1. To Media 2. FIDE 3. National Federations 4. Who concerns Date: 22.06.2015 Announcement Due to many press releases and articles in mass media, which involve and tarnish European Chess Union name in tournaments, transactions and contracts, European Chess Union...
ECU Board Meeting in Bucharest
The Board meeting of the European Chess Union was held this weekend, 12-13 June, in the capital of Romania – the city of Bucharest. The ECU Board meeting concluded with important decisions, which will be communicated by the next...
ECU Board Meeting in Bucharest
The ECU Board Meeting will take place this week on 12-13 June, in the city of Bucharest, after the kind invitation of the Romanian Chess Federation. The meeting will take place in the RIN Grand Hotel in Bucharest. ECU...
ECU Chess Projects
ECU ready for common actions & projects with the European Union ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili and chess legend GM Judit Polgar visited Brussels on 2nd and 3rd June for important meetings with the European Commission (Education, Culture & Sports)...
Big chess scandal deepens
The scandal with the European Youth Chess Championship in 2013 that forced Vladimir Sakotic to resign from his position of MCF President might have much deeper implications than the breaking of the law concluded by the local authorities. The...
European Individual Chess Championship 2015
European Individual Chess Championship 2015 The European Individual Chess Championship 2015 is scheduled to take place from 23rd February to 8th March, 2015, at the Jerusalem Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem, Israel. The event is organized by the Israel Chess...
ECU Commissions Members
At the meeting on 24th October in Batumi/Georgia, the ECU Board appointed the new ECU Commissions: Educational Commission, Events Commission, Arbiters Council and Women’s Commission. The Chairman of the Educational Commission is Jesper Hall from Sweden, and the Secretary...
ECU election results
On 11th August, 2014 European Chess Union elections were held in Tromso, Norway. Here are the results: Elected Presidential ticket: Zurab Azmaiparashvili – President Ion-Serban Dobronauteanu – Deputy President Finnbjorn Vang – Vice President Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou – Secretary General...
Press Release from RCF regarding Crimea
European Chess Union to follow IOC and UN decisions Tromso, Norway. As the 2014 Chess Olympiad continues, the General Assembly of the European Chess Union (ECU) has held gathered for a series of meetings. On the first day of...
MCF files criminal complaint against Vladimir Šakotić
The Chess Federation of Montenegro has filed a criminal complaint against the Executive Director of the ECU and its former President Vladimir Šakotić. Press release below: Dear friends of chess, We wish to inform you that on 5th August 2014...