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ECU Magazine June 2021 E-MAGAZINE JUNE 2021 0101 Mediterranean Championship Ivan Saric wins the 11th edition of the Mediterranean Chess Championship held in Petrovac, Montenegro ECU101 Certificates We have reached Certificate No.1000 (!) last weekend for ECU Teachers Chess Training Course in cooperation with ChessPlus. # 6 Over-The-Board ECU Championships annnounced! Briefly.. The 3rd ECU Board meeting in 2021 took place on Wednesday 9th of June through teleconference. Regulations for six (6) European Chess Championships in 2021 have been published. Special health measures will be valid according the hosting countries rules and ECU protocols. European Women Individual Chess Championship 2021 will take place from 8th-21st of August 2021, in Iasi, Romania. 116 players from 29 federations registered for the event. A few late registrations are also expected to complete the list. The Mediterranean Chess Championship 2021 took place succefuly European Chess Union has its seat in Switzerland, from 18-27 June 2021, in Petrovac, Montenegro. Address: Rainweidstrasse 2, CH-6333, Hunenberg See, Switzerland . European Chess Union is an independent association founded in 1985 in Graz, Austria; ECU organised special webinars in cooperation with FIDE Planing and European Chess Union has 54 National Federation Develoment Commission. Reports are inlcuded in the magazine. Members; Every year ECU organizes more than 20 prestigious events and championships; + Webinar for Erasmus #Friday June 18 www.europechess.org [email protected] + Online FIDE International Organizers Seminar 28 June - July 1 + Chess Teacher Training Online Course on 19-20 June contents Mediterannean #Chess Queen's Chess Festival Seminar for Erasmus+ 03 Mediterannean Chess 12 Final report on Queen's Chess 16 ECU Online Seminar for Championship 2021 - Final Festival application in Erasmus+ report programs ECU Board Meeting ECU FIDE IO Seminar Arbiters Corner 04 Communique of the ECU 13 ECU FIDE IO Seminar short 17 "Once upon a time in Board Meeting - Main report Belgium..." information and decisions Text by: IA Geert Bailleul ECU OTB EVENTS ECU EDU activities Fun Zone 05 Preview and invitations of 14 1000+ Certificated ECU 19 announced ECU Over-The- Chess Teachers! Board events Newsletter June 2021 Mediterranean Chess Championship 2021 Mediterranean Chess Championship 2021 took place from 18-27 June 2021 in a 4* Hotel Palas, in Petrovac, Montenegro. 128 players from 20 federations participated in the 11th Mediterranean Chess Championship. The event was opened by the ECU President, Mr.Zurab Azmaiparashvili. After 9 played rounds, GM Ivan Saric (Croatia) claimed the title of Mediterranean Champion. He tied for the first place with IM Saraci Nderim (Kosovo), scoring 7.5 Légende Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem points. quia voluptas sit aspernatur. Additional criteria decided that trophy goes to Ivan Saric, while Saraci Nderim took silver. The total prize fund of the event was 10.500 EUR, with 1.200 EUR Three players tied for bronze, reserved for the Champion of the scoring 7 points each: GM Vahap event. Sanal (Turkey), GM Zelcic Robert (Croatia) and IM Livaic Leon The event was played according to (Croatia), but according to tiebreaks, Swiss system, 9 rounds, with time Vahap Sanal took bronze medal. control 90 minutes per player for 40 moves, plus 15 minutes till the end IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (Greece) of the game, with increment of 40 scored 6.5 points to claim the seconds for each move, starting Mediterranean Women's Chess from move one. Chmapion title. WGM Injac Teodora (Serbia) finished 2nd with 5.5 points All the results and final standings and Eizaguerri Floris Maria (Spain) can be found here. came 3rd with 5 points. MediterraneanCh2021 The 11th edition of the Mediterranean Chess Championship took place from 18-27 June in Petrovac, Montenegro. The Closing ceremony of the event was attended by ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili and ECU Vice President and FIDE CEO Dana Reizniece-Ozola. Newsletter June 2021 3 ECU CL No5/2021 COMMUNIQUE OF THE ECU BOARD MEETING The third ECU Board meeting in 2021 >The European Individual Senior took place on Wednesday 9th of June Championship 2021 will be organized by through teleconference. the Italian Chess Federation. Expected >ECU Board discussed the reports of to start on 25th of September. Exact European Online and Hybrid schedule will be announced. Competitions, which were organized >The European Youth Rapid & Blitz from March to May 2021 and expresses Chess Championship is scheduled in its satisfaction with the level and results Novisad,Serbia from the 26th to 31st of of the events. For the European Hybrid December 2021. Qualifier Tournament, ECU thanks >The European Corporate National Chess Federations, who went Championship 2021 in Rotterdam to great lengths to organize the venues postponed for 2022. well and also show great concentration >For European Youth Chess in the anti-cheating guidelines. Championship 2021 the decision will be >ECU Board was informed about the made in early July, taking into account projects concluded by the support of travel conditions and restrictions in Main information FIDE Development fund and especially Europe especially for young players the actions in cooperation with FIDE >European School Chess Championship and decisions of Women’s Commission and FIDE 2021 will be held online. Exact schedule Commission for the Disabled. will be announced. the ECU Board: >The Board approved the 2020 >European Small Nations Team Chess accounts and financial statements, Championship 2021 will be held in Malta noting that the financial sustainability of from 27th November to 5th December ECU has not been affected in this with the ECU support. difficult year due to drastic cuts in the annual budget. However, the ECU The Board of ECU is aware that the program remained active online with chess calendar for the months August- many competitions, webinars, and online December 2021 is full of national and conferences. international events after the long break of the over the board activities. However, European Chess Championships holding more competitions in conjunction >The European Open and Women Club with the organisers requests than being Cup 2021 will take place at Ohrid Lake, cancelled for this year is a positive step. North Macedonia from the 17th to the 25th of September 2021, with 44.000 > The bidding process for European prize fund. Championships available in 2023 will >The European Open and Women Club open with a deadline of October 1, 2021 Cup 2022 will be organised in Austria. to submit bids. Championships not >The European Women Club Cup 2023 organised in 2021 will be carried over to will be organized in Monaco. 2022 and 2023. >The European Team Chess Championship 2021 will be organized in >The ECU General Assembly 2021 will Terme Omilia, Slovenia, from the 11th to take place in Terme, Omilia Slovenia the 22nd of November 2021. during the European Team Chess >The European Rapid&Blitz Chess Championship. Championship will be organized in Katowice, Poland from 16-19 December. Newsletter June 2021 4 INVITATION European Individual Chess Championship European Individual Chess Championship 2021 will take place from August 26th (1st round) – September 5th in Reykjavik, Iceland. The Championship will be played according to the ECU Tournament Rules Swiss system of 11 rounds. The European Individual Chess Championship 2021 is a qualifying event for the FIDE World Cup 2023 with 23 qualification spots. The total prize fund is 100,000EUR, with 20.000EUR reserved for the Winner of the event. Besides the regular prizes, there will be special prizes for best junior players, best women players, best senior players and prizes for the 5 highest placed ACP Premium Members. The official venue of the championship is Registration deadline is July 15th. Hotel Natura, a historic place with a rich history of chess events held there. Prolongation of the registration deadline Bobby Fischer stayed at this hotel during may be possible for some federations if his 1972 World Championship match a very special reason is presented as a against Boris Spassky. A replica of the justification for the delay. famous table used in 1972 can be found at the hotel. Several other high-profile The list of registered players can be events have been held at the hotel, found on the Official Website. Lists are including the 1977 Spassky vs. Hort updated daily Candidates match and the 1991 GMA World Cup. as well as the GMA World Cup in 1991. The event is open to all players representing the Chess Federations which are members of the European Chess Union, regardless of their title or rating. There is no limit to participants per federation. Hotel Natura - #EICC2021 Official venue of the European Regulations and Individual Chess Boarder Rules Championship 2021 All the detailed information altogether with regulations of the event can be found on the ECU Website. Important Boarder Rules of entry to Iceland have been published and can be found on the Official Website of the event. Newsletter June 2021 5 PREVIEW European Women Individual Chess Championship 2021 will take place from 8th-21st of August 2021, in Iasi, Romania. 116 players from 29 federations registered for the event. A few late registrations are also expected to complete the list. European Women's Individual Chess Championship 2021 very strong battlefield is led by According to the FIDE regulations and Dzagnidze Nana (GEO, the ECU Board decision, at least 10 2524), Batsiashvili Nino (GEO, players will qualify. The number of 2491), Javakashvili Lela (GEO, 2473), qualification spots may be increased A Stefanova Antoaneta (ECU, 2470), with a decision prior to the start of the Khotenashvili Bela (GEO, 2463), Girya Championship. Olga (RUS, 2448) and others. All players and accompanying persons he event will be played in 11 rounds, shall be accommodated in the official Swiss system, with time control 90 ****UNIREA Hotel due to the special minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes sanitary measures for the conduct of the for the rest of the game with an championship.
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