Σκακιστικά νέα

The July 2015 edition of the European Chess Union Newsletter is now available for download from ECU website.

The 3rd qualifying tournament of the ongoing FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship 2015 is set to take place on 30th July (at 7:00 GMT/UTC time) on the official FIDE Online platform.

The FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship 2015 is a new attractive event in which players can participate from the comfort of their home, without costs associated with the hotels and airfares.

The Open Women’s Bulgarian chess championship “Thracian princess” celebrated its 10th anniversary with the annual edition of the tournament from July 20 through July 26, 2015.

The FIDE World Junior Under-20 Championships 2015 (open and girls under 20) will be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from the 31st of August -1st of September (arrival) till the 16th of September (departure) 2015.

The 2015 Vietnam Chess Championship was organized by Liên đoàn Cờ Việt Nam from July 16 through July 24.

The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament that gathered 82 players from 14 different countries.

The 2015 Montenegro Chess Championships for men and women are taking place from 25th July to 4th August in the city of Pljevlja.

The Italian Chess Federation has announced that the Polgar sisters – Susan, Judit and Sofia – will be present at the EXPO Milano on 18th August.

The three sisters will be hosts in the pavilion of Hungary. At 11 am there will be a press conference and from 12 am the sisters will give a simultaneous exhibition against 30 opponents.

The simul will take place on the EXPO main street – the Decumano.

For chess enthusiasts in the region, the biggest show will soon be back in town! Yes, Cititel Hotel at Mid Valley Kuala Lumpur (www.midvalley.com.my) will once again host the USD 20,000 Malaysian Chess Festival.

The 102nd British Chess Championship is held from 25th July to 8th August, 2015, in the University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL,

The event is an 11-round Swiss FIDE tournament with tempo of play 90′/40 + 30′ + 30″.

The recent winner of the 9th Leiden Open 2015, GM David Howell, will be defending the title in a competition of 74 players.

The 4th “Lviv Tradition” chess tournament is taking place from July 27, through August 1, 2015, at the Hotel Nton, in the splendid city of Lviv, situated in western Ukraine.

The event is a 10-player round-robin tournament, valid for FIDE rating and norms. The average Elo rating is 2230.