://www.facebook.com/czechtouren
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Besides the Czech Open 2019, withinthe Czech Tour 2019/2020
events are:A. 6th SUMMER PRAGUE OPEN(2th-9th August 2019)B. 22nd
OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER(10th-17th August 2019)C. 10th HRADEC KRALOVE
OPEN(26th October 2nd November 2019)D. 9th BRNO OPEN (3rd-9th
November2019)E. 20th LITOMYSL OPEN (26thDecember 2019–1st January
2020)F. 19th PRAGUE OPEN (10th-17thJanuary 2020)G. 19th MARIENBAD
OPEN ( 18th-25thJanuary 2020)H. 20th LIBEREC OPEN
(22nd-29thFebruary 2020)
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FIDE Women's CandidatesTournament 2019 takes placefrom 29th May-
19th June inKazan, Russia.
Eight strongest female GMsplay in the competition and theWinner
qualifies for the WorldChampionship Match with JuWenjun
(China).
FIDE Women'sCandidatesTournament 2019
The 2019 Croatia Grand ChessTour tournament will be the firstof
two classical events and thesecond stop on the 2019 GrandChess
Tour. The tournament ishosted in partnership betweenthe Grand Chess
Tour andChess Club e4 from Zagreband will see all 12 full
tourparticipants compete over 11rounds of classical chess for
aprize fund of $325,000.
CROATIA GRANDCHESS TOUR
Altibox Norway Chess2019 will take place from3rd-14th June
inStavanger, Norway withparticipation of 10 worldtop players:
Carlsen,Caruana, Mamedyarov,Liren, Vachier-Lagrave,Anand,
Grischuk,Aronian, Wesley So andYangyi Yu.
7th Norway Chess
Netanya International ChessFestival 2019, one of the
mostimportant chess competitionsin Israel, will take place from23rd
June – 2nd July 2019 inthe VIP main hall of theNetanya Football
stadium.The festival consists of twomain events: Masterstournament
and NetanyaOpen tournament.
Netanya Chess Festival
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UPCOMING EVENTS IN JUNE 2019
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All of us know that if we want to ask for athreefold repetition
or fifty-moves drawbasing on a move we are going to make,we have to
respect a certain procedure:art. 9.2.1.1 of the Laws of Chess
statesthat if the third position “is about toappear, if he (the
player NdR) first writeshis move, which cannot be changed, onhis
scoresheet and declares to thearbiter his intention to make this
move”and art. 9.3.1 states: “he writes hismove, which cannot be
changed, on hisscoresheet and declares to the arbiterhis intention
to make this move whichwill result in the last 50 moves by
eachplayer having been made without themovement of any pawn and
without anycapture”. These statements, taught for astandard game,
put us a problem if weare playing a rapid/blitz game. Art.
A.2actually states: “players do not need torecord the moves, but do
not lose theirrights to claims normally based on ascoresheet. The
player can, at any time,ask the arbiter to provide him with
ascoresheet, in order to write themoves”.It clearly means that a
player isexonerated to record any move, but hecan anyway ask for a
draw in suchcases that the scoresheet is concerned,which means
exactly art. 9.2.1.1 or9.3.1. Moreover, there is no articlesaying
that in case of a rapid/blitz game,the procedure the player has to
fulfil inorder to claim a draw is different, so art.9.2.1.1 and
9.3.1 totally apply. The pointarises when a player, who is
notrecording anything in a rapid/blitz game,claims a draw basing on
the move he isgoing to do without writing any move,but only
declaring it. Obviously, if theopponent agrees, there is no
question.But what if the opponent protests thatsuch a claim cannot
be considered dueto the fact the claimant didn’t writeanything?
ARBITERS CORNER
IS APPENDIX A (RAPID CHESS)TOTALLY CONSISTENT WITH ART. 9OF THE
LAWS OF CHESS?
Text by: Marco Biagioliarbiters.europechess.org
ECU ARBITERS COUNCIL
We have to focus on a point: theopponent is not questioning
whether thethreefold repetition or fifty moves occur,he barely says
the arbiter should notinvestigate the matter and just reject
theclaim as inadmissible because it wasmade on a different way than
the oneprescribed by the Laws. Last year I havebeen to four big
rapid/blitz events(EYRBCC, ERBCC and WRBCC, aswell as the national
rapid and blitzchampionship) and in each of thosetournaments, I
found out differentsolutions to the point from differentarbiters.
My opinion is that theopponent’s protest has a merit: the Lawsare
clear about the obligation to writedown the move.Moreover, art. A.2
let the players notrecord the moves, but it does notprohibit it:
“The player can, at any time,ask the arbiter to provide him with
ascoresheet, in order to write the moves”.I think the most correct
procedureshould be that a player asks ascoresheet, writes down that
singlemove and then asks for a draw normally;personally, I see no
other reason to havewritten this second sentence in art. A.2other
than the requests made upon art.9.2.1.1 and 9.3.1.Nevertheless, I
see that such a way ofproceeding is fault-finding and very hardto
figure out in a tense circumstance asa rapid/blitz game is. Hence,
I would notblame an arbiter if he decides to acceptthe claim
without a written move basingon the preface of the Laws of Chess.In
World rapid/blitz Championship, adifferent solution was found,
consideringthat the declaration of the player isassumed enough, the
arbiter wassupposed to ask the player to show himthe move by
simulating it, with the timestopped.
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If we consider the purpose of the duty towrite down the move
(avoid the player tochange it, as in case the game is notdraw, the
move stands), this solutionseems to be satisfactory because theact
of simulating the move gives animmediate and not arguable evidence
ofwhat move, in case, has to stand.However, this problem can easily
lead todifferent solutions from different arbitersand in extreme
cases, can even lead thesame claim to be rejected or granted
bydifferent arbiters.
Such arbitrariness is too much, thus Ithink art. A.2 should be
rewritten insome way to grant a legal cover to thissituation (not
so rare as one canimagine).
Last summer I discussed this matteralso with Mr Alex Holowczak
and weboth concluded it is a matter for theRules Commission, which
hopefully willsolve the problem.
ECU Arbiters Council
Mr. Marko Biagioli
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One of the important methods of defense in
chess, when material is sacrificed to get
position with huge opponents advantage –
Bishop and pawn on h or a files. But Bishop is
of wrong colour. There are thousands of
examples, but here I want to concentrate on
some positions ,which are very practical.
WRONG CORNER
By Grandmaster
Adrian Mikhalchishin
Very similar examples happenedin many more games of famouschess
players, such as:Portisch-Kavalek,Chandler-Polgar Z.,
Altuneger-Vombek, Alexandrova-Worek,Bartel-Kempinski, Salgado
Lopez-Sos Andreu, Dreev-Onischuk,Dizdarevic-Short,
Tajmanov-Awerbach, Metger-Paulsen,Fisher-Taimanov,
Kolar-Bakalarz,Socko-Szczepkowska, Nakamura-Cori Tello,
Dreev-Yudasin, Estrin-Ravinsky, Gulko=Sanguineti andmany other.
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TRAINING
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FUN ZONE
For this edition of theECU monthly magazine,we prepared 4 mate
in 3positions! White is onthe move!
Solutions from April
> Puzzle #1:1.Nd4 Nd6 (1...Nc5 2.Nf5 Nxa43.Ne7#) 2.Nc2 Nf5
(2...Nxb53.Nb4#) 3.Nb4#>Puzzle #2:1.Be6 Ka3 (1...Kxa4 2.Rxc4+Kb5
3.a4#; 1...Kc3 2.Ba5+ Kd33.Bxc4#) 2.Rxc4 e2 3.Bxe7#>Puzzle
#3:1,Qe2 d4 (1...Nxg4 2.Qf3#;1...e4 2.Nd4 + cxd4 3.Qxe4#) 2.Rf4+
exf4 3. Nxd4#>Puzzle #4:1.a4 d2 2.Nb2+ Kxe5 3.Nd3#
21Newsletter May 2019
World Chess
Champion,
MAGNUS
CARLSEN
SAID ABOUT
CHESS:
>Some people think that if their
opponent plays a beautiful game,
it's okay to lose. I don't. You have
to be merciless.
>Once you're a chess player, you
spend a lot of time thinking about
the game and you can't get it
completely out of your head.
>I spend hours playing chess
because I find it so much fun. The
day it stops being fun is the day I
give up.
>If you want to get to the top,
there's always the risk that it will
isolate you from other people.
>I don't look at computers as
opponents. For me it is much
more interesting to beat humans.
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