World Champion Korchnoi
Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel
Saturday, 07 October 2006, id:77 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 08:33:01
Victor Korchnoi (Switzerland) won the
16th World Senior Championship in Arvier, Valle d'Aosta, Italy (September 11-23, 2006). The legendary grandmaster (75 years old) scored excellently: 9.0/11. WGM Ludmila Saunina (Russia) won the women's section with 8.5/11 - her second world title in a row.
Balkan Chess Federation was founded
Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel
Friday, 06 October 2006, id:78 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 08:33:01
The ECU tournament calendar shows a Balkan Individual Championship, but no organisers for this event in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Perhaps there will be a change. According to reports from
England and from
Greece a "Balkan Chess Federation" was founded recently in Athens (Aug 21, 2006). FIDE Executive Director David Jarrett (England) was present.
EU Championship in Liverpool, Mitropa Cup in Brno and European Youth Championship in Herceg Novi
Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel
Friday, 06 October 2006, id:74 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 08:33:01
The ECU tournament calendar shows 3 tournaments in September 2006. The
2nd EU Championship (September 6-15, 2006) in Liverpool (England) was won by the former world title challenger GM Nigel Short (ENG) with 7.5/10. Seven players shared the lead on 6.5/9, but Short was the only player to win an impressive game in the last round - "to the delight of the sponsors, who never enjoy messy finishes" (Short, in:
The Guardian).
FIDE Course for Trainers and Instructors from 20 October - 26 October 2006
Written by German Chess Federation
Thursday, 14 September 2006, id:55 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 07:56:38
Here ist the latest information from the FIDE Trainer Academy Berlin.
6th European Individual Women's Chess Championship
Written by The Chess Federation of Moldova
Friday, 21 July 2006, id:21 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 07:56:38
Tie-break matches - A tie-break match consisting of two games (15 minutes + 10 seconds per move) was played today by Lahno K. (Ukraine) and Kosintseva N. (Russia) in order to find out the winners of the 1st and 2nd places. Kosintseva played uninspired the first game, and she also lost the second one. Thus, the first place and the title of European Champion 2005 were won by Lahno K.
Read more...European Rapid Championship 2006 granted to Warsaw Foundation for Chess Development
Written by ECU
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, id:56 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 07:56:38
I hereby confirm that the European Chess Union has granted the European Rapid Championship 2006 to Warsaw Foundation for Chess Development.
The Foundation has the final responsibility for all financial connection with ECU and is in a position to prepare an official invitation to all ECU Chess Federations. All payments, including entry fee may be collected on WFChD’s bank account.
ECU has accepted Mr Tomasz Delega as a Chief Arbiter of the European Rapid Chess Championship 2006.
The general information, including rules, entree fees and prizes shall be approved by ECU.
Horst Metzing
General Secretary of ECU
FIDE World Championships :: final story
Written by Ignacio Dee
Saturday, 08 April 2006, id:45 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 07:36:30
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What kind of world champion will Veselin Topalov turn out to be?
That is the focus of many grandmasters after the 14th round of the FIDE world championship ended Friday in Buenos Aires with three draws-- one from Topalov against Judit Polgar-- and one win.
Netherlands and Poland European Champions!
Written by ECU
Saturday, 08 April 2006, id:41 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 07:36:31
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Netherlands won the ECTC after beating Poland in the last round. Poland´s women´s team played 2-2 against Armenia, which was enough for victory in the women´s tournament. All results are to be found on the Official Homepage...
Read more... Photoalbum I (Prize Ceremony),
Photoalbum II (Big Photo Album) All photos by Pufichek and (c) www.kosteniuk.com
European Youth Chess Championships 2005
Written by IM Jovan Petronic
Saturday, 08 April 2006, id:44 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 07:36:31
Chess makes kids smarter, make no doubt about it! The brightest chess minds of Europe have gathered to challenge each others IQ’s, to challenge the preparations of many coaches and trainers. As of the moment I write this, The European Youth Championships U10-U18 in both competitions have moved into the 2nd half, with round five finished.
Golden Blitz Cup Moscow
Written by Diego
Saturday, 08 April 2006, id:43 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 07:36:31
On September 13 and 14 (yesterday and today) was held in Moscow the GOLDEN BLITZ Cup.
In the final of the men, Ponomarev (who won against Tkachev in the 1/2 finals and Grishuk in the 1/4 finals) won against Bareev (who won against Tregubov in the 1/2 finals and Short in the 1/4 finals). In the semi-finals were Tkachev (who won against Motylev in the 1/4 finals) and Tregubov (who won against Pelletier in the 1/4 finals). In the final of the women, Alexandra Kosteniuk beat Almira Skripchenko 2-0. In the semi-finals Kosteniuk beat Zhu Chen 2-0 and Skripchenko beat Irina Krush.
It was a super show and on TV live (NTV+) and soon we hope to other countries too.
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