The European Blitz Chess Championship is taking place on December 18, 2015, at Sports Palace in Minsk, Belarus. The event is an 11-round Swiss FIDE blitz open tournament with prize fund in the amount of EUR 10,300 with EUR 2,000 reserved for the winner. A total of 680 participants have already subscribed for the tournament. Official […]
European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships
The European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2015 will start in two days in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. The Championship kicks off with a Blitz event, which is scheduled for 18th at 11 am. The strong field of 679 participants is led by GM Stanislav Bogdanovich (UKR 2815), defending champion GM David Navara (CZE […]
Minsk ready to host the European Rapid & Blitz Championships 2015
The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Belarus and Belarus Chess Federation, under the auspices of the European Chess Union organize the European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2015, from 17-21 December, 2015, in Minsk, Belarus. The tournament venue will be Sports Palace, Pr. Pobeditelei, […]
Navara wins European Blitz Championship by 2 full points!
European Blitz Chess Championship 2014: David Navara convincing winnerDec 19, 2014 Grandmaster David Navara won the European Blitz Chess Championship 2014 that was held on 19th December at the Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland. 616 players from 31 European federations (FIDE Zones 1.1 to 1.10), including 176 International title holders, competed in the 11 double-round […]
European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship in Wroclaw
Polonia Wroclaw Chess Club, under the patronage of the European Chess Union and the Polish Chess Federation, organizes the European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2014, from 19-21 December, 2014, in Wroclaw, Poland. The Championship will be held under the auspices of Rafa Dutkiewicz – the President of the city of Wroclaw and will bear […]
European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2014
Polonia Wroclaw Chess Club, under the patronage of the European Chess Union and the Polish Chess Federation, organizes the European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2014, from 19-21 December, 2014, in Wroclaw, Poland. The Championship will be held under the auspices of Rafa Dutkiewicz – the President of the city of Wroclaw and will bear […]
Gunina leads World Mind Games Blitz after 10
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Korobov wins European Blitz Chess Championship 2013
Grandmaster Anton Korobov won the European Blitz Chess Championship 2013 that was held on 13th December at The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland. 437 players from 28 European federations (FIDE Zones 1.1 to 1.10), including 104 International title holders, competed in the 11 double-round Swiss event with the time control G-3′+2”. Anton […]
European Blitz Chess Championship 2013
The European Blitz Chess Championship 2013 is set to take place on 13th December at The Palace of Culture and Science, Plac Defilad 1, in Warsaw, Poland. The Championship is organized by the Gen. Kazimierz Sosnkowski Chess Foundation in cooperation with the Polish Chess Federation and MetLife Amplico, under the auspices of Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz – […]
European Blitz and Rapid chess championships 2012
Chess players and spectators from all over the world have already got used to the idea that European Blitz and Rapid chess championship take place in Warsaw in the middle of December. Each year many strong players from over 20 European counties gather to fight for medals. The competition was great – it is not […]