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The European Chess Union (ECU) has launched an innovative online training platform, ECU HUB (https://ecuhub.eu), marking a significant milestone in chess education and professional development. The new platform serves as a comprehensive digital learning environment, designed to enhance the skills of chess professionals, trainers, teachers arbiters, and enthusiasts across Europe and beyond. ECU HUB represents the organization’s commitment to modernizing chess education and making high-quality training accessible to chess community. 

The 25th edition of the European Women’s Chess Championship commenced today in Rhodes, Greece. The opening ceremony of the event took place shortly before the start of the first round with the attendance by the ECU Secretary General Mr. Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou and ECU Treasurer Mr. Ion Dobronauteanu. The Chief Arbiter Mr. Marco Biagioli announced the start of the round, and the ECU Secretary General made the first ceremonial move in the top-board game between GM Nino Batsiashvili (GEO, 2473) and WIM Jasmin-Denise Schloffer (AUT, 2188) to inaugurate the start of the competition.

“Checkmate is unavoidable now. 35. Rf8 was best,” announced the Lichess computer analysis in yesterday’s board 2 game of the European’s Women Chess Championship. Yet, we were about to see one of the biggest upsets of the round, as WFM Anastasia Kirtadze (GEO, 2180) defeated IM Teodora Injac (SRB, 2454).