Q: Mr Azmaiparashvili, thank you for accepting the interview. In your report for the ECU General Assembly in Baku you state the improved financial state of the organization. Can you provide more details? A: The financial reports are published...
ECU Board Meeting In Prague: Hundreds of thousands of euros illegally transferred to ECU Delaware LLC
The second European Chess Union Board meeting in 2016, organized in Prague, Czech Republic, took place on 24th and 25th June after the kind invitation of the Czech Chess Federation. The meeting was held under the excellent conditions in...
ECU Board Meeting Lviv 2016
The first European Chess Union Board meeting for 2016 was organized in Lviv, Ukraine on 1st and 2nd March, after the kind invitation of the Ukrainian and Lviv Regional Chess Federations. The meeting took place under excellent conditions in...
Big Problems with Bulgarian Chess Federation
The European Team Chess Championships for men and women are currently going on in Iceland, with most of the top players defending the honor of their national flags. Despite having two ex-world champions – Veselin Topalov (ELO 2803, second...
European Team Chess Championship Statistics & History
The 2015 European Team Chess Championship starts today with 36 teams in Open Section and 30 teams in Women Section. The first seeds are Russia (Open) and Georgia (Women). Total number of players in Open section is 178, among...
ECU Newsletter October 2015
In this edition of the monthly ECU Newsletter you will find: Report about European Chess Club Cup 2015; Report about 1st European Universities Chess Championship 2015; Report about FIDE World Chess Cup 2015; Report about World Rapid & Blitz Championship; Global Chess Festival...
1st ECU Congress concluded in Bar, Montenegro
The 1st ECU Congress took place on 10th October in St. Nikola Castle in Bar/Montenegro. The opening ceremony was held with the presence of the ECU and FIDE officials, representatives of Montenegro Chess Federation, Montenegro Government institutions, European Chess...
ECU Newsletter July 2015
The July 2015 edition of the European Chess Union Newsletter is now available for download from ECU website. This edition of the monthly ECU Newsletter contains: – Report about Glorney Gilbert International 2015; (reposted below) – Report about European...
1st ECU Congress in Bar
The city of Bar in Montenegro will host the first ECU Congress from 7-11 October, 2015. On this occasion, a press conference was held yesterday in Bar in the hotel Princess. At the press conference the audience was addressed...
ECU Educational Commission Survey
The ECU Educational Commission is conducting a survey of its member Federations. The survey has got two objectives: to obtain basic information about the Federations of the ECU and to understand the place of chess in the education system...